The Damned Darkadelic earMUSIC It is hard to believe that The Damned’s debut album, the classic Damned Damned Damned was released 46 years ago and here I am reviewing their new album! Remember, they also have rights to the claim they released [...]
OCEANS APART, STATIONS AWAY A CONVERSATION WITH VIKAS SHARMA & JULIE SUN LEE OF DEADBEAT SUPERHEROES “It is hard to believe that I was writing with Spill Magazine in 1999,” said Deadbeat Superheroes member Vikas Sharma who was a writer for [...]
Benjamin Russell Frontier TCBE Records Benjamin Russell has been around for a while and he has certainly proven himself to be one of the biggest talents in this, or any other, country. In 1984 he had a very big hit “Miracle (Miracle Of Love)”, [...]
Paul McCartney And Wings Red Rose Speedway (50th Anniversary) MPL/Capitol As part of Record Store Day, Paul McCartney decided to remaster the second Wings album, Red Rose Speedway and release it as 50th Anniversary edition. It has been [...]
Brian Eno FOREVER VOICELESS Verve/UMC Brian Eno released FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE in October of 2022. It was the first album to feature him singing in 17 years, since 2005’s Another Day on Earth which was his last vocal album. Now, he has removed [...]
Jah Wobble Dark Luminosity – The 21st Century Collection Cherry Red Records Jah Wobble (born John Joseph Wardle) began his musical career as an original member of Public Image Limited (PIL), a band John Lydon formed after he left The Sex [...]
Jethro Tull RökFlöte Inside Out Music/Sony Music RökFlöte is Jethro Tull’s 23rd studio and their first album since 2022’s The Zealot Gene. Thankfully fans did not have to wait 20 years for the follow-up to that very successful album, as that had [...]
RECOLLECTION IN TRANQUILITY A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN FOXX John Foxx is a multi-talented artist. Over the years, Foxx has been a singer, musician, artist, photographer, graphic designer, writer, teacher and lecturer. Born Dennis Leigh, Foxx [...]
Ann-Margret Born To Be Wild Cleopatra Records These days, people forget that Ann-Margret, along with being a movie star, was also a very popular recording artist. She sang with Elvis Presley and The Beatles even covered one of her early hits [...]
Area Resident Phosphene Surkeus Records Phosphene is Area Resident’s seventh album, and its first of all new material since 2022’s Quasar. Here, Doug Hempstead, also known as Area Resident, is co-producing with Jordon Zadorozny, and the end [...]
Peter Daltrey & The Know Escape Running Through Chelsea Think Like A Key Music Running Through Chelsea is a good example of how music can mesh together from different genres and different eras. Peter Daltrey has been making music since the [...]
John Foxx The Arcades Project Metamatic It seems hard to believe that after close to 50 years of making music, John Foxx has never recorded a solo piano album until now. The Arcades Project is his second release this year and although it is not [...]
Foghat Road Fever: The Complete Bearsville Recordings 1972-1975 HNE/Cherry Red Records I remember watching an MTV awards show, many, many years ago. Jim Carey, dressed as a hippie, made the joke “would it kill you to play some Foghat?” He was [...]
Peggy Lee I’m A Woman (60th Anniversary Edition) Capitol Records/UMe In 1963, Peggy Lee had a surprise hit with the song “I’m A Woman”. She had not been on the charts since 1958 with her classic “Fever”. Rock ‘n’ roll had a firm grip on [...]
Novelty Island Wallsend Weekend Television Think Like A Key Novelty Island is a pop music project by Liverpool artist Tim McConnell. It is a fascinating ensemble full of musical twists and turns, but most importantly, it is extremely [...]
The Kinks The Journey – Part 1 BMG The Kinks officially formed in 1963, hence the 60th Anniversary celebration that is happening for the band this year. To honour this classic, timeless, and brilliant band, two box sets are being released, [...]
THE MARY WALLOPERS @ THE DRAKE, TORONTO MARCH 20, 2023 The first night of spring, and the best way to celebrate the new season is to hang out with the sellout crowd to see The Mary Wallopers at The Drake. They came with a full band and a set [...]
Delerium Signs Metropolis Records It has been seven years since the last studio album from Delerium, Mythologie) The band has returned with a new album, Signs, and the time between albums seems to have done them well. Delirium has delivered a [...]
Levellers Collective (The Levellers) Together All The Way On The Fiddle Recordings The Levellers formed in 1988 and their debut album was released two years later in 1990 (A Weapon Called The Word). Together All The Way is their 13th album, and [...]
SAME NAME, DIFFERENT GAME A CONVERSATION WITH COLIN BLUNSTONE OF THE ZOMBIES The Zombies are back and in a big way. They have a new album, Different Game, and a documentary, Hung Up On A Dream, both to be released in March, 2023. Although known [...]
THE GIRL IS CRYING IN HER LATTE A CONVERSATION WITH RUSSELL MAEL & RON MAEL OF SPARKS Sparks have been making records and touring for a long while. Their debut album (intially released under the group name Halfnelson), Halfnelson was [...]
ADI MOSKOVITCH – FREE SPIRIT: LETTING IT ALL GO NO GRAVITY TO HOLD PARTRIDGE PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Adi Mosko, otherwise known as Adi Moskovitch, fronts a band from Tel Aviv known as The Corridors, who have been releasing [...]
Paddy Goodwin & The Holy Ghosts The Church Of The Here And Now Independent The Irish music scene has always been vibrant and diverse. There are many different genres and artists in Ireland as in any other place. And there is a lot of [...]
Dawn Sev Tart Independent Dawn Sev’s debut EP, Tart, features four diverse songs that showcase her distinct talent and her love of various forms of music. In less than 15 minutes, Sev explores various forms of music and she does it [...]
