This page is updated monthly. Please give us a shout if you spot a dead one ...
A shameless plug for Uptight DJs Wayne and Marc's band, but what the hell.
LINKS OF THE MONTH
D.O.A.
Arguably one of the greatest (and rarest) punk rock documentaries.
Slicing Up Eyeballs
A fanzine/blog featuring college rock old and new.
Brian Eno
An odd-looking but exhaustive Eno resource.
ARTICLES
The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made
According to Dave Marsh, circa 1989.
Adrian's Album Reviews: Felt
Great introduction to Felt and Denim.
David Bowie
The Duke on his Berlin trilogy.
Care and Protection of Vinyl
Info about cleaning and storing LPs.
Cult Heroes
Bob Stanley laments their demise.
"The Devil? That Was His Own Dark Side"
Marianne Faithfull on William Burroughs.
Don't Believe the Hype
Ever felt you're missing the point with some of our biggest cultural heroes? Guide writers get personal and demolish some of the greats they hate.
Excuse Me, Weren't You in The Fall?
Dave Simpson's quest to track down every member of The Fall.
Forget the Dylai Lama
A review of Christopher Rick's book, Dylan's Visions of Sin.
Get Canned
How much classic Krautrock can a man stand in a single sitting?
The Greatest Album Ever Made
Lester Bangs: ahh, they don't write 'em like this any more.
Going Underground
One hundred years of music plotted on the London Underground map.
Rob Gretton
The Factory man's diaries.
How Does It Feel?
Greil Marcus on Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone.
I Lost It
Kevin Shields: the Wilderness Years.
Independent Spirit
Rough Trade's influence continues in the age of the ownload.
It's Only a Rock and Roll Magazine, But We Like It
The rise in popularity of music mags.
John Landau
The famous "I have seen the future of rock 'n' roll review.
Joy Division
An in-depth review of Jon Savage's new doc.
Kraftwerk's Style
The aesthetics of Kraftwerk's 1981 tour.
More Sinned Against than Sinning
An overview of The Saints.
A Northern Soul
Paul Morley on the Manchester and Liverpool punk and post-punk scenes.
Over the Edge
Why do depressed, drug-addled loners make such irresistible rock stars?
Robert Forster's World of Hair-Care
Tips from the master.
Ronnie's Spectre
The shadow of Phil Spector looms large.
Scott Walker
Discussing existential angst (as usual).
The Secret History
Is punk a product of evolution or unintelligent design?
Serge Gainsbourg: The Obscurity of Fame
Smith, Cave and McGowan
From back when the NME was good: Mark E Smith, Nick Cave & Shane McGowan together in a pub for perhaps the first and - almost certainly - last time.
Stairway to Hell
Nick Kent looks at why so many musicians succumb to drink, drugs and violence.
The Stooges: The Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band Ever?
Uptight Interviewed
Uptight's Wayne speaks to the Londonist website about the club's 7th birthday celebrations.
When Leonard Cohen Met Phil Spector
Two musical giants collide.
Tony Wilson RIP
Paul Morley on the late broadcaster and Factory Records mogul.
BANDS AND ARTISTS
April Skies
You'll never want for into on the Jesus and Mary Chain again.
Baptiste
Great Lost Band and founders of Uptight.
Barney's Angels
A female-run Bernard Sumner fansite.
Bassman's David Bowie
Big Star Reference
A directory to all things Big Star.
David Bowie
Album-by-album guide with free downloads.
Nick Cave
An extensive Nick Cave archive.
Bo Diddley - The Originator
Bob Dylan's Bootleg Museum
Expecting Rain
Bob Dylan site: updated daily (Daily!!!).
Fear Is a Man's Best Friend
All things John Cale.
The Fall
Officially endorsed my Mr Mark E Smith.
The Fall Quote Generator
What the net was invented for.
The Story of The Fall
This month's Obligatory Fall Link is a labour of love/lunacy: this bloke has spent over two years reviewing every single Fall song. That's 435 entries. Notebooks out, anoraks!
Faust
The Futureheads
Great graphics on this one.
Galaxie 500: A Head Full of Wishes
Galaxie 500, plus offspring Luna and Damon & Naomi.
Kelman
Footage from Wayne and Marc's band's farewell gig.
Lou Reed
A discography of Lou's pre-Velvets recordings.
Luna
An unofficial Luna website. Some nice downloads available here.
Mark E Smith
Extracts from the great man's autobiography.
Max Decharne
The Flaming Stars singer's tour diary from when he supported Morrissey with Gallon Drunk in '92.
Van Morrison
Van Morrison's contractual obligation album of 1967: a contractual obligation album that scales new heights in arseyness. Has to be heard to be believed.
Mo Tucker
My Bloody Valentine: To Here Knows Web
New Order
Includes a list of various things people have noticed written on the speaker stacks during New Order gigs.
Rock 'n' Roll Animal
The Lou Reed web page.
Sly and the Family Stone
A decent unofficial site for the band.
The Smiths
An unofficial fansite.
Sterling Morrison
Tribute site featuring interesting contributions from Lou Reed et al …
Tamborines
Check out Marc from Uptight's new band.
Time Is on Our Side
The Rolling Stones.
Twisted Charm
The London neo-post-punk outfit.
Ultra High Frequency
Stylish and detailed Stereolab site.
Velvets
A new Myspace site that's streaming the recently-unearthed VU track, I'm Not A Young Man Anymore.
Velvets
A collection of posters from the '60s.
Velvet Underground
A fans' blog about New York's finest.
The Velvet Underground Web Page
Scott Walker
A page dedicated to the enigmatic songwriter.
Wire
The Wonder
Tom Verlaine, Television and stuff.
GAMES
Guitar Shred Show - Mr Fastfinger
Mr Fastfinger reveals the art and secrets of electric guitar.
The Second Line
From Clinic.
GUIDES
Carnival Saloon
Very nice music (amongst other things) blog, written by an Uptight regular.
CBGB Online
Includes some great photos from the late '70s.
The Garage
"Dedicated to hair-shakin', harmonica wailin', Farfisa pumpin' combos with the desire to play Louie Louie."
Head Heritage
Julian Cope's guide to Kratrock and beyond.
Trouser Press
Everything alternative post-1970. The random entry button is fun.
MAGS AND BLOGS
Beatles
A weighty fans' blog - in Full Dimensional Stereo.
Deerhunter Blog
A lovingly-crafted blog by Bradford Cox of Deerhunter and Atlas Sound. Features loads of video clips, plus downloadable mixtapes.
Do Something Pretty
London-based fanzine.
Motel de Moka
A nicely-written, internationally flavoured music blog - a good place to pick up strange (and free) MP3s.
Penny Black Music
Refreshingly enthusiastic on-line music mag.
Perfect Sound Forever
Pitchfork Media
Quietus
A feature about Uptight, with a link to the club's new Spotify playlist.
Skiddle
A comprehensive London listings site.
Tasty
"Recommending the soundtrack for the revolution."
That Striped Sunlight Sound
An Aussie alternative-music blog.
Three Score & Ten
Wayne new venture, a blog about lives in literature.
MAILING LISTS
Artrocker
Subscribe to the weekly email.
Up-Tight
Nothing to do with the club, but they do discuss "psychedelic, garage, krautrock, punk and the endless rock and roll variants." (send a blank email).
RECORD SHOPS
CD Wow!
The Hong Kong branch. The cheapest place to buy chart CDs?
CD Connection
Gemm
Norman Records
It's run by Phil!
Pure Groove
One of London's finest.
Sister Ray
Great name for a record shop and "Specialists in fine-quality alternative music."
VIDEO CLIPS
Barney on Star Test
Bernard Sumner's appearance on Chanel 4's 80s/90s interview show.
Billy Childish's Personal Philosophy
Re: art, music and all that.
Bo Diddley
Remember him this way.
Hey! Jackanory!
Mark E Smith reads HP Lovecraft!
Mary Chain
Footage of the infamous JAMC riot.
My Bloody Valentine
A rare interview with the genial Kevin Shields.
Nico
An intimate live solo performance of All Tomorrow's Parties.
Lou Reed
A press conference from 1974.
Lou Reed
Coney Island Baby live.
Rock 'n' Roll: the Early Days
Video footage of rock 'n' roll's formative years.
Smog
Cold Blooded Old Times live.
Bruce Springsteen
"The Boss" performs a live Suicide cover. Oh yes.
Stereolab
Live Franco/Krautrock on The Word!
Johnny Thunders
A ramshackle live performance.
Velvets
The VU's first TV appearance.
The Walkmen
The band performing Uptight favourite The Rat on David Letterman.
Tony Wilson Meets The Smiths
The late, great music mogul interviews the late, great band.
ALL THE OTHER STUFF
Ace Records
The greatest reissue label ever.
All Tomorrow's Parties
A music festival where you get your own toilet!
Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies Generator
Write your very own "Heroes".
Every Cover Tells a Story
Some very unusual LP covers and the stories behind them.
Factory Records Discography
As anally retentive as you could dare dream.
Grant McLennan Tribute Album
Featuring Luke Haines, The Clientel, Ed Kuepper, Trembling Blue Stars, The Orchids, and Wayne & Marc's band, Kelman - amongst others.
Hype Machine
Links to some of the web's best music blogs - and loads of free MP3s.
John Peel Intros & Outros
Every intro and outro by the DJ to every Fall Peel session (NB 80MB file!).
Little Steven
Do you know which Sopranos star has his own radio show?
Louie Louie
Devoted to the much-covered song.
Muxtape
Post your own mix tape, and listen to others'.
Oz Magazine
A library of the counter-culture magazine, between 1967-73.
Phil Spector and the Wall of Sound
Project C-90
A site dedicated to blank cassettes. Viva TDK!
Rip It Up: Post Punk 1978-84
Simon Reynolds' blog and a couple of chapters from his acclaimed book.
Rock List
End-of-year lists and polls dating from 1952.
Mick Rock
Mick Rock photo-site.
Scopitones
A cross between a jukebox and a TV.
Snobsite
The online home of the rock snob's dictionary.
Theme Time
MP3s of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour.
