Rory Gallagher Rory Gallagher 50th Anniversary Edition
When Taste broke up in the autumn of 1970, Rory Gallagher went through the mixed emotions that follow any divorce. There was pride: their final festival appearance at the alongside and had been spectacular and their last studio album, 1970’s On The Boards, had...
Saint Etienne I’ve Been Trying To Tell You
If, as LP Hartley’s novel The Go-Between has it, “the past is a foreign country”, then Saint Etienne have earned frequent flyer status. From their 1991 debut, Foxbase Alpha, which leaned on UK club culture, C86 and ’60s pop, through 2005’s Tales From Turnpike...
Van der Graaf Generator The Charisma Years 1970-1978
As Mark E Smith once told Peter Hammill, it wasn’t Van Der Graaf Generator’s lyrics that sparked his love for the band, or the specifics of their music, nor even their academic complexity. It was the sheer power of the thing that drew him...
Annette
After waiting decades, Sparks’ Ron and Russell Mael have finally made it to the big screen in a dazzle of grandeur and glory – not just as subjects of Edgar Wright’s joyous portrait The Sparks Brothers, but as co-writers and composers of a bizarre...
See Nick Cave as H.G. Wells in trailer for ‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’
The official trailer for biopic The Electrical Life of Louis Wain has been unveiled, briefly featuring Nick Cave in his role as science fiction author H.G. Wells. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the titular role, the film follows English artist Louis Wain, who is known...
Willie Nelson announces second album for the year, ‘The Willie Nelson Family’
Willie Nelson has announced a new album, ‘The Willie Nelson Family’, marking his second LP release for the year. Arriving November 19, the new record will feature members of the Nelson family, including his sister Bobbie Lee, sons Lukas and Micah, and daughters Amy...
Listen to Bartees Strange’s new song ‘Weights’
Bartees Strange has shared a new single, ‘Weights’, lifted from a forthcoming deluxe edition of his 2020 debut album ‘Live Forever’. READ MORE: Bartees Strange: The Washington, D.C. artist bending genres to build his own uncompromising world “This is about the ones that got...
Air announce 20th anniversary edition of ’10 000Hz Legend’
Air have announced a 20th anniversary edition of their second album, ’10 000Hz Legend’. The French duo – comprised of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel – released the original record back in 2001. Following on from their 1998 debut ‘Moon Safari’, it was lauded...
Watch Lizzo’s funky live cover of BTS’ ‘Butter’
Lizzo delivered a cover of BTS‘ ‘Butter’ in the Live Lounge today (September 23) – check out the video below. The ‘Juice’ singer took on the K-Pop group’s 2021 single as part of BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge Month, which kicked off on September...Recent Posts
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