by John Power
There are few things I find more distasteful than rock music without balls. Take away the passion, the sex the sheer bloody mindedness from rock,…
by Michael Hubbard
As with everything Damon Albarn has been involved with since Blur‘s The Great Escape (and much before it), Gorillaz is superb. The sleeve would have...
by Michael Hubbard
Eva Cassidy died of skin cancer in 1996, tragically missing the thrill of seeing her star rise stratospherically with the posthumous success of her Songbird...
by John Power
When it came to my attention that I’d be reviewing a “Best of” The Frank And Walters, I admit I did find it hard to...
by John Murphy
Iceland’s place in the pantheon of cool music continues unabated, despite recent challenges from Sweden and Finland. Apart from the wonderfully bonkers Bjork moving from...
by Claire Simpson
Pint-sized Scottish singer Dot Allison is only just beginning to get recognition as an artist in her own right, despite having just put out album...
by Michael Hubbard
Something a little different appeared at the tiny, uber-cool venue that is The Spitz. It was called Venus Hum. This Nashville-based trio consisted of two...
by Simon Evans
Entertainment industry suits call it synergy – using films to sell music to sell films, and so on, in a constantly circulating – and, when...
by Daniel Mumford
If you are, or ever have been, a fan of’electronica’, then it’s pretty likely that you own arecord by Future Sound Of London. Their 1992album,...
by Nick Dawson
It was the reunion that no one was expecting. Their first album, The Sound Of McAlmont And Butler, met with no great interest, despite coming...
by Simon Evans
Since leaving the ’80s retro-rock outfit The Weather Prophets, Pete Astor has reinvented himself as an ambient remixer par-excellence. For the past few years, in...
by Michael Osborn
In 1990, Primal Scream burst upon the scene with their exuberant, funky and utterly infectious song Loaded, which was an essential cut from the year’s...
by Michael Hubbard
From the beginning of Things To Remember it is clear that ex-Bauhaus front man Peter Murphy has done more than just move to Turkey. On...
by Michael Hubbard
Paul Harris, Steve Smith and Ben Harris, together Dirty Vegas, have begun to emulate Moby‘s success with car ad soundtracks. Their first single Days Go...
by John Power
In an age when every new-jack rock band lays claim to be the spiritual heirs to the likes of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, it’s...
by Michael Hubbard
The Union Chapel is without a shadow of a doubt London’s most atmospheric venue. As it is also an in-service church, it has a certain...
by Daniel Mumford
Circo Loco at DC-10 is Ibiza’s most legendaryall-dayer. Officially the after-hours party of theisland, it’s the first club to open and the last clubto close...
