STUCK on a desert island, with nothing to keep me company but a Hi-Fi stereo system, and ONE record. What was I thinking? I had the wherewithal to bring my vintage (1988) Rotel amplifier, my Totem Hi-Fi speakers, and my Pro-Ject turntable, plus a coconut powered generator to keep it all running; yet I packed…
Read articleOUT today via Rare Vitamin Records, the high octane, angry sound of ‘A Working Class Lad’ from Manchester’s THE BATTERY FARM. It’s a sound that harks back to the angry days of the late ‘70’s and early ‘80’s when music had a real voice, a real purpose and retained the power to agitate. “We’re a…
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Read articleIT has come to pass that I have been asked to ponder the great philosophical question of our time. Yes friends, I have been asked to consider what album out of all albums would I want to find myself able to play on a desert island. I gave the matter great thought and by process…
Read articleGETTING TO KNOW: ‘COSMIC EMBERS’ IRISH psychedelic rock band COSMIC EMBERS caused more than a stir last month with the release of debut single, ’Apocalypse in Metropolis,’ a song we’re already hailing as 2022’s ‘Single of the Year.’ The group consists of Paddy O’Keeffe (guitars/vocals), Adam Walsh (bass) and Anto Walsh (drums) who began playing…
Read articleCRUEL TO BE KIND is the definitive account of Nick Lowe’s uncompromising life as a songwriter and entertainer, from his days at Stiff Records, to becoming the driving force behind Rockpile, to the 1979 smash hit ‘Cruel To Be Kind.’ Nick’s original compositions have been recorded by the best in the business, from enfant terrible of the New-Wave,…
Read articleFROM 2021, Glasgow’s BEAFETS and ‘Open Letter’ is our ‘song of the week.’
Read articleTRAPPED on a desert island with only one album? Let’s hope a nice bottle of rum washes up. Strangely enough I did once find a letter in a bottle that came from America all the way to Scotland, but we’ll save that story for another time. Like many people I have a vast collection of…
Read articleNEW this week: Five and Tens – The Godzilla Attacks Tokyo Kamikaze Blues Band – Fire up the Sun & Lewca – The Roundlakes – Losslines and As Particles Collide. STAYING with us for at least one more week: Pepe & The Bandits – Szczeciński Zespół Dupa – Livingmore – The Baines and Dads Under…
Read articleOUT now from Colwyn Bay’s LA LA LETTES (the brainchild of Chris Triggs) the truly wonderfully diverse, personal, yet original album, ‘Obsession.’ “I wrote the album during late summer, early autumn 2021,” said Triggs. “I couldn’t stop writing last year, eager to build up the discography. ‘Obsession’ is the fifth album and I approached it…
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