WHAT YOU GET IS ROUGH AND READY A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS THOMSON OF FRIENDS AGAIN It seems as though Scotland has always been a hotbed for music and bands. By the 1980s, Scotland was known for bands as diverse as Altered Images, The Skids, [...]
Friends Again Trapped And Unwrapped Cherry Red Records This re-release is ridiculously overdue. Friends Again released their one and only album in 1984, Trapped & Unwrapped: Collection. Since it was released on CD in 1989, it has all but [...]
DRAGONS AND PSYCHEDELIC COUNTRY SOUL A CONVERSATION WITH GREG SOWDERS OF THE LONG RYDERS Psychedelic country soul are three words that can be mashed together only to describe the American country and legends of Paisley Underground, The Long [...]
The Long Ryders Psychedelic Country Soul Cherry Red Records The Long Ryders put themselves at the forefront of Americana, as part of the Paisley Underground scene in the 1980s. Since disbanding in 1987, and re-forming several times over the past [...]
Spray Anthologised By Cherry Red Banoffeesound/Ninthwave Records Spray is a synth-based duo from the U.K., made up of siblings Ricardo Autobahn and Jenny McLaren. Both were originally in the band Cuban Boys (of “Hampsterdance” fame, which was [...]
Chris Squire Fish Out Of Water Esoteric Records/Cherry Red Records Fish Out of Water was released in 1975, when Yes was on a hiatus. Following 1974’s Relayer, the band took a break while members pursued solo projects. Fish Out Of Water was [...]
