With excellent magazines like Mojo, Uncut and The Word offering ‘free’ CDs on a monthly basis there’s an opportunity to be introduced to stuff you wouldn’t normally listen to. I say ‘free’ but the mags aren’t cheap – and if you’re like me, you invariably hear something you like and end up spending a fortune.
You’d be forgiven for passing them by on the newsagents shelf (“Oh look there’s the Beatles/Dylan/Who/Springsteen/REM/U2/Oasis on the cover again”) but I’m here to encourage you to take a dip in unchartered waters…….