Music today was Siouxsie and the Banshees‘ Tinderbox (1986) which was an album I bought when it came out. I immediately like this record more than Hyaena and when I look at the credits I see the band in the production role and Hugh Jones engineering, I guess I just have a problem with Mike […]
Music today was Siouxsie and the Banshees‘ The Thorn EP (1984), a new guitarist in John Valentine Carruthers although it’s mainly an orchestral reworking of old songs. Overground was a track from their debut The Scream (1978), Voices (On The Air) and Red Over White B-sides of Hong Kong Garden and Israel and Placebo Effect […]
So, music today was, you guessed it, Siouxsie and the Banshees‘ Hyæna (1984) which came after the double live album Noctourne (1983). It’s the album where Robert Smith joined and co-wrote all the songs. The US version featured the stand-alone single Dear Prudence by The Beatles. For me, it misses the innovation of John McGeoch […]
Music today has been A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982), the most varied Siouxsie and the Banshees album so far. I keep on tying them somehow to Kate Bush via Patti Smith. Of course, they are their own unique and talented beast and one imagines that image-wise they don’t really crossover with Kate but I […]
Music today was Juju (1981), the fourth Siouxsie and the Banshees album, the second with John McGeoch on guitar as a full member as it was for Budgie on the drums. Opening with Spellbound, careering simultaneously into the distance and towards you with driving rhythm guitar and arpeggios, memorable melodies from Siouxsie and distinctive bass […]
Music today has been the third Siouxsie and the Banshees album, Kaleidoscope (1980). A different lineup and a different sound, gone were the razor guitars of John McKay and the driving toms of Kenny Morris replaced with the more sophisticated alternatives of Budgie on drums and ex Magazine guitarist John McGeoch on guitar (Steve Jones also […]