Tam Patton
Tam Patton works as a bookseller at Readings Carlton.
Reviews
Lullaby and … The Ceaseless Roar by Robert Plant
With all the renewed interest in Led Zeppelin, firstly following their 2007 reunion shows and again on the re-release of their first three albums a few months ago, you might think their iconic vocali…
The History of Rock ’n’ Roll in Ten Songs by Greil Marcus
When Greil Marcus’s editor suggested he write a history of rock ’n’ roll, he not surprisingly felt it was ‘a terrible idea, that it had been done to death’. Thankfully, Marcus did not shy from the ta…
Led Zeppelin I, II & III
There are but a few unarguably important and revered groups in modern music that deserve the epithet ‘legendary’. If there is a canon of rock-and-roll, Led Zeppelin stand proudly as its Homer, its Mi…
Open by The Necks
Occupying a unique space in contemporary music, The Necks have quietly birthed a genuinely original sound, carved from strata of seemingly disparate materials. Emerging from a nebulous background in …
Bish Bosch by Scott Walker
Reclusive singer-songwriter Scott Walker’s rare releases are always keenly anticipated events, and those who might have secretly hoped he would return to the lush, romantic songs of melancholy and so…