Features
July 20, 2015
Cherry Red Album Reviews – July 2013 (2) by Scenester
Otherwise known as their ‘Stonehenge’ LP, due to the perhaps ill-advised cover artwork, The Association’s…
News
June 5, 2015
Disco Inferno – ‘The 5 EPs’ released 12/09/11 on One Little Indian
We’re hated … and the reason we’re hated is that we’re ‘pretentious’ enough to try…
Culture
November 30, 2015
Author – Craig Brackenridge
Scottish writer Craig Brackenridge has been writing about movie sleaze and demented Rock 'n' Roll…
Bands
August 4, 2023
On tour with Helicon…
I’ve been going to see Helicon as often as I can since early 2018 but…
Gigs
June 5, 2015
The Chapman Family at Surya Bar 20/2/13
Torn between watching the Brit Awards on the idiot box, and a night at Surya…
Funk
June 5, 2015
Eyeplug Amazon Funk store
Articles
February 4, 2014
A.N.T.Z by Johna Johnson
Money was tight so I didn’t have a lot of money for drinks & there…
Hotplugs
April 9, 2020
Sex as Art by David Erdos
Cold Lips seal their kiss with a Richard Cabut’s debut Novella; A Psychic scream, punk…
Music
August 17, 2023
Living is easy when I close my eyes…
Brazilian duo Leo Gurdan and Gabriela Zaith – White Canyon and the 5th Dimension –…
DozenQ
May 9, 2014
DozenQ – I Like The GoGo
Formed in Brighton in November 2012, I Like The GoGo have pushed their way, kicking…
Cinema
June 16, 2015
Searching For Sugar Man 2012 (Film Review)
If this review has reached you too late and your local cinema is no longer…
Beats
June 16, 2015
Watch The Closing Doors – A History of New York’s Musical Melting Pot Vol. 1 (1945-59)
(2 CD set, Future Noise) Often, the hallmark of a genuinely brilliant concept is that…
Music
June 5, 2015
The Damned – ‘Machine Gun Etiquette’ Anniversary Live Set
2 DVD, 1 CD set (Easy Action/AVF) Something of a bumper compendium arranged around the…
Funk
June 16, 2015
Cherry Red Album Reviews – May 2013 by Colin Bryce
The Isley Brothers Isley Brothers – Winner Takes All (BBR/Cherry Red) This is funk/soul legends…
Eyeplugs
February 4, 2012
Bob Meyer (Bob’s Folk Show) talks to Eyeplug
I was in a band with some friends when I was about 13, I played…
Cult
October 20, 2016
Jeff Monk LP Reviews October 2016
Elvis Presley Way Down In The Jungle Room (RCA/Legacy) This two disc compilation is comprised…
Folk
June 5, 2015
Bob Meyer’s Folk Companion –12 June
George Frakes George Frakes has the best hair of anyone in the folk world! But…
Eyeplugs
February 4, 2018
Vic Godard – 30 Odd Years (Part 1)
Vic Godard charms, entertains, makes us click our fingers and refuses to step the instep.…
Articles
June 16, 2015
In Conversation with Jenny Spires by Michelle Coomber
A rare and exclusive interview with Jenny Spires, ex-girlfriend and lifelong friend of Syd Barrett.…
Dark
July 13, 2017
The Orders – Big Foot (Single)
Something is hunting me, rushing through the dark midnight woods I am stumbling, in a dream…
DozenQ
August 29, 2015
DozenQ – The Colours of Kings
The Colours of Kings formed, as often bands do, over drinks at a local pub,…
Folk
June 16, 2015
Bob Meyer’s Folk Companion – 25 June
Pete Greenwood I first met Pete about five years ago at the Half Moon pub…
Hotplugs
May 15, 2015
Vive Le Rock ‘n’ Roll – by Scenester
My schoolboy French can cope with most of what I hear here, so I’m sure…
Eyeplugs
January 28, 2014
Showplug: Mayfield@The Legion
Mayfield are a UK based 8 piece band that write, record and perform original well…
Gigs
June 16, 2015
Scared To Get Happy: A Story Of Indie Pop 1980-1989
Last night saw Cherry Red Records launch the ‘Scared To Get Happy’ compilation in fine…
Picks
June 5, 2015
Bo Ningen – Bo Ningen (album, Stolen)
By turns visceral and ambient, Bo Ningen’s [trans: ‘Stick Men’] eponymous debut represents a remarkably…
DozenQ
June 5, 2015
DozenQ – Hot Feet
Hot Feet’s music lives and breathes in the countryside. ‘Wood House’ was written in a…
Features
June 16, 2015
Flats: Kick It ‘Til It Breaks
With two blistering EPs and their eardrum shredding new single ‘Never Again’ behind them, Flats…
