WACKA LACKA LOOM BOP A LOOM BAM BOO A CONVERSATION WITH WALTER LURE OF THE WALDOS Walter Lure is back, and he has a new album with his band, the Waldos, his first album in nearly 25 years. But, according to Lure, he has not been anywhere. He has [...]
FINDING HIS IDEAL HOME A CONVERSATION WITH NEIL ARTHUR OF NEAR FUTURE/BLANCMANGE Neil Arthur may just be the hardest working musician in the world today. He is currently in three bands, Fader, Near Future and, of course, Blancmange. Arthur [...]
SASSAFRASS! A CONVERSATION WITH TAMI NEILSON Tami Neilson is an artist. A brilliant talent who has just released her sixth studio album, SASSAFRASS!. Neilson is based in Auckland, New Zealand, but was born and grew up in Canada. “Why does anyone [...]
Walter Lure & The Waldos Wacka Lacka Loom Bop A Loom Bam Boo Cleopatra Records It has been almost 25 years since Walter Lure has released a studio album. Many know the name from his time with Johnny Thunder and The Heartbreakers and his work [...]
THE PULL OF AUTUMN A CONVERSATION WITH DANIEL DARROW The Pull Of Autumn is a new band, and they are getting ready to release their debut, self-titled album. The Pull Of Autumn is a also a supergroup comprised of Daniel Darrow (Johanna’s House [...]
Primal Fear Apocalypse Frontiers Music Primal Fear formed in Germany in 1997. It was and is a supergroup of European heavy metal music. Ralf Scheepers of Gamma Ray (vocals) joined up with Mat Sinner of Sinner (bass and vocals), and the result [...]
Elvis Presley Where No One Stands Alone RCA/Sony Music Elvis always seemed at home singing gospel, and there are many interviews with Elvis where he references growing up singing hymns and religious music. He released some brilliant gospel [...]
Laffey Ten Laffey Records Andrew Laffey (who goes by the name Laffey) is a producer who has branched out to being a musician in his own right. Ten is is second album (Laffey being his debut album released earlier in 2018). Ten is a short album [...]
John Schumann & The Vagabond Crew Ghosts & Memories Universal Music Australia John Schumann was the front man of the group Redgum, a group he left to form The Vagabond Crew in 2005, their name coming from a Henry Lawson poem. He also [...]
COME SO FAR A CONVERSATION WITH TOM BAILEY OF THE THOMPSON TWINS In 1977, Tom Bailey, along with three friends, formed The Thompson Twins. In typical fashion of the day, the members lived in a squatters flat in London. Living up the street was [...]
SOMEWHERE OUT THERE A CONVERSATION WITH THIERRY NORITOP OF STEREO in SOLO Thierry Noritop is back, although he never really disappeared. You may remember him as one of the two members of the band, STEREO, who had a number of well known songs in [...]
MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE GARAGE A CONVERSATION WITH GRAHAM BONNET Graham Bonnet released his first single, as part of The Marbles (a duo he had formed with his cousin Trevor Gordon), in 1968. The single, “Only One Woman” was an impressive debut, [...]
30 YEARS TO BLOW YOUR MIND A CONVERSATION WITH WILKO JOHNSON Wilko Johnson is a living legend. And the word ‘living’ is an important adjective, but we will get to that later. Johnson got his professional start in the classic band Dr. Feelgood, [...]
Rab Noakes Welcome to Anniversaryville Neon Records Rab Noakes may not be a household name in North America, but in his native Scotland, the man is a revered artist. Here he is primarily known for working with Gerry Rafferty and for being a [...]
MÒZÂMBÎQÚE For Never And Ever Text Me Records To be honest, I was not sure what was going to come at me when I slipped For Never And Ever on, but I can tell you, I was not expecting what I heard. For Never And Ever is MÒZÂMBÎQÚE’s debut album. A [...]
Graham Bonnet Band Meanwhile, Back In The Garage Frontiers Music This is the second studio album from Graham Bonnet Band. Their first, The Book, was released in 2016 and was well received both critically and sales wise. They have issued a couple [...]
Searmanas Searmanas Cleopatra Records Searmanas is a word that is derived from Gaelic, and it means ceremony or ceremonial. It is the perfect name for this artist. The debut album, Searmanas, has a feeling of official ceremony, an album that is [...]
The Nude Party The Nude Party New West Records The Nude Party is the debut album from The Nude Party. They have released an EP, but The Nude Party is their first full length album, and for the most part, it lives up to expectations. Based in [...]
Ray Davies Our Country: Americana Act II Sony Music Our Country: Americana Act II is not so much a sequel to the very successful 2017 release, Americana, as it is a continuation. Ray Davies has based both albums on his 2013 book Americana: The [...]
Wild Moccassins Look Together New West Records Look Together is this generation’s Rumours. Co-written by the core members of Wild Moccasins, Zahira Gutierrez and Cody Swann, the album lyrically and musically documents the break-up of Swann and [...]
A Flock Of Seagulls with The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Ascension August Day This seems to be a trend. A great many artists, alive and dead, are setting their music with an orchestra. The bands originating from the 1980s are not immune to [...]
HEY HEY HO HUM…LET’S JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS A CONVERSATION WITH IAN BURDEN Ian Burden has been playing music for a long time, and for a long time he was ahead of his time. He understood and continues to understand how synthesizers can [...]
ASCENSION A CONVERSATION WITH MIKE SCORE OF A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS A Flock of Seagulls was formed by guitarist and keyboardist Mike Score in 1980. He was joined by his brother, Ali (Drums); Paul Reynolds (guitar) and Frank Maudsley (bass). This is [...]
Yukon Blonde Critical Hit Dine Alone Records Critical Hit is Yukon’s fourth album, and their first since 2015’s On Blonde. For this album, they employed the services of Tony Hoffer (Beck, Air, The Kooks) to produce, and it was a very wise [...]
