DESPITE a self-imposed 30-year musical silence, Lancashire singer-songwriter Corrie Shelley has returned with a vengeance releasing three albums in quick succession along with an EP, ‘Ghostlight’ which arrived in 2020. And if that wasn’t enough, she is also the driving force behind the ‘Mines, Memories and Music’ project which chronicles the lives and times of…
Read articlePUNK’S not dead – but don’t just take my word for it, listen to Poland’s Szczeciński Zespół Dupa then decide for yourselves. “Punk is just a certain style, a point of reference, but we try not to close ourselves in one style,” explained singer Marcin ‘Gurcin’ Hadaś. “In the past we wanted to fight with…
Read articleHAVING been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, Fender have further enhanced the status – if it were ever needed – of Pretenders founding member, guitarist, and lead vocalist by honouring her with the release of the Mexican-made Chrissie Hynde Signature Telecaster. With its aged chrome mirror pickguard and faded…
Read articleINFLUENCED by the sounds of The Beach Boys and Patsy Cline, Canadian songstress Cheyanne Summer is celebrating the recent release of her third single, ‘Circles.’ Following on from ‘iSpy’ and ‘Haunt Me,’ Circles’ is without doubt the soundtrack to this year’s heatwave – you just don’t know it. Yet. As we’ve come to expect, Cheyanne’s…
Read articleUNLIKELY bedfellows they may be, but Steve Jones, Bjork, Mike Myers, Bernard Butler and Andy Bell among many others all make important and relevant contributions to Edgar Wright’s music documentary, ‘The Sparks Brothers,’ currently on general release. Ignore the sneering, borderline patronising reviews from certain UK broadsheets where the brothers Mael have been lazily dismissed…
Read articleRough Trade East, London 28 July 2021 THE sycophants accompanied the acolytes along with the rose-tinted spectacle wearers and stood in somewhat bewildering reverence during Desperate Journalist’s latest album launch at a far from full Rough Trade East. Album number four, ‘Maximum Sorrow,’ sees the London band not only at a crossroads, but also treading…
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