Music
Live: Kate Bush – Before The Dawn
The story of Kate Bush’s return to live concerts is now well-known: one six-week tour in 1979 finished at the Hammersmith Apollo and she never again went on tour or performed an entire set for the public. Some cited nerves, others exhaustion from her relentless perfectionism. Rumours said that the death of her lighting director, …
Meet: Interview with Sam Paganini talks about his new album and how things got started…
Ahead of Italian DJ and producer Sam Paganini’s debut album release “Satellite” on Drumcode in a couple of weeks, I asked him if he could tell us a bit about it – he kindly agreed… When did you start DJing / producing, and what or who were your early passions and influences? Hi guys! I …
Meet: Interview with Ian Hunter, new live album and tour news.
From his days back in the 60s when he was in bands such as The Apex Group and The Scenery, as well as backing Freddie ‘Fingers’ Lee, to joining, and ultimately fronting, Mott the Hoople in the late 60s and into the early 70s, singer and songwriter Ian Hunter has been one of those musicians …
Live Review: Galtres Festival – 16/17.08.2014 plus galleries
A Bank Holidays not a Bank Holiday without a festival right ? We think so, that’s why we thought it would be a good idea to check out Galtres Festival, albeit that we did arrive a bit late. (Click on the pictures to see them in gallery view ) Saturday MORCHEEBA Thankfully we weren’t too …
News: Kerrang Tour 2015 Announced; Don Broco, We Are The In Crowd feature
The Kerrang Tour is coming back next year in February and has announced this morning the first two acts which are Don Broco (headliners) and We Are The In Crowd (main support). More acts still to be announced. Pre-sale tickets can be found here. Tickets go on general sale on from 29th August – get them here …
See: Marianne Faithfull releases new video for Sparrows Will Sing ahead of her new album
It’s been quite a life, Marianne Faithfull’s. 2014 marks her 50th year making records, and she’s celebrated by making her 20th studio album, entitled ‘Give My Love To London’, out on September 29th via Dramatico Entertainment. The first track to be released from the album is ‘Sparrows Will Sing’, and its a measure of Faithfull’s …
Track: The Datsuns release new single Caught in the Silver, plus album news
Sometimes things align just right. For New Zealand rockers The Datsuns it was all four members being in the same city, the gods of classic rock and roll looking down on them favourably as they followed their lead in the songwriting, and allowing their influences – in this case 1970s cult film super-villains and 1970s …
New Music: Pord – Staring Into Space, plus Album News
Ahead of their forthcoming album “Wild”, recorded with Serge Morattel at Rec Studio in Geneva, French trio Pord have released a new track, “Staring Into Space”. Starting out in 2002 in the darkest depths of Lozère / France, the band quickly alligned themselves with the kind of noise rock perpetrated by the likes of Dazzling …
Album Review: Ashrae Fax – Never Really Been Into It
Every once in a while you happen across an album that surprises you. Maybe it doesn’t change your life or blow your mind, but it stops your brain from that constant run of streaming real-world problems. You momentarily just shut the cranial machine down for a half hour or so and allow yourself to enjoy …
Not Forgotten: Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
Sinister, mad and disturbing old Tom. By the mid 80s he was ploughing a furrow that nobody could follow, not because they didn’t want to, but because they weren’t sure how stable the earth was that Tom was ploughing. But on he ploughed, churning out sea shantys, burnt out blues and insane polkas. He just …