When Appleton - the collective name for the duo project of sisters Nicole and Natalie Appleton, best known of course, as 50% of Brit-Canadian girl group legends from the 90s, All Saints - marked the 20th anniversary of their cult classic album Everything's Eventual with some first time vinyl pressings back in 2023, we did … Continue reading EP Review: Appleton (@nicoleappleton @natappleton) – “Side By Side”
Nearly two years after All Saints acrimoniously split, Melanie Blatt finally emerged with her first proper solo single - that was almost as cool and unphased as the lady herself was to its arrival...
WRITER'S NOTE: This is a new version of a blog I first wrote back in 2018 for the 15th anniversary of the Everything's Eventual album, now updated for its 20th anniversary and new release on vinyl. I've spoken many a time before on the blog about life after hugely successful pop bands - solo efforts … Continue reading Nicole and Natalie: from All Saints to Appleton – ‘Everything’s Eventual’ at 20
Offering two cover versions for the price of one, All Saints' double-A-side take on tracks by both the Red Hot Chili Peppers and LaBelle was descively different.
The slow burn success of "Never Ever" was what immediately set All Saints apart from their girl group contemporaries - waiting some weeks before it finally ascended to the top of the charts...
Good afternoon and welcome aboard this week's Pop Essays, our weekly look back at some lost classics in our music library that we dust off and polish good and proper to shine as they deserve to. This week: an overlooked single from one of my all time favourite bands... Artist: All Saints Song: Chick Fit … Continue reading Pop Essays #16: All Saints, ‘Chick Fit’
Welcome one and all to this week's installment of The Story of Pop: 2000, as we continue our look back, week by week, of the runners and riders - and all the big hits - from the UK charts of two decades ago. This week: one of the Nineties' foremost girl groups return with that … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 8)
Happy Boxing Day dear readers! We hope you've all had a lovely Christmas so far. As is always tradition on this corner of the internet, today we bring you our most important blog of the year, as we hand out our prizes to those we've loved across music, TV, books and film this year. This … Continue reading Alex’s End Of Year Prizes 2018
If 'Red Flag', 2016's superb renaissance album (we don't like saying comeback, it doesn't seem right in this context) was the sound of All Saints rediscovering their musical identity, then 'Testament', its follow up, is almost certainly the sound of them taking that rediscovered, timeless sound, and running full tilt with it. Although even 'full … Continue reading #CrazyStupidAlbum: All Saints – ‘Testament’
ARTIST: All Saints SONG: Love Lasts Forever SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? I'm going to do a little bit of scene setting for you here, people. It is Thursday morning - a whole 24 hours before this blog goes live. I have heard the new single from All Saints - … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: All Saints – ‘Love Lasts Forever’
