The 1970s. What a decade for music! It was a wild, experimental, and incredibly fertile period that saw genres explode, artists push boundaries, and hit after hit cascade from radios across the globe.

Although he grew up within a small radius of cracking indie bands, Sam Fender got his favourites from across the pond, specifically, from the Quebec suburbs.

The glam rock crown has a new jewel, and it is not coming from the usual suspects like T. Rex or Roxy Music. Earlier this year, a panel of critics singled out Mott the Hoople’s 1972 single “All the ...