Song: Marie Provost Artist: Nick Lowe Year: 1978 After reading a copy of Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon, a prevaricating gossip rag first published in the USA in 1965, British singer-songwriter Nick Lowe was inspired to pen a commemoration of the… Continue Reading
Sinkane is one of those musicians who produces music which is, from a journalist’s viewpoint at least, frustratingly difficult to define. While many would blandly pigeonhole it as ‘World Music’, that simply will not do. Ohio’s Sinkane, alias Ahmed Gallab, used… Continue Reading
This week, we’re bigging up the weird pop of Jim Noir, who has the ability to splice the sunshine licks of the Beach Boys and the rhythm of early Beatles tracks with a low-fi-ish Mancunian charm and a bowler hat.… Continue Reading
Review by Abby Render – As She Keeps Bees enter the stage for their gig at the Lantern at Colston Hall, Jessica Larrabee’s quirky disjointed chatter with the seated audience creates the vibe of an awkward family event in a… Continue Reading
Donegal mix master Colpey Calling selects his new Track of the Week, as well as the Best Track You’ve Never Heard. Track of the Week Doc Daneeka – “Together” (2014) The whole EP covers lots of house styles – from disco… Continue Reading
The nights are drawing in and the damp is seeping through the ceiling, but it won’t be long until Summer festival season is upon us again! Today one of the biggest hitters out there, Secret Garden Party, has revealed it’s… Continue Reading
Song: Future Woman Artist: Les Rockets Year: 1975 This week we take you to the edge of the galaxy, a place where space meets disco and all synths are tuned to Interstellar Mode. For some reason, all the aliens either speak French or… Continue Reading
Let us be clear: Les Sins is in fact the pseudonym of Chazwick Bradley Bundick (best name ever), aka Chaz, aka Sides of Chaz, whose most famous stage name is Toro y Moi. Confused? Right. Chaz has been at the forefront… Continue Reading