Magazine – Magic, Murder and the Weather

Description

Enduringly credible, Magazine have always been the connoisseurs choice and frequently namechecked by some of the most gifted musicians of recent years including Radiohead, Morrissey, JarvisCocker, U2, Johnny Marr and MGMT. NME.com went so far as to included Magazine in a poll as oneof the most influential bands of all time. Magazines front man, Howard Devoto co-formed Buzzcockswith Pete Shelley after the pair had seen The Sex Pistols in early 1976 and promoted the nowlegendary Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall gigs. Devoto left in 1977, after the seminal Spiral
Scratch EP had been released, and created Magazine. Their first record was the post-punk anthemShot By Both Sides. Leading the vanguard of post-punk, Magazines sound focused on the doublebarrels of Dave Formulas swirling keyboards and John McGeochs ahead-of-its-time innovativeguitar work, underpinned by Barry Adamsons pulsing yet deviously irregular bass-lines. Atop ofwhich came Howard Devotos lyrics. Aloof, articulate, tersely ironic and about as pliable as a gardenrake. Too literary for the mass pop environment. Too poppy for the literary landscapes beyond it.

Doomed to exist in that tiny, undersubscribed hinterland where artful wordplay meets the crunchingriff. Real Life, Secondhand Daylight, The Correct Use of Soap, and Magic, Murder and TheWeather. Four ground breaking albums and then the band parted company, leaving behind aninfluential body of work to critical acclaim. A fifth studio album, No Thyself, was released in 2011following a 2009 reformation. The plaudits continued.

Tracklist:

1. About The Weather
2. So Lucky
3. The Honeymoon Killers
4. Vigilance
5. Come Alive
6. The Great Man’s Secrets
7. This Poison
8. Naked Eye
9. Suburban Rhonda
10. The Garden