Tom Ravenscroft

Articles by Tom Ravenscroft

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Not raving, but drowning

  • 05 February 2012

Tom Ravenscroft misses 1990s dance music, the only kind he could dance to.

A year in culture: Pop music

  • 12 December 2011

Critics' Choice: The Best of 2011

In your dreams

  • 28 November 2011

Tom Ravenscroft finds musicians of all genres taking a collective nap.

"Through the Cervix of Hawwah": don't judge a song by its title

  • 17 November 2011
  • 8 comments

The oddly-named metal records you must listen to.

Why I wasn't in a band

  • 19 October 2011
  • 4 comments

In tribute to hard-working bands, I revisit songs I didn't like on first listen.

In praise of John Fahey

  • 12 October 2011
  • 6 comments

He's my favourite guitarist and I want posters for my bedroom wall.

Chinese punk and autumnal hip hop

  • 29 September 2011
  • 4 comments

There must be a scene in Shanghai I don't know about.

Music that makes me smile

  • 24 August 2011
  • 5 comments

New tunes by Fruit Bats and Rollo Jean.

Wild imaginings

  • 17 August 2011
  • 1 comment

Ergo Phizmiz's operatic adaptation of Flann O'Brien will leave you speechless.

Riot fire must not stop the music

  • 10 August 2011
  • 4 comments

The destroyed Pias warehouse contained recordings of some of the UK's best independent music.

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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