Tryzdin Comes of Age with Staggering Vocal Performance
Throw all your preconceptions out of the window, set them on fire and bury the ashes in a distant forest. This is one of the […]
If You’ve Got a Fuzzbox…
An unheralded hero of the music world passed away on May 21st, Glenn Snoddy, inventor of the fuzztone. Invented is slightly misleading, as the now […]
Pat and the Pro’s Release Desert Island Disc
Perhaps already the winner of this year’s search for “music from furthest-flung clime”, this debut release by Pat and the Pro’s (we don’t know why […]
A Flock of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song
If you were to describe the pop culture of the 1980s in just one picture, you could do a lot worse than a pic of […]
Looking for Something a Bit Different at Edinburgh Festival? Meet No-Ce!
Appearing at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival is No-Ce, a quite staggering combination of, yes, Édith Piaf and Frank Zappa! Celebrating the art of the […]
Uptown Downtempo – Uno Prism’s Devastatingly Good “Into Place”
Although born in Scotland, Uno Prism (answers to Emma most of the time) is now settled in Manchester, a city which is once again threatening […]
Jon Spencer – Do the Trash Can
If, like us, you’ve been missing The Cramps something rotten, cheers loudly for the return of Jon Spencer, who’s looking at an Autumn release for […]
BBC Banned From Playing Tribute to Sir Cliff Richard
In a frankly magnificent chain of events, the tables have been turned on the bastion of British media, the BBC, and they have been banned […]
Adam Lanceley Sets the Bar Impossibly High for Others to Emulate
Adam Lanceley may be a name unfamiliar to many, but his prodigious musical output sees him releasing in seventh album in only 3 years. This […]
From A to Zé – A Beginner’s Guide to Brazilian Music
To imagine the music of Brazil for many is to immediately hear the frantic battering of percussion almost drowned out by even louder carnival colours. […]