Revisiting: Carter USM’s 30 Something
Carter USM’s seminal album, 30 Something, turns 30 years old today. Our editor, Bobby Townsend, revisits it.
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Interview: Jim Bob on his novels, live shows and new music
We chat to Jim Bob about his new novels, live shows and potential new album.
Jim Bob talks Shepherd’s Bush and Australia
We caught up with musician and author Jim Bob to find out about his upcoming London show, his return to Australia and his next book.
Review: Jim Bob at The Haunt, Brighton
As we yelled “It feels so good”, we felt the true warmth of belonging, huddled together with like-minded, empathetic people.
Interview: Jim Bob hits the road
Writer and musician Jim Bob is embarking on a long-awaited solo tour at the end of the year. We ask him what we can expect.
Interview: Jim Bob and Frank Derrick return
Following last year’s critically-acclaimed novel, “The Extra Ordinary Life of Frank Derrick, Age 81″ writer/musician J.B. Morrison, better known as Jim Bob, returns this June with “Frank Derrick’s Holiday of a Lifetime”. We have… Read More
Thank you and Goodnight, Carter USM
This weekend, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine will, over a quarter of a Century since forming, cease to be unstoppable. Bobby Townsend pays his respects: Eastbourne, in East Sussex, isn’t exactly at the… Read More
Album Review: Jim Bob is back!
Four and a half-years after releasing previous album Goffam, Jim Bob is back. These haven’t been Stone Roses-esque wasted years though as, impressively, the former Carter USM frontman has been busy writing a couple of… Read More
Music video: Jim Bob, Dream Come True
I find it absolutely bewildering that people still bother watching The X Factor. In the early days, riding in the slipstream of Pop Idol, it was a moderately entertaining talent contest. People would… Read More
Carter USM classic album giveaway
Quick history lesson for the uninitiated… Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine were a South London duo that bashed out awesome indie pop punk anthems with a social/political conscience in the early-90s. In our… Read More
1992: The Love Album goes deluxe
If you turn to Chapter 1992 of the big indie music history book, you’ll read about grunge, you’ll read about Rage Against The Machine, about R.E.M. and an angry breakthrough band called Manic… Read More
End of Year Review: Our showbiz mates
As part of our grand End Of 2012 Review, we asked some of our showbiz buddies to tell us what has been floating their boats over the past 12 months. This is what… Read More