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October 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 82 The Fall

I take about a week to come down after a big gig these days and The Fall support was all of that and more. It all happened very last minute. Simon had suggested us to the tour promoter weeks ago and was told they wanted a younger band. Then, a week out from the gig, […]
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October 21, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: The Fall (October 18, Wgtn)

The Fall Bodega Sunday, October 18 Some seventy members have passed through The Fall and its various line-ups, the one constant being Mark E. Smith chewing on consonants, spitting out the remnants of vowel-sounds, butchering words to make mangled performance-poetry, a churning groove beneath and all around him. This version of the band has been […]
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July 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Fall: Two NZ Shows (Oct, 2015)

“Always different, always the same”, said John Peel. He was talking, of course, about The Fall. The Mighty Fall. And so many people have trotted out that line, appropriated it, repeated it, ever since. And it still fits. And always will. And now The Fall is playing two shows in New Zealand. Solid Entertainment has […]
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