July – ‘The Complete Recordings’ (2020)
Originally formed from the remnants of two bands, the Tomcats and The Second Thoughts, Ealing, UK based July released only one album and two singles, on the Major...
Reviews
Liam Gallagher – ‘MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall)’ (2020)
For many music fans, MTV Unplugged, which kicked off in 1989, seems like some ancient relic from the past, from a music video channel that for a long...
The Original Magnetic Light Parade – ‘Smoke & Mirrors’ c/w ‘Confusion Reigns’
The Original Magnetic Light Parade is another international collaboration from Bearsuit (as is their seemingly standard modus operandi), this time pairing Belgian composer/producer/violinist/pianist Alexander Stordiauwith longtime Bearsuit artiste...
Salisman & His Blessed Eunuchs – ‘Absolution’ (2020)
I came to this album through Paul Foreman, whom you’ll remember from a number of bands, including Soft Speaker and Warmth, though here he’s deeply immersed in a...
The Saw Range – ‘Flowers for Dreams’ (2020)
In 2018, Spain’s The Saw Range- singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Eva Lasierra and her producer/collaborator Oscar Arroyo – quietly self-released one of the finest albums of the year. Ajna, the act’s...
France Gall – ‘Poupée de Cire, Poupée de Son’, ‘Baby Pop’, ‘1968’ (2020)
Like a breath of fresh air coming to save the pop world from aggression and electronic overkill, Jack White and his Third Man Records have reissued three albums...
Spotlight on Glam Queen Cherie Currie
The digital edition of Cherie Currie’s Boulevards of Splendor, with 3 bonus songs, including a remake of Runaways’ classic “Queens of Noise,” came out on April 28th on...
The Alarm: Mod Roots & Welsh Poetry
Alarm founder Mike Peters has lived in and around his hometown of Rhyl, in Northwest Wales, all his life. Accordingly, all the clubs and stages of that vicinity...
Beau – ‘The Magic Of Public Relations’ (2020)
Born in 1946 in North England, Trevor Midgley has always loved words and word-play, reflected in stage-names too: C.J.T. Midgley first took the stage in The Raiders, who...
Kursaal Flyers – ‘Little Does She Know’ (2020)
Within a 12 month period beginning in 1974 the Kursaal Flyers played a BBC session with John Peel, got a record deal and were set to tour Europe...