WHEN YOU DRAW A CIRCLE YOU CAN BEGIN ANYWHERE A CONVERSATION WITH STEVEN LAMBKE Steven Lambke is a very talented individual. He is a writer, poet, musician, producer, performer and label owner. While attending University of Guelph in 1997, [...]
WE WERE HIPPIES, WE WERE WHO WE WERE A CONVERSATION WITH DENISE KAUFMAN OF ACE OF CUPS San Francisco in the mid 1960’s was the place to be, especially if you were a hippie. It was also a musical hub. The time and place was right for bands to [...]
Steven Lambke Dark Blue You’ve Changed Records Dark Blue is Steven Lambke’s second solo album, and his first since 2015’s Days Of Heaven. He has recorded with numerous bands, including The Constantines, and most recently with Construction [...]
TORSTEN IN QUEERETERIA A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY BELL In 1985 Andy Bell answered an advertisement placed by Vince Clarke, looking for a vocalist for his new project. That project turned into Erasure. Since their debut album, Wonderland (released [...]
Lefty And The Hatman Déjà Blue Independent Lefty and The Hatman are actually Marc ‘The Hatman’ Mann and Jeffrey ‘Lefty’ Levine. Both have extensive and rather impressive histories in music. Mann, working with Jeff Lynne, Electric Light [...]
John Lennon & Yoko Ono Wedding Album (Reissue) Secretly Canadian/Chimera Music Secretly Canadian and Chimera Music continue their ambitious Yoko Ono reissue project with this landmark album. Wedding Album was released to commemorate Lennon [...]
Bonnie Tyler Between The Earth And The Stars earMUSIC/Edel Between The Earth And The Stars is Bonnie Tyler’s 17th studio album, and her first since 2013’s Rocks and Honey. All that to say that this is an artist who has a fantastic catalogue [...]
Terry Draper In My Garden Terrytunes Klaatu disbanded in 1982, following the release of their last studio album, Magentalane (1981) and since then writer, drummer and vocalist Terry Draper has released a number of solo albums. In My Garden is a [...]
Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission Coldwater DFU Bloodlines Music Weddings, Parties, Anything called it a day, for all intents and purposes in 2012, but in terms of new music, their last studio album was released in 1997. Since then, Mick [...]
Mr.Kitty Ephemeral Negative Gain Records Ephemeral is Mr.Kitty’s seventh studio album. This is electronica in its finest form. Here, however, Mr.Kitty has outdone himself by assembling a 30-track double album about the death of a friend. It [...]
Rob Snarski Sparrow & Swan Teardrop Records Rob Snarski is based in Melbourne, Australia, and he has developed his own distinct sound, both vocaly and guitar playing (he refers to as ‘rudimentary’). Sparrow & Swan is his first solo album [...]
Goo Munday 9 Lives Nagative Gain From Sydney, Australia comes Goo Munday. An artist who is making inroads into the dark EDM music scene. 9 Lives is her debut album, and following her self titled debut EP, Munday delivers an electronic album that [...]
Glenn Shorrock Glenn Shorrock Sings Little River Band: The Hits Live in Studio Social Family Records It has been over two years since fans have heard from Glenn Shorrock, and he has been missed. Although his career has spanned 50 years, he is [...]
Townes Van Zandt Sky Blue TVZ Records/Fat Possum Records March 7, 2019 would have been Townes Van Zandt’s 75th birthday, and so it is a fitting release date for an album of unreleased material. Van Zandt died on January 1, 1997 and in his [...]
SOME THINGS PROVE EPHEMERAL, OTHERS ARE HERE TO STAY A CONVERSATION WITH MR.KITTY Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with Mr.Kitty. Though I spent some time speaking with him, I walked away with more questions than answers. That is not to [...]
REMINISCING A CONVERSATION WITH GLENN SHORROCK (FORMERLY OF LITTLE RIVER BAND) Glenn Shorrock has been making music for a long time. He started his professional life with classic band The Twilights, a band now considered to be one of the most [...]
Henry Bateman Hide & Seek Independent Henry Bateman is a 22 year old talent, based in Leeds, England. Hide & Seek is his third album, and he continues to progress while paying attention to traditions in the folk genre. Although he is [...]
Buck Gooter Finer Thorns Ramp Local Buck Gooter is Billy Brett (vocals, synthesizer, percussion) and Terry Turtle (guitars). Finer Thorns is the duo’s eighteenth album in 14 years. It is amazing not only that the band has made so many albums, [...]
Datarock A Fool At Forty Is A Fool Indeed YAP Records Active since 2000, the Norway-based Datarock has had a high rotation in its lineup, but the founder and mainstay, Fredrik Saroea, has held the project together, releasing some pretty [...]
THE PAIN YOU DON’T SEE COMING A CONVERSATION WITH BILLY BRETT OF BUCK GOOTER + A SPILL EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREMIERE There are a lot of great stories about how bands got their names. “The Beatles” was a tribute to Buddy Holly and The Crickets [...]
Noctorum The Afterlife Schoolkids Records Noctorum has been missed since 2011’s Honey Mink Forever, and The Afterlife is a welcome return for the psychedelic pop/rock band; amidst all the strange developments in current events, the world needs [...]
NIIGHTS Hellebores Sun Pedal Recordings Straight out of Cleveland comes NIIGHTS with their second album (Whisper being their 2015 debut). And since Whisper, NIIGHTS have come a long way. The core of the four piece are Jenna Fournier (vocals) and [...]
ShapeShiftingAliens ShapeShiftingAliens The Sublunar Society ShapeShiftingAliens is a Swedish duo, consisting of J.P Cléve on vocals and Niklas Rundquist providing the music. Although this is their debut album, they have worked together in the [...]
WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT NOISE? – AN XTC DISCOVERY BOOK A CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR MARK FISHER XTC started in 1972, released their debut album in 1978, and is perhaps the most famous band out of Swindon. A new book is about to be released, [...]
