Fall
In 'Ten Songs That Made Me Love..' Jon Rogers writes about he went from being a so-so fan of the late Mark E. Smith's The Fall to an absolute fanatic as he reflects on his favourite songs by them.
Rush
In 'Ten Songs That Made Me Love...', Jon Rogers reflects on his favourite songs by Canadian prog rock band Rush
Miscellaneous
In his 'Hitting the Right Note' column, Jon Rogers looks at the excessive demands of rock band riders
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Jon Rogers in 'Hitting the Right Note' reflects on the media's hypocritical attitude to recent reports of alleged drug taking in bestselling boy band One Direction
Primal Scream
In our 'Gig of a Lifetime' series, Jon Rogers recalls attending a terrible Primal Scream gig in Leicester in 1989
78 Rpms
In our series, in which our writers write about ten songs that made them love a favourite band or artist, Jon Rogers in tribute to Lou Reed, who died in October, reflects on some of his favourite songs by the Velvet Underground
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In 'Hitting the Right Note' Jon Rogers reflects on Glastonbury, which this years will include amongst it headliners the Rolling Stones and Mumford and Sons, and its move away from alternative music and into the mainstream
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
In 'Hitting the Right Note', Jon Rogers, after listening to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' latest album 'Push the Sky Away', asks where it all went wrong for Cave
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In his 'Hitting the Right Note' column, Jon Rogers finds Norwegian singer-songwriter Rebekka Karijord's magical second album 'We Become Ourselves' deserving of attention
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In a double edition of 'Hitting the Right Note' Jon Rogers praises the opening ceremony of the the 2012 Olympic Games...
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...but slates the utter disaster of the closing ceremony
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In 'Hitting the Right Note', Jon Rogers reflects on the new Spice Girls musical, 'Viva Forever', and the current trend of music towards nostalgia
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In 'Hitting the Right Note' Jon Rogers examines pop musicians' penchant for double standards and hypocrisy
Mergoo
In 'Hitting the Right Note' Jon Rogers asks whether bands actually improve with age or more often than not burn out quickly
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Jon Rogers in 'Hitting the Right Note' examines fans' renewed forgiveness of their musical and other heroes, however deplorable their behaviour
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In 'Hitting the Right Note' Jon Rogers reflects upon why morality and musicians do not tend to figure well with each other
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In 'Hitting the Right Note', Jon Rogers examines the over-used term of genius and provides a personal short list of six musical acts that for him fall into that category
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In 'Hitting the Right Note' Jon Rogers provides a list of tips and rules for being in a band
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In 'Hitting the Right Note' Tottenham-based local Jon Rogers, after the recent outbreak of rioting and looting in the UK, takes a personal look at riot songs
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In 'Hitting the Right Note' Jon Rogers examines rock's capacity for bad behaviour and excess
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In his regular 'Hitting the Right Note' column, Jon Rogers examines the case for pop music over rock and more serious art
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In 'Hitting the Right Note' Jon Rogers asks whether drug participation provides musicians with a creative spark or whether that creativity simply has to be there in the first place
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Jon Rogers examines the slippery issue of censorship and finds that those rock stars who claim to be serious musicians rather than just pop stars have a very different set of limits
Sonic Youth
In our ‘Soundtrack of Our Lives’ column, in which our writers reflect upon music that has had a personal impact on them, Jon Rogers writes of Sonic Youth’s 1986 and 1987 albums, ‘EVOL’ and ‘Sister’
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In his 'Hitting the Right Note' column, Jon Rogers questions the issues of authenticity in rock
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In his regular 'Hitting the Right Note' column, Jon Rogers asks what has happened to controversy and rebellion in rock music
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Jon Rogers in his 'Hitting the Right Note' column writes of his love/hate relationship with heavy metal
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Jon Rogers in his 'Hitting the Right Note' column gives his personal assessment of the acts nominated for this year's Mercury Prize
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With Lou Reed and his wife Laurie Anderson's recent announcement that they will be playing a concert outside the Sydney Opera House for dogs, Jon Rogers in his 'Hitting The Right Note' column looks at some of the grander eccentricities and way-out ideas of other musicians
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Jon Rogers in his 'Hitting the Right Note' column examines some of the darkest records of time
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In his 'Hitting the Right Note' column Jon Rogers looks at a recent Home Office report to curb the showing of sexually suggestive videos before 9 p.m. and asks what implications of this will watershed will be
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Jon Rogers finds The Brit Awards show for 2010 to be over sanitised and lacking in thrills
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In his 'Hitting the Right Note' column, Jon Rogers finds the nominations list for the Brit Awards 2010 to be both lacking and superficial
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In 'Hitting the Right Note', Jon Rogers looks back on the last decade and concludes that it has been a women's era
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In the latest in his new 'Hitting the Right Note' column, Jon Rogers looks at some of the musicians who have used their song writing as a forum for complaining about and bemoaning their lifestyle and situation
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...while in the second part he examines the issue of free, legal music websites such as Spotify and we7
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In the first double instalment of his new column, 'Hitting the Right Note', Jon Rogers looks at the record industry's increasing reliance on reissuing and remarketing classic albums and other albums from the past...
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Inn our 'Soundtrack of Our Lives' column, in which our writers reflect upon music that has had a personal impact on them, Jon Rogers examines the mid 1970s Berlin albums of David Bowie and Iggy Pop
Syd Barrett
Jon Roger looks back on the life of former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett who died on the 7th July and whose impact remains seminal over 30 years after he abandoned making music
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Live albums are notoriously tricky to get right. Jon Rogers writes about some of their greatest successes and worst failures
Tom Verlaine
After a 14 year absence from recording former Television frontman Tom Verlaine has released two albums at once, 'Songs and Other Things' and 'Around'. Jon Rogers examines both CDs
Arctic Monkeys
Sheffield teenage indie guitar heroes Arctic Monkeys have recently reached the top of the singles chart with their second single and are being hyped as the next big thing. Jon Rogers sees potential, but pleas also for caution
A Flock Of Seagulls
One of the pioneers of the free jazz movement, saxophonist Albert Ayler died mysteriously at the age of 34 in 1970. With 'Holy Ghost' j, new box set of his work, just out, Jon Rogers looks back over his short life
Television
In the first part of a definitive two part feature on the influential 70's group Television, which we are running concurrently this month, Jon Rogers examines their early years on the New York punk scene