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Every Record Tells A Story, a music blog written by Steve Carr. I have written for Classic Rock, The Guardian and Record Collector Magazine. Appearances on BBC4 documentary & Radio 4. Every Record Tells A Story is my blog
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• Meet Your IDLES…

  By Every Record Tells A Story on August 31, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  If pithy song titles and smart lyrics were all the five-piece Bristol punk band IDLES had, they would still be a very good band indeed. You have to love an album with a song title as good as “Never Fight… Read More ›

• Sweet Billy Pilgrim’s New Album Wapentak Is A Five Star Success

  By Every Record Tells A Story on August 24, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  These are troubling times. Russian bots influencing elections on both sides of the Atlantic. An American president surrounded by criminals. And an unprecedented polarisation of the political spectrum. And what’s trending on Twitter? Pete Doherty eating breakfast in a greasy… Read More ›

• Stone The Crowes!: It’s The Magpie Salute

  By Every Record Tells A Story on August 11, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  The Black Crowes are long gone. It has been three years since they split, ten years since their last album Warpaint and more than twenty years since their commercial peak when despite everyone else playing grunge or Britpop The Black… Read More ›

• Five Things I Saw & Heard This Week

  By Every Record Tells A Story on August 10, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  For the kids who Snapchat photos of themselves with a dog’s nose and ears superimposed, or who Instagram their every (doubtless avocado-based) meal, blogging about music may feel about as unfashionable as, well, Facebook. * Although very much the best… Read More ›

• The Best Music of 2018 So Far…

  By Every Record Tells A Story on July 2, 2018 • ( 7 )

  

  Ah, it’s mid summer. A time of hazy, sunny evenings. As the organisers of Wimbledon erect their “Sale! Punnet of Strawberry’s: only £50” signs (complete with grocer’s comma) it’s the time of year that allows me to drag out the… Read More ›

• How To Buy Elton John On Vinyl (and an Alternative Best-of Spotify Playlist)

  By Every Record Tells A Story on June 22, 2018 • ( 7 )

  

  Although we might all have a stab at naming Elton John’s best albums, in these times of Spotify, there sometimes needs to be a reason why a particular record should be bought on vinyl. Happily in Elton’s case there are… Read More ›

• Yes Overcome Sparse Crowd at Stone Free Festival, O2 Arena

  By Every Record Tells A Story on June 18, 2018 • ( 11 )

  

  It was the climax of the Stone Free Festival at the O2 Arena, and the 20,000 seater was less than a third full. Perhaps a reflection of the bill which veered from Supertramp to Megadeth but stuck to a “classic… Read More ›

• The Origins of Elton John: From The Archives of Jackie Magazine

  By Every Record Tells A Story on June 13, 2018 • ( 9 )

  

  In which we discover how Bernie Taupin’s mum brought Reg and Bernie together by cleaning her front room, how the cost of storing vinyl in Chelsea is ruinously expensive, why Elton has only the second-worst real life name of any pop star, and why you shouldn’t kick a piano stool at work.

• How Elton John Can Help You Save For The Deposit On Your Flat

  By Every Record Tells A Story on June 7, 2018 • ( 13 )

  

  The Vinyl Revival (TM) continues apace, sucking up the cash of Millennials faster than a pop up craft-beer-and-smashed-avocado stall at a box park. With new LPs often costing £20 or more, vinyl-loving Millennials are reportedly struggling to save for a… Read More ›

• Pink Floyd’s Pulse Reissued: How Not To Break The Bank

  By Every Record Tells A Story on May 18, 2018 • ( 18 )

  

  You have to feel a little sorry for Pink Floyd fans. Not too much, obviously. They are more likely than you are to have a final salary pension, a second home, a car that starts on a cold day, a… Read More ›

• Why We Still Need Record Store Day

  By Every Record Tells A Story on April 21, 2018 • ( 14 )

  

  Record Store Day seems to be a day of doing things you wouldn’t normally do. You rise earlier than you would for work. (Motivation may have something to do with this…) You happily stand in a queue outside a record… Read More ›

• Arcade Fire: So Good, They Can Make Even Wembley Arena Shake

  By Every Record Tells A Story on April 12, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  Arcade Fire have overcome many obstacles in their path over the years. Grabbing the attention of the world through their indie-released debut LP Funeral; delivering credible follow ups to one of the decade’s most critically acclaimed albums, and then dealing… Read More ›

• David Bowie Photography Exhibition Hits Essex

  By Every Record Tells A Story on April 9, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  Geoff MacCormack was just seven years old and was wearing the brown uniform of Burnt Ash Primary school when he first met David Jones. They went to cub scouts together and were in the choir together. It transpired neither the… Read More ›

• Belle and Sebastian in Health and Safety Regulation Flaunting Shock: Live at the Troxy

  By Every Record Tells A Story on March 18, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Stuart Murdoch walked out intrepidly into the crowd last night during “Dear Catastrophe Waitress”. It’s a Belle and Sebastian crowd, so it’s a friendly, unthreatening and relaxed crowd, more likely to offer him a Tunnock’s Wafer than trouble. But then… Read More ›

• So. Much. Joy. The Hold Steady Live In London

  By Every Record Tells A Story on March 10, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  In a week that saw the demise of the NME’s print edition after sixty-odd years, it is reassuring that some traditions remain. The country is still run by incompetents, it’s impossible to find a telecoms provider whose call centre isn’t… Read More ›