The only way I can describe Emily Armstrong’s voice is with the word ‘ astonishing ’. I really am astounded by her vocal abilities, high notes, rough notes, clean notes, soft, loud, you name it. But what I like most is the emotional quality which is immensely powerful in a version of “Anybody” that I happened upon. It’s not the album version, it’s a stripped version where there are no vocal overdubs, just the power of a single voice. Mighty Emily’s voice, of course. I looped

If there is one instrument that stands above the rest in rock music, it’s the electric guitar. This is probably why I have a love/hate relationship with it. Often overused with obnoxious effects, or even worse, billions of notes a minute, there are songs that grate on my nerves because of the guitar parts. When the guitar takes centre stage, I prefer songs that have guitar parts that serve the song. Or songs that get you to bounce with the rhythm. This is why I love Siouxsie

As far as I know, Chris Null left the band some years back. I need to include him just the same because he was part of the band when I first listened to them and some of the parts helped me write prose. To me his approach to bass lines sounds like he’s a hybrid musician, a guitarist-bassist, not to be confused with a bass guitarist. By that I mean that it sounds like he’s fluent in both instruments and this influences his sound. I’m not sure if I’m right about that, but when