Tariq Goddard

Another Round: The Pogues’ Rum, Sodomy & The Lash at 40

Four decades on, Tariq Goddard returns to The Pogues' second studio LP, a record of unguarded sentiment and open hearted revelry, strange and dark surrealism, empathic univocity and plain-speaking insight

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Savages' Fay Milton delivers a hymn to 'feminine energy', with guest spots from Salvia, Isabel Muñoz-Newsome, Delilah Holliday and others

Take Me to a Happiness Beyond Human Reach: The The Live in Brixton

Tariq Goddard finds himself not just entertained but understood by Matt Johnson as he sees him perform new The The album Ensoulment in full before a run of greatest hits. But, in an era where music has ceded its centrality in everyday life, were he and 5000 others packed into an echo chamber?

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Strangeness Oscillation

Sidemen to Robert Wyatt, David Byrne, and Jerry Dammers unite in ad hoc jam session running deep into the psychedelic small hours

A Tribute To Shane MacGowan, By Tariq Goddard

Tariq Goddard pens a personal tribute to the late Shane MacGowan of The Pogues, whose writing understood something precious about life, and whose voice was the ultimate instrument of light and darkness

Where We’re From, Where We’re Going To: On Death & Bruce Springsteen

Wiltshire-based novelist Tariq Goddard and New Jersey-resident writer David Shaftel set aside their cultural differences to enjoy what could be Bruce Springsteen And The E-Street Band's last shows in the UK

Remembering Mark Stewart

Publisher and author Tariq Goddard remembers the restless giant of The Pop Group and The Maffia, and the challenge his legacy leaves us with. Home page portrait by Beezer Redland

Big Music: The Cure Live At Wembley Arena

Rather than the miserabilists they’re often unfairly painted as, watching The Cure at Wembley Tariq Goddard finds a band of sincerity and empathy, with superb new songs of colossal scale and a bond between artist and audience that continues to grow tighter and more heartfelt as time keeps passing

The Perfect Sentence: Tariq Goddard’s Favourite Storytelling Songs

Novelist and publisher Tariq Goddard chooses thirteen songs that have defined his life, with a focus on the musical storytellers who inspired him to tell tales of his own from The Kinks to Ice T

Jingle Hell: Tariq Goddard Reviews Christmas Music

Given Repeater Books supremo Tariq Goddard is pre-eminently deep and crisp and even, we set him the task of reviewing this year's seasonal music

Do You Think It’s Sexy? Rod Stewart Live At The O2

Tariq Goddard and Carl Neville went to see Rod Stewart live at the O2 just days after the General Election last month and were faced with a distressing vision of the past, present and future

Afternoon Delight: Brett Anderson Interviewed

Tariq Goddard sits down with Suede frontman, Brett Anderson for a frank talk ahead of the publication of Afternoons With The Blinds Drawn, the second volume of the singer's memoirs

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How The West Was Won

On Coming To Metal In Middle-Age: Neurosis Live At Koko

Tariq Goddard didn't realise that he liked metal until he went to see Neurosis live at Koko and found their "songs of engagement and endurance" chimed with his own advancing years. Photos © Benedetto Manzella for the Heathen Harvest Periodical, 2016

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Would You Still Be Singing If Hitler Bought Your Football Club?

How much should being a football fan allow you to sideline your own ethics, wonders Tariq Goddard

Empathy On The Barricades: Billy Bragg Live

Tariq Goddard watches Billy Bragg live, and argues that you don't need to choose between the songs of love and songs of politics. Photos by Valerio Berdini.

Saxophonist Larry Stabbins Retires

Luminary saxophonist and composer reflects on his reasons for recently calling time on performing

Channelling From Some Other Place: Richard Thompson Interviewed

Following the release of his 21st album, Electric, earlier this year, Richard Thompson talks to Tariq Goddard about why he prefers living in the suburbs, sidestepping 60s excess and his relationship with his back catalogue

LIVE REPORT: Tindersticks

Rowland’s Return: Dexys Live At Shepherd’s Bush

As Dexys prepare to release One Day I'm Going To Soar, Tariq Goddard witnesses its live debut at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire

Tariq Goddard On PJ Harvey Live At The Albert Hall

Tariq Goddard reviews PJ Harvey at the Royal Albert Hall and finds that, for once, the critical consensus is correct. PJ Harvey live by Shot2bits

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Get It On: Visceral Thrills With Grinderman Live

Belittle the achievements of Nick Cave and his Grinderman cohorts at your peril, warns Tariq Goddard after catching the lascivious troupe live at the Hammersmith Apollo. Photo Burak Cingi

The Picture Of Contented New Wealth By Tariq Goddard: An Extract

Tariq Goddard was recently given the International Independent Publishers Award for Horror. The Quietus brings you an extract from his new tome _The Picture Of Contented Wealth_ - the cover of which was designed by Suede's Matt Osman! Plus, an interview with the author himself

Why Music Criticism Is Important, By Zer0 Books’ Tariq Goddard

In a response to last week's piece on Nick Kent's new book, zer0 Books editor Tariq Goddard argues that music journalism is a vocation worth pursuing