PAUL McCARTNEY THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE MPL/UNIVERSAL It has been over five years since Paul McCartney’s last studio album, McCartney III, and McCartney has noted that during those years, he took his time with what became The Boys of Dungeon [...]
THE ALARM TRANSFORMATION TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY RECORDINGS This is a rather difficult review, not because there is any question about the quality of the music in the package, but because this is Mike Peters’ farewell. I bought The Alarm’s [...]
DOUBLESPEAK DOUBLESPEAK LONDON RECORDS Doublespeak is a supergroup of three influential and much-loved electrobeat artists from the past 40 years. Neil Arthur (Blancmange, Fader), Vince Clarke (Yazoo, Depeche Mode, Erasure), and Benge [...]
FROM OBSCURE CUTS TO NEW CLASSICS A CONVERSATION WITH VINCE CLARKE, NEIL ARTHUR & BENGE OF DOUBLESPEAK Whenever three superstars get together to form a band or complete a project, it is big news. In this case, anyone who has followed [...]
J.C. THOMAZ AND THE MISSING SLIPPERS J.C. THOMAZ AND THE MISSING SLIPPERS SLOVENLY RECORDINGS From Rotterdam, NL, comes the gritty punk/post punk of J.C. Thomaz and The Missing Slippers. Reportedly this debut album was two decades in the making [...]
PETER FRAMPTON CARRY THE LIGHT UME It is a good idea to forget what you think you know about Peter Frampton before you listen to his new album, Carry The Light. This is an extremely important album for Peter Frampton. Not only is it his first [...]
PAT GILBERT – PASSION IS A FASHION: THE REAL STORY OF THE CLASH AURUM/QUARTO GROUP BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Pat Gilbert’s Passion Is A Fashion: The Real Story of The Clash has stood out from other bios on The Clash since it was first [...]
TOM DOYLE – RINGO STARR: A FAB LIFE ECW PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Tom Doyle is a very respected music journalist who has also written several books about many artists. His library includes books about Paul McCartney, Elton John, [...]
TEENAGE LESSONS SET ME RIGHT A CONVERSATION WITH STEPHEN PATMAN OF CHAPTERHOUSE Chapterhouse formed in Reading, Berkshire in 1987 when three friends came together with a common love of music. Andrew Sherriff (vocals, guitar), Stephen Patman [...]
THE WOGGLES STOP AND TAKE A MINUTE WICKED COOL RECORDS The Woggles’ debut album was released in 1993 (Teen Dance Party), since then they have released 11 studio albums and a number of singles. The singles are the stars of the show here, as a [...]
AYRIA VICIOUS WORLD ARTOFFACT RECORDS Jennifer Parkin has been releasing music under the Ayria moniker since 2003 (Debris was Ayria’s debut album). Although she is the driving force behind the project, over the years she has had a number of [...]
DEE LONG WATER IS MAGIC DEE LONG MUSIC It has been far too long since the last Dee Long album, 2011’s Life AfterLife. While there had been some singles and an EP, Long’s voice and guitar playing had been missing. But he is back with his new [...]
ROB CLARKE OPIOPE ALDORA BRITAIN RECORDS Opiope is Rob Clarke’s seventh solo album (he has also released music with The Wooltones and Brown Bears) and his first since 2024’s Blues Beats And Brel album. Opiope is much more of a band effort than [...]
ELECTRIC SIX I SHALL EXTERMINATE EVERYTHING AROUND ME THAT RESTRICTS ME FROM BEING THE MASTER (2026 REMASTER) METROPOLIS RECORDS I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master was originally released in 2007 and [...]
VILLANELLE MEASLY MEANS FAE GRP PUBLISHING VILLANELLE is a UK-based grunge and alternative rock band formed in 2023. They are fronted by singer and guitarist Gene Gallagher (son of Oasis’s Liam Gallagher) and also feature Ben Taylor [...]
TORI AMOS IN TIMES OF DRAGONS FONTANA In Times of Dragons is Tori Amos’s 18th studio album and her first since 2021’s powerful Ocean to Ocean (although she did release the streaming only soundtrack for her children’s book in 2025, titled The [...]
HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER I’M PEOPLE CHRYSALIS RECORDS I’m People is Hiss Golden Messenger’s 16th studio album, since their debut in 2008. M.C. Taylor (who really is Hiss Golden Messenger at this point) continues his slide into Americana music. In [...]
NIALL CONNOLLY THERE’S SO MUCH MORE TO SEE C.U. RECORDS It has been three years since Niall Connolly’s last studio album (the brilliant Patience of Trees), and while three years is a bit of time, There’s So Much More to See has been [...]
THE RALLIES NO BETTER TIME INDEPENDENT With No Better Time, by The Rallies, it feels that summer has officially started. The Rallies are a four-piece band based in Seattle. No Better Time, their fourth album, is the perfect spring/summer album. [...]
POWER TO THE PEOPLE: JOHN & YOKO/PLASTIC ONO BAND WITH ELEPHANT’S MEMORY AND SPECIAL GUESTS – LIVE AT THE ONE TO ONE CONCERT, NEW YORK CITY, 1972 MERCURY STUDIOS/TRAFALGAR RELEASING APRIL 29, 2026 Almost one year to the day of the [...]
FITZROY HOLT AROUND THE WREKIN’ 25 HOUR CONVENIENCE STORE Around The Wrekin is Fitzroy Holt’s debut album. He has made a name for himself in his home in the UK, known as Black Country (not to be confused with Black Country, New Road). Over the [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS SOMETHING FOR THE LONGING – SCOTTISH INDEPENDENT POP 1985-1999 CHERRY RED RECORDS Famed author and film director Grant McPhee (All Invisible Things, Postcards From Scotland) has assembled a three-CD set handpicking some [...]
RINGO STARR LONG LONG ROAD UNIVERSAL MUSIC Last year, Ringo Starr released his first country album in 55 years, titled Look Up (his first country album was 1970’s Beaucoups Of Blues). Not only was Look Up a brilliant album, it also gave Starr [...]
IAMX UNMASK EP | IAMIXED: REWORKS FAULT LINES ALBUMS 1 AND 2 UNFALL RECORDS IAMX is Chris Corner, originally from London. Since making his debut in 2004, he has had several artists join him on tours, but in the studio, it is pretty much Corner. [...]
