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RW/FF is a website that brings you the most essential new music and the best of the past. As well as the Track Of The Day and the daily 'Rewind', you'll find album reviews, gig reports, news, previews, streams, videos, compilations/mixtapes as well as the occasional interview. There is also a weekly column, which also appears on the independent music and culture site God Is In The TV.
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RW/FF
http://rwffmusic.blogspot.co.uk/
Music of the past. Music of the future.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1963 )
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Track Of The Day: The Blinders - Gotta Get Through
Another pick from one of 2018's best LPs. Manchester-based trio The Blinders released their debut album 'Columbia' a few months ago. Read more
Posted on 09 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
20 YEARS AGO: Ash - Folk Song
A delicate, resigned moment of beauty, and one of Ash's most underrated moments. Taken from their second album, 1998's 'Nu Clear Sounds'. Read more
Posted on 09 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
ADVENT CALENDAR: Dec 9th - The Futureheads - Christmas Was Better In The 80s
A fun, nostalgic number from 2010, by the Sunderland post-punk group The Futureheads. After their final album 'Rant' in 2013, the band went their separate ways... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
VIDEO: Ben P Scott at 23 Bath St, Plus Jason B and John The Hat
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpg__DDnb6xQv2Tg2vIYm4Iu_1SRPm5TR Read more
Posted on 08 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Track Of The Day: Estrons - Killing Your Love
"Estrons" is a Welsh word that roughly translates as "misfits" or "outsiders", and the moniker chosen by a Welsh outfit who became hotly-tipped following three... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
20 YEARS AGO: Eels - My Descent Into Madness
Another helping from one of 1998's finest albums. Mark Everett (aka E) wrote the bleak and brilliant second Eels album Electro Shock Blues, following his... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
ADVENT CALENDAR: Dec 8th - James Brown - Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto
Perhaps the most badass festive selection you'll ever hear, this 1968 track was taken from James Brown's album 'Soulful Christmas'. Read more
Posted on 08 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Track Of The Day: Shame - Dust On Trial
There's a stormy violence brewing on this intense offering from Shame's superb debut album 'Songs Of Praise'. The hard-hitting 'Dust On Trial' is the opening... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
20 YEARS AGO: The Boo Radleys - She Is Everywhere
A selection from one of 1998's best and most underrated albums, 'Kingsize' by The Boo Radleys. A symphonic indie rock album peppered with interesting electronic... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
ADVENT CALENDAR: Dec 7 - Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
This glorious track has been a festive favourite of mine for a few years now. Sadly, a certain supermarket chain has been inappropriately using a badly-edited... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Vault: Buzzcocks - Are Everything
It's very sad to learn about the death of Buzzcocks frontman Pete Shelley, who has died today (6 December 2018) aged 63. Formed in 1976, the seminal Manchester... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Track Of The Day: Plump DJs - Big Apple
Ever since the late 90s, Lee Rous and Andy Gardner have been bashing out their own eclectic blend of breakbeat and electronica as the duo Plump DJs. Read more
Posted on 06 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
20 YEARS AGO: Manic Street Preachers - Ready For Drowning
One of the biggest and most anticipated albums of 1998 was the sublime 'This Is MyTruth Tell MeYours' by the Manic Street Preachers. Read more
Posted on 06 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
ADVENT CALENDAR: Dec 6th - Eels - Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
Providing a much brighter mood than that of their 1998 album Electro Shock Blues, this brilliant festive selection from the Eels was a Bside from the same... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Track Of The Day: Django Django - Beam Me Up
Throughout December, as well as investigating the finest brand new tracks, Rewind/Fast Forward will also be looking at songs from 2018's best albums. Read more
Posted on 05 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
20 YEARS AGO: Mercury Rev - Endlessly
Musically defining the term "enchanting", this magical moment from Mercury Rev's hugely acclaimed 1998 'Deserter's Songs' album charms with its choral... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
ADVENT CALENDAR: Dec 5th - Elvis Presley - Winter Wonderland
The coolest 'Winter Wonderland' you will ever hear. Of course, Elvis could've made any song cool. 'Winter Wonderland' was originally written in 1938 by Felix... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
2018: Albums Of The Year
2018 has been an incredible year for albums. The year saw the strongest new acts in decades release their debuts, as well as a number of alternative legends... Read more
Posted on 04 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
PLAYLIST: The Fall - Mark E. Smith's Festive Favourites
If you're sick of hearing all the usual Christmas songs and you're looking for something a bit more unusual than Rewind Fast Forward's musical Advent Calendar... Read more
Posted on 04 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Track Of The Day: The Prodigy - Timebomb Zone
On the hard punching 'Timebomb Zone', spells of surprisingly bright, pitched-up pop hooks are knocked to the ground by another brutal strike as infectious... Read more
Posted on 04 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC