Toby Manning
Toby Manning is a London-based writer who has contributed to The Word, Q, MOJO, Mixmag, Select and NME and is the author of The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (2006) and John Le Carré and the Cold War (2018).
49 articles
List of articles in the library
AC/DC: High Voltage and other reissues
Review by Toby Manning, Record Collector, May 2003
"LET ME PUT my love into you babe", "given the dog a bone", "a full house", "sinking the pink", "she liked it done medium rare". ...
The All Seeing I, Jarvis Cocker: The All Seeing I: i Say i Say i Say
Interview by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, August 1999
THEY'VE HAD TWO MAJOR HIT SINGLES, BUT YOU'D BE HARD-PRESSED TO NAME THEM BOTH. EACH SINGLE SOUNDS LIKE THE WORK OF A DIFFERENT BAND. THEIR ...
Interview by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, December 1999
High above central London, Jockey Slut assembled an illustrious panel to debate, Mercury Prize-style, the album of the year in the plush environs of Home's ...
Bentley Rhythm Ace: Say it LOUD! We're Brum and we're proud
Report and Interview by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, October 1998
AFTER CAUSING CHAOS AT PRETTY MUCH EVERY FESTIVAL THIS SUMMER. THE BENTLEYS ARE FINALLY BACK IN THE MIDLANDS. TOBY MANNING GETS AN EXCLUSIVE TOUR OF ...
Essay by Toby Manning, New Socialist, 16 October 2021
Glam, in all its queer, communal, proletarian glory, is the soundtrack to a militant '70s that we must reclaim for the left. ...
Chicks on Speed: Speed Queens!
Profile and Interview by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, October 1999
MUNICH'S CHICKS ON SPEED: THEY CAN PAINT FAST! ...
The Dandy Warhols: Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
Review by Toby Manning, Select, July 2000
The third album from the Portland, Oregon, quartet perhaps best known for keyboard player Zia's insistence on revealing her breasts onstage. ...
Review by Toby Manning, Q, February 2002
DYLAN'S 41st ALBUM announced his creative rebirth after nearly a decade in the doldrums. ...
Steve Earle Gives New Meaning To The Expression 'Lifetime Achievement'
Interview by Toby Manning, The Word, May 2004
MARRIED SIX TIMES TO FIVE DIFFERENT WOMEN, HE'S ENDURED THE JUNKIE'S LIFE, DONE TIME AND LIVED TO TELL. NOW A CHANGED CHARACTER, HIGH PROFILE CAMPAIGNER ...
Missy Elliott: Missy Elliot: Under Construction (Elektra)
Review by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, February 2003
PRE-EMPTING UNCHIVALROUS jokes, Missy Elliott describes herself in an intro as a project "under construction". ...
Sophie Ellis-Bextor: "I'm number one … so why try harder?"
Interview by Toby Manning, Select, November 2000
One day you're the ex-singer of a forgotten indie band. The next, you're Number One and embroiled in a tabloid bitch fight with Posh Spice. ...
Felix Da Housecat: This Katt is House Trained
Report and Interview by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, December 1999
FELIX DA HOUSECAT HAS JUST MADE THE DANCEFLOOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR. TOBY MANNING FOLLOWS HIM FROM LIVERPOOL TO LONDON ANO TRIES TO MAKE HIM ...
Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green: Fleetwood Mac: The Making of Then Play On
Retrospective and Interview by Toby Manning, unpublished, 2005
IN 1969, FLEETWOOD Mac's prime mover had begun acting very strangely. First of all this East End Jew found Jesus, and began trying to convert ...
Goldfrapp: Down Boy!: Goldfrapp: Black Cherry (Mute) ***
Review by Toby Manning, Q, May 2003
Sultry ambient diva gets dark electro makeover ...
The Go! Team: Working In Memphis
Interview by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, March 2003
Brothers Ollie and Marc Jacob were once slackers in sneakers. Now they call Memphis Industries their empire… ...
The Hives: Could this cocksure Swedish pop-punk quintet be the new Strokes?
Report and Interview by Toby Manning, Blender, June 2002
DESPITE THEIR immaculate black-and-white shirt-tie-and-shoes ensemble, Swedish garage-rockers the Hives have a disconcerting habit of stripping in front of strangers. ...
Review and Interview by Toby Manning, Q, May 2003
It's not all post-punk brooding. They like drugs and girls too. ...
Norman Jay, Kylie Minogue, Primal Scream, Danny Rampling: "This will not be a party weekend."
Report by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, October 1997
CAFE DEL MAR ALBUM ON ROTATION, TIM WESTWOOD SILENT, RECORD SHOPS SHUT AND CLUBS PLAYING 'WONDERWALL'. HOW DID DIANA'S DEATH AFFECT THE CLUB WORLD? ...
Jay-Z: Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (Roc-A-Fella)
Review by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, February 2003
TWO THINGS THE world doesn't need: another hip hop double album, and another album from Jay Z, right? ...
Kraftwerk play Tribal Gathering
Report and Interview by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, December 1997
HOW ON EARTH DID UNIVERSE ENTICE THE TECHNO INNOVATORS BACK ONTO A STAGE? LET'S FIND OUT. ...
Lambchop: Aw C'mon/No You C'mon
Review by Toby Manning, The Word, March 2004
Twiglets! Beer! Community! The kings of country melancholia are having a party ...
Tommy Lee: Famous Last Words: Tommy Lee
Interview by Toby Manning, Q, July 2002
He has a bulletproof vest, a world-famous penis and has never ridden the bus. Nice life! ...
Leftfield: X-tra Limmathaus. Zurich
Live Review by Toby Manning, Select, July 2000
"THE ENGINEER'S been and had a look," winces Leftfield's Neil Barnes, taking a pained sip of coffee. "It's still not working." It seems Leftfield are ...
Report by Toby Manning, The Guardian, 15 February 2003
Since the advent of the unholy trinity of internet, MP3 and CD burner, the music industry has gone into piracy tailspin. Toby Manning feels like ...
Lo Fidelity Allstars: Allstars In Their Eyes
Report and Interview by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, June 1998
LO FIDELITY ALL-STARS ARE TAKING OVER THE ROCK N' ROLL TOILETS OF BRITAIN. TOBY MANNING JOINS WREKKED TRAIN AND CO. ON THE ROAD. ...
Retrospective by Toby Manning, unpublished, 2005
IF EVER THERE was a soundtrack for the Cold War era, it was Magazine. Musically and lyrically, this definitive new wave band inhabited the wintry ...
The Magic Numbers: Those The Brokes (Heavenly)
Review by Toby Manning, The Word, December 2006
The Soft Parade: Those The Brokes hits the ballad button — a touch too hard ...
Mogwai: Happy Songs For Happy People
Review by Toby Manning, The Word, July 2003
All hail the Glaswegian cochlea-botherers ...
Mogwai: You're experi-mentalists!
Interview by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, June 1998
MOGWAI HAVE APPROACHED A BUNCH OF "DANCE" ACTS TO REMIX THEIR GUITAR NOISE TERRORISM. LET'S SEE HOW THEY ALL GOT ON. ...
Andrea Parker: Underwater Love
Interview by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, December 1998
LONDON'S ANDREA PARKER WANTS TO RECORD IN A SUBMARINE AND MAKES MUSIC THAT REMINDS PEOPLE OF "LITTLE GREEN ALIENS". TOBY MANNING FOUND HER LURKING IN ...
Cat Power: The Covers Record (Matador) ***
Review by Toby Manning, Select, April 2000
The fifth album from Atlanta's Chan Marshall is a collection of songs by — amongst others — Smog, Dylan, Lou Reed and the Rolling Stones. ...
Propellerheads: We've been expecting you...
Interview by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, December 1997
WITH THEIR DEBUT SINGLE SNAPPED UP BY ADIDAS TO SELL TRAINERS, A TOP TEN TUNE VIA A REWORKED BOND THEME, AND SHIRLEY BASSEY TAKING VOCAL ...
Roni Size and Reprazent: Reprazent: In The Mode (One Little Indian)
Review by Toby Manning, Select, November 2000
Mercury-winning Bristol drum'n'bass gang. Features guest spots from Zack De La Rocha and Method Man. ...
Interview by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, December 2001
Out of the garage and onto The Streets. Watch out, this boy makes bangers… ...
Profile and Interview by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, March 2002
GEEZERS NEED EXCITEMENT. WHICH IS WHERE THE STREETS, AKA MIKE SKINNER, COMES IN. THE PEOPLE'S POET IN TWO-STEP'S GARMS, HE IS THE WIMP MADE GOOD, ...
Review by Toby Manning, Select, June 2000
All-Welsh album, the title meaning "horse's mane". "It's an extension of a super furry animal," singer Gruff explains. ...
Super Furry Animals: Phantom Power
Review by Toby Manning, The Word, August 2003
NORTH WALES' scenery is some of the most beautiful in the world, and yet this beauty belies its elemental dangers, barely a month going by ...
Talking Heads: Sheer Art Attack
Retrospective by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, February 2004
Talking Heads were the everymen who weren't. They may have worn the uniform of suburbia but, at heart, Byrne's unit were dysfunctional white-funkers whose angular, ...
Todd Terry: Have you ever ridden a horse?
Interview by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, August 1999
NEW YORK HOUSE MUSIC LEGEND TODD TERRY HAS ENTERED THE JUNGLE FOR HIS RESOLUTIONS ALBUM AND REMIXED THE HUGE 'IBIZA IN MY SOUL'. BUT CAN ...
Review by Toby Manning, The Word, February 2006
A celebration of the life and music of Richard Thompson: folk rock legend so culty they boxed him twice: this time for fans only. ...
Justin Timberlake: Justified (Jive)
Review by Toby Manning, Q, January 2003
WHILE MICHAEL Jackson's creativity is on the wane, there are still some artists who find him inspirational. ...
Armand Van Helden: You Don't Know Him!
Interview by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, February 1999
ARMAND VAN HELDEN IS BACK ON FORM — AND BACK IN THE CHARTS. BUT WHAT'S THE MAN WHO SWAPS GENRES MORE OFTEN THAN SOCKS AND ...
Gillian Welch: The Girl With No Name
Profile and Interview by Toby Manning, The Word, August 2003
The fastest-rising folk singer of her generation is an urban college girl writing spare, soulful country tunes set in a bygone America. Her natural mother ...
Wilco: Hi, My Name's Jeff, and I'm a Wilcoholic
Interview by Toby Manning, Q, May 2002
LIKE ALL LAS VEGAS hotels, the Mandalay Bay is a self-contained city, comprising restaurants, bars, even a "beach," complete with electric waves: anything and everything ...
Yo La Tengo: The Belcourt Theater, Nashville
Live Review by Toby Manning, Select, June 2000
COMPLETELY DOMINATING the bare-brick basement that is Yo La Tengo's Nashville dressing room is one of the largest, most gourmet riders ever to grace a ...
List of genre pieces
Report by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, August 1998
CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL KILL 400 TIMES MORE PEOPLE EVERY YEAR THAN DEATHS FROM ALL ILLEGAL DRUGS PUT TOGETHER. SO WHY ARE THEY LEGAL WHILE OTHER ...
Report by Toby Manning, The Face, August 2001
The pills are getting cheaper, the music's getting faster, the nights are getting longer. Now the club promoters have joined police and newspapers in telling ...
Report and Interview by Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, October 1997
WITH THE SHOCK CLOSURE OF LONDON'S FAMOUS FAT CAT RECORD SHOP, THE SHUTTERS OF PETE WATERMAN'S CHAIN OF SPECIALIST DANCE SHOPS FIRMLY SHUT AND THE ...
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