3:AM Top 5: John Porcellino
John Porcellino, creator of King-Cat Comics as well as the acclaimed Diary Of A Mosquito Abatement Man, has been described as “the Ramones of the 1990s minicomics movement”. The autobiographical King-Cat, which takes its name from a Lawrence Ferlinghetti poem, has come a long way from its home-brewed origins in 1989: Drawn & Quarterly have […]
To Here Knows When
Of the shoegazing era, which the author firmly places it but also seeks to mount a rival argument for its consideration as a classic album, it’s probably the only candidate that could make such a list… Loveless is significant for a number of reasons. By legend alone it almost bankrupted Creation Records through frontman Kevin Shields’ erratic perfectionism and among shoegazers it’s the one record that has, clich é notwithstanding, truly stood the test of time.
Andrew Stevens gives his verdict on the 33 1/3 edition of My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless.