SHINY, SPARKLING & MEZMERIZING AN INTERVIEW WITH BETTY MOON Betty Moon is back with her first album since 2015’s very successful Pantomania. Moon has always defied categories. Eletronica, dance, Europop, Rock, Pop? Take your pick, but one [...]
Elovet B-Sides Vol. 1 Independent Elovet is a new artist from Georgia. B-Sides Vol 1 is his most recent EP and features songs that did not make his previous releases (two previous albums, and one EP). Elovet is really a one man show, Ajaye [...]
The War On Drugs A Deeper Understanding Atlantic Records It has been three years since The War On Drugs last album (Lost in The Dream), and since that time it would seem that frontman and writer for the band, Adam Granduciel, has been listening [...]
Betty Moon Chrome Evolver Music Betty Moon returns with her eighth album and she continues to do what she does best, produce danceable, melodic pop music. Chrome is a well put together album full of beats, rhythms and strong vocals from Moon [...]
Angelo De Augustine Swim Inside The Moon Asthmatic Kitty Perhaps it is the move to Asthmatic Kitty, or perhaps it is his own growth, but on this album,his second, Angelo De ugustine has delivered a deeply personal album and incredibly strong [...]
Android Lust Berlin//Crater Vol 2 Synthellec Music From the second the needle drops, you know you are in new and uncharted territory. It says Berlin, but this is Android Lust’s Berlin, not the city you know. From the opening sound until the [...]
SOUNDSCAPES FROM THE ROOTS OF BERLIN A CONVERSATION WITH SHIKHEE OF ANDROID LUST Android Lust, an interesting name for a band, but in reality, Android Lust is one person, Shikhee and they (or she) have completed her sixth album, Berlin//Crater [...]
Anthony Hogan – The Beat Makers: The Unsung Heroes Of The Mersey Sound Amberley Publishing – August 15, 2017 ISBN – 978-1-4456-7208-43 Book Review By Aaron Badgley Anthony Hogan is a very talented writer. He has written several [...]
Maker Girl Quit Your Crying Kidda Records These guys just keep getting better and better. Girl Quit Your Crying is Maker’s second five track EP (their first, Move Your Feet was released earlier this year) and it not only picks up where Move Your [...]
A REMARKABLE ARTIST A CONVERSATION WITH TERRY DRAPER (EX-KLAATU) Talking with Terry Draper is always an education and a pure pleasure. Besides being an astounding musician (he started as a drummer and branched out), this guy is an encyclopedia [...]
The Isley Brothers & Santana Power Of Peace Legacy Recordings/Sony Music Carlos Santana collaborating with other artists is not news. He has had an entire career where he has collaborated with many different artists, usually to great [...]
Blancmange (Box Set) The Blanc Tapes Edsel Recording In 1981 I bought a sampler album called Some Bizzare Album. There were a lot of incredible bands on the album, The The, Soft Cell and Depeche Mode. But there was one song by a new band named [...]
George Thorogood Party Of One Rounder Records George Thorogood signed to Rounder Records (as George Thorogood and The Destroyers) in 1976 and his debut album, George Thorogood and The Destroyers was released in 1977. Two years, and two studio [...]
POURING HIS HEART INTO UNPOPULAR POP MUSIC A CONVERSATION WITH BLAIR PACKHAM The name Blair Packham may ring some bells for you. You may remember him from his stylish 1980’s band, The Jitters, who released two polished pop albums, The Jitters [...]
The Nasty Housewives RESisters Hologram Recordings The Nasty Housewives, an interesting name for an interesting and unique band. The Nasty Housewives consist of Marcella Detroit (also known as Marcy Levy (Shakespears Sister), Hope Juber (The [...]
Yoko Ono Approximately Infinite Universe (Reissue) Secretly Canadian Secretly Canadian and Chimera Music continue with phase two of The Yoko Ono Reissue Project with the release of Approximately Infinite Universe, perhaps Yoko Ono’s best album [...]
Yoko Ono Fly (Reissue) Secretly Canadian This release is part of phase two of The Yoko Ono Reissue Project, a joint release project between Secretly Canadian and Chimera Records. Phase one included albums that were more or less joint projects [...]
David Palfreyman And Nicholas Pegg Decades Diteli Records David Palfreyman (Malf) and Nicholas Pegg have produced an album in 2017, which is remarkably brave and certainly brilliant. They have written and with the help of many talented artists, [...]
Yoko Ono Feeling The Space Secretly Canadian Feeling The Space is the third and final installment of Phase Two of the Yoko Ono Reissue Project, courtesy of Secretly Canadian and Chimera Music. It was originally released on Apple Records in [...]
Terry Draper Remarkable Women Terry Tunes Terry Draper, one third of Klaatu, returns in less than a year from his last release Window on the World (The Lost ‘80’s Tapes), and with this release, Remarkable Women is a collection of old and new [...]
Black Needle Noise Lost In Reflections Independent Black Needle Noise is a project from John Fryer. If that name sounds familiar to you, it’s because he has been making music, usually as a producer, since 1979. Go to your record collection, [...]
DECADES A CONVERSATION WITH NICHOLAS PEGG AND DAVID PALFREYMAN The names Nicholas Pegg and David Palfreyman may not be instantly recognizable, but you do know their work. Nicholas Pegg is a writer, director and actor, most notable for Dr. Who. [...]
IS CAREY PRATT A CONVERSATION WITH PRAIRIE CAT Prairie Cat is not an animal, it is a band from British Columbia who have just released their fourth album, Is Cary Pratt. It is a rather fitting title for this album, because in truth Prairie Cat [...]
JERRY HAMMACK – THE BEATLES RECORDING REFERENCE MANUAL: VOLUME 1: MY BONNIE THROUGH BEATLES FOR SALE (1961-1964) Createspace Independent Publishing Platform – July 7, 2017 ISBN – 978-1-548-0239-35 Book Review By Aaron Badgley [...]
