7th May 2016 Compared to the most famous of the late, great musicians who have the eternal misfortune of membership to the now infamous 27 Club, fairly little seems to be widely known about Janis Joplin. While the passing of… Continue Reading
24th April 2016 One third of the way through his film, French born Australian director Philippe Mora ponders “How do you make a film about the Holocaust?” It’s a very good question, the most devastating genocide in history having been… Continue Reading
20th April 2016 Apparently 123,205,750 words will pass from the lips of the average person in a lifetime. Almost solely facilitating our social interactions, it is with words that we express our innermost thoughts, find common ground with others, nurture… Continue Reading
21st April 2016 Cage The Elephant – ‘Cry Baby’ Taken from last December’s Tell Me I’m Pretty, this new single from the Kentucky four-piece is a stomping slab of indie rock which combines retro psychedelia – as best exemplified in… Continue Reading
7th April 2016 Leon Bridges – ‘River’ To overtly stray into the realm of pastiche is never a good thing – examples being Bruce Willis’ venture into rhythm and blues under the laughable pseudonym of Bruno Radolini, UB40’s caucasian mock-reggae… Continue Reading
24th March 2016 New Order – ‘Singularity’ Still going strong after 35 years in the music biz, the Mancunian band’s new single is from last September’s tenth studio album Music Complete. The song is accompanied by a video featuring images… Continue Reading
20th March 2016 Hailed as the “grandfather of modern dance music”, a “maverick, genius outsider” and “one of the most important people of 20th century music”, the sense of hagiographical terrain is abundantly clear in the earliest moments of Volker… Continue Reading
6th March 2016 Formed in late 2014, and with appearances at The Fleece and the inaugural ‘The Underdog’ battle of the band contests at the Thunderbolt throughout last year, local band Thelema’s Sunday evening show at The Crofters Rights was… Continue Reading