Paul Weller
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Paul Weller: Wild Wood (Go! Discs)
Review by Paul Moody, New Musical Express, 1994
SOMETHING TO mull over. Paul Weller has been having hit records for 16 years. Wild Wood the follow-up to his wildly-underrated debut solo outing ...
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Interview by Ira Robbins, Rock's Backpages audio, January 2007
The former Jam man discusses his current band, plus playing material from his back catalogue; his low commercial profile in America; relearning and singing his old songs; being an adult; the Englishness of his music; his fondness for Britpop; never being a punk; turning down a CBE and his disdain for the Royal Family.
File format: mp3; file size: 15.8mb, interview length: 16' 27" sound quality: ** (phoner)
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Interview by Chris Salewicz, The Face, May 1982
AS PAUL WELLER says, in the mid-1960s the original spirit of Mod implanted itself into the soul of young Britain with a self-nurturing, almost religious ...
A Concert For Heroes: Paul Weller, Tom Robinson, Ewan McColl at the Royal Albert Hall
Live Review by Len Brown, New Musical Express, 15 March 1986
A WORKING-CLASS hero is something to be; it gets more difficult by the day. Under a Government that puts Profit and Progress before People (don't ...
Paul Weller: Apollo, Manchester
Live Review by John Harris, New Musical Express, 24 October 1992
SEARCHING FOR THE OLD SOUL REVELS ...
Fibrous — Paul Weller: The Town And Country Club, London
Live Review by Mat Snow, Q, May 1993
Songs in the key of Angst Minor. ...
Invisible Jukebox: Paul Weller
Interview by Philip Watson, The Wire, October 1993
Every month we play a musician a series of records which they're asked to identify and comment on — with no prior knowledge of what ...
invisible jukebox: Paul Weller
Interview by Philip Watson, The Wire, October 1993
Every month we play a musician a series of records which they’re asked to identify and comment on — with no prior knowledge of what they’re ...
Paul Weller: We All Make Mistakes
Profile and Interview by Mat Snow, Q, October 1993
He split Britain's most loyally supported rock band to form a collective specializing in weedy white sould and ersatz jazz. He created "a Motown for ...
Paul Weller: Royal Albert Hall, London
Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 24 November 1993
ANYONE WHO doubts that a little fatherhood can be a dangerous thing should have been at the first of Paul Weller's two sold-out London gigs. ...
Report by Jon Savage, The Guardian, 16 September 1994
Jon Savage sees the north take its regional revenge ...
Woking Back To Happiness: Paul Weller
Interview by Paul Moody, New Musical Express, 13 May 1995
Its taken over a decade, but with his new album PAUL WELLER has finally gone back to his roots, the part of his life that ...
Paul Weller: Stanley Road (Go! Discs/London) ***
Review by Evelyn McDonnell, Rolling Stone, 13 July 1995
NAMED AFTER the area in suburban London where he grew up, Stanley Road is possibly the most autobiographical record Paul Weller has ever made. He ...
Retrospective and Interview by Johnny Black, Q, March 1996
Only one thing could possibly save us from vicious '80s Conservatism: the assembly of pop pinkos that made up the Labour-supporting Red Wedge organisation. Johnny ...
Essay by Jon Savage, The Guardian, 4 July 1997
Pop music is booming, right? British bands are taking over the world, right? Wrong. The yobbish lads of Brit rock are about to hit the ...
Paul Weller: Heavy Soul (Island) ****
Review by Mark Cooper, Q, August 1997
Paul Weller: very much lord of his "manor". ...
Paul Weller: Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London
Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 4 August 1997
Pub rock without the pub ...
The Style Council: The Complete Adventures Of The Style Council
Review by Terry Staunton, Uncut, November 1998
FIVE-CD overview of Paul Weller's "Cappuccino" years. ...
Paul Weller: Last Man Standing
Interview by Paul Lester, Uncut, December 1998
"YOU SHOULD WRITE THAT LETTER," Paul Weller' is telling his press agents, Pippa Hall and Jane Wilkes of Monkey Business PR, referring to a particularly ...
Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher: Sex, Drugs, Rock'n'roll... and Babies
Interview by Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 31 October 1999
Both "spokesmen" for their respective generations, it's perhaps unsurprising that the men behind the Jam and Oasis became friends. Here, they talk frankly together for ...
Profile and Interview by Chris Ingham, MOJO, April 2000
Hes been assailed by business bosses, punk rivals and ex-bandmates. Now, with a landmark fifth album in the can. Paul Weller shows Chris ...
Retrospective by Stephen Dalton, Uncut, October 2000
WELLER'S cappuccino-drinking years ...
Paul Weller: Royal Albert Hall, London
Live Review by Gavin Martin, Uncut, February 2002
HE COMES on jaunty, with a skip in his step, looking cool, refreshed, dapper, an upbeat northern soul soundtrack still ringing round the hall. He ...
Paul Weller: The MOJO Interview
Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, MOJO, September 2004
KEITH ALTHAM PR’d The Jam in the late '70s. In his book of post-retirement open letters to former clients, No More Mr Nice Guy, he ...
Paul Weller: "The Jam? They were a way of life."
Retrospective by John Harris, The Guardian, 3 February 2006
As Paul Weller prepares to receive a Lifetime Achievement Brit, John Harris salutes a giant. ...
Retrospective by Chas de Whalley, Record Collector, April 2006
As Paul Weller polishes his award for his Outstanding Contribution to British Music at this year's Brits, Chas de Whalley looks back at the days ...
Interview by Robert Sandall, The Sunday Times, September 2007
RECOGNISING HIM is not a problem. As he strides purposefully across the concourse of Waterloo station it's easy to figure why Paul Weller is referred ...
Interview by John Lewis, Hotline, November 2008
50 this year and touring his best album in decades, the Modfather talks to John Lewis about Algerian passions, drunken binges and a wariness of ...
Paul Weller: Paul Weller At The BBC
Review by David Quantick, Uncut, December 2008
4-CD set proves he's more changing man than Plodfather. ...
Sins Of The Modfather: Paul Weller Speaks About Leaving His Comfort Zone
Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 19 April 2010
After running into Paul Weller at a Sunn O))) gig last year, The Quietus have been obsessed with finding out exactly how deep Paul Weller's ...
Paul Weller: Royal Albert Hall, London
Live Review by Pete Paphides, The Times, 26 May 2010
WITH WILD WOOD, in 1993, Paul Weller rediscovered his mojo just in time to soak up a few plaudits as Britpop's tribal elder. In snobbier ...
A Trip To Oya In Oslo Via Pavement, Munch & MIA
Report by Chris Roberts, The Quietus, 20 August 2010
IF YOU GO for a cigarette on the fourth floor balcony of the hotel, you see cruise-ships and boats flanking a floating stage, upon which ...
Review by Jude Rogers, bbc.co.uk, 19 March 2012
An emotional, experimental ride, Weller’s 11th solo LP is brilliant stuff. ...
Paul Weller mines his hot streak
Report by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 30 March 2012
PAUL WELLER has been getting lots of good, but not great, reviews for his latest album, Sonik Kicks. At least Stateside. Ignore them. Sonik Kicks, ...
Paul Weller: "Be Mutton Dressed As Ram!"
Interview by Jude Rogers, The Word, April 2012
Curmudgeonly theorist, phone-hacked serial dad, raffish poster-boy for inquisitive middle age — Paul Weller gives himself a good talking-to ...
Review by Laura Barton, The Word, April 2012
Paul Weller's unchanging image limits our view of him. His third "experimental" record fizzes with aural innovation. ...
Interview by John Lewis, Metro, July 2012
Paul Weller has a long relationship with the 100 Club – not just as a performer but as a teenage punter. ...
The Rapacity of the Record Revival
Report and Interview by Nick Hasted, The Independent, 11 August 2012
Music labels are trying to cash in on a resurgence in the popularity of vinyl, putting often-inflated price-tags on albums, says Nick Hasted. ...
Special Feature by Ted Kessler, The Times, 21 May 2016
Rod Stewart's dad gave him football lessons; Chris Martin's joins him on tour; Shaun Ryder's broke his nose on stage; Leonard Cohen is funnier than ...
see also Jam, The
see also Style Council, The
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