MAJESTY CRUSH BUTTERFLIES DON’T GO AWAY THE NUMERO GROUP Majesty Crush were a 1990s ‘shoegaze’ band with a 1980s sensibility and vibe. Formed in Detroit, the band consisted of the late David Stroughter (vocals), bassist Hobey Echlin, [...]
LIVE FOR TODAY NOT TOMORROW A CONVERSATION WITH JAY ASTON OF GENE LOVES JEZEBEL Gene Loves Jezebel formed in 1980, by twins Jay Aston and Michael Aston. Now in 2024, the band is officially Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel and in the almost 45 [...]
TOTALLY TUBULAR A CONVERSATION WITH TOM BAILEY OF THE THOMPSON TWINS Tom Bailey was one of the founding members of The Thompson Twins when they formed in 1977 in Sheffield, England. By the time they recorded their debut album in 1981 (A Product [...]
MIRKO KRSTIČEVIĆ ALL AND NOTHING AT ALL (FILM AND THEATRE MUSIC 1978 – 1988) FOX & HIS FRIENDS RECORDS Mirko Krstičević is a Croatian-born composer and musician. He has been making various kinds of music since the 1970s. He has done [...]
PHIL MANZANERA – REVOLUCIÓN TO ROXY A WAY WITH MEDIA BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Phil Manzanera made his name by being an original member of Roxy Music and a key player in a revised Pink Floyd. But there is so much more to his story than [...]
GLASS BEAMS MAHAL NINJA TUNE Mahal is a very fascinating EP, as is the band Glass Beams. There is not a whole lot known about the band, such as who are the three members, but they do make a great sound with influences as far reaching as Ravi [...]
DANTÉ RAVENHEARST HALF SUN/HALF MOON SUN MILK RECORDS Toronto-based Danté Ravenhearst (originally from Kawartha Lakes in Ontario) is not only a singer/songwriter, but she is also a conservationist and scientist. Not the usual combination one [...]
PEARL HARBOUR DON’T FOLLOW ME, I’M LOST TOO (EXPANDED EDITION) LIBERATION HALL Don’t Follow Me, I’m Lost Too is Pearl Harbour’s debut solo album released in 1980. She debuted with Pearl Harbor and The Explosions in 1978 with their self-titled [...]
PINK MILK NIGHT ON EARTH BLACK HAIR MUSIC Pink is a duo out of Sweden, consisting of Maria (vocals and drums) and Edward (guitar and bass) Forslund. They have been making albums since 2017 (Purple), and Night On Earth is their third album. Night [...]
SUN FREEZING COLD AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT INDEPENDENT Sun Freezing Cold is a duo based in Montreal, consisting of Chantal Ranger (vocals/lyricist) and Guy Pellerin (music/production). They are a very grassroots electro-pop band. Grassroots because [...]
WHO ELSE HAS LIVED IN THIS ROOM? A CONVERSATION WITH LUCY KRUGER Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys made their debut in 2015 with the album Summer’s Not That Simple. At the time Kruger was in her home country of South Africa, but in 2018 she moved [...]
MARK MOTHERSBAUGH – APOTROPAIC BEATNIK GRAFFITI BLANK INDUSTRIES BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Mark Mothersbaugh’s latest book, Apotropaic Beatnik Graffiti, is subtitled “A Collection of Neo-Dada Stream of Conscious Visual Poetry”, which [...]
MELØ SONGS FROM THE SPIRIT BOX INDEPENDENT MELØ has been making music since 2017. Up until this year, he has released a number of singles and a couple of EPs, but he has finally released his debut album, Songs From The Spirit Box, this year and [...]
BACK ON THE STREETS WHERE IT FEELS SO RIGHT A CONVERSATION WITH PEARL HARBOUR Pearl Harbour has just re-released her classic and iconic solo debut album Don’t Follow Me, I’m Lost, which has been unavailable for far too long. “I just feel happy [...]
JUDAS PRIEST INVINCIBLE SHIELD SONY MUSIC Judas Priest’s debut album was released in 1974 (Rocka Rolla), and 50 years later, they are still going strong. Invincible Shield marks 50 years of putting out solid hard rock/heavy metal albums. Sure, [...]
LOREENA McKENNITT THE ROAD BACK HOME QUINLAN ROAD The Road Back Home is in many regards, very much McKennitt returning to her roots of traditional Irish and Celtic folk songs that she learned all those years ago while playing the clubs of [...]
MARK EGAN/SHAWN PELOT/SHANE THERIOT CROSS CURRENTS WAVETONE RECORDS Mark Egan has made a name for himself as a solo artist, a collaborator, and as a member of Pat Metheny’s band. Egan may be known as a jazz musician, but he is much more than [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS NEW WAVE DONUT WAX DONUT RECORDS This is an intriguing idea, current punk and metal bands paying tribute to late 1970s and 1980s New Wave classics. Of course, New Wave came along and basically shoved punk to one side. Punk [...]
VIVABEAT PARTY IN THE WARZONE & THE HOUSE IS BURNING RUBELLAN REMASTERS Vivabeat is one of those bands that showed a great deal of promise in the 1980s but never really reached their commercial potential. That doesn’t mean their music wasn’t [...]
CHEMICAL WAVES THE END OF EVERYTHING – PART TWO WAVE RECORDS Chemical Waves is really Marco Cattani, from Rome, Italy. Under the name Chemical Waves, Cattani has been making music for over ten years. The End Of Everything – Part Two [...]
GENERAL ADMIN CLOUDED ROOM INDEPENDENT General Admin is a three piece band based in London, although the members are from London and Brighton. Clouded Room is their third EP. The trio is made up of Adam, Matt and Mike (no last names), and on [...]
DANIEL ROMANO’S OUTFIT TOO HOT TO SLEEP YOU’VE CHANGED RECORDS Too Hot To Sleep is Daniel Romano’s first studio since 2022’s La Luna, which was also credited to Daniel Romano’s Outfit. There was, however, a Spider Bite album (The [...]
LIFE IN A FAIRGROUND DREAMLAND A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE HACKETT (GENESIS) Steve Hackett turned 74 on February 12, and he is perhaps at his creative peak. Since leaving Genesis in 1977, Hackett has recorded and released 30 solo studio albums. [...]
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE – VERSAILLES 400 SONY MUSIC FEBRUARY 24, 2024 Concert films are rather tricky. They can be overblown and verge on boring, or they can be extremely exciting while the viewer focuses on the artist and enjoys the music and [...]
