New albums by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds are always an event but the release of Skeleton Tree comes with more baggage than most. For those who don’t know the sad story by now, recording was savagely interrupted by the tragic death of Cave’s son Arthur in a cliff fall near the family’s home in Brighton. The fraught recording process […]
Yearly archives: 2016
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From street hustler to pseudo student, illegal nightclub impresario to black roots troubadour – Fantastic Negrito is the ultimate performance artist. Since leaving home at 12, it could be said that his whole life has been a performance of defiance, reinvention and now perhaps redemption. Fantastic Negrito is the latest in a long line of personae, nom de plumes, pen names […]
A few weeks ago we featured the return of cult indie band Khartomb after 31 years – a rocket from the crypt we thought could never be surpassed. But now in this weird year of 2016 – an even more unlikely event has hit the headlines – The Vapors are back!
TIRELESS London post-punkers Leika are hoping to build on their growing live reputation with a new studio album due out in October.
In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No24 Mercy Seat by Ultra Vivid Scene. Not to be confused with the equally excellent Nick Cave song of the same name, Mercy Seat was the second single by New York’s Ultra Vivid Scene. Essentially a vehicle for ex-Happiness and Crash guitarist Kurt Ralske, UVS were one of the less heralded acts on the ’80s/’90s […]
Musician and activist Nahko Bear has accused Donald Trump of playing the politics of fear in his campaign for the US Presidency.
Blending ‘sixties bubblegum pop with punk guitars and indie attitude, the Primitives Crash-ed their way into the charts and many a schoolkid’s hearts in the mid-1980s. Reunited at the end of the noughties by the tragic death of their original bass player, they’re preparing to head out again for a short UK tour in the Winter. Guitarist Paul Court and frontwoman Tracy Tracy tell Matt […]
In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No23 Yes by McAlmont and Butler. Bernard Butler showed there was life after Suede by uniting with former Thieves singer David McAlmont on this stupendous 1995 single.
She spent six years with fiercely independent trance drone masters Stereolab, having been given just a month to learn the keyboard parts to 30 of their songs. Now 21 years on Morgane Lhote is a fully-fledged solo artist, recording under the name Hologram Teen and planning the release of her debut album.
In no particular order some of my favourite music moments. No22 Hit Me With You Rhythm Stick by Ian Dury and The Blockheads A genuine undisputed classic from the late, great Ian Dury and his wonderfully talented backing band.