14 Dec 2018

Buzzcocks, West Phillips & Orchestra of Spheres?

From Nine To Noon, 11:07 am on 14 December 2018
The Buzzcocks, with Steve Diggle (L), Pete Shelley, and Danny Farrant (rear).

The Buzzcocks, with Steve Diggle (L), Pete Shelley, and Danny Farrant (rear). Photo: AFP

Music reviewer Grant Smithies goes ape this week over new double album Mirror from Wellington's Orchestra Of Spheres, then sheds a tear for dearly departed singer/guitarist Pete Shelley of Manchester punk pioneers, Buzzcocks.

We finish with a rare funk gem from mysterious Antiguan soul singer, West Phillips. 

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