RAGGED FEATURES

Modern classic

#4. Eels – Electro-Shock Blues album cover on Ragged Words

“To me, it wasn’t a record about death. That was missing the point. It was about life,” Mark...

#3. Super Furry Animals – Radiator album cover on Ragged Words

The summer of 1997 was a funny, mixed up time for British music. Girl power, already irking, was...

Ten...

If the passing of Michael Jackson has taught us seasoned...

Say what you like about Glen Hansard (that's what the comment boards are for) but he and Mark...

One from the vault

First Two Records album cover on Ragged Words

Riot grrrl group Bikini Kill started life working on a feminist fanzine of the same name in...

Silver Apples album cover on Ragged Words

Silver apples released their debut album in 1967, a collection of songs quite far ahead of its...

Guilty pleasures

Here it is, the album that convinced my older brothers that I was gay. We all make mistakes I am...

Interviews

Coming bounding out of the blocks as the new year gathers speed, Dubliners The Cast Of...

Our Choice Music Prize preview week continues this time with Valerie Francis whose debut...