Revisiting: Carter USM’s 30 Something
Carter USM’s seminal album, 30 Something, turns 30 years old today. Our editor, Bobby Townsend, revisits it.
Carter USM’s seminal album, 30 Something, turns 30 years old today. Our editor, Bobby Townsend, revisits it.
We had a chat with Carter USM legend Jim Bob about his upcoming show in London, his new book and the Carter vinyl boxset.
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.
As we yelled “It feels so good”, we felt the true warmth of belonging, huddled together with like-minded, empathetic people.
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.
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
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
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
I recently saw The World’s End, the latest cinematic offering from the team behind Shaun of the Dead. Unfortunately, while the movie was moderately funny, it wasn’t in the same league as that… Read More
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
You may recall how, a couple of weeks ago, I was raving about the influence that indie/punk/pop duo Carter USM had on me. Well, while the guys were sorting through old tapes looking… Read More