# eyeplug.net/magazine


## Posts

- [DozenQ - The Fantastics](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-the-fantastics/): Mixing together funk, blues, soul, jazz, and whatever else happens to be on hand, THE FANTASTICS! have released 45s on Freestyle, Raw Wax, and Tramp, performed live BBC Bsessions for Mark Lamarr and Craig Charles, and released albums on Freestyle Records and Soul Cookers (as Rev Cleatus & The Soul Saviours).
- [DozenQ - Thee Ones](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-thee-ones/): Thee Ones have been delivering fire-branded rhythm & soul to the west countries bohemia set for a far few years now. And a far more to come!
- [DozenQ - Dig For Victory](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-dig-for-victory/): Dig For Victory came out fighting from the ashes of Mama Roux with a sound of their own, and the band continues to forge an increasingly psychedelic breed of rock. "Feel The Fire" is the key track that bridges the gap between the past and future sounds of this blistering SE London 5 piece.
- [The Vaccines: An Exception to the Rule?](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-vaccines-an-exception-to-the-rule/): I think we already know that the older we all get - the less new music we like. So it's no surprise to hear that as each year passes me by there are fewer and fewer new kids on the block that really get me excited.
- [The Blacula Series (1972-73)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-blacula-series-1972-73/): By virtue of the same rampant mad-scientist genre-splicing that would subsequently reach a lunatic peak with the Hammer/Shaw Brothers kung fu/vampire mash up, The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires, Blacula was conceived as a means of knobbing both blaxploitation and horror movie fans with the same johnny.
- [Ace of Wands (1970-72)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/ace-of-wands-1970-72/): ITV’s early 1970s alternative to Doctor Who, Ace Of Wands remains something of a lost gem – especially as the bulk (and most of the best) of the series’ 46 episodes are believed to have been wiped
- [tonym: My 1959 Gibson Les Paul TV Junior](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/tonym-1959-gibson-les-paul-tv-junior/): Following on from my recent piece about guitar collecting, eyeplug have asked me to write a little weekly piece about the guitars I have in my collection. So, starting from oldest to newest, this first week, I'm bringing you a profile of 2 guitars I own, both identical, dating from 1959, made by Gibson in their "golden age" of building solid body electrics.
- [tonym: My life as a Guitar Collector.](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/wot-a-waste-my-life-as-a-guitar-collector/): I've been playing the guitar for three quarters of my life now and still recall the time the bug bit me. In my early teens I would watch Top of the Pops on telly and strangely only ever liked the bands with electric guitars. If an artist played a piano or acoustic guitar I'd quickly lose interest but if they had a low strung Stratocaster or were wailing away on a Les Paul, I'd be glued to the box.
- [Record Centres](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/record-centres/)
- [Nifghtlife-feed](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/nifghtlifefeed/)
- [Gigsfeed](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/gigsfeed/)
- [Exhibitions Newsfeed](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/exhibition-newsfeed/)
- [Festival Newsfeed](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/festival-newsfeed/)
- [Press Roundup](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/1538/)
- [Internet Newsfeed](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/internet-newsfeed/)
- [Gossip & Hype Feed!](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/gossip-hype-feed/)
- [Newsfeed - Vid/Podcast Updates](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/news-updates/): Newsfeed of podcasts from Musicweek
- [Spot ERAM Motion Graphics](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/spot-eram-motion-graphics/): Motion Graphic per a la campanya del 2005 de l’ERAM.
- [Wavy Line - Abstract Motion Graphics](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/wavy-line-abstract-motion-graphics/): This is a motion graphics piece I did to Meat Beat Manifesto's "Wavy Line." It's very simple black and white design set to the music.
- [Study of Bauhaus](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/study-of-bauhaus/): A brief study of Bauhaus design. Images taken from across the web to showcase the facets of Bauhaus design.
- [Futuristic Japanese Cars](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/futuristic-japanese-cars/): Cool designs and bizarre concept cars take the stage at Japan's motor show, including Honda's ‘organic’ car skin and a rotating Nissan that talks you out of a bad mood.
- [Space-Age Futurism Fashion 60's](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/space-age-futurism-fashion-60s/): A short clip about the gorgeous futuristic fashion of the 1960's from designers like Pierre Cardin, André Courrèges, Paco Rabanne etc. Most of the scenes are from the German TV-Show ‘Paris Aktuell’.
- [Modstock Fashion Show](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/modstock-fashion-show/): Concept, Visuals & Art Directed by Pip! Pip! and driven by Angie Smith & Mickey (VI) here is some rare cult footage of the Velvet Illusion of London Fashion Show at Modstock 2004!
- [Barbershop 1950's](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/barbershop-1950s/): This film gives a detailed view of what barber and beauty shops were like before the 60s revolution turned them into Unisex Salons.
- [6 minute Flat Top - By Jun](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/6-minute-flat-top-by-jun/): Jun's slippin' on this day. He went over 5 minutes for a tight flat top. Model Barber Shop 3452 W. Irving Park Rd. Chicago, IL 60618!
- [SongCraft: Willow's Song - Magnet (Paul Giovanni)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/songcraft-willows-song-magnet-paul-giovanni/): "Heigh ho! Who is there? No one but me, my dear. Please come say, how do? The things I'll give to you.
- [SongCraft: The Free Design - Love You](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/songcraft-the-free-design-love-you/): Give a little time for the child within you, dont be afraid to be young and free. Undo the locks and throw away the keys and take off your shoes and socks, and run you.
- [SongCraft: Fred Neil - Dolphins](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/songcraft-fred-neil-dolphins/): Unimpressed by the trappings of fame, and with no interest in exploiting the opportunities offered by his hit, Neil had withdrawn by 1971 to set up a dolphin rescue project in Florida with marine biologist Richard O'Barry, who trained the dolphins for the television series Flipper. He refused all attempts to persuade him into a comeback, and devoted the rest of his life to protecting dolphins.
- [SongCraft: Anne Briggs - Blackwaterside](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/songcraft-anne-briggs-blackwaterside/): Well, that's not the promise that you gave to me When first you lay on my bed, You could make me believe with your lying tongue That the sun rose in the west.
- [SongCraft: Nick Drake - Way To Blue](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/songcraft-nick-drake-way-to-blue/): ‘Nick was in some strange way out of time. When you were with him, you always had a sad feeling of him being born in the wrong century. If he would have lived in the 17th Century, at the Elizabethan Court, together with composers like Dowland or William Byrd, he would have been alright. Nick was elegant, honest, a lost romantic - and at the same time so cool. In brief: the perfect Elizabethan.’
- [SongCraft: Dr. John - Such a Night](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/songcraft-dr-john-such-a-night/): Dr. John, or Mac Rebennack as known to friends and family, is universally celebrated as the living embodiment of the rich musical heritage exclusive to New Orleans
- [SongCraft: Sandy Denny - Who Knows Where The Time Goes?](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/sandy-denny-who-knows-where-the-time-goes/): Sandy was born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny in Wimbledon on 6th January 1947. Music was an important part of her younger years and learned to play the guitar at an early age, as well as playing piano and singing in the school choir.
- [SongCraft: Wizz Jones - Happiness Was Free](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/wizz-jones-happiness-was-free/): Born Raymond Ronald Jones in 1939, Wizz began his musical career in 1958, leading a Country and Skiffle band in his home town of Croydon.
- [SongCraft: Terry Callier - Dancing Girl](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/songcraft-terry-callier-dancing-girl/): I saw a dream last night bright like a falling star. And the sources of light, seemed so near,
- [SongCraft: Tim Buckley - Song to the Siren](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/songcraft-tim-buckley-song-to-the-siren/): Long afloat on shipless oceans I did all my best to smile 'Til your singing eyes and fingers Drew me loving to your isle
- [GaragePlugs From Boo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/garageplugs-from-boo/): These 10 tunes were culled from Spotify so represent what is searchable and findable and easily available.
- [Funk](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/funk/): Eyeplug gets funky with the strong rhythm and booty shaking sounds that always seem to hit the first beat in the bar, just right, every single time.
- [Rockabilly](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/rockabilly/): Giving the source of rock’n’roll its full dues, Eyeplug’s rockabilly pages chart the full course of the form, with specific emphasis on under-recognised geniuses such as Charlie Feathers, Hasil Adkins and Johnny Burnette, as well as features on heavyweights like Gene Vincent, psychobilly legends such as the Cramps, and modern greats like the Eyelids.
- [Rock](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/rock/): Focusing on unique and non-generic exponents of guitar heroics, Eyeplug’s rock pages are a cliché-free zone, dissecting the classic and bringing you the latest sounds.
- [Reggae](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/reggae/): Hear this – Ska, Rocksteady, Blue Beat, Dancehall, Dub, Roots, Steppas, Lovers, Bashment, Pop Reggae, Ragga and all fusion formats are represented by Eyeplug’s comprehensive reggae pages.
- [Punk](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/punk-2/): From Adam and the Ants to Zounds and back again, Eyeplug’s punk pages offer fresh prespective on the well-forked annals of punk rock, presenting classic purveyors of the form alongside those snotty young rotters of today.
- [Post-Punk](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/punk/): Covering the most diverse and nebulous of musical subgenres in a suitably eclectic manner, Eyeplug’s post punk paradise recognises no boundaries.
- [Industrial](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/industrial/): Venturing to where music impacts upon the foundry floor, Eyeplug’s Industrial pages are a melting pot of white hot sounds and pneumatic rhythms.
- [Glam](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/glam/): Feel the noize! In addition to the usual selection of lurex legends, Eyeplug digs deep to discover long-forgotten gems of glitter from pop culture’s litter bin.
- [Garage](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/1014/): With specific emphasis on the UK and European garage rock scenes, Eyeplug unearths a rich seem of fuzzy nuggets and shiny pebbles for your attention.
- [Exotica](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/exotica/): Eyeplug journeys to the outer reaches of cult sounds to bring you dispatches from the heliosheath of popular culture – Everything from abstract easy listening to avant-garde sitar, and all points in-between.
- [Graphic gold](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/graphic-gold/)
- [Hip Glasses - Chaps](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/hip-glasses-chaps/): Hip Glasses - Chaps
- [DJs](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/djs/): Eyeplug is keen to spotlight the sometimes unsung heroes (male and female) that are the engine room of music culture nightlife
- [Indie](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/indie/): Eyeplug defines ‘Indie’ derived from Independent music as a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording, publishing and even distribution.
- [Modernist](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/985/): Mod (or, to use its full name, Modernism) is a lifestyle based around fashion, nightlife and music...
- [Soul](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/soul/): Eyeplug defines its Soul focus, as a passion for the mainly Black American independent music explosion...
- [Pop](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/pop/): Eyeplug defines Pop as ‘really catchy songs with a unique defining ‘hook’...
- [Beats](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/beats/): Eyeplug defines this fairly recent rather vague and loose grouping of music as...
- [Folk](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/folk/): The terms folk music, folk song, and folk dance are comparatively recent expressions.
- [Boo picks 10 (modernist)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/boo-picks-10-modernist/): With a slightly modernist Flavour Boo picks 10 that you may well enjoy!
- [PopPlugs From Boo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/popplugs-from-boo/): These 10 tunes were culled from Spotify so represent what is searchable and findable and easily available.
- [SoulPlugs From Boo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/soulplugs-from-boo/): These 10 tunes were culled from Spotify so represent what is searchable and findable and easily available.
- [PunkPlugs From Boo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/868/): These 10 tunes were culled from Spotify so represent what is searchable and findable and easily available.
- [RockabillyPlugs From Boo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/rockabillyplugs-from-boo/): These 10 tunes were culled from Spotify so represent what is searchable and findable and easily available.
- [ModPlugs From Boo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/modplugs-from-boo/): These 10 tunes were culled from Spotify so represent what is searchable and findable and easily available.
- [RockPlug From Boo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/rockplug-from-boo/): These 10 tunes were culled from Spotify so represent what is searchable and findable and easily available.
- [Post-PunkPlugs From Boo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/post-punkplugs-from-boo/): These 10 tunes were culled from Spotify so represent what is searchable and findable and easily available.
- [IndiePlugs From Boo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/indieplugs-from-boo/): These 10 tunes were culled from Spotify so represent what is searchable and findable and easily available.
- [IndustrialPlugs From Boo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/industrialplugs-from-boo/): These 10 tunes were culled from Spotify so represent what is searchable and findable and easily available.
- [DJPlugs From Boo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/djplugs-from-boo/): These 10 tunes were culled from Spotify so represent what is searchable and findable and easily available.
- [BeatPlugs From Boo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/beatplugs-from-boo/): These 10 tunes were culled from Spotify so represent what is searchable and findable and easily available.
- [GlamPlugs From Boo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/788/): These 10 tunes were culled from Spotify so represent what is searchable and findable and easily available.
- [FunkPlugs From Boo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/funkplugs-from-boo/): These 10 tunes were culled from Spotify so represent what is searchable and findable and easily available.
- [ExoticaPlugs From Boo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/exoticaplugs/): These 10 tunes were culled from Spotify so represent what is searchable and findable and easily available.
- [FolkPlugs from Boo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/folkplugs-from-boo/): These 10 tunes were culled from Spotify so represent what is searchable and findable and easily available.
- [Ramones - 1234!](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/ramones-1234/): Ramones is group from Forest Hills, New York. They started to play as a trio in March 1974.
- [The Prince](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-prince/): Campbell began his professional career as a singer in 1956; performing in Kingston nightclubs. He formed a succession of bands with several of his friends, none of which were successful.
- [The Staggers - Wild Teens](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/715/): Watch this monochrome garage video clip for ‘Wild Teens’ by The Staggers, a great live outfit spreradigna real buzz for the fuzz!
- [Cramps Jukebox](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cramps-jukebox/): The Cramps Jukebox puts together a nice selection of original cuts that made up some well known Cramps covers etc. Check out The spotify linkies and enjoy this rockin’ gold!
- [Laurel and Hardy - Cheer Up!](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/laurel-and-hardy-cheer-up/): Funny scenes Laurel and Hardy - laurel and hardy cant stop laughing. All credit goes to creators of this show! Genius!
- [Michael Elphick - Private Schulz - Ep1, Pt1](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/michael-elphick-private-schulz-ep1-pt1/): The Time - WWII, the place - Germany. The Germans have a plan to destroy the British economy by flooding the country with forged £5 notes. Private Schulz is coerced into organizing a gang of unwilling volunteers.
- [Noel & Julian in (Un)natural Acts Part 1 of 2](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/noel-julian-in-unnatural-acts-part-1-of-2/): Noel Fielding and Julian Barrett in (un)natural acts.
- [Peter Cook & Dudley Moore (The Psychiatrist)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/peter-cook-dudley-moore-the-psychiatrist/): Peter Cook & Dudley Moore. "The Psychiatrist"
- [P.J. O'Rourke Speech - Part 1](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/p-j-orourke-speech-part-1/): One of the greatest speeches ever written and delivered! Be sure to watch Part 2.
- [Be Water - Bruce Lee](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/be-water-bruce-lee/): Be Water My Friend...
- [Backmasking = Gniksamkcab?](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/backmasking-gniksamkcab/): Backwards messages, known as Backmasking, in songs have been around since the Beatles (Tomorrow Never Knows is the first known song to contain a backwards message) and were at times surrounded by incredible media and public hysteria. In early 1982
- [Strangled!](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/lux-interior-rip/): The Cramps perform Green Fuzz at The Mudd Club in New York. This superb filming/recording was done by Paul Tschinkel for his Cable show on Manhattan Cable TV. An innovator in video, he is often copied and imitated, and is an all-round good egg. Find his You Tube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/innertube... and look out for his extensive series of videos chronicling some interesting and influential visual artists and curators.
- [P.J. O'Rourke Speech - Part 2](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/p-j-orourke-speech-part-2/): The second half of one of the greatest speeches ever written.
- [Eyeplug Amazon Funk store](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/eyeplug-amazon-funk-store/)
- [We Could Be Heroes...](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/heroes-etc/)
- [DozenQ - The Silver Factory](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-the-silver-factory/): The Silver Factory was formed in early 2009, and the band is based in Derby, East Midlands, UK.
- [Eyeplug Amazone Effects Store](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/eueplug-amazone-effects-store/)
- [Eyeplug Amazon Bookstore](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/eyeplug-amazon-bookstore/)
- [The Libertines’ Gary Powell launches new label – 25 Hour Convenience](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-libertines%e2%80%99-gary-powell-launches-new-label-%e2%80%93-25-hour-convenience/): Libertines’ drummer Gary Powell has formed his own record label, 25 Hour Convenience and announced details regarding a trio of summer releases.
- [Zounds – ‘The Redemption of Zounds’](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/zounds-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98the-redemption-of-zounds%e2%80%99/): (album, Overground) After the best part of thirty years, it’s good to have another Zounds album to put next to their excellent debut The Curse of Zounds.
- [Crystal Antlers – ‘Two-Way Mirror’](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/crystal-antlers-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98two-way-mirror%e2%80%99/): (album, Recreation Ltd) Long Beach combo Crystal Antlers second album sees the group re-emerge from a period of creative development as something of a chimera.
- [Nick Lowe to release first new album in four years on 12 September](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/nick-lowe-to-release-first-new-album-in-four-years-on-12-september/): Evergreen legend Nick Lowe has announced that ‘The Old Magic’, his first studio album since 2007, is to be issued by Proper records on 12 September 2011.
- [Waterboys to release long awaited new album on 19 September](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/waterboys-to-release-long-awaited-new-album-on-19-september/): The Waterboys long awaited new album ‘An Appointment with Mr. Yeats’ is set to be issued by Proper Records on 19 September 2011.
- [Sam Cooke's early recordings to be released as 'virtual boxset'](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/same-cookes-early-recordings-to-be-released-as-virtual-boxset/): Sam Cooke’s breakthrough ‘Reel Keen’ tracks are now available digitally exclusively from ABKCO: The Complete Remastered Keen Collection offers Sam Cooke’s early catalogue, sourced from the original master tapes – release date, 25 July Sam Cooke’s 1957 Keen Records debut You Send Me was a landmark recording on multiple levels.
- [And The Press Went Mad](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/and-the-press-went-mad/): Last time out, I likened the global punk scene circa 2011 to the one that exploded in the UK between 1976 and 1982.
- [Marvin Gaye: 'What's Going On' - 40th Anniversary Edition](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/marvin-gaye-whats-going-on-40th-anniversary-edition-2/): (2 CD set, Island/Universal) It’s the sixties, and Marvin Gaye had spent the best part of ten years churning out one perceived classic after another as part of Detroit's very own hit factory, Motown.
- [Panic Cell to play final gig on 9 July at Sonisphere Festival](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/panic-cell-to-play-final-gig-on-9-july-at-sonisphere-festival/): Panic Cell to play final gig on 9 July at Sonisphere Festival Metal behemoths Panic Cell have announced that their Saturday afternoon appearance at the Sonisphere Festival will be the groups last.
- [Vivian Girls – Free download, UK tour dates](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/vivian-girls-%e2%80%93-free-download-uk-tour-dates/): Mighty Brooklyn trio Vivian Girls have released a free mp3, ‘Take It As It Comes’ ahead of their imminent UK tour in July.
- [Bob Meyer’s Folk Companion – 4 July](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/bob-meyer%e2%80%99s-folk-companion-%e2%80%93-4-july/): Juniper Leaf I love it when an album gets stuck in my head like an ear worm burrowing it’s self into my every waking moment – sometimes they even get into my dreams.
- [Dum Dum Girls – New album, 'Only In Dreams' due 26 September](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dum-dum-girls-%e2%80%93-new-album-only-in-dreams-due-26-september/): EYEPLUG favourites, the Dum Dum Girls release their second album, Only In Dreams is set for release by Sub Pop Records on 26 September.
- [Akron/Family release new album – '< bmbz >' ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/akronfamily-release-new-album-%e2%80%93-bmbz/): On this April’s Record Store Day, arch experimentalists Akron/Family released an experimental collaboration with kindred spirits based around S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT – on double LP only called < bmbz >.
- [Mazes – Free download, tour details](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/mazes-%e2%80%93-free-download-tour-details/): Analogue melody demons Mazes have announced details of their first UK headline tour.
- [Bob Meyer's Folk Companion - 25 June](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/bob-meyers-folk-companion-25-june/): Pete Greenwood I first met Pete about five years ago at the Half Moon pub in Hearn Hill, South London –Where we were both on the same bill.
- [Year Double Zero](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/year-double-zero/): There’s been some debate in cyberspace recently on the differences between a music critic and a fanzine writer.
- [Watch The Closing Doors – A History of New York’s Musical Melting Pot Vol. 1 (1945-59)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/watch-the-closing-doors-%e2%80%93-a-history-of-new-york%e2%80%99s-musical-melting-pot-vol-1-1945-59/): (2 CD set, Future Noise) Often, the hallmark of a genuinely brilliant concept is that one is immediately thinks, ‘Why hasn’t this been done before?’ This is especially true of the first instalment of Watch The Closing Doors, the start of a projected six part series in which Kris Needs documents the Big Apple’s musical lineage decade-by-decade.
- [The Damned – 'Machine Gun Etiquette' Anniversary Live Set](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-damned-%e2%80%93-machine-gun-etiquette-anniversary-live-set/): 2 DVD, 1 CD set (Easy Action/AVF) Something of a bumper compendium arranged around the Damned’s 2004, Machine Gun Etiquette 25th Anniversary Reissue tour, this package contains a 20-track live set filmed at the Manchester Academy, an immense second disc of bonus extras and a CD containing selected tracks from the aforementioned gig.
- [Richard Thompson ‘Live At The BBC’ deluxe boxset out now](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/richard-thompson-%e2%80%98live-at-the-bbc%e2%80%99-deluxe-boxset-out-now/): Universal (3 CDs, plus DVD) Remarkably, this is the first ever compilation of Richard Thompson's post Fairport Convention BBC recordings.
- [Milk Maid – ‘Yucca’](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/milk-maid-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98yucca%e2%80%99/): (album, Suffering Jukebox/FatCat) This debut set from a quartet fronted by Nine Black Alps bassist Martin Cohen is an exercise in deliberately defenestrated melody, recorded in glorious lo-fi at his Manchester flat.
- [Underground Railroad – 'White Night Stand'](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/underground-railroad-%e2%80%93-white-night-stand/): (album, One Little Indian) Misrepresented by their publicity, the listener should not anticipate anything remotely Radiohead-like from Underground Railroad.
- [Beastie Boys – ‘Hot Sauce Committee Part Two’](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/beastie-boys-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98hot-sauce-committee-part-two%e2%80%99/): (album, Capitol) It appears that time and longevity have afforded the Beasties something akin to (inter)national treasure status – the hearty partying potty-mouthed White Castle gormandizers of the mid-1980s having spent the last quarter century morphing in and out of genres and the popular consciousness, to finally arrive at the point where this, their eighth studio album has been almost universally greeted by critics with warm affection.
- [The Wind-Up Birds – Tense, Nervous, Headache?](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-wind-up-birds-%e2%80%93-tense-nervous-headache/): I’ve always had a soft spot for Leeds. Used to admire their footballers back in the Bremner days, until I read David Peace’s The Damned United, obviously.
- [African Head Charge – ‘Voodoo of the Godsent’](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/african-head-charge-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98voodoo-of-the-godsent%e2%80%99/): (album, On-U-Sound) The first African Head Charge studio work since 2005’s Vision of a Psychedelic Africa, Voodoo of the Godsent is described by the label as being ‘the culmination of thirty years of endeavour.’ Given the outstanding music made by the team of master percussionist Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah and legendary producer Adrian Sherwood during this period, it’s debatable whether this represents their best work – but that doesn’t really matter, as the album is essentially the continuation of a process that has seen both creative powerhouses expanding and transforming the landscape of contemporary reggae into new and exciting shapes.
- [Brain Killer – New Album, US Tour](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/brain-killer-%e2%80%93-new-album-us-tour/): Boston punks Brain Killer take their chops from Discharge, their politics from Crass, their graphic influence from Flux Of Pink Indians, and their love of hardcore noise from Japanese crust punk.
- [WU LYF - ‘Go Tell Fire To The Mountain’](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/wu-lyf-%e2%80%98go-tell-fire-to-the-mountain%e2%80%99/): (album, LYF Recordings) The most hyped new English group of the last decade? My editor certainly thinks so, judging by his ‘NME-boy’ jibes.
- [Roxy Music – ‘Manchester Manifesto’](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/roxy-music-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98manchester-manifesto%e2%80%99/): DVD/CD set, Easy Action/AVF Originally filmed by Granada TV in May 1979, this concert from Manchester Apollo was part of the band’s comeback UK tour following their three year hiatus.
- [Bob Meyer’s Folk Companion –12 June](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/bob-meyer%e2%80%99s-folk-companion-%e2%80%9312-june/): George Frakes George Frakes has the best hair of anyone in the folk world!
- [Slug Guts - Drilling The Anus Of Culture A New Hole](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/slug-guts-drilling-the-anus-of-culture-a-new-hole/): Slug Guts are drilling the anus of culture a new hole, one record at time.
- [Fuzztones – ‘Preaching To The Perverted’](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/fuzztones-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98preaching-to-the-perverted%e2%80%99/): (album, Stag O Lee) Garage legends the Fuzztones’ first studio set since 2008’s parpin’ Horny As Hell, oozes from the speakers with malign intent, dropping globs of goo goo muck on the carpet and cutting up the rug.
- [SILVER APPLES ADDED TO SUPERSONIC FESTIVAL](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/silver-apples-added-to-supersonic-festival/): With all the early bird tickets already sold out, Supersonic are keen to keep thrill-hungry punters satisfied and have announced some extremely notable new additions to an already sumptuous line up over the weekend of 21-23 October.
- [GIL SCOTT-HERON (1 April 1949 - 27 May 2011)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/gil-scott-heron-1-april-1949-27-may-2011/): I stopped taking hip-hop seriously round about the time it started turning into high pantomime and dollar-grabbing clichés in the early 1990s.
- [RIOT SEASON RECORDS SUMMER SOUNDS](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/riot-season-records-summer-sounds/): Eclectic UK indie label Riot Season are bursting into summer with a succession of new albums that are set to confound expectations and surprise in equal measure.
- [Amebix – ‘Knights of the Black Sun’](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/amebix-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98knights-of-the-black-sun%e2%80%99/): (single, Easy Action) A taster for the forthcoming Sonic Mass album, set for release this September, ‘Knights of the Black Sun’ is the Amebix’s first new material for 24 years.
- [Marvin Gaye - 'What's Going On' (40th Anniversary edition)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/marvin-gaye-whats-going-on-40th-anniversary-edition/): To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s seminal Motown classic What’s Going On, Universal are proud to present this exclusive Super Deluxe Edition.
- [Tyvek - 'Nothing Fits'](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/tyvek-nothing-fits/): (album, In The Red, 2010) What made 1976/77 so enthralling was the divide that appeared in your record collection almost overnight.
- [SOUTHERN LORD AURAL ASSUALT!](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/southern-lord-aural-assualt/): Mighty noise specialists Southern Lord has confirmed three new releases from SEVEN SISTERS OF SLEEP, XIBALBA and PLANKS all of which are due for release in the UK this July.
- [The Kills – ‘Blood Pressures’](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-kills-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98blood-pressures%e2%80%99/): (album, Domino Recordings) The Kills’ first album in three years sees the duo maintain their core garage sound while simultaneously stretching out in new directions.
- [The Lantern Society](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-lantern-society/): Is the Lantern Society the finest folk club in London ? I would say so!
- [Trojan Boxset Bonanza](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/trojan-boxset-bonanza/): Trojan Records have launched an exciting new genre-based 2CD series featuring the very best in Jamaican sounds from the past half-century.
- [Seasick Steve – 'You Can’t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks'](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/seasick-steve-%e2%80%93-you-can%e2%80%99t-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks/): (album, Play It Again Sam) What’s not to like about Steven Gene Wold?
- [WHAT WOULD JESUS DRIVE / THE EYELIDS](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/what-would-jesus-drive-the-eyelids/): Seven Go Psycho In Cornwall WWJD/The Eyelids: Friday 27 May, Penzance, Studio Bar If you’ve not been before, the Studio Bar’s not so easy to find.
- ['Ritual' by David Pinner ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/ritual-by-david-pinner/): (publ. Finders Keepers) The gap since original publication in 1967 and this year’s re-release by Finders Keepers may not be the publishing world’s longest, but it must be one of the least understandable.
- [AMEBIX – NEW SINGLE](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/amebix-%e2%80%93-new-single/): ‘Knights of the Black Sun’ – Released 6 June Cult British underground heavyweights AMEBIX have re-emerged from the darkness to announce the release of a new single, ‘Knights of the Black Sun’, their first new material for almost 24 years.
- [What Would Jesus Drive – Black and Blue](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/what-would-jesus-drive-%e2%80%93-black-and-blue/): (album, Eye See Sound) Some great albums float pleasantly out of the speakers like a summer zephyr, alighting upon the ear in an agreeable manner, others ooze out; creating a cumulative effect that results in an experience that begins with toe-tapping and ends in an uninhibited frug.
- [Thee Oh Sees – Castlemania](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/thee-oh-sees-%e2%80%93-castlemania/): (album, In The Red) This is head food for hungry heads.
- [STEVE LAKE – ZOUNDS](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/steve-lake-%e2%80%93-zounds/): Nearly three decades after they first topped the independent charts with ‘Can’t Cheat Karma’, Zounds are back with a new line up, and renewed impetus.
- [The Disrupters - Generation Retard ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-disrupters-generation-retard/): (album, Overground) There’s been something of a resurgence of interest in the whole UK82 scene over the past few months, and the arrival of Norfolk punks the Disrupters first album of new material since 1984’s Playing With Fire appears to be an extension of this ongoing trend.
- [Kris Needs Presents... Dirty Water 2 – More Birth of Punk Attitude](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/kris-needs-presents-dirty-water-2-%e2%80%93-more-birth-of-punk-attitude/): (2CD set, Year Zero) Happily, the overwhelmingly positive response to Dirty Water – The Birth of Punk Attitude has enabled journalist, DJ, broadcaster, and all around living leg end Kris Needs to again take us by the hand and lead us through many of the dimly lit tributaries that ultimately combined to lend their fetid waters to the great punk torrent.
- [Letting The Train Take The Strain](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/letting-the-train-take-the-strain/): Record shopping is not what it used to be, and with a mere handful of interesting places to buy interesting vinyl left in the entire country, a trip to that London is becoming a necessary regular evil.
- [The Touch – ‘Feeling’](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-touch-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98feeling%e2%80%99/): The Touch give away free MP3, ‘Feeling’ Australia’s, The Touch have made quite a name for themselves over the last few years, thanks largely to their party-like live shows, fuelled by their frenetic brand of indie.
- [60s Comics: A Brief History (Part 3)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/60s-comics-a-brief-history-part-3/): A couple of young french artists called Jean Rollin and Nicolas Devil (being the first one a script writer and the second an underground painter) created the first psychedelic comic book ever: Saga De Xam. It's the story of planet Xam, a peaceful world populated only by women, invaded by aliens who know the art of war.
- [60s Comics: A Brief History (Part 2) ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/60s-comics-a-brief-history-part-2/): As mid-Sixties gave space to new experiments in graphic arts, so comics evolved into a new age. Italian architect Guido Crepax, already famous for illustrating jazz records covers in the late 50s, published his carachter Valentina on the new comic magazine "Linus", in 1965. Originally named ‘Neutron’, starring a man with extraordinary psycho-cinetic powers hidden in the features of American art critic Philip Rembrandt, Valentina was intended to be only Neutron's girlfriend, but things went a bit different.
- [60s Comics: A Brief History (Part 1)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/60s-comics-a-brief-history/): The Sixties brought the wind of revolution into modern life. We now take this simple fact for granted. The decade gave birth to a brand new philosophy, created a whole culture and – for the first time ever removed the young from their parents’ grey world. All of a sudden, if you were 16-18, there was an exciting new way of life ready for you. A way of life made of sharp, tailored clothes, Hammond-led dancefloor music, Italian scooters and many other interesting things, like pop-art, design objects and, well, comics.
- [Zounds – New Album](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/zounds-%e2%80%93-new-album/): Thirty years on from The Curse of Zounds, Steve Lake’s transcendent post-punk trio are back with a follow up ­The Redemption of Zounds, which is set for release by Overground Records on 26 July.
- [DozenQ – The Lone Groover](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozen-qs-%e2%80%93-the-lone-groover/): The Lone Groover is Brian Caulfield – a one-man-and-a-guitar outfit who channels his love of folk, punk, and Americana into classic songs of beauty and passion.
- [Hawkwind, Wilko Johnson - Aylesbury Friars gig](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/hawkwind-wilko-johnson-aylesbury-friars-gig/): Hawkwind, Wilko Johnson and Kris Needs to play landmark Friars gig, 28 May Aylesbury’s legendary Friars will be club celebrating its 42nd birthday in customary raucous style with a bang as both Hawkwind and the mighty Wilko Johnson tread the recently refurbished boards.
- [Simon Morgan’s - ‘Domestic Abuse’](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/free-download-from-simon-morgan%e2%80%99s-acclaimed-debut-solo-album-%e2%80%98domestic-abuse%e2%80%99/): Free download from Simon Morgan’s acclaimed debut solo album, ‘Domestic Abuse’ The remarkable solo debut album from EYEPLUG’s very own Simon Morgan, Domestic Abuse, splices the energy and worldly cynicism of punk to anthemic tunes with genuinely affecting melodies.
- [The Kinks - reissues ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-kinks-reissue-more-classic-albums-in-brand-new-deluxe-format/): The Kinks - reissues of more classic albums in brand new deluxe format.
- [Blondie - ‘Panic Of Girls’](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/future-publishing-to-issue-long-awaited-blondie-album-panic-of-girls-as-fan-pack/): Future Publishing to issue long awaited Blondie album 'Panic Of Girls' as ‘Fan Pack’!
- [Night Noise Team - ‘You Won’ ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/night-noise-team-offer-free-track-%e2%80%98you-won%e2%80%99-from-their-new-album-slow-release/): Night Noise Team offer free track, ‘You Won’ from their new album Slow Release!
- [Tamikrest - Community In Common Ground](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/tamikrest-community-in-common-ground/): Following the path trodden out of the Saharan deserts by fellow Touareg musicians Tinariwen, come Tamikrest.
- [The Computers – This Is The Computers ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-computers-%e2%80%93-this-is-the-computers-album-one-little-indian/): The Computers – This Is The Computers (album, One Little Indian). Some bands have names that match how they sound.
- [The Raveonettes – Raven In The Grave (album, Vice)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-raveonettes-%e2%80%93-raven-in-the-grave-album-vice/): Throughout the last decade Danish duo Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo have issued a string of albums of genuine quality at almost metronomic bi-annual intervals. Hopefully, this will continue indefinitely, although there is an undeniable valedictory sense throughout this, their fifth album.
- [Ringo DeathStarr – Colour Trip (album, Club AC30)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/ringo-deathstarr-%e2%80%93-colour-trip-album-club-ac30/): Occupying a kind of salted soil middle ground between My Bloody Valentine and late era Jesus and Mary Chain, Texan trio Ringo Deathstarr project their influences through a fractured prism of their own construction to create a sophomore album that is both referential and innovatory.
- [Thee Hypnotics – Come Down Heavy (album, Situa)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/thee-hypnotics-%e2%80%93-come-down-heavy-album-situa/): Come Down Heavy is a behemoth of an album that presses down upon the senses like 20,000 leagues of heavy water. Aside from two slightly ambient tracks; ‘Unearthed’ and ‘Sonic Lament’, which see the quartet indulging in a spot of the kind of crepuscular, wah-wah led noodling that provided respite across early Funkadelic discs, the disc blasts relentlessly along the Blue Cheer range of the audiochromatic spectrum. ‘Half Man Half Boy’ thunders in as vocalist Jim Jones (latterly of his much lauded Revue) fills us in at where he’s at, ‘I feel so wired, please won’t you help me come down’. The liquid blues/rock bongwater is punctuated by the kind of herculean drum salvos that make one realise just how often the adjective ‘awesome’ is overused.
- [Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/big-star-nothing-can-hurt-me/): The food! There’s just so much damn good food there. Last summer I gained 5 pounds just in one long weekend there. And it’s one of the most magical places on earth. The light in Memphis is beautiful. I’m not sure why or how to explain it – just look at a William Eggleston photo and notice the light. It’s gorgeous.
- [The Short Happy Life of Joe Colombo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-short-happy-life-of-joe-colombo/): Modern life and the future in the vision of an enlightened designer. But in the very same year there’s not only one anniversary to take notice of: Forty years ago, Joe Colombo – one of the top Italian industrial designers of all times – died of heart attack, aged only 41.
- [My Chemical Romance - Live](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/my-chemical-romance-live/): PROCESSION MOVES ON, THE SHOUTING IS OVER My Chemical Romance, Hammersmith Apollo It’d been a long cold wait for the killjoys, and other dedicated My Chemical Romance fans.
- [The Crassical Collection: Penis Envy – Crass (Southern)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-crassical-collection-penis-envy-%e2%80%93-crass-southern/): Despite the paucity of new Crass music emerging from Dial House, the group’s profile continued to grow as their gigging schedule increased exponentially – almost all of these shows being benefits with the band relying upon the kindness of strangers to put them up in spare rooms, or any available floor space. Stations of the Crass continued to sell in significant numbers, as did a re-release of Feeding of the 5000 – which emerged in early 1981, with ‘Asylum’ restored. The group continued to eschew the mainstream music press in favour of granting interviews to fanzines, and grass roots support for the band also continued to grow, with gigs being typified by the sight of scores of black clad followers chanting along, word-for-word, with Steve Ignorant.
- [The Crassical Collection: Stations of the Crass – Crass (Southern)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-crassical-collection-stations-of-the-crass-%e2%80%93-crass-southern/): There were two main reasons why reactions by the music press were largely irrelevant to Crass. Firstly, they had little wish to engage with corporate backed mass media publications – their ethos was all about reaching out to the individual. Furthermore, they had bigger issues to occupy them – the state, the church and the very real threat of nuclear conflict being slightly more pressing than Tony Parsons’ assertion that punk had become a lame duck the minute he lost interest in it, or Garry Bushell’s enthusiasm for Minder.
- [The Crassical Collection: The Feeding of the 5000 – Crass](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-crassical-collection-the-feeding-of-the-5000-%e2%80%93-crass/): In terms of punk rock’s political legacy, it’s difficult to overstate the primacy of Crass. Whereas the class of ’76 adopted a received petit bourgeois version of anarchism as a fashion accessory, the Epping Forest collective and fellow travellers such as the Poison Girls established a far more considered reading of the ideology, in far harsher times, as Thatcher’s clampdown began to coalesce.
- [Flats: Kick It ‘Til It Breaks](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/flats-kick-it-%e2%80%98til-it-breaks/): With two blistering EPs and their eardrum shredding new single ‘Never Again’ behind them, Flats have established the most credible punk sound for donkey’s years.
- [Mick Farren: Front Line Shaman](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/mick-farren-front-line-shaman/): Mick Farren has been many things in his time; author, activist, agent provocateur, anarchist... and that’s just getting warmed up with the ‘A’s. During the 1960s and 70s, Mick was a countercultural Zelig – on permanent barricade duty in opposition to an ever-tightening clampdown; manning the door at UFO, providing the driving force for International Times, fronting proto-punks the (Social) Deviants
- [Steve Ignorant: Between Courses at the Last Supper](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/steve-ignorant-between-courses-at-the-last-supper/): For Crass in general, and former frontman Steve Ignorant in particular, it’s been all go just recently. Aside from the re-mastering of the band’s landmark 1978 album Feeding of The Five Thousand, Steve had been on tour across the UK performing Crass’ songs for a final time.
- [DozenQ - Ravens In Paris ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/ravens-in-paris-dozenq/): 01 How did the band get together? We used to be in a band backing a singer song writer, but following his diva-like activities of not turning up to practice we started working on stuff without him and realised we are actually a million times better as a three-piece (and Beaz voice was a million times better). So we sacked him off and started Ravens In Paris.
- [Loveland – Order To Love (album, Groovie Records)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/loveland-%e2%80%93-order-to-love-album-groovie-records/): The newly minted band are led by the eponymous Lana, late of the Fuzztones, whose polymath talents are revealed to spectacular effect. However, Order To Love is a well of taut, psychotic garage that runs far deeper than to merely provide a showcase for the prodigious vocal, keyboard, production and graphic talents of their frontwoman.
- [The Final Programme (1973) - National Film Theatre 10/8/10](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-final-programme-1973-national-film-theatre-10810/): I was hugely impressed with the Flipside for tracking down a print (however faded and scratchy) of this true 70’s oddity, but what made the evening irresistible was the appearance of Michael Moorcock, surely one of the most engaging and amusing guests to visit the NFT in recent years.
- [Sharks - The Future Is Unwritten](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/sharks-the-future-is-unwritten/): ‘Fallen On Deaf Ears’ still electrifies to this day, fully realising all that promise it exuded from the get-go. Similarly, ‘It Threatens’ continues to take me by the throat and refuses to let go, until I gasp for breath, cardiac palpitations akimbo, brothel creepers a thousand-yard-stare apart, leg shaking like St. Joe on cheap speed. Man, that piano kills. ‘Bury Your Youth’ swaggers, a skank in sheep’s clothing, my life swims around me, takes one look and drowns me. The album closes with the awesome-to-this-day strains of ‘The Light At The End Of The Tunnel’, I was in the studio the day these songs were thrown down, and, in spite of everything I’ve witnessed in 35-years of geekboy-fandom-thrall, these are the groovy times I will pass down to my daughters in my time of dying.
- [The Eyelids/ Po-Lice, Clipper Bar, Camborne, 22/04/2011](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-eyelids-po-lice-clipper-bar-camborne-22042011/): An exercise in exothermic reactions on an unseasonably warm Good Friday. Openers, Po-Lice from Taunton, have a kind of ramshackle Flowers in the Dustbin vibe. They’re billed as ‘ska-punk’, but there seems to be a minimum of fuzzskank in their set
- [Vivian Girls – Share The Joy (album, Polyvinyl)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/vivian-girls-%e2%80%93-share-the-joy-album-polyvinyl/): Bookended by two of their most expansive tracks, the third album from the Brooklyn trio sees them stretching the boundaries of their lo-fi Spectorist template. Share The Joy is an album that gathers momentum; opener ‘The Other Girls’ features an introspective lyric set against an epic backing that evokes a homespun atmosphere in keeping with the knowing primitivism of the disc’s cover. The track rolls along for around six minutes, as their signature lush harmonies meander around a fragile, mildly discordant melody.
- [Another Tramadol Night: Doug Stanhope – The Forum, Nottingham – 5/4/11 ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/another-tramadol-night-doug-stanhope-%e2%80%93-the-forum-nottingham-%e2%80%93-5411/): My compadre and I, both suffering from debilitating back pain, took the questionable decision to drop 100mg of Tramadol each before making the hour-or-so journey up the M42 from Birmingham to Nottingham, and, by the time we hit the sheriff’s town, I, for one, was itching like a £10-bag-a-day-merchant in the waiting room of the man. Prescription drugs, huh?
- [The Crassical Collection: Christ The Album – Crass](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-crassical-collection-christ-the-album-%e2%80%93-crass/): ‘Your life’s reduced to nothing but an empty media game / Big Brother ain’t watching you, mate, you’re fucking watching him.’ Penny Rimbaud
- [The Skuzzies – The Skuzzies (album, Easy Action)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-skuzzies-%e2%80%93-the-skuzzies-album-easy-action/): The long-awaited debut album from Astoria/Babyshambles Riot veterans the Skuzzies is a largely fat-free feast, which could, perhaps fittingly, have been named after its urgent opener, ‘Hungry As A Hound’. Aside from a spot of arts lab fun with some atmospherics at the end of the Doors-cadenced ‘Heartache Accelerate’, the South London trio are generally, in and out, pulling off the blag with a minimum of poncing about.
- [Final Performance](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/something-to-do-with-death-barry-brown/): The American actor Barry Brown began his career at the age of five. At 19, he was Emmy-nominated for playing a troubled teen in The Mod Squad. He made his first major screen appearance opposite Jeff Bridges in Halls of Anger (1970).
- [Parting Gifts – Strychnine Dandelion (LP, In The Red)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/parting-gifts-%e2%80%93-strychnine-dandelion-lp-in-the-red/): The debut album from Nashville duo Coco Hames and the prolific Greg Cartwright, augmented by friends the Ettes has its moments, but on the whole, they’re too few and far between to elevate this grab bag of lyrical cliché and session man licks above the level of banality that it occupies for the majority of its running time.
- [Bo Ningen – Bo Ningen (album, Stolen)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/bo-ningen-%e2%80%93-bo-ningen-album-stolen/): By turns visceral and ambient, Bo Ningen’s [trans: ‘Stick Men’] eponymous debut represents a remarkably accomplished first outing for this London-based Japanese quartet. Here, apparently, are one of the many bands who owe a great debt to the likes of Can and Cluster,
- [Thee Spivs – Taped Up (album, Damaged Goods)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/thee-spivs-%e2%80%93-taped-up-album-damaged-goods/): Tearing in like a switchblade through the fecal velour of a cinema seat comes the debut album from this much talked about Hackney trio. Taped Up gathers momentum across its fourteen tracks – no mean feat when the disc begins with a track such as the chant-a-log ‘radio’ – the aural equivalent of a cloud of dust through which only the occasional flying fist can be glimpsed. The snotty amphetimined nihilism of the opener rams hard into the jagged edge of ‘Leave Me Alone’, a crisp and confrontational track that channels ennui into anger, the way they did it back in ’76.
- [FocusOn: Max Galli](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/focuson-max-galli/): Max Galli was born in Rome in 1969, right in the middle of the 'space age', the oldest of two children of a photographer and a housewife.
- [Or Glory: 21st Century Rockers by Horst A. Friedrichs](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/or-glory-21st-century-rockers-by-horst-a-friedrichs/): I’m always up for a challenge. Do anything, I will. Over-familiar photos from the 60s? Check. Films so obscure even the directors can’t remember making them? Check. Yet, even I was surprised at the brief I was offered, as the phone rang one dreary Tuesday afternoon in late winter.
- [Tupac: A ‘Thug’ Afterlife](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/tupac-a-%e2%80%98thug%e2%80%99-afterlife/): Tupac: Not more than hardly ... There's a whole mess of us stuck here; Elvis Presley, Jim Morrisson, Shergar, some parts of Cher...
- [The Spork: A Practical Dining Tool ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-spork-a-practical-dining-tool/): Raoul arrived a couple of hours later – he’d had some hassle with his old lady who was hassling him for maintenance. She wasn’t taken in by the photos of him dressed as The Mighty Thor outside the CPA headquarters, and was giving him hell. She insisted he take little Raoul with him for the day and he’d had to stop off at his sisters to dump the kid. Road testing cutlery in the West Midlands was no place for a kid.
- [Raoul Interviews Reinhardt Haydn (Part One)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/raoul-interviews-reinhardt-haydn-part-one/): Reinhardt Haydn: It’s difficult to say – so often the first thing that people want to know can be pretty prosaic. Something like ‘any idea where the khazi is?’ The questions about counterculture activism generally come much later. If at all.
- [The Cramps at Napa State](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-cramps-at-napa-state/): ‘The guy filming couldn't point his camera at the inmates because he couldn't show them escaping.’ Lux Interior
- [Anarchive - 001 The Mob](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/1259/): Firstly, if you've never heard The Mob, this album is the wrong place to start. Score a copy of the Let The Tribe Increase CD. If you enjoyed that, then sit down with May Inspire Revolutionary Acts – it works better that way.
- [PJ Harvey – ‘Let England Shake’ (Island)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/pj-harvey-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98let-england-shake%e2%80%99-island/): Songs of conflict, songs of harm, songs bereft of coquettish charm... otherworldly songs of the impending death that ultimately befalls all who attempt to impose their will on unwilling subjects...
- [Top Of The Pops](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/top-of-the-pops/): I can still picture the tableau vivant; it’s around forty years ago, I’m in Woolworths trying to decide which particular slice of pounding glam rock I’m going to spend my ten bob on,
- [Steranko: Four Colour Shaman](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/steranko-four-colour-shaman/): In addition to being one of the most innovative comic book artists of the 1960s, Jim Steranko’s amazing life indentifies him as being a unique figure in the field of graphic art. Born one of nine siblings in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1938, Steranko endured an impoverished childhood, sleeping on the communal family couch until he was of High School age. His talent for art manifested early, and although discouraged by his father – who had worked down the local mines from the age of ten – the young Jim paid for his art supplies by collecting bottles and paper for recycling.
- [An A-Z of Overlooked Bands](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/an-a-z-of-overlooked-bands/): All these bands have two things in common. Firstly, they have received great critical acclaim and/or riches during their careers. Additionally, they all exist in direct contradiction to Newtonian physics, as they all both suck and blow at the same time.
- [Filmplugs from Nick Wilson](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/filmplugs-from-nick-wilson/): Some Film Reviews from Nick Wilson.
- [Album Reviews - Nov 2012 by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/album-reviews-nov-2012-by-colin-bryce/): I cannot believe it has been thirty-plus years since Secret Affair released their debut LP Glory Boys. That record impressed the hell out of me back then. With its up-tempo soul influenced bottom line, Page and Cairns’ ambitious self-confident writing and attitude, and the killer guitar/horn (sax or trumpet) interplay on tunes like “I’m Not Free (But I’m Cheap)” and “Let Your Heart Dance” it was hard not to be inspired and moved. Considering too the fact that back in 1979 these guys were 19 and 20 years old and it’s probably more impressive to me now than it was back then.
- [Book Reviews - Nov 2012 by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/book-reviews-nov-2012-by-colin-bryce/): It would appear that now is the time to have a look back at all things punk and that is fine by me. I’m not sure where this release sits in terms of books on the subject but I don’t really care. I’d hate the kids of today to miss out on some fabulous art and the music and people behind it.
- [The Action: In the Lap of the Mods by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-action-in-the-lap-of-the-mods-by-scenester/): he Action may never have another book written about them, but this bright, affectionately written tome would make future projects a little superfluous. Tributes from such luminaries as Sir George Martin C B E, Phil Collins and Pete Townsend are good reading, even if they leave you even more puzzled as to why The Action ended up a footnote when others became household names.
- [In Conversation with Jenny Spires by Michelle Coomber](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/in-conversation-with-jenny-spires-by-michelle-coomber/): A rare and exclusive interview with Jenny Spires, ex-girlfriend and lifelong friend of Syd Barrett. Jenny talks of her life with Syd and hanging out with Pink Floyd, her experiences with the in-crowd and watching the moon landing with Jerry Garcia. She shares her memories of those she holds dear and the iconic places she frequented during iconic times. Jennifer Gentle, the beautiful lady with a rocking soul.
- [Dave Barbarossa talks to Eyeplug](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dave-barbarossa-talks-to-eyeplug/): I grew up listening to a lot of Latin American music; my Dad was a huge Latin American fan that inculcated rhythm into me without knowing it. I listened to chart music, glam rock of the era, Bolan, T. Rex, and Mud. I started quite late, fifteen, sixteen, learning the drums, saw someone playing them and tried really hard to get some drums. They were very expensive things; I would jam around with some guys in the school hall. I was into everything musically, I found I enjoyed the constant repetition of drumming, the learning of it, and then I got a break with the Ants.
- [DozenQ – TaQuita Thorns](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-taquita-thorns/): Coming straight out of Detroit, Michigan, the birthplace of Motown music, TaQuita Thorns is the ultimate Rock&Soul diva. Impressing crowds with her solid powerhouse vocals and charismatic presence, the singer performs a sultry mix of pop songs set to unique R&B, house, disco and funk inspired beats. Following two hit shows on MTV (Making the Band 3, The TaQuita and Kaui Show, ) TaQuita has been working diligently as a prolific songwriter and recording artist. TaQuita’s artistry draws from her life journey and brings to life the boundless energy and positivity that drives this exceptional young talent. Fully equipped with a sparkling gift and charisma to match, TaQuita Thorns is surely one of the most exciting new R&B music artists to emerge in years.
- [Interview with Dave Cairns](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/interview-with-dave-cairns/): I’ve been following the careers of Secret Affair main men Ian Page and Dave Cairns since their early days as members of the punk-era group the New Hearts. The fact that former Gorillas drummer Matt McIntyre was playing with them may have piqued my interest in them at the time but even after Matt left I stayed along for the ride with the song writing duo of Page/Cairns. Like many of the groups during the 76-77 era the New Hearts as a band were largely finished after only a couple of singles into their nascent career. Gig wise the young band played the likes of the Reading Festival and had the opening slot on the Modern World tour with the Jam but the New Hearts, as I previously mentioned, were done as a band in only about a year. Less than a season or so later however, Page and Cairns returned as the highly motivated and reinvigorated Secret Affair.
- [Album Reviews - October 2012 by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/album-reviews-october-2012-by-colin-bryce/): I love it when the compiler of the collection does a track by track lowdown and in this case it’s none other than Kent’s man in the know Ady Croasdell filling us in on the artist, composition and little known facts. Very handy.
- [Thee Ones - Eve Sessions](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/thee-ones-eve-sessions/): The album captures a long and sleepless weekend at Eve Studios, Manchester. The combination of Producer, Martin King’s old school recording techniques and Thee Ones back to basics sound resulted in a collection of recordings that echo back to the roots of Rock n Roll. All songs where recorded in one take with no over dubs, with the band playing in one big room, to give it a fresh and immediate energy.
- [Someday All The Adults Will Die! - Punk Graphics 1971-84](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/someday-all-the-adults-will-die-punk-graphics-1971-84/): Even after the thirty five years that have elapsed since that summer of malcontent, and punk’s subsequent elevation to one of the UK’s more written-about cultural phenomena, I still find it a little incongruous that an art house would host an exhibition about this singularly delinquent cult. Yet, the pristine white walls of the Hayward Gallery, set in the brutalist concrete South Bank complex seems the most appropriate place in London to hold this comprehensive collection of punk ephemera.
- [DozenQ – The bad joke that ended well](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-the-bad-joke-that-ended-well/): The bad joke that ended well play a garage rock, psychedelic and blues infused music with incredibly energetic shows. Playing on 60's garage and psychedelic influences such as the 13th floor elevators to The Monks as well as influences ranging from Tom Waits to The Black Lips. This is the bands second record, the first having been released a year ago and having a country twist to it. The band play with a distorted banjo at times that ads to the diverse sounding garage feel. In the line up is also guitar, bass, drums and organ. The new album which is self titled has 8 tracks on it which range from 'I'm not there' a full blown carnage of a garage punk rock song to dance of the dead being a sombre guitar led blues piece. The band are based in Bristol, UK.
- [DozenQ – Allan Crockford](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-allan-crockford/): As a member of such semi-legends as the Prisoners, The Solarflares, JTQ, Thee Headcoats and more recently The Stabilisers (amongst a much longer list), Allan Crockford has played an important if low-key part in establishing the Medway area's reputation as a hotbed for spirited, uncompromising garage rock with a strong DIY ethic. Playing with such Medway notables as Graham Day, Billy Childish and James Taylor, his reputation was as the reliable sideman for more flamboyant figures. Now he has found a late flowering talent for writing his own material. The Galileo 7 were formed to play the songs he had been storing up for the last 3 or 4 years. The alternative was to go busking alone in Chatham High Street, a course of action which would have inevitably lead to a long stay in hospital.
- [Interview with Vic Godard ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/interview-with-vic-godard/): Vic Godard- Vocals/Guitar of Subway Sect Emerging from the 100 Club punk scene of 76, Subway Sect debuted alongside their contemporaries The Clash and Sex Pistols.
- [Album Reviews - September 2012 by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/album-reviews-september-2012-by-colin-bryce/): Nobody Wins, Stax Southern Soul 1968-1975 (Kent/Ace) By all accounts the tail end of Stax Records business life wasn’t very pretty. The label still managed to put out some great sounds but relationships within the label had been damaged, the MGs connection was done and things were being recorded outside of Stax’s own studios with a number of acts brought in that some argued weren’t really in keeping with the identity Stax had forged for themselves.
- [DozenQ – Ali Ingle](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-ali-ingle/): Hi, I'm Ali ingle. A 22 yr old singer/songwriter from Liverpool. I started playing guitar and writing at about 16. A great love of music and words are what drive me. I am hoping to create honest music for a generation of dreamers.
- [DozenQ – The Shit](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-the-shit/): To make a long story short, I was born in 1966 and grew up listening to tons of Rock & Roll music in Orange County, California. I played in a variety of garage bands, one in particular was named the Miracle Workers, and after some success with our recordings we toured extensively in the Europe and the U.S.A. in the late 80's and early 90's. During my visits to Europe I fell in love with the people and the town of medieval Berne, Switzerland. So much that I moved from Los Angeles to Berne in 1991.
- [DozenQ – Los Thyssen](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-los-thyssen/): Los Thyssen was formed in O Grove, Galicia (Spain) in the summer of 2011. Mack Paramo is the main songwriter and handles guitar and vocals. Pitu on bass and Dr. Motocross o Muerte play drums. They are the most exciting new band of Garage, Wild Surf, even Punk and a lot of lisergic. From Muddy Waters to Johnny Thunders through Cream, Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Blues Magoos .. They are here for remember you how to Rock and Roll as it should be!
- [HEY DJ! - Eyeplug talks to Barnet Mark](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/hey-dj-eyeplug-talks-to-barnet-mark/): I'm now 49 but I started going to gigs when I was 13 and haven't stopped in all this time.
- [Interview with Phil King](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/interview-with-phil-king/): Phil King has just returned from a series of foreign dates playing bass with the Jesus and Mary Chain – with a US tour to follow this September, 2012 . He has also just seen some of his interviews with legendary glam era/proto-punk figures published in a collection of obscure glam (and some not so obscure) and pop picture sleeves called Wired Up!
- [Album Reviews - August 2012 by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/album-reviews-august-2012-by-colin-bryce/): VA: Have Mercy! The Songs of Don Covay (Ace) I had no idea Don Covay had written or co-written so many of the tracks included here. Who knew! “Chain of Fools” the massive Aretha Franklin smash? Yep, a Covay tune. “Long Tall Shorty”? Get out of here. Yep, a Covay co-write. Brook Benton’s top 20 R&B hit “Shoes”? A Covay-Soule co-write.
- [ArtsQ - Duggie Fields](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/artsq-duggie-fields/): More than an artist, Duggie Fields has been an Art Movement over the past 5 decades. His paintings, films, animation, photography, music, and design, have been at the pioneering edge of British Art and Culture. And he has collaborated with the likes of Stanley Kubrick, Derek Jarman, Rei Kawakubo and Andrew Logan. In the 1990s, Mr Fields devised a new Philosophy of Art - Maximalism, which he described as “minimalism with a plus, plus, plus” and “the individual use to create chaos out of order and vice versa”. As Mr Fields developed his Maximalist Art Works, he produced a series of short art films and music videos. This is one of those many gems, The Big Riddle from 1993, written by Fields, with music co-written with Howard Bernstein, and directed by Mark Le Bon.
- [Interview with Andy Ellison](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/interview-with-andy-ellison/): I met the enigmatic Andy Ellison for afternoon drinks in Soho. Betraying his previous hedonistic lifestyle, he’s fit, tanned with blonde spiky hair and a cheeky smile. He still looks capable of jumping up and hanging from the lights without any effort or warning, but he’s softly spoken and well-mannered and there wasn’t a hint of a feather pillow. We chatted about his teenage years, memories as lead singer and songwriter with the Silence, John’s Children, Jet and Radio Stars, wild adventures and Hells Angels. We discussed Simon Napier-Bell, The Who, fights, banned records, white clothes and his solo career. And we talked about Marc Bolan and the fondness that still remains.
- [DozenQ – Folk Grinder](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-folk-grinder/): FOLK GRINDER was formed in March 2010, by myself and Slovakian born accordionist/pianist MIRO SNEJDR who I first met in a pawn brokers in London in 2008. Miro was skint and about to sell his accordion, I told him I was looking for an accordion player and stepped in and bought it him back. I'd been living in Redondo Beach California for a couple of years and had written an album's worth of sea shanties that had been inspired from living by the sea and being away from the UK. We originally tried out some of these songs with a full band that was made up of previous members of my old band Sinnerstar, but it was'nt working out. So a more stripped back skiffle approach was sought after and when we tried it, it just worked and I love it.
- [Searching For Sugar Man 2012 (Film Review)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/searching-for-sugar-man-2012-film-review/): If this review has reached you too late and your local cinema is no longer showing Searching For Sugar Man (SFSM) , make a note of it's title and keep an eye out for the network premiere, I'm sure BBC4 will be on the case in no time... The documentary tells the story of Rodriguez, a late 60s/early 70s singer-songwriter who, like so many, recorded some spellbinding music but never managed to shift the necessary units to reward the attention he deserved. Told through the eyes of a South African super-fan, SFSM is the heart-warming tale of music's transatlantic journey and the power of a curious mind that followed.
- [DozenQ - Stone Foundation](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-stone-foundation/): Stone Foundation are a seven piece band who hail from the Midlands and are inspired by a Modernist meeting of Rock n' Soul influences, their sound combines the punch of a three piece horn section alongside whirling Hammond organ driven along by a dynamic ryhthm section and topped off with powerful emotive vocals resulting in a spirited, exciting, uplifting, heartfelt combination. The band have recorded 4 albums and have worked alongside the likes of Soul Legends Nolan Porter, Steve Calloway and Joe Harris of Motown's Undiputed Truth. Last year they were invited as special guests of UK Ska Legends The Specials on their tour of UK arena's picking up more followers and supporters of their music along the way. The band will release their new as yet untitled album early next year 2013...
- [AuthorQ - Zoe Howe](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/authorq-zoe-howe/): Zoe Howe is a music writer, editor and drummer. She has recently completed and been out and about promoting Wilko Johnson’s bio Looking Back at Me.
- [DozenQ - Tav Falco](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-tav-falco/): In his work as a visual artist, writer and rock and roll musician Tav Falco has crafted an immediately recognizable blend of all things unique, visionary, familiar and yet obscure, dark/light and straight up stylish and rockin’. His recent book – Ghosts Behind the Sun: Splendor, Enigma & Death (Creation Books) – is a trip through the city of Memphis’ history that is part Falco biography, surreal fiction, crime noir and hipster gutter trawl. Fact mingles with hallucination and Tav pins the throttle.
- [The Bees chat to Eyeplug.net](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-bees-chat-to-eyeplug-net/): The Bees formed in 1999 in a garden shed after about 5 years of releasing under the name of Pnu Riff and The Exploding thumbs on the underground label Hoilistic Records. There was a major swing in our sound and song writing , we'd spent most of our teens making tripped out electronica, rare groove inspired and world music fused sounds. It was the warm up for The Bees.
- [AuthorQ - Dougie Brimson](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/authorq-dougie-brimson/): Dougie Brimson exploded onto the UK literary scene in 1996 and has remained there pretty much ever since. A former RAF serviceman and Falklands Veteran, his first book Everywhere We Go remains a cult classic amongst football fans the world over whilst his fictional work including the thrillers The Crew and Top Dog and the comedy diary Billy’s Log have established his as a firm and best-selling favourite. However, he is perhaps best known as a screenwriter with his most notable success being the multi-award winning film, Green Street.
- [DozenQ - Andrew Crayford & The Kosmos](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-the-kosmos/): Andrew Crayford was born in Islington, London, England. He formed his first band Summer Buzz as vocalist rhythm guitar with best friends Ken Yeomans, Michael Fraser and Kurt Ferdinand. The band played a handful of gigs before Crayford and Yeomans left to become a songwriting and production team until 2003, before deciding to pursue solo projects. In 2007 Crayford formed band The Kosmos, of which he is lead singer, lyricist and guitarist. Shortly after the debut album Unplugged, released through digital distribution, the band's 1960s influenced powerpop indie sound was recognised by US based label Harvest Music in 2008, featuring the song So In Love on the cd compilation Dig Music Vol. 1. In 2010, Harvest Music invited Crayford to their roster of artistes. In the same year, the promo video for So In Love, directed by Alberto Bona, was featured at the Portobello Film Festival.
- [DozenQ - The Sons](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-the-sons/): The Sons new single,their fourth release ‘Down by The U-V Lights/Acomplicess’ out on iTunes and Spotify. Recorded at RAK studios with Richard Woodcraft engineering (Arctic Monkeys ect) and mastered at Air studios by Ray Staff who worked on ‘All Things Must Pass’ and has just remastered ‘Ziggy Stardust’.
- [DozenQ - Chris Phillips](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-chris-phillips/): Chris Phillips is a 33 year old singer/songwriter from South Wales who has recently rediscovered his love for songwriting after 12 years away from the game. He has recently released his first EP to whole world via itunes and is in the middle of writing and recording his debut album, which he is hoping to release by Summer 2013. If you like the Indie sound of the mid 90's, then you're gonna like this!
- [DozenQ - Dara](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-dara/): Dara is a singer songwriter whose brand of story telling encompasses tales of heartache, despair and occasionally redemption. With the raw honesty of his songs and delivery, his soulful blend of rock, alt. country and blues calls to mind Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young as influences.
- [DozenQ - King Salami & the Cumberland Three](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-king-salami-the-cumberland-three/): King Salami & the Cumberland Three are an internaional band (1 french, 1 Jamaican, 1 japanese and 1 spanish) who play high octane rythm & blues with a punk energy. They formed in 2006 and have been playing all round Europe, and recently toured Japan & China. Their 1st album ''14 Blazin' Bangers'' came out last year on Dirty Water records, and they have a split album with Andre Williams coming out this summer.
- [DozenQ – The Substitutes](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-the-substitutes/): The Substitutes are a four-piece mod covers band from South Wales who are enjoying an incredibly busy year headlining gigs and supporting the likes of From The Jam. They cover songs from iconic bands including Small Faces, The Who, the Jam, the Kinks while throwing Tamla Motown, 1960's soul and Northern soul into the mix. They’re not after the big time, they just want to play music they love and expand the Welsh mod scene. They’re not averse to spreading their sounds elsewhere in the UK, so read what Dan Owens and Jon Amos told Eyeplug and check out their links.
- [DozenQ - Jesse Futerman](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-jesse-futerman/): Fuse The Witches features seven distinctive tracks to take the listener into the next chapter of Jesse Futerman's progression, including appearances from DJ Alibi and Milo (from Sibian & Faun) - plus the whole EP was mastered by fellow Canadian, Moonstarr. The cover art for this release was created by talented French aritst, Alice Dufay - who also created the cover art for Jesse's first EP.
- [We Can Elude Control (Throbbing Gristle)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/we-can-elude-control-throbbing-gristle/): Their set was comprised of working mixes of ‘Desertshore’, Throbbing Gristle’s final LP, which will get a release in its own right on Industrial Records in October 2012. With recorded vocals by, amongst others, Blixa Bargeld, Marc Almond and Cosey herself, the music soothed in its adherence to more conventional ideas about rhythm and melody. With peaceful landscapes projected onto the screen and beautiful Arabic scale sounds; this could have been a particularly louche meditation hour at a mind/body/spirit festival. Chris and Cosey reminded us how emotional and involving electronic music can be, in the right hands.
- [Parallel Lives, Blondie (Book Review)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/parallel-lives-blondie-book-review/): Now THIS is a story, and while many of the revelations are not necessarily of the pleasant variety, it certainly fills in a lot of the gaps for those of us who followed the New York scene of the early 70s and early 80s so closely.
- [The Lovely Eggs - Food (New Single)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-lovely-eggs-food-new-single/): A new ‘FOOD’ video by art-cool director, Casey Raymond captures the pych pop-punk pop-art culture to perfection as they really are an audio-visual band and deserve their own TV Channel or Show at the very least, they really could be Morecombes’ answer to the Goodies meets the Monkies! Ther use of art, slapstick, props, models, tints, colour, scale added with their psych-mod retro cool makes for a refreshingly upbeat digestible punkoid experience all around. Catch them live near to you soon!
- [Shaved Fish Stage @WOWFest 2012](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/shaved-fish-stage-wowfest-2012/): The Shaved Fish stage at WOWfest this August will be showcasing the new and exciting music on offer from the Isle of Wight and the rest of the England, with local bands and others travelling from places such as Southampton, London and Derby. There is an intentionally eclectic mix of music on offer from the curators of Shaved Fish, which is a result of their high drive to create a unique experience with a real WOW factor that differs from night to night…
- [DozenQ – Rob Johnson](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-rob-johnson/): Rob Johnson is a guitarist and musician from London, who has spent the last few years making instrumental film soundtrack (esque) instrumental albums. Heavily inspired by a wide array of influences, Rob was initially inspired to make a 'Tubular Bells' like record for the 21st century after his previous band ended and there was nowhere to house the new demos he had made for that project. He went on to make his debut album 'Upon a Painted Ocean' that was released to a little critical acclaim in 2009.
- [DozenQ – Max Galli](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-max-galli/): Max Galli has been working as a professional illustrator and graphic designer during the last 20 years, producing hundreds of colourful, 60s-influenced drawings, illustrations and commercial graphic designs. His trademark swinging Sixties girls, shy and sexy at the same time, appeared in posters, records and CD covers, packagings and more, making his very own Pantone marker-based style a must for the discerning 60s loving collectors worldwide.
- [More Acts Confirmed for WOWFest 2012](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/acts-confirmed-for-wowfest-2012-2/): WOWfest is thrilled to announce the UK exclusive appearance of Madeleine Peyroux, on her much awaited return European tour, in August.
- [Talisman @WOWfest 2012](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/talisman-wowfest-2012/): Talisman were one of the UK's top Roots Reggae bands in the later 70's and early 80's.The band's prowess earned them support slots with acts as diverse as Burning Spear, The Clash and The Rolling Stones. They have reformed with the original line up after 30 years apart to support the re-release of their classic roots single ‘Dole Age’ on a brand new album 'Dole Age - The 1981 Reggae Collection'. One of Bristol's finest live acts are back and ready to party once again.
- [Black Roots @WOWfest 2012](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/black-roots-wowfest-2012/): Black Roots were a powerful and potent force in the British reggae music scene throughout the 80’s and left a legacy of no less than ten albums and more than eight singles before bowing out of the public eye in the mid-90’s. Hailing from the St Paul’s area of Bristol, the original eight-member band were formed in 1979 and quickly gained a large following by touring almost non-stop around the country, playing their brand of ‘militant pacifism’ roots.
- [Kitten and The Hip @WOWfest 2012](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/kitten-and-the-hip-wowfest-2012/): Take a beautiful and fantastic singer, add a world class horn section and some pumping backing tracks. Throw in some electro swing, some R & B, a bit of camp disco, a dollop of drum and bass a smidge of dubstep, add some brilliant hooky pop songs and there you have Kitten and The Hip.
- [Neville Staple @WOWfest 2012](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/neville-staple-wowfest-2012/): Best known as singer, toaster and composer with The Specials, and as one of the founding members of Fun Boy 3, Neville Staple is credited with changing the face of pop music not only once but twice.
- [The Selecter @WOWfest 2012](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-selecter-wowfest-2012/): “Too Much Pressure” released by this important and influential platinum selling band in Feb 1980 remains a classic touchstone for a generation of Ska lovers and the band are excited to announce they will be playing the album in its entirety plus a selection of other much loved Selecter tracks and some new surprises at concerts throughout 2011.
- [Acts Confirmed for WOWFest 2012](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/acts-confirmed-for-wowfest-2012/): The all new WOWfest take place on August 17th - 19th 2012 in Shanklin, Isle of Wight is organised around 6 main dedicated performance and global party areas:
- [Eyeplug.net invited to support WOWFest 2012!](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/eyeplug-net-invited-to-support-wowfest-2012/): Eyeplug.net are proud to announce their first ‘Live Events’ involvement with an invitation to provide Insider Media Coverage and our ‘Multi Mood-Machine’ DJ Sound Experience at this summer’s brightest new festival in August on the Isle of Wight - WOWfest, a 3 day music extravaganza in Shanklin, from August 17th - 19th 2012, featuring some of the world’s top acts in what promises to be one of the most outstanding global parties of the year!
- [God Save The Queen: Kunst, Kraak, Punk - 1977-84](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/god-save-the-queen-kunst-kraak-punk-1977-84/): Picking my way around the medieval city of Utrecht, eventually coming upon the Centraal Museum in an otherwise anonymous street, I found myself transported back to a distant and dangerous time in the Netherlands’ history.
- [The Electric Stars live at 100 Club](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-electric-stars-live-at-100-club/): Wandering up Oxford Street to the 100 Club, the infamous illuminated sign was sadly switched off, but upon entering the venue, the lights were most definitely on.
- [ DozenQ – Suburban Dirts](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-suburban-dirts/): Suburban Dirts are a trailer trash folk blues band with hints of Americana from Hertfordshire, UK. The core of the band is made up of John Wheatley (lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica), David Austin (drums, backing vocals and ukulele), Chris Varley (bass) and Dave Moyes (lead guitar). Occasionally augmented by Joolz Heath (violin) and Joe Glossop (piano, Hammond organ and Wurlitzer). This summer the band will be appearing at a number of festivals, including The Secret Garden Party in Cambridgeshire, to promote the upcoming release of their self titled debut album. You can catch them on the first Thursday of every month at the Hertford Corn Exchange.
- [DozenQ - Anison ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-anison/): The Kingston four piece have caught the attention of XFM with the band’s last 3 releases playlisted on the station alongside support from BBC 6 music and NME TV. Reflective and considerate, Anison’s music is a rush of melancholy that engrosses through its many layers, ignited by the delicate intro that comes as a calm before the proverbial emotional and sonic storm.
- [A Cowboy In The Deep Space](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/a-cowboy-in-the-deep-space/): Under the name of Moebius, Giraud realized quite a lot of strips for Hara-Kiri in the former half of the 60s, along with new stories of Blueberry, when – all of a sudden, we would say – he temporarily dropped his Moebius-Mr Hide side for a while. Eventually, this side emerged again around 1973-74, with a more SF oriented production. The time was different, now: it was the 70s, and counter-culture was spreading its influence over Europe as it did in the USA.
- [Lloyd Johnson: The Modern Outfitter ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/lloyd-johnson-the-modern-outfitter/): Scenester is rarely driven to do anything by a sense of pure nostalgia, but this evening, he thought he’d make an exception. With Mme. Scenester at his side, your pal took a short tube trip from his vile chambers to Pimlico, to catch a sneak preview of this timely exhibition of the work of Lloyd Johnson, The Modern Outfitter.
- [Mike Marlin - Man On The Ground LP](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/mike-marlin-man-on-the-ground-lp/): Mike Marlin has ripped through 2011 being chosen as HMV 'Next Big Thing', releasing his debut album Nearly Man, touring the UK twice, singing disco with dwarves, smashing an office to pieces and vanishing for 3 months only to emerge triumphant with another eleven songs recorded in an undisclosed basement and mastered in Abbey Road.
- [DozenQ - Mike Marlin](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-mike-marlin/): Mike Marlin ripped through last year being chosen as HMV ‘Next Big Thing’, releasing his debut album Nearly Man, touring the UK twice, singing disco with dwarves, smashing an office to pieces and vanishing for 3 months only to emerge triumphant with another 11 songs recorded in an undisclosed basement and mastered in Abbey Road. Now in 2012 Marlin looks to trump last years’ success with a European tour, second album, acoustic dates and film competition and that’s only the first half of the year.
- [DozenQ - Young Astronaut ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-young-astronaut/): Young Astronaut originated in the suburbs of the New Forest as brothers Chris and Pete Boakes in 2007. The brothers took their time to experiment with the harmonious and considered blend of music that is the foundation of the bands delicate tonality. The resulting sound is an emotionally charged blending of English night folk, indie and post-grunge that can be found on they debut album Fawn.
- [DozenQ - Simon Wells](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-simon-wells/): Last year saw the release of Simon Wells' critically acclaimed album "Sometimes In The Morning". Fusing together influences such as Nick Drake, Traffic and The Pentangle, Wells reactivated the often-presumed dead genre of English pastoral rock. Melodic, quirky & reflective, Wells' compositions hark back to the rich period of homespun pastoral folk, a genre that is both charming and thought-provoking.
- [DozenQ - The Lovely Eggs](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-lovely-eggs-boo-eyeplug/): A pigeon laid two eggs in an abandoned nest on our bathroom windowsill.The eggs were incubating while we were writing our first songs. Then during the summer they hatched and that is when we flew back to England and formed our band. It just seemed a natural name. There were two of them and two of us and we were born at the same time.
- [THE ELECTRIC STARS - Sonic Candy Soul](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-electric-stars-sonic-candy-soul/): The present line up got together from the remnants of various Manchester bands last summer to form The Electric Stars. Their mission is simple... To keep Rock n Roll alive! Currently touring, Detour records are going to release a single in February 2012.
- [Mike Marlin - This Town ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/mike-marlin-single-this-town-and-video-released-23rd-january-2012/): Mike Marlin has ripped through 2011 being chosen as HMV ‘Next Big Thing’, releasing his debut album Nearly Man, touring the UK twice, singing disco with dwarves, smashing an office to pieces and vanishing for 3 months only to emerge triumphant with another 11 songs recorded in an undisclosed basement and mastered in Abbey Road.
- [Slow Burn by Films of Colour](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/slow-burn-by-films-of-colour/): This east London band has some front to cover a Bowie song, not many would have the nerve. But it’s paid off, and I applaud their excellent taste in music. ‘Slow Burn’ was originally produced for Bowie’s Heathen L.P by Tony Visconti and includes Pete Townsend’s masterful guitar-playing.
- [The Avengers 50th Anniversary Evening:](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-avengers-50th-anniversary-evening/): It’s fair comment that if someone organised a screening of any of ‘The Avengers’ TV episodes in a limestone cave in Cheshire, or up the side of a mountain in the far north of Scotland, I’d probably attend. Fortunately, London’s Barbican is much easier to get to,
- [HEY DJ! - Eyeplug talks to ‘Chelsea’ Jeff Munday](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/hey-dj-eyeplug-takes-to-%e2%80%98chelsea%e2%80%99-jeff-munday/): ‘Chelsea Jeff’ as he is known to his close associates is a long term lover and supporter of various Genres and musical styles and is often the DJ of choice for various established Bands because of his diverse range of well put together selections. Eyeplug recently caught up with him to find out what makes him tick!
- [The Tamborines - Black & Blue/Indian Hill](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-tamborines-black-blueindian-hill/): Lead guitarist Henrique Lurindo’s soft ice cream vocals provide an interestingjuxtaposition to his Buzzcocks style of speedy, distorted explosions and trademark fuzz-tone guitar. Lulu Grave provides the solid drumming which carries the song over every crescendo. ‘Black & Blue’ is indie pop with psych/punk fusion and retro elements of Fleur De Lys and Velvet Underground. It’s a catchy tune with rich, thickly-textured sound and no unnecessary clutter.
- [HEY DJ! Sir Eon Ballinger - London Calling](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/hey-dj/): I'm kind of stuck in a time tunnel 1965-1983/4 I'm afraid...But it's a nice place to be, a kind of Comfort zone: like clean Jim jams, hot water bottles, Chocolate & Milk, Crisps & Coke...oh, & not forgetting, several pints of Kilkenny & a Crack pipe...Blow the cobwebs away.
- [Department S - Mr Nutley’s Strange Delusionarium](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/department-s-mr-nutley%e2%80%99s-strange-delusionarium/): Mr Nutley’s Strange Delusionarium illustrates why Department S needed to return to unfinished business since they disbanded in 1982. They have not attempted to make any radical changes in musical direction, but have refined and enriched their previous work while seamlessly slicing in their new songs. The tracks include intros which are fantastically surreal and injected with their exquisite sense of humour. However, this L.P is not about incorporating novelty touches but the magical musical mystery which follows.
- [Warhol Is Here](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/warhol-is-here/): You might be thinking, as I was, that almost everything that could be said about Andy Warhol, has been said, many times over, leaving us with little need to repeat still further. The fifteen minutes of fame he predicted would be everyone’s lot seems to have been multiplied many times for the saying’s originator.
- [Underwater Love - Third Window Films](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/underwater-love-third-window-films/): From Third Window Films comes 'Underwater Love' a strange and zany 'pink-musical' from Japan. A soft-core porn musical! The first of its kind from Japan and from the wild mind of Christopher Doyle (Hero, In the Mood for Love, The Limits of Control) with all original music by German-French synth pop duo Stereo Total Third Window Films will have the UK premiere on Sunday, October 16th at the Rich Mix in Shoreditch (35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA) from 6:30pm-Midnight with the film screening introduced by its producer Stephan Holl and then followed by a live gig from Stereo Total. Tickets are £15 available at http://www.wegottickets.com/event/132083 and full movie information at http://www.pinkmusical.co.uk Trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEw0_xKmBkM
- [The Creation - Eddie Phillips](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-creation-eddie-phillips/): The Creation started life as the Mark Four. This band was made up of Kenny Pickett, real name Kenny Lee, (vocals), Norman Miffin (lead guitar), Mick Thompson (rhythm guitar), John Dalton (bass) and Jack Jones (drums).
- [KPM Library and the ‘London sound’  ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/kpm-library-and-the-%e2%80%98london-sound%e2%80%99/): Few notes in the air: a Hammond organ is playing, along with a well assembled brass section. It sounds like the typical R&B riff, but with something more. Something you can’t explain.
- [Neil Innes Night - NFT](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/neil-innes-night-nft/): Admit it, you haven’t laughed at much on television for years. It’s not just you; it’s millions of us. What passes for comedy now is little more than narrowcasts designed for niche audiences, or the endlessly repeated prejudices of unimaginative idiots. It wasn’t always so.
- [Villain - Third Window Films](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/villain-third-window-films/): With over twenty companies bidding for the film adaptation rights, and many of Japan’s top directors vying for the project, Lee Sang-il’s adaptation of Shuichi Yoshida’s award-winning novel Villain was one of the most hotly anticipated films of 2010.
- [Boo Picks for October](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/boo-picks-10-for-october/): “Why Nick Drake?” you might ask. All I can tell you is that his music spoke to me from the very first time I heard his delicate voice and incredible guitar work. Listening to his music conjures up images of the stark British countryside, fog rolling over the moors, rain sweeping the windows. Sounds like Seattle, doesn’t it? Perhaps that’s why his music resonates with me so profoundly – because it speaks to my sense of place, my home. Whatever the case, Nick’s music touches me deeply. It is also perfectly suited to the JPQ. The songs are fairly simple harmonically, which leaves us ample room to improvise and put our own stamp on them while remaining true to Nick’s original intent and feeling.
- [Mikal Cronin releases self-titled debut on 3 Oct 2011](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/mikal-cronin-releases-self-titled-debut-on-3-oct-2011/): Conceived and recorded as a sort of therapy to help cope with adjusting to post-college life, an ensuing break-up and geographic isolation Mikal Cronin steps momentarily away from the rhythm section of Orange County surf-punk bashers, The Moonhearts with his debut solo album.
- [Steve Ignorant announces support for final ‘Last Supper’ gig](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/steve-ignorant-announces-support-for-final-%e2%80%98last-supper%e2%80%99-gig/): In 1977, Steve Ignorant and Penny Rimbaud founded Crass. In 1984 Crass disbanded.
- [Eyeplug.net Podcast Number 2](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/eyeplug-net-podcast-number-2/): Hello and welcome to our second Installment in a long series of fun-filled rumblings (and hopefully inspiring) Podcasts from various Eyepluggers!
- [Tony Morrison – The Long and the Short of It](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/tony-morrison-%e2%80%93-the-long-and-the-short-of-it/): Setting aside his poorly-rewarded role as EYEPLUG’s guitar maven, Tony Morrison is perhaps best known for his tenures with Long Tall Shorty and the Angelic Upstarts.
- [Re- Assessed: Their Satanic Majesties Request](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/re-assessed-their-satanic-majesties-request/): This piece is written to silence the haters, coax the doubters and welcome the uninitiated to the wonder that is the Rolling Stones most controversial album; 1967's Their Satanic Majesties Request.
- [‘I Start Counting’ (1969) with Jenny Agutter – Q&A NFT2 21/07/11](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/%e2%80%98i-start-counting%e2%80%99-1969-with-jenny-agutter-%e2%80%93-qa-nft2-210711/): The synopsis to this film in the July NFT calendar piqued my interest on a number of different levels; that it is a thriller from the late 60’s, that it has a cast of well-loved Brit actors including two of my favourite ladies, that it is set in the ever-malleable home counties hinterland, and is a pressure cooker portrait of strained family life.
- [Icarus Line return with new album, ‘Wildlife’, and UK Tour](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/icarus-line-return-with-new-album-%e2%80%98wildlife%e2%80%99-and-uk-tour/): Los Angeles rockers Icarus Line have announced the release of their first alum in four years – Wildlife will be issued on Cobraside Records on 29 August.
- [New Simon Morgan album, ‘Domestic Abuse’ now available via iTunes](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/new-simon-morgan-album-%e2%80%98domestic-abuse%e2%80%99-now-available-via-itunes/): Domestic Abuse, the remarkable solo debut album from Eyeplug’s very own Simon Morgan is now available from iTunes.
- [Boz Boorer](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/boz-boorer/): Martin James ‘Boz’ Boorer was born on 19 May 1962 in Edgware, North London and is married to Lyn, with two daughters: Billie-Rose and Pearl-May.
- [Marmalade 'Best Of' 2CD set announced](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/marmalade-best-of-2cd-set-announced/): Fine Cuts: The Best Of Marmalade Released on Salvo, 5 September 2011 Scottish group Marmalade formed originally formed in 1961 and are best known for their UK number one cover of the Beatles ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La Da’ and the major US hit ‘Reflections Of My Life’.
- [Scaling The 50ft Woman](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/scaling-the-50ft-woman/): Scaling The 50ft Woman Hot on the (high) heels of their recent Menage à Trois EP, I strapped on my crampons and set out up the north face of 50ft frontwoman Minki to find out more about the band.
- [Shonen Knife – ‘Free Time’](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/shonen-knife-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98free-time%e2%80%99/): (album, Damnably) The legendary Osaka trio’s 15th studio album finds Shonen Knife refining their Ramonic poppery to a fine point across a disc that also showcases their expanding range and assured structuring.
- [Exit_International confirm debut album details and free download](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/exit_international-confirm-debut-album-details-and-free-download/): Returning from 2010’s critically acclaimed ‘Sex W/Strangers’ EP, Exit_International’s Fudge Wilson (bass/vocals), Adam Thomas (drums/percussion), and Scott Lee Andrews (vocals/bass) prepare to unleash their debut full album, Black Junk, on 19 September.
- [The Calimocho Club – ‘Whoa Whoa Hey Hey’](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-calimocho-club-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98whoa-whoa-hey-hey%e2%80%99/): (EP, own label) A howling phoenix emerging from the ashes of the mighty Black Knights, the Calimocho Club announce themselves rudely with a five-fingered statement of intent that sees the Hope/Pickford duo emerge from the Salford Delta to distil the essence of the blues down to ital firewater.
- [Edie Sedgwick releases album, 11-song MP3 download coupon](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/edie-sedgwick-releases-single-11-song-mp3-download-coupon/): Through 12 years, three record labels, over a dozen band members, one epilepsy diagnosis, and one filthy dress. E.D. Sedgwick has seen it all. It wasn't pretty.
- [50 Ft Woman – ‘Menage à Trois’](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/50-ft-woman-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98menage-a-trois%e2%80%99/): (EP, own label) Debut EP from a London quintet who emerge with a well-released image and sound.
- [Odonis Odonis – New split 12”, video](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/odonis-odonis-%e2%80%93-new-split-12%e2%80%9d-video/): Originally a solo project for prolific songwriter/ bandleader Dean Tzenos, Odonis Odonis has only recently become a live band project, playing their first live shows in May and picking up heat as one of the buzz bands of Toronto’s NXNE festival.
- [The Computers – How Punk Are You?](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-computers-%e2%80%93-how-punk-are-you/): Now in their fifth year, Exeter quartet the Computers have developed into one of the most visceral and exciting bands around.
- [Steve Conte – Paris Fashion Show footage](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/steve-conte-%e2%80%93-paris-fashion-show-footage/): On 7 July, erstwhile New York Dolls guitarist Steve Conte played a fashion show in Paris for designer Fabien Rozan.
- [Disco Inferno - 'The 5 EPs' released 12/09/11 on One Little Indian](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/disco-inferno-the-5-eps-released-120911-on-one-little-indian/): We're hated ... and the reason we're hated is that we're ‘pretentious’ enough to try for something.
- [Bob Meyer interviews Josienne Clarke](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/bob-meyer-interviews-josienne-clarke/): Anyone who tunes in to my radio show will know my favourite modern female folk singer/songwriter is Josienne Clarke.
- [The Loud – ‘Harris Shutter’ ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-loud-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98harris-shutter%e2%80%99/): Somewhere between an EP and a mini-LP, and housed in a sleeve utilising the photographic technique referenced in the discs title, this debut from Liverpool trio the Loud has a nicely ragged swagger about it.
- [The DIY Punk & Hardcore Movement (Circa 2011)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-diy-punk-hardcore-movement-circa-2011/): Bonjour, bienvenue, et wilkommen to the latest instalment of what at least one of us is calling ‘The DIY Punk & Hardcore Movement’: http://art4punks.blogspot.com/ See what I did there?
- [Eyeplug.net Podcast Number 1](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/eyeplug-net-podcast-number-1/): Hello and welcome to our first in a long series of fun-filled rumblings (and hopefully inspiring) Podcasts from various Eyepluggers!
- [Showplug: Rayguns Look Real Enough@The Legion](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/showplug-rayguns-look-real-enoughthe-legion/): Rayguns Look Real Enough, the world's greatest mash-up band. Comprised of two members Ray Gunn (Ryan Beange) and Luke Reel (Matt Blair). This unique double act gig across the country in the UK's top Comedy and Cabaret venues and clubs. Recently shortlisted in the London Cabaret Awards and are preparing for their 2014 Edinburgh Fringe show - Hall Of Fame. "Insanely funny!" - This is Cabaret, "A huge hit!" - The Sun.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Mar 2014 by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-mar-2014-by-scenester/): Dropping down my chimney via Albatross Post the other day, ‘Poppsaga’ is a pleasing, welcome and sometimes puzzling peek into the parallel world of the Arctic and its pop gods. The music The Sugarcubes grew up with is, on the evidence of this 19-track CD, not so different from the glam racket, sci-fi weirdness and high-end ballads that made up much of the British pop charts of the same period. All sung in English and with their sky-coloured eyes firmly on UK and US success, only bad luck seems to have prevented some of these disparate groups from achieving fame outside of their rocky home. One of RPM’s more unexpected releases, a double CD of the mid 60’s to mid-70’s career of the man who brought us ‘The Pied Piper’, Crispian St Peters. The song which became his signature tune is instantly accessible and highly memorable as one of the quirkier hits of the psychedelic age, but it was to prove a success that was hard to repeat. It was also totally uncharacteristic of Crispian’s preferred style, a Country singer of some skill.
- [DozenQ – John Cee Stannard](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-john-cee-stannard/): I’ve been a singer-songwriter for more than fifty years and during that time I have been privileged to work with lots of talented musicians. Before releasing my first solo blues based album I was a founder member of the folk group Tudor Lodge which was originally formed in 1968. We started playing at the White Horse in Reading, England and later we made appearances at other clubs on the folk circuit. In 1970 Lyndon Green and I were joined by American singer and flautist, Ann Steuart.
- [Doug Sandom (The Who) talks to eyeplug](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/doug-sandom-the-who-talks-to-eyeplug/): Doug Sandom - founding member of The Who. The Detours 2nd and The Who's first drummer, 1962 - 1964.
- [Vic Godard - 30 Odd Years (Part 1)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/vic-godard-30-odd-years-part-1/): Vic Godard charms, entertains, makes us click our fingers and refuses to step the instep. The real English eccentric gentleman art-punk kitchen sink poet cometh and delivers a template of honest integerity of sorts for all of the indie lables, scenes, and sounds that happily followed in his wake. Credit, merit and respect due and Vic still happily does the rounds and delivers in a first class of his own mode today!
- [Bob Meyer (Bob’s Folk Show) talks to Eyeplug](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/bob-meyer-bobs-folk-show-talks-to-eyeplug/): I was in a band with some friends when I was about 13, I played the drums we were called the Streatham Commoners we never gigged in fact! I can’t remember ever playing any songs! We must have been just one of those mid 70’s experimental garage bands that never made it.
- [Showplug: Jessica Fostekew@The Legion](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/showplug-jessica-fostekewthe-legion/): Jess spends the year performing full sets at all the UK's major clubs: Late n' Live, Up The Creek, The Stand, Komedia, Banana Cabaret, The Bearcat, BBC Presents, Jongleurs, Highlight, Downstairs at the Kings Head and The Comedy Club Ltd, as well as squillions of others. A writer on Channel 4's Stand Up For the Week and on BBC Radio 4's The Now Show, News Quiz and Newsjack, Jess is developing various TV pilots, a number of shorts and is writing for other (big name) comedians and comedy actors.
- [ArtsQ – Joni Belaruski](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/artsq-joni-belaruski/): Pen and ink are my preferred weapons. Modern technology? I’m all for it. My finished drawings are all executed on paper or board without any digital manipulation, however prior to putting pen to paper I use Photoshop sometimes to compose images from photos, scans, stuff I’ve found on the net. I have a huge archive of reference material and it’s ever-growing.
- [Dave Taylor talks to Eyeplug](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dave-taylor-talks-to-eyeplug/): Punk though, got me hooked on music. I borrowed ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’ when it came out from a mate whose older brother had it. I just thought the swearing was funny and didn't really get into it at the time (I was 11 in 1977), but I suppose by 1979 I was seriously getting into music and buying the occasional record with money earned from a paper round. The first gigs I went to were Stiff Little Fingers at The Rainbow and The Damned at The Lyceum.
- [Sproutless reviewed by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/sproutless-reviewed-by-scenester/): It’s not often that a CD turns up on my doorstep, packed with the most perfectly manicured pop and acutely observed homages to an old favourite band, so you can imagine my surprise when two arrived at once. The virtually identical covers, a pristine, polished British motorcycle against a faded wooden garage door, give only a hint as to the aural delights inside, an enigma the wistful, classic song titles on their reverse do nothing to enlighten.
- [A.N.T.Z by Johna Johnson](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/a-n-t-z-by-johna-johnson/): Money was tight so I didn’t have a lot of money for drinks & there was quite a while before the Ants came on so there I was in a toilet cubicle sniffing glue “ A cheap punk rock off your head option “ after a while things started to get hazy then the next minute the toilet door was kicked in & their was a menacing bouncer stood before me .
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Feb 2014 by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-feb-2014-by-scenester/): Opening with polymath George Melly enthusiastically rolling his ‘r’s around the surrealist poem, ’Sounds that saved my life’, it perhaps goes some way to preparing the listener for the high pitched, infant shrieking of Hayley Mills ‘Let’s Get Together’, her stab at pop stardom from 1961, although the jaunty 30’s pastiche of ‘Johnny Jingo’ is more tolerable.
- [Nick Churchill talks to Daniel Bye ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/nick-churchill-speaks-to-daniel-bye/): How much is beauty worth? What will people pay for an air guitar on eBay? Can I have a glass of milk? These urgent questions – and many more besides – are answered in The Price of Everything, a performance lecture/stand-up storytelling show about value. Self-styled ‘theatre maker’ Daniel Bye has trained with French master clown Philippe Gaulier, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre Studio; he is an Associate Artist of ARC in Stockton-on-Tees and lecturer in Theatre at the University of Bedfordshire.
- [Showplug: Nick Churchill @The Legion](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/showplug-nick-churchill-the-legion/): For instance, the chapters in Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Beatles & Bournemouth all take their names from Beatles songs – something the most brilliantly named Hey Dullblog site took exception to. I tend to agree with the review.
- [Showplug: Mayfield@The Legion](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/showplug-mayfieldthe-legion/): Mayfield are a UK based 8 piece band that write, record and perform original well crafted songs inspired by the very best Soul/Funk music from the golden period of the 1960’s and 1970’s. Mayfield released their first album ‘Tempo of Your Soul’ back in August 2013.
- [Robert Millar from Qhub talks to Eyeplug](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/robert-millar-from-qhub-talks-to-eyeplug/): In 2012 Robert Millar bought Q&A software leader Qhub.com which focuses on providing an affordable, easy to use Q&A platform to help businesses and groups better engage with their customers and members. Qhub is now the flagship product in Robert's e-commerce empire, along with Events-Ticketing.com, SwapMyTicket.co.uk and HulaDanceAustralia.com. He also owns a portfolio of residential and commercial real estate properties, which he manages with the help of his wife Masako, while he continues his life-long journey in the Martial Arts.
- [Orgone Box reviewed by Nick Churchill](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/orgone-box-reviewed-by-nick-churchill/): Once upon a time, way back when, there was a band called Orange whose 1994 single Judy Over the Rainbow routinely crops up as a stone soul lost classic of its time. The band was a vehicle for the songs of one Rick Corcoran, a son of Sheffield castaway in Bournemouth via London, and although its personnel had previously been incarnated as Green Tambourines, the songs that got them signed were all Rick on his own. Throw a major label A&R department, the post-Grunge/pre-Britpop/Cool Britannia brouhaha and major league producers including Gus Dudgeon and Dave Eringa into the mix and it was only going to end one way. Ugly.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Jan 2014 by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-jan-2014-by-colin-bryce/): H.P. Lovecraft: Dreams in the Witch House Complete Philips Recordings (Rev-Ola) Legendary harmony laden folk-psych masters get their Philips label works collected by Rev-Ola.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Jan 2014 by Long John](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-jan-2014-by-long-john/): The Passion Puppets see there only album ‘Beyond The Pale’ receives the full re-issue treatment thanks to Cherry Red Records. Cherry Red have taken this out of print album and re-mastered it from the original tapes with 8 bonus tracks, including B sides and extended versions of the singles ‘Like Dust’ and “Voices”. The band has also contributed rare photographs as well as extensive and candid interviews in the liner notes to this long over due reissue.
- [The Art of Modern Slot Machines](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-art-of-modern-slot-machines/): Slot machines have a secret as to why they remain the most popular attractions in casinos all over the world. That secret is the slot machines’ attractive artwork drawn on their exterior cabinets and reels. Because of the unique and eye-catching designs on each machine, slots continue to attract millions of casino-goers all over the world and they eventually became the most important assets in a casino. According to Zenit, slot machines garner around 80% of casino revenues from all over the world.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Jan 2014 by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-jan-2014-by-scenester/): Cherry Red has come up with a neat package of three CDs spanning the Stiff Records tenure of Any Trouble, a capable bunch of riffers from Lancashire.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Dec 2013 by Long John](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-dec-2013-by-long-john/): Hot on the heels of an astonishing 30th studio album. The ever-prolific Mark E Smith and his latest incarnation of the ‘The Fall’ have released ‘The Remainderer’ a 6 track EP on 10’ vinyl to add to their mightily impressive back catalogue. According to their label Cherry Red Records the new EP is serving as something of a ‘bridging point’ between their last album ‘Re-mit’ and a 31st studio album, which is due to be released in 2014. In the meantime ‘Fall’ devotees who can’t get enough of the ever confrontational and uncompromising Mark E Smith, and the myriad of musicians who have made the ‘Fall’ one of the most enigmatic bands in Britain will have their appetites sated with 6 brand spanking new songs.
- [The Darling Buds talk to Eyeplug](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-darling-buds-talk-to-eyeplug/): I started singing in an all girl band at school, and this was very 60’s influenced with lots of harmony’s and very melodic. Obvious influences were the Beatles and I also loved Elvis, The Smiths, Cocteau twins. Meeting Harley and Paul introduced me to wider range of music, The Velvet Underground, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Jesus and Mary Chain. We all shared a love of indie stuff, David Lynch films and listening to John Peel.
- [DozenQ – Neils Children](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozen-q-neils-children/): I first started playing guitar at 12, inspired to do so by a big love for The Jam and Nirvana. It wasn’t long after leaving school at 16 that I went to college to study music, which is where I met Brandon, our drummer and my best friend. We formed the band a few months into the course, and still have the same enthusiasm and energy for our music as we did then.
- [Eddie Webber speaks to Eyeplug](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/eddie-webber-speaks-to-eyeplug/): God knows how - I guess that I’ve been very lucky getting involved in it when I did. Twenty years ago there wasn't all this reality TV stuff going on so real entertainment was being made and there was always a little Cockney fella turning up in all of them - the hardest thing those days was getting an ‘equity card’ as one could not work without it.
- [Super Plastic City by The Monochrome Set](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/super-plastic-city-by-the-monochrome-set/): Super Plastic City the brand new LP from The Monochrome Set is co-produced by BID and Jon Clayton at One Cat Studios and is published via Cherry Red Songs and sees a post serious illness and recovering nicely, BID penning yet another insightful collection of tonal gems that sit wonderfully together in a moving, wry, witty, intelligent set of stylish songs like a mini novel.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Nov 2013 by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-nov-2013-by-scenester-2/): Those of you with time on your hands have undoubtedly played the game at some point. Why do some bands make it, and some don’t? The question may be well asked about Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, a talented late 60’s combo working the popular end of psychedelia, providing tuneful, accessible sounds, supporting such luminaries as John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and Pink Floyd. The reason, I’ll leave to you and yours to sort out, I’m cocking an ear at this much revered LP, newly re-released by those lovely folk at Grapefruit Records.
- [Kirk Brandon by Richard ‘Jock’ Watson](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/kirk-brandon-by-richard-jock-watson/): KB: The new LP is very round and it’s got a hole in the middle and it plays at 33rpm (Spoken in a very bad Scottish accent, si I instantly knew Mr Brandon was a joker at heart). But on with the show - No seriously! Actually it’s a very jolly little Album, nothing too depressing on it!
- [John Peel by Richard ‘Jock’ Watson](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/john-peel-by-richard-jock-watson/): RW: Were you really crying when you heard the Cocteau’s Single “Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops”? JP: Yes, you see it came into the office, I just sat and looked at it, played it on the show, and I had to hit myself in the chest to stop me crying. I’m a very emotional person, I cry when Liverpool win, I cry for different reasons.
- [Alan McGee - Eyefocus 359 Music](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/alan-mcgee/): Creation Records founder Alan McGee claims he has been reinvigorated by music recently, to such an extent that he has launched a new record label in conjunction with Cherry Red Records. Not content with resting on his illustrious laurels, the man who helped bring bands such as the Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Primal Scream and Teenage Fanclub into our lucky lives has decided to once again grace the record buying public with his welcome presence, and hopefully to provide us with some much needed new music.
- [John Lennon McCullagh - Eyefocus 359 Music](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/john-lennon-mccullagh-eyefocus-359-music/): John Lennon McCullagh – his real name – is a fifteen-year-old from Doncaster, South Yorkshire. He’s been playing guitar and writing his own songs since he was twelve. His latent talent for his beloved six-string was soon followed by mastery of the harmonica. Having returned with his family from several years in Australia to the UK in late 2012, John has been playing low profile shows this year in the north east. These included a support slot with former Housemartins/Beautiful South frontman Paul Heaton at Sheffield’s Mosborough Music Festival in June.
- [Chris Grant - Eyefocus 359 Music](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/chris-grant-eyefocus-359-music/): A Liverpudlian through and through, Chris Grant has always performed straight from his heart.
- [Mineral - Eyefocus 359 Music](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/mineral-eyefocus-359-music/): So, who are Mineral? Well, imagine an indietronica outfit who hail from Paris and Dublin and cite as their influences Talking Heads, Pixies, Syd Barrett, Kraftwerk, Gainsbourg, The Beach Boys and Béla Bartók. That’s the vision behind the band members Craig Walker, Thierry Fournié, Sophie Armelle and Damien Li. Walker made his name in Irish indie rockers Power Of Dreams, and then trip-hop act Archive, who were huge in France. With Mineral, Craig teamed up in 2012 with three of the finest musicians in Paris to create a widescreen musical canvas in keeping with the best in French music (Air, Daft Punk) while hinting at soundscapes from around the globe. They’ve even recorded a telling cover of My Bloody Valentine’s ‘When You Sleep’.
- [Pete MacLeod - Eyefocus 359 Music](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/pete-macleod-eyefocus-359-music/): Pete’s star has been rising for some time now, with tours supporting the likes of Ocean Colour Scene and headline shows joined by former Oasis guitarist Bonehead. Before signing with 359 Music, this acclaimed Glaswegian singer/songwriter/guitarist has remained fiercely independent, releasing his music through his ModRock Music label. Back in the day, Pete performed under the name of thestar69, before eventually deciding to present himself as simply Pete MacLeod.
- [Gun Club Cemetery - Eyefocus 359 Music](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/gun-club-cemetery-eyefocus-359-music/): Gun Club Cemetery love their good old-fashioned, down and dirty guitar music but like the bands who have inspired them – The Faces and The Stones among others – they can also turn their hands to a sensitive, heart-rending piano ballad.
- [Tess Parks - Eyefocus 359 Music](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/tess-parks-eyefocus-359-music/): Tess Parks is a musician and photographer born and raised in Toronto.
- [The Monochrome Set speak to Eyeplug](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-monochrome-set-speak-to-eyeplug/): Well, I don’t know. There is depth in our music and lyrics, which is really the result of our continual but slight exploration into areas we don’t understand. If I could describe a typical TMS song, it would be: ‘a classic pop song, which contains elements that lightly tamper with the forces of nature’.
- [Cauldronated speak to Eyeplug](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cauldronated/): Cauldronated are A punky, drum-centric, techno adventure featuring Eva Menon (Italian extrasolar poetess), David Harman and Dave Barbarossa (Drummer with Adam and The Ants, Bow Wow Wow, Republica, Chicane...
- [DozenQ – Joe Symes and The Loving Kind](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-joe-symes-and-the-loving-kind-2/): Joe Symes and the Loving Kind are an original five piece acoustic rock outfit from Liverpool UK. The group has spent the last 12 months launching their explosive assault on UK clubs and festivals. Joe, Colin and Chris take some time out to talk to eyeplug.net
- [HEY DJ! – LongJohn Jukebox ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/hey-dj-longjohn-jukebox/): My earliest musical influences were my parent’s record collection.
- [Sly Dog – The Future’s Ours – EP](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/sly-dog-the-futures-ours-ep/): Sly Dog have just unleashed their new EP ‘The Future’s Ours’, and this Hertfordshire 5 piece have nailed their Brit Pop flag well and truly to the mast. Taking their cue from Oasis in their mid 90s pomp, Sly Dog have brought their own brand of hedonistic rock n roll to the fore, and this music brims with aspirational exuberance. The title to this EP niftily sums up what Sly Dog are about, and that is making positive feel good music that does indeed look back to those halcyon days of Brit Pop swagger, but also bringing it into the present day in their own inimitable way.
- [HEY DJ! – Terry Casey](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/hey-dj-terry-casey/): I got into Lover’s Rock at around 13-14 years old and at 16 years old, I got stuck on this new music at that time called Detroit Techno, Chicago House, NY Garage...
- [DozenQ – The Daydream Club](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-the-daydream-club/): Adam Pickering and Paula Walker met while studying at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA). They started performing together as The Daydream Club in 2010. Founding their own label 'Poco Poco Records' and releasing their debut album Overgrown in the same year. Overgrown deliberately aimed to strip away production layers to focus on songwriting and acoustic instrumentation. The album brought them critical acclaim with the duo being invited to perform live sessions for BBC Nottingham and BBC Tees.
- [DozenQ - The Como Brothers Band](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-the-como-brothers-band/): Matt and Andrew Como are songwriters and musicians that value organic music, musicianship, and songs with original integrity. Music is not a hobby of the brothers but a way of life and a career. Early in life, their father and his brothers would play at family parties. Growing up in this environment inspired them to play music, and it fast became a central part of their lives. They extensively played live throughout high school and college and are now an experienced live act having played in countless bars, major festivals and local shows. In 2010 they officially began the rock band The Como Brothers Band and have been pushing forward for their dreams of a long term career in music.
- [The Primitives @ the 100 Club](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-primitives-the-100-club/): Last night saw Indie darlings ‘The Primitives’ celebrate the 25th Anniversary of their acclaimed debut album ‘Lovely’ at the 100 Club. Cherry Red Records have added this Indie pop gem to their mightily impressive back catalogue, and the newly expanded reissue of ‘Lovely’ comes as a 2-CD set, which features the original album and a bonus disc that brings together most of the bands B sides and other rare tracks from that 2 year period. ‘The Primitives’ went from being an Indie guitar band that was loosely tied to the C86 scene to chart superstars thanks to the success of the hit single ‘Crash’, and the subsequent album ‘Lovely’, which debuted at number 6 and stayed in the charts for 10 weeks in the summer of 1988.
- [DozenQ - FOG project](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-fog-project/): FOG project was an idea hatched during a fog drenched, cold and wet evening walk to the pub in October 2011. The manifesto is to record dark electronic songs but mask them in a joyful way. Originally our debut song Tired was recorded in a booze fuelled recording session. A few people who heard it went mental over it and convinced us put it out. We did - and with a little help we infiltrated the UK's capital attaining radio play at BBC Radio London, XFM London and at one point Radio 1, but we didn't hear it ourselves. Our studio is in a constantly shifting state and is often pulled apart and rebuilt in different locations. We've even tried recording in the car but the laptop battery went flat before we could really do anything.
- [DozenQ - MonaLisa Twins](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-monalisa-twins/): The MonaLisa Twins, with the 19-year-old twin girls named Mona and Lisa being the core of the band, are one of the very few modern groups who write original songs in the 60's Beat music tradition, reviving the genre with a fresh twist without sounding pop-ish or trivial. On their debut album "When We're Together" (2012) they present finest Rock 'n' Roll and Beat music, skillfully venturing out in Psychedelic, Folk and even Latin genres, inspired by the likes of The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Simon & Garfunkel. Their signature features are polyphonic harmonies and a wiry, bright guitar sound. The even mix of fun and depth in their music and lyrics brings back the spirit of this time and therefore speaks to a wide range of international audiences especially on the Anglo-American music markets. They’ve played lots of live-shows already and their high quality music videos have garnered a total of nearly 2 million views and 5,000 subscribers on YouTube so far.
- [DozenQ - The Colours of Kings](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-the-colours-of-kings/): The Colours of Kings formed, as often bands do, over drinks at a local pub, where discussions became heated and ideals were solidified. Although, this felt more like and uprising, like the beginning of a revolution. With a punk attitude, new-wave synth pop sounds and indie rock lyrics, The Colours of Kings are music’s new Tom Sawyer. Whatever the cause, the outcome is a band whose first EP has been called, “subtly genius.” The band may often disagree over politics, beer choices or “Absolutely Fabulous,” but there’s one thing that they can agree on and that’s kept them going, If at first you don’t succeed, make your own rules. Their new “Up EP,” recorded in basement studios and living rooms, written in pubs and alleys, whose sentiments are felt across the world, proves to be a monumental start for the band. Their new EP is described as “Pet Shop Boys meets Postal Service.”
- [DozenQ - Edewaard](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-edewaard/): Edewaard is an Indie alternative Rock n' Roll band from Eugene, Oregon. All of its members however, hailvarious sites including Pandora. Because of its diverse array of members, the musical influences are countless and immeasurable. Their sole purpose is to deliver versatile, theatrical, ambigous (yet identifiiable) music for all ages and many walks of life. The songwriting and camaraderie of the band is what tends to separate them from the ego-driven contemporary artists of the digital age.
- [DozenQ - Leadfoot Tea](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-leadfoot-tea/): Leadfoot Tea is a one man trash ‘n’ roll band. In the style of the late great rockabilly madman Leadfoot Tea uses just a bass drum, high hat and a guitar to rock up a storm of sound! Eyeplug joined the fast lane to try and flag down this speedy main driver recently...
- [DozenQ - Abscondo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-abscondo/): Abscondo is a European indie alternative band fronted by an American singer-songwriter who left Seattle in 2005 and has been based in Slovakia ever since. What started as a blog in 2003 turned into a solo music project and eventually a full band in 2012. Despite their international appeal with a sound like The Killers, Muse, or Coldplay, Abscondo has never performed outside of Slovakia. But this is all starting to change with the limited release of their Travelpics EP. Mark Manney, Abscondo’s frontman, has no short of interesting and sometimes controversial opinions. We asked him a few questions about his music.
- [DozenQ - The Bear Social](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-the-bear-social/): The Bear Social are a four-piece indie/alternative outfit from the South of England who specialise in bringing carefully crafted, ambient sounds to your ears, with male/female harmonies that are both raw and unique. Conceived of and born on a little rock just below Portsmouth (and WAY above France), the bears got together in the summer of 2011 over a mutual love of writing and playing music, and have been on the up ever since.
- [DozenQ - Birds and Arrows](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-birds-and-arrows/): Inspired by their bucolic surroundings, the record was recorded at their small, 19th-century, school house turned cabin nestled in the woods on an 88 acre horse farm in Rougemont, NC. Mixed by Chris Stamey of the dB’s, “Coyotes” has a polished yet still organic sound that emotes desperation and longing with a hopeful overtone.
- [Ace Album Reviews – Aug 2013 by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/ace-album-reviews-aug-2013-by-colin-bryce/): This is volume number five in the New Breed R&B series that began way back in 2001. The series was originally inspired by the likes of the influential (then current) Hideaway Club in Manchester and original mod /soul DJs like Roger Eagle, as well as the European Popcorn scene. Five volumes later and the righteous R&B keeps comin’. It’s rockin’, soulful, groovy, bluesy and dance-floor friendly. This ain’t the incessant Motown/Northern sound but rather the rompin’ period where doo-wop, blues, R&B and early rock’n’roll sounds met to get the kids and club goers sweaty, tuned in and turned out. Essential stuff. (24 tracks.)
- [Eight Rounds Rapid – Writeabout / Steve – reviewed by LongJohn](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/eight-rounds-rapid-writeabout-steve-reviewed-by-longjohn/): ‘Window-licking, channel-flicking, TV dinners, sniffing thinners, lotto playing, fare-evading, shoplifting, jumble sifting’. These were the words that greeted me after 25 seconds of a mind shatteringly and latently violent twin assault of lead guitar and crashing drums from Southend’s ‘Eight Rounds Rapid’. This month sees them unleash the blistering and swaggeringly catchy double A sider ‘Writeabout/Steve’. This is the bands first ever release on vinyl and is limited to 500 hand numbered copies, and they claim that this is the only format that ‘Writeabout’ will be available on. ‘Eight Rounds Rapid’ have brought Thames Deltaesque rock n roll kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
- [Strawberry Oracle Promotions - Album Review by Longjohn](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/strawberry-oracle-promotions-album-reviews-by-longjohn/): What constitutes ‘Neo Folk’? This I was wondering while waiting with some intrigue for an album of what I believed to be a ‘Neo Folk’ compilation. I have to admit I am a little out of my comfort zone with this one, and any knowledge I have of ‘folk balladry’ has been in the form of late 1960s ‘Folk Revivalists’ ‘Pentangle’ and ‘Fairport Convention’. I was expecting an album that featured artists that were tuned into something akin to the late 1960s ‘Folk Revival’. What I got in the post was a CD-Rom with 7 full albums of obscure bands that play broadly speaking ‘Folk’ inspired music. If songs of a pastoral nature appeal to you, coupled with Sitar’s, Lutes, Tabla’s and the ‘Hurdy Gurdy, then these albums will certainly be up your tree lined garden path.
- [DozenQ - Everett James](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-everett-james/): Everett James began his musical journey in Asheville, North Carolina. Born in to a musical family he learned the art from his father and performed with his sister throughout his youth.
- [Indie Icons – Mighty Mighty](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/mighty-mighty/): Mighty Mighty was formed in Birmingham, England, in 1986 by Hugh Harkin (vocals, harmonica), Mick Geoghegan (guitar), Peter Geoghegan (organ, guitar), Russell Burton (bass), and David Hennessey (drums). They made their debut at the NME/ICA Rock Week concerts and were even included on a C-86 cassette compilation. Mighty Mighty released their first single, "Everybody Knows the Monkey," in 1986. Often compared to Orange Juice, Mighty Mighty only recorded one LP, 1988's Sharks, before splitting up. The band's jangly singles and B-sides were collected on The Girlie Years, the title referring to the name of the group's own label. Vinyl Japan also released Mighty Mighty's BBC sessions in 2001.
- [Indie Icons - BMX Bandits](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/indie-icons-bmx-bandits/): BMX Bandits a band which has been writing, since 1985, one of the most exciting pages of both Scottish, Anglo-Saxon, and therefore universal pop.
- [Indie Icons - June Brides](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/indie-icons-june-brides/): During their brief recording career, from 1984 to 1986, the June Brides were among the most important independent pop groups in their native UK. Based in South London, the band released 4 singles and one LP, "There are 8 Million Stories", which stayed at the top of the UK independent album chart for a month. The band did sessions for BBC Radio 1, including one for the legendary John Peel which was later released by Strange Fruit records. The band also featured on the front cover of the NME - the June Brides being the first independent pop group to have been given such a cover.
- [DozenQ - Matthew Edwards and the Unfortunates](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-matthew-edwards-and-the-unfortunates/): Matthew Edwards and the Unfortunates are a six-piece group from San Francisco CA. They feature current and previous members of Ladybug Transistor, Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound and The Music Lovers. Their debut vinyl album ‘The Fates’ was released on San Francisco’s Last Tape Recordings in November 2012. It features guitar from Fred Frith (Robert Wyatt, Henry Cow et al) and was produced by Eric Drew Feldman (Cpt Beefheart, PJ Harvey). A new single ‘Minotaur/Bad Blood’ is released on Metal Postcard Records in the Fall of 2013.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – July 2013 (2) by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/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 self-titled fifth LP is all the better for its CD release. Augmented with a carefully chosen selection of mono singles, from original master tapes, these tracks avoid the pitfalls of being produced for a modern audience with an up to date sensibility. Based on the Latin Mass and steeped in the then prevalent psychedelic style, the LP’s opener, ‘Kyrie Eleison’s fuzzy staccato guitar and organ blend with Gregorian chanting to produce something that would come to be regarded as a classic. Cinephiles among you will be aware of its presence in the superlative biker/stoner/road film ‘Easy Rider’.
- [Eight Rounds Rapid – Writeabout / Steve – reviewed by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/eight-rounds-rapid-writeabout-steve-reviewed-by-scenester/): ‘Writeabout’ hits the ground running somewhere on the Thames Delta, with the driving guitars of The Stooges and a Mark Perry-like larynx spitting out a fast talkin’ hot fizzin’ ever givin’ coruscating critique of the nation’s low-end celebrity-obsessed culture. Not for years has complaint rock sounded this mean, this exciting, brimming over with anger, the guitars cutting like buzz-saws and the amps turned up to ‘stun’, its target squarely in the line of fire.
- [Indie Icons - 14 Iced Bears](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/indie-icons-14-iced-bears/): 14 Iced Bears first started playing live and recording records at the time of the C86 wave, building a following through the fanzine network and the John Peel show. Their sound developed in a more psychedelic direction by the time of their eponymous first LP in 1988. They made a second album Wonder in 1991, toured Europe, then split in 1992. They've reformed in the past couple of years and have toured the States twice, as well as playing numerous gigs in the UK, including Indietracks festival and the recent Scared to Get Happy night in London, celebrating the new Eighties indie compilation on Cherry Red, which they feature on. Cherry Red records is bringing out a new compilation of all the Bears' recordings 'Hold On Inside' in July 2013.
- [Indie Icons - the Wolfhounds ](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/indie-icons-the-wolfhounds/): Formed in the early 80s (no one quite knows when, as the process was somewhat random and organic), the Wolfhounds became one of Britain’s most persistent and consistent underground bands in the latter part of that decade, and featured David Callahan on vocals, later of ‘post rock’ prime movers Moonshake. Though more orthodox than Moonshake instrumentally, the Wolfhounds were just as distinctive and individual and scored several underground ‘hits’ in their day, as well as remaining critical favourites to the end. Having curtailed their activities in 1990, three of their members have occasionally reconvened throughout the last decade for the occasional live show, but 2012 saw a renewed vigour, with more live shows and new material beginning to be written and recorded.
- [Indie Icons - The Brilliant Corners](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/indie-icons-the-brilliant-corners/): The Brilliant Corners hailed from Bristol & lasted a decade, 1983-93, the pillar to post members being Davey Woodward (singer/guitarist/writer), Chris Galvin (bass) & Bob Morris (drums). Various members helped complete the line-up along the way, most notably being Winston Forbes (guitar) who was there at the start & Dan Pacini (trumpet). The Brilliant Corners initial sound was something-abilly but with so many prefixes given there isn't the space to list them here.
- [DozenQ - Sittin’ Idol](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-sittin-idol/): Sittin’ Idol, formed in the mountains of Calgary, have been rockin’ stages all across Canada. They have come a long way with an entirely epic journey from partying with Damageplan in 2004 to releasing their latest endeavors with “Landmark”. The guys of Sittin’ Idol added bassist Greg Kristianson to the band, an amazing new addition to the line-up. Sittin’ Idol has toured with many influential and prominent bands, which has really helped to shape the band. From their formation in 1997 to where they are now, they have come to make their own unique sound, leaving audiences all across the board in awe of their constant and unpredictable songs. The new album “Landmark” shows that Sittin’ Idol has truly come a long way from playing in bars, to getting their name out there, surfacing with the utmost creative juices to start off 2013.
- [DozenQ - Alberto Donatelli](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-alberto-donatelli/): Alberto Donatelli is an Italian born songwriter, singer, guitarist, indie spirited, self-produced honest out and our rocker in the traditional sense, whihc is quite refreshing in the modern era of over-produced, trendy stuff! He took time out to speak with Eyeplug...
- [DozenQ - Strangely Alright](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-strangely-alright/): Led by Singer Songwriter Regan Lane, Strangely Alright is a 5 piece lush pop rock band in the vein of Fallon Kush, Captain Wilberforce and John Hiatt. They are from Tacoma, Washington USA and have just released a full length CD “The Time Machine Is Broken” that is receiving rave reviews from around the world. We had a visit with lead singer and songwriter Regan Lane:
- [DozenQ - Galilee](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-galilee/): GALILEE is an electronic alter ego of multi-genre musician/songwriter/producer Douglas Garnett also known as DiGDuGDisaster. Robot Arms is the debut e.p. on VOD Recordings and contains songs recorded between 2002 and 2013.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – July 2013 by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-july-2013-by-scenester/): The current upsurge of interest in the 1980’s does have a saving grace. The decade that is almost universally loathed for its opportunistic, lightweight pop noodlings was the setting for some extraordinarily beautiful, nostalgic and plaintive music. Step forward Coventry’s Primitives.
- [DozenQ – Allman Brown](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-allman-brown/): Allman Brown is a North London singer songwriter, who’s releasing is currently EP Sons And Daughters through Akira Records. Lead single Sons And Daughters features Liz Lawrence on vocals. Allman Brown is well known on the live music circuit having played top venues in London, New York and Paris.
- [DozenQ – Sabrina](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-sabrina/): Sabrina Murdaugh (stage name, Sabrina) is based in Nashville but is making her mark not only in Music City, but well (well!) beyond. A singer/songwriter who, to-date, has released three CDs, Sabrina has played numerous times at the famed Bluebird Café (and even gotten a standing ovation there). As I said, though, she is not only performing in Nashville. In addition to Tennessee, Sabrina has played in 17 other states: Alabama, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia. PLUS, she has played at the Regal Room in London (England) (and a few other shows there too).
- [DozenQ – Gordon Duthie](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-gordon-duthie/): Gordon Duthie is a music artist from Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Duthie's musical style would probably be classed as "alternative" but he prefers to not abide by the standard musical genres and his musical ideas come from a huge variety of inspirations and sounds. Duthie's driven and ambitious personality is evident and he is always looking to improve the quality, breadth and production of his work.
- [DozenQ – Sakis Gouzonis](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-sakis-gouzonis/): Sakis Gouzonis, more often referred to as Sakis, is a Greek electronic composer. He has released five studio albums over the last five years (First Contact, New Earth, The Tree Of Life, Ultimate Love and Vast Victory), winning multiple international awards for his music. Today, his international fan club consists of more than 440,000 members in 220 countries. What makes this all the more amazing is that it has all been done independently, with no record labels involved in supporting him. He is the only Greek independent artist to have reached that level of fame and success.
- [DozenQ – Christmas In Vietnam](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-christmas-in-vietnam/): Christmas In Vietnam are a power-trio from the foothills of Appalachia in Middle-Tennessee. CIV are able to mould and shape their varied influences into a very cool, unique sound.
- [DozenQ – Mr.Tac a.k.a. Chocolate](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-mr-tac-a-k-a-chocolate/): Mr.Tac a.k.a. "Chocolate" is an independent underground rapper from The Bronx, N.Y.C. who found worldwide indie success in 1999 with his summertime single Up Next. Born on June 4, 1979, in The Bronx, New York, he made his full-length album debut with the independent release A Day In Da Life Ex-Perience (2007). He subsequently established his own label Zone Platinum Entertainment to release his music and also created a platform for artists like his self to established there sound. He has worked to build a strong audience and following for himself via MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, etc. In 2006, an appearance on "Drop-Zone" The Purple Album MixTape Chapter A Volume 2 became an early sign that the rapper was aligning himself to be recognized and heard.
- [Scared To Get Happy: A Story Of Indie Pop 1980-1989](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/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 style at London’s ‘The Venue’ on Great Portland Street. With 10 bands split evenly between 2 rooms it left the audience a little spoilt for choice.
- [DozenQ – Vanity](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-vanity/): Vanity is an Italian based band including members from Switzerland, Palestine and Italy. Their first full lenght Occult You is an album inspired by European culture and a challenging combination of Doom, Black Metal, Indie, New Wave and Gothic with fascinating vocals and shades of electronic.
- [DozenQ – The Sherpas](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-the-sherpas/): From Exeter (UK). The Sherpas has been generating a local and national buzz making quite a name for themselves. They are young musicians and stunning live performers, they flip from memorable indie rock to pure passion. Now Soirée sees them racing to ever greater heights.
- [DozenQ – In Isolation](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-in-isolation/): An abundance of music tastes and fashions have conjoined recently, such as a revived passion for 80s sounds and a darkness that many Indie bands and fans currently love. In Isolation from Nottingham sit right in the centre of this amalgam, demonstrated by their passionate vocals, New Wave riffs and Post-punk beats. Here's frontman Ryan Swift ..
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews - June 2013 by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-june-2013-by-scenester/): Intoxicated Man - Serge Gainsbourg (El Double) CD ACMEMD2 46CD Those generous folk at El Records and Cherry Red have got together to put out this excellent, highly affordable double CD of the early, pre-Jane Birkin years of Serge Gainsbourg’s work.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – May 2013 by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-may-2013-by-colin-bryce/): Isley Brothers - Winner Takes All (BBR/Cherry Red) This is funk/soul legends the Isley Brothers 1979 release with - wait for it – an extended 12” disco mix bonus cut!
- [Ace Album Reviews – May 2013 by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/ace-album-reviews-may-2013-by-colin-bryce/): The Ace (USA) Story - Volume 5 (Ace) Here we are at fifth and final volume of Ace (UK’s) visitation through the history of its namesake – Ace Records, originally of Jackson, Mississippi.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews - May 2013 by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/album-reviews-may-2013-by-scenester/): Waiting for the Floods - The Armoury Show (Cherry Red 564) A welcome CD re-release of The Armoury Show’s 1985 LP ‘Waiting for the Floods’ dropped through my door one morning, as if I’d called out for it personally.
- [DozenQ – Sly Dog](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-sly-dog/): Sly Dog are a 5 piece Rock n Roll band hailing from Hertfordshire.
- [DozenQ – Franka de Mille](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-franka-de-mille/): Franka De Mille is a London singer, songwriter. Her debut album ‘Bridge The Roads’ has already received critical acclaim and extensive airplay all over the world. Emotionally raw, truly original and with sophisticated arrangements Franka De Mille's music has an elegant blend of Americana, Chamber music and Alternative folk.
- [DozenQ – JOANovARC](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-joanovarc/): The girls hail from London and the Home Counties and have built up their strong musicianship and strong representation of women in rock through performances worldwide. JOANovARC have combined influences from Motorhead, Metallica, Joan Jett, AC/DC, Led Zepplin, the Foo fighters and Kings of Leon to create their own unique sound. JOANovARC have performed worldwide - in the USA, Mediterranean, the Caribbean and have extensively toured Europe. They have performed at the Harley Davidson European Biker Festival in Austria; the Harley Chopper Show in Slovakia; Germany Army bases and have electrified audiences in the UK with venues including the London Astoria; Cafe de Paris; the Garage; Barfly and the O2 Indigo. The girls have played at festivals including the Florida Music Festival, Rhythms of the World, Namfest, Fordham Festival, Brighton Pride, Go Go Festival, Cambridge Rock, BMF Biker Festival Peterbough arena and many more. They have also supported Girl School, Top loader, Marillion and Bad Company’s Dave Colwell.
- [DozenQ – Fairchild](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-fairchild/): Fairchild are an indie pop band hailing out of the Gold Coast. Their debut single 'Burning Feet' is from the forthcoming self titled EP, due to be released in July. Produced by Catherine Marks (Foals, Death Cab For Cutie, The Killers) and mixed at London's Assault & Battery Studios.
- [DozenQ – Backnbloom](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-backnbloom/): Describing their sound as "Efficacious Poetic Fervor," Los Angeles’s Backnbloom flaunts a sleek mix of nostalgic, well-read indie rock with harmonious, complex sonic layers, grooving rhythms and a sprinkling of electric violin. It all started in a cramped Hollywood apartment where Lori Steele and Alberto Beka penciled ideas, programmed drums and keyboards while waiting for a break in traffic and yells from the alley to cease so that the emotionally charged vocals could be recorded. Unplugging the fridge also helped.
- [DozenQ - Eight Rounds Rapid](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/eight-rounds-rapid-talk-to-colin-bryce/): I always knew it was important to make new things. We are from this place. We make music of this place as it is now. We are influenced by everything but no band really. People seem to want to talk genre. Are you blues are you punk? This I don’t know. We have a guitar, a bass, drums and a microphone. You’re going to resemble things. I don’t listen to the bands that people say we sound like. Words and ideas are very important to me personally. Every song is a story, some seen through a kaleidoscope. Singers that I have watched try to fit into a tradition of singing and performance. I don’t feel that way.
- [Adam of London talks to Eyeplug](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/adam-of-london-talks-to-eyeplug/): Early days: Hackney, East London, lived there all my childhood and teenage years, all in North East London, Hackney, Stoke Newington.
- [Chris Phillips - Keep Movin’ On - reviewed by Michelle Coomber](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/chris-phillips-keep-movin-on-reviewed-by-michelle-coomber/): Chris Phillips is a singer/songwriter from South Wales who took a break from the music business for over a decade. He has returned after penning and producing his debut album which is available on iTunes. Rather than hide from his influences which include the Beatles, Stone Roses and Oasis, Chris irreverently revels in them. His honest passion rips through this album which is pleasingly less rebellious and attitude laden than expected. Chris has written a number of tunes that downplay bravado in favour of self-discovery and sensitivity but still contain some rocking moments which smack you in the face. The arrangements are lean and mean and put together with craftsmen's ears. I get the feeling Chris Phillips is searching for something more and this is just the beginning.
- [The Chapman Family at Surya Bar 20/2/13](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-chapman-family-at-surya-bar-20213/): Torn between watching the Brit Awards on the idiot box, and a night at Surya with The Chapman Family, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out which one I chose.
- [DozenQ – Polly and the Billets Doux](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-polly-and-the-billets-doux/): Polly And The Billets Doux are something quiet different.
- [DozenQ – Jess Morgan](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-jess-morgan/): Jess Morgan writes songs that tell stories – about women and men, life and death, work and play; the adventures of the real and the imaginary sure to make you laugh and cry. Jess is a singer-songwriter who is steadily building a name for herself in roots and folk music at home and away. Accompanied by acoustic guitar Jess’s style has been likened to that of the classic names of the 1970s but with her own easily distinguishable voice. Songs are peppered with influence from British Folk music as well as country, folk and blues from across the Atlantic.
- [DozenQ – The Chapman Family](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-the-chapman-family/): I got started in music due to the sheer boredom and frustration of watching the same bullshit touring bands week in week out at my local club in Stockton. They could have been from John O'Groats or Lands End it was completely irrelevant - they were all the same and they all spoke nothing to me about my life.
- [DozenQ – Hot Feet](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-hot-feet/): Hot Feet’s music lives and breathes in the countryside. ‘Wood House’ was written in a small cabin on the east coast of Sweden and recorded in a remote studio in the Scottish Highlands, only accessible by boat.
- [Garry Bushell talks to Eyeplug](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/garry-bushell-talks-to-eyeplug/): Garry Bushell should be well-known to most of you eyeplug readers for at least one of the many hats he wears. His work as a TV and music critic, podcaster, front-man for the Gonads (and it’s offshoot the Skanads), father, author and even band manager have kept him busy and in the public eye for over 30 years now. His recently published book Time For Action, The Mod Revival 1978-1981 has received many positive reviews and been most happily welcomed from those of us who regularly read Garry’s writings all those years ago. When the big shots at eyeplug offered me the opportunity to get in touch with Mr. Bushell (as he is known by the Inland Revenue Service) I jumped at the chance. Enjoy. I know I did. Thanks Garry!
- [Duggie Fields - Merry Christmas](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/duggie-fields-merry-christmas/): British Maximalist Artist and Icon Duggie Fields kindly and generously issued this piece via a recent communication to Eyeplug Magazine. With a vivid, seemingly warm, festive theme Duggie utilises vintage found images...
- [Torsten, The Beautiful Libertine by Andy Bell – Scenester Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/torsten-the-beautiful-libertine-by-andy-bell-scenester-reviews/): Torsten, The Beautiful Libertine (Strike Force Entertainment SFE045) The upbeat ‘Statement of Intent’ opens Andy Bell’s seventh studio collection, and from the word go, it’s on its feet, weaving and punchy.
- [Another Splash of Colour – Longjohn Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/longjohn-reviews-another-splash-of-colour/): “Another Splash of Colour (New Psychedelia in Britain 1980-85)’’ is arguably the first comprehensive overview of the British psychedelic revival of the early 1980’s.
- [Haircut 100 - Longjohn Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/haircut-100-longjohn-reviews/): Brit-Funk 6-piece Haircut 100 ‘s near chart topper ‘’Pelican West’’ has been given a new lease of life thanks to Cherry Red Records. The album has been given the full deluxe treatment and it now comes as a 2-cd set with disc one comprising the full studio album, plus B sides and the non-album top ten single ‘’Nobody’s Fool’’, while the second disc comprises a total of thirteen songs, including 12” versions of their singles, previously unreleased tracks and a live version of the top ten hit single ‘’Fantastic Day’’.
- [Jeff Monk Reviews - May 2017](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/jeff-monk-reviews-may-2017/): For their 1972 third album progressive rockers Patto pulled out all the so-called stops to try and get heard beyond their base, which in all honesty was thin on the ground.
- [Adam and the Ants 1977-79 - Nick Sweeney](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/adam-and-the-ants-1977-79-nick-sweeney/): A friend made a recording of this line-up from a gig at Oxford Street's 100 Club, a ton-weight cassette player secreted round his waist, and the recording came out brilliantly; I was able to learn all the songs, obsessively working them out on my guitar in the right keys, finding, often to my dismay, that they weren’t always in the keys guitarists like – lazy ones, as I was then; Deutscher Girls started on D flat, FFS, a chord I’d barely heard of. My respect for Johnny Bivouac increased.
- [ArtsQ – Louise Howlett](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/artsq-louise-howlett/): Louise Howlett is a London based artist who also goes under the name, Paper Scalpel Paint. She makes modernist inspired images using a repertoire of re-appropriated imagery, incidental markings & collage to create a new visual vocabulary. Louise is currently preparing for 2 shows in the South West, one as part of Stroud's annual SITE Festival. She works from her home in Brockley, South East London under the watchful gaze of her beloved black cat, Mars.
- [Author - Howard Baker (Sawdust Caesar)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/author-howard-baker-sawdust-caesar/): Sawdust Caesar: Omnibus Edition by Howard Baker (HB Publishing) For those of you fed up with reading yet another 60’s memoir from the once-famous, Howard Baker’s complementary volumes, ‘Sawdust Caesar’ and ‘Enlightenment and the Death of Michael Mouse’, are now available in an omnibus edition from HB Publishing.
- [DozenQ – Bobby John](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-bobby-john/): Bobby John is an award winning Montreal based singer/songwriter signed to one of Quebec’s largest and most respected publishers; Bloc Notes Music. As an artist, he’s opened for acts such as Bon Jovi, The Trews, Sick Puppies and Bobby Bazini. His debut single, ‘Strong’, remained on the official Palmares Radio charts for 30 weeks with numerous chart positions including on Rythme FM; Quebec’s largest radio network. As a songwriter, he’s travelled across the country and in Europe writing with chart topping artists and is regularly writing for singers from Star Academie, La Voix (The Voice) and The Next Star. Recent cuts include the #1 single ‘Sortir de l’Ombre’ by Olivier Dion, and the official theme song to the PanAm games, ‘Together We Are One’ performed by platinum selling artist Serena Ryder which was included in a Cirque du Soleil performance and synced to a daily fireworks display during the games. Currently, Bobby John is in studio writing and working on his debut album while lining up to release his follow up single.
- [Author – Talcott Levy](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/author-talcott-levy/): I didn’t know I could write until I went to university, as a mature student.
- [DozenQ – New Zero God](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-new-zero-god/): Formed in 2006, New Zero God was founded in Athens, Greece, mainly by members of the established goth/post-punk band, The Flowers Of Romance.
- [Eyeplug talks to Freddie Valentine](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/eyeplug-talks-to-freddie-valentine/): Yes, they were quite heady times and it could be a nightmare running a band that sometimes consisted of 15 people!
- [Author – Craig Brackenridge Part 2](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/craig-brackenridge-part-2/): Scottish writer Craig Brackenridge has been writing about movie sleaze and demented Rock 'n' Roll since 1995 and has written for the magazines Street Sounds, Total Film, Bite Me, Best For Music, Dog Eat Robot and Mad Music For Bad People along with a number of album sleevnotes for Cherry Red Records.
- [DozenQ – Sam Green](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-sam-green/): Sam Green who comes from an intellectual family, where his older brother as a peace maker in Jerusalem and his younger brother is a leading academic doctor. Sam pursues a life of music and words. Supporting his habit in a spiritual sense by having being close to his late father who died in 2008 at the age of 95. He was a learned well-read man versed in the ways of mankind, as well as a watchmaker and poet too.
- [DozenQ – Christopher Bell](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-christopher-bell/): Cellist and multi-instrumentalist Christopher Bell blends the classical and pop worlds. Clarinet, acoustic guitar, beat boxing and cello recorded live into dense soundscapes. Hip hop beats, gentle fugues, jazz and blues all wrapped up into his own brand of Quirky Pop. For fans of Paul Simon and Andrew Bird.
- [Brian James: LP Review by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/brian-james-lp-review-by-colin-bryce/): This is a rough and ready release and guest guitarist Cheetah Chrome grinds it out with James on “Becoming a Nuisance” just to add that little bit more Stoogey-grind so beloved by both guitarists. (10 tracks.)
- [Event - The John Steed Ball](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/event-the-john-steed-ball/): Count Indigo is a versatile pop singer, performer lyricist and compere of surprising vocal and aesthetic range.
- [Author - Paul Hallam](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/author-paul-hallam/): I started my own fanzine ‘Sense of Style’ in 1983. It was sposed to be the professional word for the mod scene. It was all layed out to look like a mag rather than a fanzine. I think we spent too much time on the look and not enough on the content. In 2011 I set up countdown books a publishing company with Eddie Piller and Cass Pennant. A year later myself and Garry Bushell began publishing Streetsounds magazine - now onto issue 13. Old Dog Books is my latest imprint specialising in pulp fiction.
- [Author - Steve Piper](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/author-steve-piper/): Good question. All I do know is that I was born in the glorious year of ’69 among the royal hunting grounds of Epping. Born an accident but thankfully loved enough by one. The other only seemed to love himself. A sister soon followed me and then he upped and followed his own dream soon after, leaving us with our mum, nanny and grandad. Mum did well and I remember being a happy child. Mum met Al, a real diamond with a ‘70s moustache. We all moved in together on Chingford Hall estate, Mum, me and Jo; Al, Adrian and Elaine. A ready-made Waltons! If only things were that simple. Always having to play catch up throughout my childhood was exhausting. Money was hard to come by but somehow I blagged it. I was a tearaway, ripping around the estate, vandalising, setting fires.
- [Kaleidoscope’s Peter Daltrey speaks to Eyeplug.net](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/kaleidoscopes-peter-daltrey-speaks-to-eyeplug-net/): Peter Daltrey of UK Psyche Icons Kaleidoscope, took some time out of his busy creative day to answer some of our questions prior to the Band’s first London show in 40 odd years in Isington in November 2013 (get your tickets fast folks they are flying)...
- [Author - Matteo Sedazzari](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/author-matteo-sedazzari/): I was inspired by Acid House. I attended clubs and warehouse parties, and was overwhelmed by the energy and passion of those nights. I was too young for Punk and even with the Mod revival of the late 70s I was still a school boy in short trousers, figure of speech. So this was really my first counter culture, I was old enough to be an active member. It felt like a revolution, dancing with attitude, passion and style, I loved it. I was reading a lot of Ken Kesey, Hunter S Thompson, Jack Kerouac at the time, and my then girlfriend was studying journalism at the Elephant and Castle, so I was surrounded by words, if you get my drift. I was reading the back of a Ken Kesey book, Demon Box and it included the words Positive Energy of Madness, I loved it, I thought let’s do a fanzine called Positive Energy of Madness.
- [Jeff Monk LP Reviews March 2016](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/jeff-monk-lp-reviews-march-2016/): Paperweights (CRC Records) With his sophomore album, the wonderful “Paperweights”, Dorset born Andrew Panes proves himself and his work worthy of notice and places him firmly in the “One To Watch” category.
- [Scenester LP Reviews January 2016](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/scenester-lp-reviews-january-2016/): Among the many punk originals, Eater had something on their side which few others had; youth. Drummer Dee Generate was just fourteen years old, the rest not much older, when they first played live, and went on to be supported by such luminaries as The Damned and Johnny Moped.
- [Jeff Monk LP Reviews December 2015](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/jeff-monk-lp-reviews-december-2015/): Elaenia (Luaka Bop) Manchester lad Sam Shepherd, with this marvelous set of compositions, has created an almost unclassifiable new sound in modern music.
- [Artifact, Part 4 - Longjohn Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/artifact-part-4-longjohn-reviews/): Cherry Red CRCDBOX19 The final two discs (4 & 5) on Creation Artifact – The Dawn of Creation Records 1983-85, are devoted to demo recordings and BBC Sessions which were hosted by Janice Long and the late John Peel.
- [Artifact, Part 3 - Longjohn Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/artifact-part-3-longjohn-reviews/): Cherry Red CRCDBOX19 The third disc on the Creation Artifact – The Dawn of Creation Records 1983-85 is a mixed bag of assorted tracks, which cover a few singles, demos, album tracks and live performances, which were recorded at Alan McGee’s weekly club night The Living Room.
- [Dave Berry – Scenester LP Review](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dave-berry-scenester-lp-review/): Among RPM Records’ latest re-releases, this comprehensive 2 CD set of Mike Berry’s Decca sessions 1963-1966 with no less than 57 items for the die-hard fan. Dave’s mixture of beat ballads and pop were a typical combination for artists of the early 60’s, hungry for fame but with a hard edge so as not to alienate the teens. This formula did prove successful, especially in the Netherlands and Belgium, but US success eluded Dave, as it did many British artists. Image was all-important then, and Dave’s air of mystery and mild sexual threat helped separate him from the crowd of male vocalists all vying for their place in the hearts of the UK’s young, predominantly female pop fans.
- [Jeff Monk LP Reviews October 2015](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/jeff-monk-lp-reviews-october-2015/): Planes & I Never Even Thought Two Classic Albums on One CD (Cherry Red) The good thing about these kind of late-in-the-game, double-on-one sets is that they provide an excellent way to link various periods of a particular artists’ career in one easy listen, and in the case of current Zombies vocalist Colin Blunstone’s two late-seventies efforts “easy listening” is the functioning term.
- [Artifact, Part 2 - Longjohn Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/artifact-part-2-longjohn-reviews/): Cherry Red CRCDBOX19 The second disc on Artifact – The Dawn of Creation Records 1983 - 85 contains the rest of the singles from this period, and a fitting way to kick off this disc is to unleash the full throttle ear bleeding assault of crude noise makers The Jesus & Mary Chain.
- [Artifact, Part 1 - Longjohn Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/artifact-longjohn-reviews/): Artifact – The Dawn of Creation Records 1983-85 is a 5 CD box set containing 124 songs devoted to the early years of Alan McGee’s Creation Records. The collection pulls together singles, album tracks, rarities, demos and BBC sessions by a diverse range of bands including The Pastels, The Bodines, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Loft, Primal Scream, The X Men, The Legend, The Jasmine Minks and The Membranes. Also included is a 12,000-word essay by journalist Neil Taylor plus a detailed biography off all the bands signed to Creation Records in this seminal period.
- [DozenQ - Gavin Chappell-Bates](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-gavin-chappell-bates/): Gavin Chappell-Bates is a singer, guitarist, songwriter and live looper from Cambridgeshire, England performing effervescent emotive yin/yang indie pop.
- [Hawkwind - Scenester Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/hawkwind-scenester-reviews/): Love in Space (Atomhenge ATOMCD2013) The label with the most eclectic taste in the industry, Cherry Red, has added veteran hippie space-rockers Hawkwind to their reissue roster, with this 2-CD long live concert from 1995.
- [The Only Ones (Peter Perret): Book Review by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-only-ones/): The One and Only has been out of print for well over a decade now with used copies in high demand Thin Man Press wisely saw to get it back on the street and into the hands of the fans of the legendary Only Ones front man Peter Perrett and the Only Ones band themselves. Many thanks for that!
- [Author - Craig Brackenridge](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/author-craig-brackenridge/): Scottish writer Craig Brackenridge has been writing about movie sleaze and demented Rock 'n' Roll since 1995 and has written for the magazines Total Film, Bite Me, BFM and The Encyclopedia of Cinematic Trash. His first book 'Let's Wreck' was a part-biographical look at the Psychobilly scene from the early 1980's to the 2000's. This mutated music genre grinds together the very best of Punk, Rock 'n' Roll, Rockabilly and many other boot-stomping forms of music into a hellbound racket that has been starved of the oxygen of the mainstream music press for too long.
- [Jeff Monk LP Reviews Dec 2017](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/jeff-monk-lp-reviews-dec-2017/): Most music fans would agree that sometimes you don’t find any true artistic jewels unless you spend time digging through and then past what is generally on offer from the mainstream musical mine.
- [Author – Pete McKenna](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/author-pete-mckenna/): In the winter of 1995 I was laid off work on the Brighton station job 3 days before Xmas. Talk about a depressing time for me.
- [DozenQ – Daniel Bennett Group](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-daniel-bennett-group/): Manhattan-based saxophonist Daniel Bennett has been hailed as one of the most original and unpredictable musical voices of his generation.
- [Patrick Macnee - Obituary](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/patrick-macnee-obituary/): The sad passing of Patrick Macnee, the star of the legendary cult TV show The Avengers has no doubt left fans of the show in mourning. According to reports Patrick Macnee died peacefully on Thursday at his home in Rancho Mirage, California with his family by his bedside. Patrick Macnee died at the age of 93 and was arguably most famous for his brilliant portrayal of the quintessential English eccentric secret agent John Steed in the ‘’Spy Fi’’ television series in the 1960s. However, Macnee made over 150 appearances in television and film, which spanned across 5 decades and he also had a distinguished military career as a seaman in the Royal Navy during World War II.
- [Casino Classics  - Longjohn Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/casino-classics-longjohn-reviews/): Casino Classics – Complete Collection Album review Cherry Red Records have seen fit to extend their musical family to incorporate a new label that is devoted exclusively to the release of Northern and Rare Soul.
- [The Runaways - Scenester Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-runaways-scenester/): The Runaways (Cherry Red Records CDMRED 237) Girl groups are nothing new, and this was also true back in the mid-70’s, when a gang of teenagers kicked their way through the walls of the male-dominated music industry and staked their claim to rock immortality.
- [Procol Harum – Scenester LP Review](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/procol-harum-scenester-lp-review/): A Salty Dog (Esoteric Recordings ECLEC2504) Esoteric Recordings are busily re-releasing some very fine material in CD form, and one its latest and best is Procol Harum’s 1969 best-selling LP, ‘A Salty Dog’.
- [Indie Icons - The Primitives](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-icons-the-primitives/): Fronted by indiepop blonde bombshell Tracy Tracy, The Primitives emerged from the independent scene of the mid-80s that spawned The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, The Wedding Present and Primal Scream.
- [Easy Action LP Reviews by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/easy-action-lp-reviews-by-colin-bryce/): In Cold Blood (Easy Action - 2 Disc Set) I miss Johnny Thunders. I would have loved to have seen him beat it all.
- [Count Indigo speaks to Eyeplug.net](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/count-indigo-speaks-to-eyeplug-net/): I love to entertain and seduce an audience with performances that hark back to the wealth of post war showmen and women from Louis Jourdan to Sammy Davis to Grace Jones. I’m more a made to measure guy than bespoke. Given too many sartorial choices I’m prone to disappearing up my own fundament. I believe that the art of entertaining comes out of embracing and challenging your audience to adore melody and good timing.
- [The Love Affair & Steve Ellis – Scenester LP Review](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-love-affair-steve-ellis-scenester-lp-review/): Of huge interest to blue-eyed soulies and late 60’s pop fans alike, this RPM Records 3 CD set collects together the wildly successful recording career of The Love Affair, and singer Steve Ellis’ subsequent solo work in neat card sleeves, especially for those of you who, like me, hate those awful plastic jewel cases. That much of what we hear was accomplished using the cream of Britain’s session musicians, rather than the band, is not something that should concern us. It was common practice at the time, as many now legendary figures have owned up to availing themselves of. When the results are as good as this, who’s going to complain?
- [The Primitives – Scenester LP Review](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-primitives-scenester-lp-review/): Everything’s Shining Bright The Lazy Recordings 1985-1987 (Cherry Red CDBRED 560) A fitting, comprehensive double CD companion to ‘Lovely’, Cherry Red’s re-release of the Coventry band’s ‘hit’ material, ‘Everything’s Shining Bright’ has The Primitives how many prefer them, however; at their fuzzy, distorted best.
- [DozenQ – Empire of Gold](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-empire-of-gold/): Born in San Diego, California in 1987 and raised in Tecate, Mexico until the age of 8 when he then moved to the United States - producer/singer/songwriter, Michael Jack Dole, lived somewhat of a nomadic childhood.
- [Jeff Monk LP Reviews July 2015](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/jeff-monk-lp-reviews-july-2015/): Do You Believe in Magyck? (Easy Action) This two-disc live/studio set completes the career arc of one Steven John Bator (1949-1990).
- [The Incredibly Strange Music Box:  LP Review](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-incredibly-strange-music-box-lp-review/): Anyone picking up this monster compilation has probably already guessed that legendary schlock horror rockers The Cramps didn’t get their chops from listening to Eagles LPs.
- [Jeff Monk LP Reviews June 2015 (Part 1)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/jeff-monk-lp-reviews-june-2015/): Honey is at the table and ready to deal except the cards are marked and the dealer already knows exactly what will be played next. Next?
- [Blue Mink - LP Review](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/blue-mink-lp-review/): The Singles Collection - Blue Mink (Glam CD 124) Take yourself back to the early 1970’s, to an age when the big noise was the humble pop song, whether shrieking out of a tiny transistor radio or blaring out of a bruiser of a record player.
- [The Membranes LP Review and Interview](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-membranes-lp-review-and-interview/): The Dark Matter/Dark Energy – The Membranes (Cherry Red Records CDBRED 661) Re-formed, ready for action, and in a distinctly spiritual mood, The Membranes present their first LP since 1989.
- [Cherry Red LP Reviews by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-lp-reviews-by-colin-bryce/): A Journey through the British underground folk scene 1967-1972 (Grapefruit/Cherry Red -3 CD Set) Y’know, I like me a bit of folk.
- [Jeff Monk LP Reviews June 2015 (Part 2)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/jeff-monk-lp-reviews-june-2015-part-2/): 20 Years: A Million Beers & A Lotta Nerve (Off The Hip) Picture this reviewer unwrapping a new disc by a band with the tasty moniker “Biscuit” not fully realizing that a band with such a, let’s just say it, lackluster name could pack as much of a physical wallop as a full bakery of tasty treats.
- [Junior’s Eyes - Longjohn LP Review](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/juniors-eyes-longjohn-lp-review/): There are several reasons why this album might pique the interest of rabid prog and psych afficiondos. Firstly this particular project was overseen by the maverick producer Toni Visconti,
- [The Montecristos: LP Review by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-montecristos-lp-review-by-colin-bryce/): I was very pleased to see the great rock writer Nina Antonia listed as co-writer on the title track “Born to Rock’n’Roll”. No doubts here – the Montecristos are rockin’ it. (14 tracks.)
- [The Fuse Review - Colin Bryce May 2015](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-fuse-colin-bryce-review-may-2015/): So, here we are now in 2015 with the latest by the re-christened Fuse. The rusted out car on the cover is hardly reflective of the music within. A fully restored El Camino might have been more appropriate in this instance. The band’s mature blend of countrified roots- rock, funky Band-esque bomp, psyche and baroque pop, and track after track of harmony-fuelled lyrical splendour place them head and shoulders over countless pretenders and if all goes well this carefully crafted gem should find itself in regular rotation on any number of radio programs and music players still dedicated to real people playing real music with all their heart and soul.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Jan 2015 by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-jan-2015-by-colin-bryce/): The Image Has Cracked The Alternative TV Collection (Anagram Punk Collectors Series/Cherry Red) For a while there back in the late 70s Mark Perry and his Sniffin’ Glue zine were ground zero in the UK “punk” scene.
- [Vive Le Rock ‘n’ Roll - by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/vive-le-rock-n-roll-by-scenester/): My schoolboy French can cope with most of what I hear here, so I’m sure you won’t be put off by those songs delivered in the mother tongue of France. Allez maintenant!
- [ArtsQ – Kristina](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/artsq-kristina/): Well, to be quite honest, I expect the best of the best of the best. I'm a Mod girl, at the end of the day, and of course I want more!
- [HEY DJ! – Miss Chelle](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/hey-dj-miss-chelle/): Many years ago I worked at Ryde and Medina Theatre which meant meeting some of the acts that were booked. I called Georgie Fame, ‘some ol’ drunk’ not realising who he was, Jet Harris was a regular at Medina Theatre and was lovely, always recognised the bar staff. Bumped into Pauline Black and shared her prawn crackers in Ryde
- [ArtsQ – Jack Melville](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/artsq-jack-melville/): At the moment I am busy producing a series of drawings with a fashion theme for an Ibiza one man show in July 2015. My work can be seen in London where I have a residency at The Sheaf in Borough Market, Southwark Street.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – May 2015 by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-may-2015-by-scenester/): Cherry Pop have released a lavish CD reissue of Basia’s 1990 LP, which repeated the million selling success of her solo debut, ‘Time and Tide’. Fondly remembered by gentlemen of a certain age as a member of light pop band Matt Bianco, Basia’s solo career took off in 1986 with the aforementioned release, but it’s her second LP we’re here to consider afresh.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Apr 2015 by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-apr-2015-by-scenester/): If you subscribe to the argument that today’s pop music is so worked, honed and refined that it barely has any fun left in it, you might want to investigate the output of Cherry Red Records. The label’s laudable policy of making available a huge variety of rock and pop gems from the vaults is sure to reward you with a slice of something more interesting than the latest talent show nonentity’s warblings.
- [The Trans-Siberian March Band - Interview](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-trans-siberian-march-band-interview/): Nick: We’ve played in the Balkans, and had no ‘coals to Newcastle’ moments. Imagine if a group from Sarajevo came here playing Morris Dancing music, we’d probably throw rocks at them. We get a good reception wherever we go. A kid in Gori (Stalin’s birthplace in Georgia) did ask us to play some Led Zepplin, which we weren’t able to do!
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Mar 2015 by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-mar-2015-by-scenester/): On The Greek Side Of My Mind (RPM Retro 915) Continuing their policy of making available albums which inspired, entertained and even did a tidy bit of business in their day, those discerning folk at RPM have turned their attention to the first solo LP by Demis Roussos.
- [Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies - LP Review](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/joe-byrd-and-the-field-hippies-lp-review/): The album opens with three tracks under the sub heading The Sub Sylvian Litanies, which apparently is about a bad acid trip. It begins with an atmospheric swirl of ambient noise courtesy of the synthesizer, and a few minutes in a disturbing mantra sung by Victoria Bond ‘waiting to die’ is repeatedly sung, which then blends
- [Jesse Hector Review – Feb 2015 by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/jesse-hector-review-feb-2015-by-colin-bryce/): In the early 1990s, a decade on after Jesse Hector – he of (Hammersmith) Gorillas fame – had retired from the music scene he discovered that the (then) newest version of the “garage/mod” scene considered him to be one of the founding fathers and true legends of their musical and stylistic world. It took a bit of convincing by some of his new-found pals but eventually he had recruited a bassist and drummer from the new mod crowd and was blowing out the back walls in the clubs of London again. The quality of the new material and the band’s tightness (known as Jesse Hector and the Sound at this point) quickly led to a new single (old pal Roger Armstrong of Ace/Chiswick lending a hand) and while it was far from a hit, the mighty “Leavin’ Town/I Need Lovin’” is considered by many of his fans to be some of his very best work. A couple of line-up and drummer changes (as the band soon became known as the Gatecrashers) follow and so do more rave review gigs, French tours, recording sessions and interviews.
- [Metal Gear Solid Madonnas (MGSM) Review – Feb 2015 by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/metal-gear-solid-madonnas-mgsm-review-feb-2015-by-colin-bryce/): Reload/Viking Queen/Supreme (Dig the Fuzz Singles Club 7 inch, Ltd. Edition of 250) Dig the Fuzz returns!
- [Scott Morgan Review – Feb 2015 by Colin Bryce](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/scott-morgan-reviews-feb-2015-by-colin-bryce/): Revolutionary Action (Easy Action) I first heard of Scott Morgan and his band the Rationals back in the late 70s.
- [Mohair Sweets reviewed by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/mohair-sweets-reviewed-by-scenester/): You Better Read Before You Sign (CD Mohair #01) Sandwiched in between the wheezy grind of the hurdy-gurdy, an unsettling narrative about a vicious murderer, and peppered with piano tinkling and ghostly skip-rope whipping, we’re treated to two slices of dirty, fuzzy blues of a distinctly late 60’s strain in ‘You Better Read Before You Sign’ and ‘The Green Light’.
- [The Record Collector & The Holy Grail](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-record-collector-the-holy-grail/): I am off on a trip next week to Strummer Fest in Agen, France.
- [DozenQ – Deadphonecalls](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-deadphonecalls/): Max Cossu (alias Deadphonecalls) decided to start his own project a few years ago, but only released his first album Calls to the dead phone in 2014.
- [Ian Dury reviewed by Nick Churchill](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/ian-dury-reviewed-by-nick-churchill/): The Vinyl Collection - Edsel Records Knock me dahn wiv a fevver…!
- [DozenQ – Jack Jeffery](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-jack-jeffery/): Virginia artist Jack Jeffery performs progressive and ambient music influenced by Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons, and Brian Eno. Other influences are John Lennon, The Beatles, The Moody Blues, Neil Young, Oasis, Emerson, Lake, & Palmer, and Kraftwerk.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Oct 2014 by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-oct-2014-by-scenester/): Everyone’s Got One (3 Loop Music 3-Range 24) Cast your mind back to the early 90’s, when Britpop was riding high in the charts, led by the unit-shifting behemoth that was Oasis, and their stage-school arch-rivals, Blur.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Dec 2014 by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-dec-2014-by-scenester/): Golden Lights (RPM 108) This neat compilation will be warmly welcomed by those of you who have spent far too much time, effort and money tracking down the various singles, EPs and other collections of the work completed in the brief career of 60’s teen phenomenon Twinkle.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Oct 2014 by Long John](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-oct-2014-by-long-john/): Various Artists Inspired by the Cramps crazy record collection Volume One: Fungus, Stockings, Torture, Beatniks, Robots and Nonsense.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Dec 2014 by Long John](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-dec-2014-by-long-john/): Golden Lights Twinkle (Lynn Ripley) may not be the first name that springs to mind when thinking of British female singers from the 1960s.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Sept 2014 by Long John](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-sept-2014-by-long-john/): The Inspiral Carpets return with their first new album in 20 years.
- [The Dub Rifles Interview](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-dub-rifles-interview/): Problems are distance, time and money. We tried about a decade ago but the initial rehearsals ended in a fistfight so it was laid to rest. If someone wants to stump up a few grand I suppose it might happen. Separate corners please! Might have to get a pound of weed in though to get us tuned up as it were. If one thing is true about the Dub Rifles it is that we LOVED our weed.
- [Dub Rifles - No Town No Country](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dub-rifles-no-town-no-country/): The Dub Rifles kick off this collection of rare as hens teeth recordings taken from 1981-1984 with an upbeat corker that displays curt interplay between brass, guitar, bass jourmeys and solid-as-you like drums, this version being lifted straight form the master tapes which helps set the tone.
- [The Fall @ Under The Bridge](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-fall-under-the-bridge/): Under The Bridge (or to be precise, under Chelsea FC’s East Stand) is the chosen venue for Mark E Smith and the latest and arguably the most settled incarnation of The Fall to unleash their uncompromising and abrasive brand of Rock n Roll to a fanatical crowd who clearly can’t get enough of the enigmatic ‘Hip Priest’ and the latest line up of this ever prolific band.
- [The Polyphonic Spree @ The Clapham Grand](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-polyphonic-spree-the-clapham-grand/): Braving a trek south on the Northern Line and a rampaging army of One Direction fans heading for home, your pal Scenester found himself moved by the sprawling, symphonic band from Dallas, Texas and their like-minded friends.
- [J-Walk reviewed by Nick Churchill](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/j-walk-reviewed-by-nick-churchill/): Tracks: 10, Website: www.wonderfulsound.com Label: Wonderfulsound Having all but invented Gnarls Barkley at the turn of the century, long before Messrs Mouse and Green had got off the cheese board, Manchester’s soul shakedown groove machine J-Walk channelled vintage skeletal Stax and ballsy bossa nova funk on the dancefloor’s shining light of the year 2000, the stonewall classic Soul Vibration.
- [The Monks Kitchen reviewed by Nick Churchill](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-monks-kitchen-reviewed-by-nick-churchill/): Tracks: 16, Website: www.themonkskitchen.co.uk Label: Wonderfulsound Having dropped a superlative set of foxy folk flavoured hipster grooves and moves on their 2007 debut, The Wind May Howl, The Monks Kitchen were on their way – or so it appeared.
- [Oasis reviewed by Nick Churchill](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/oasis-reviewed-by-nick-churchill/): Tracks: 44, Website: www.oasisinet.com Label: Big Brother Records We wouldn’t have it any other way, but Liam Gallagher has disowned the planned series of remastered Oasis albums, warned fans off them and along the way also managed to refer (amusingly) to his big brother as “some roadie from the 80s”, in reference to Noel’s dues-paying spell humping kit for the Inspiral Carpets.
- [DozenQ – I Like The GoGo](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-i-like-the-gogo/): Formed in Brighton in November 2012, I Like The GoGo have pushed their way, kicking and screaming into the front of UK Garage scene. Their release of self titled E.P “I Like The GoGo” in the winter of 2012 saw them firmly establishing themselves amongst their peers, with fans such as Billy Childish and Nick Cave singing their praises. Recorded on to tape at the Rat Rooms in London, producer Tim Garratt realised the importance of the “raw sound” the boys were creating and produced each track in such a way as to capture that energy. Along with collaboration from friend and poet “The Freewheelin Troubadour” I Like The GoGo’s E.P was hailed as one of the stand out British garage E.P’s of 2013 with numerous plays on Radio 6, Cutters Choice Radio and BBC South.
- [Eddi Reader – Nick Churchill’s Interviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/eddi-reader-nick-churchills-interviews/): More than 25 years since she topped with charts with Perfect, Fairground Attraction’s relentlessly jaunty debut single, Eddi Reader has just released her tenth solo album. Vagabond is as fine a collection of songs as any she has shared with us, from the restrained passion of the opening cover of I’ll Never Be the Same, in which she pays homage to Billie Holiday, to the Gallic flavour of the self-penned Midnight In Paris 1979 and the gentle ache of Boo Hewerdine’s closing track, It’s a Beautiful Night, it’s an album of great depth and feeling. That it was created against the backdrop of Eddi’s partner in life, love and music John Douglas being diagnosed with an incurable illness, seems to make its over-riding sense of optimism all the more remarkable. Thankfully, John is now well on the road to recovery and Eddi is looking forward to touring this year and making her first visit to Purbeck for the folk festival over August bank holiday. Eddi started her career singing backing vocals for the likes of Gang of Four, Billy MacKenzie, Eurythmics and The Waterboys, before fronting the short-lived but spectacularly successful Fairground Attraction.
- [The Primitives @ The Lexington](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-primitives/): Last night saw Buzz Saw Indie Jingle Jangle maestros The Primitives play the first of 2 nights at the very intimate Lexington venue in Islington, London. In the space of a year I have had the good fortune to see The Primitives perform at the Scared To Get Happy festival and the 100 Club to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the brilliant and timeless Lovely album. Last night saw The Primitives return to the Capital to exclusively preview songs for their first album of new material since 1991’s Galore.
- [DozenQ – Jenna Marotta](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-jenna-marotta/): Jenna is a New York City based songwriter with a passion for love that translates into beautiful poignant music. She writes from the heart, using a combination of her own experience and others around her. She touches your heart with songs such as "Never Forget" and "Goodbye", but will kill you with laughter on songs like "Diesel Woman" and "The Restaurant Song". Her audience is never disappointed as her vocal chops are powerful and rich, and she pours her heart out with song.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – June 2014 by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-june-2014-by-scenester/): Live at the Electric Ballroom Milwaukee 23/10/78 (Esoteric Recordings Eclec 22446) Music offers us a rare opportunity to time travel, especially when an artist’s work is so evocative of the period it’s set in, and such a template for the style they exemplify.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – May 2014 by Long John](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-may-2014-by-long-john/): Shall We Take A Trip: The Factory Recordings 1990-1991 Manchester band Northside receive the full reissue treatment at the hands of Cherry Red Records, and Shall We Take A Trip – The Factory Recordings 1990-1991 contains pretty much their entire recording career on Tony Wilson’s Factory Records.
- [Graham Dee reviewed by Nick Churchill](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/graham-dee-reviewed-by-nick-churchill/): I flatter myself that anyone should notice, but before we go any further I must declare an interest here, I have a songwriting credit on this album, generously bestowed on me for providing the title of track three, Emily Nuthin. More than ever it is impossible to separate the critic from the review and this is much too close for comfort, but here we go… The very existence of The Thirteenth Man is little short of a miracle in itself. Produced on considerably less than a shoestring, the album was conceived, written, recorded, pressed and delivered by Graham and a pair of trusty lieutenants without the aid (or backing) of anyone else. Such a feat is far from unique these days, but two-thirds of the operation are septuagenarians and of the three of them only Graham has any experience at all of the music business.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Apr 2014 by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-apr-2014-by-scenester/): Arriving in a world dominated by Culture Club, Pet Shop Boys and their lion-pop ilk in the mid 1980’s, The Jasmine Minks instead stuck affectionately, but not doggedly, to their nervous, scratchy rhythms and their songs of life as lived by the rest of us. This comprehensive 2-CD set by Cherry Red sets out their stall for an age that sorely needs some sense of wakefulness and urgency in its pop scene.
- [DozenQ – Free From Gravity](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-free-from-gravity/): Inspired by classic rock acts like The Eagles, Pink Floyd & U2, the UK based formation Free From Gravity defies the latest fashion and short-lived music trends to create their timeless and everlasting sound. Free From Gravity is led by Vince Barnes (Lead Vocals) and his personal agenda shines through with the intimate and often heart-warming songs and lyrics. For the recording of his album, he was joined by top notch musicians like Andy Mitchell of the 60’s supergroup The Yardbirds, who count Eric Clapton, Jimmy Paige and Jeff Beck as their former members. The Band's original material has a range from classic rock anthems to moving ballads, always with a love for detail and sound. Their songs will catch you and leave you with a liberating sense of freedom from gravity.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Jan 2015 by Scenester](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-jan-2015-by-scenester/): Ten Plagues A Song Cycle (Strike Force SFE034D) Unlike many of his pop contemporaries, Marc Almond has never shied away from portraying art he considers resonant, important, or just plain worthy, and his ‘Ten Plagues’ song cycle is a case in point.
- [Cherry Red Album Reviews – Mar 2014 by Long John](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-album-reviews-mar-2014-by-long-john/): Pop Goes the Easel: The Start of the Swinging Sixties is a 2 CD set that comprises a mammoth 65 tracks that are drawn from a series of British films and television programmes that marked the beginning of the so called ‘Swinging Sixties’. The title of this particular compilation is taken from Ken Russel’s ‘Pop Art’ documentary from 1962, and this album can boast a wide range of music including, jazz, rock n roll, pop balladry, theme tunes and film scores, taken from a diverse range of visual genres, including, musicals, documentaries, sci-fi, melodrama and kitchen sink dramas.
- [Showplug: Black Kat Boppers @The Legion](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/showplug-black-kat-boppers-the-legion/): Black Kat Boppers hail from down on the South Coast Water Way in Southampton and are 4 fellas who love to play hard boppin’, jump up, rockin’ blues, dance music. They formed In Dec 2009 after some chance meetings, speculative phone calls and a little bit of fate. A shared love for rockin’ roots music was clear and they haven’t looked back since. There’s been triumphant performances at Glastonbury, Port Eliot, Bestival & Hyde Park (with Blur & The Specials).
- [DozenQ – The Intermission Project](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-the-intermission-project/): Jim Rubaduka and Alex Stevens, two former Primary School friends were reunited at Sixth Form College through their love of music. Two talented singer / songwriters they formed The Intermission Project in 2011. With an acoustic, folk, soul sound their wonderfully crafted songs and velvety soulful voices reveal a maturity way beyond their years. These two 19 year olds from Ashford in Kent have created a sound so very beautiful, thought provoking and immediately captivating that it leaves you singing their tunes over and over.
- [DozenQ – Froskull](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-froskull/): “It's a very inclusive genre... You can use your imagination on a much broader scale and draw from all sorts of influences that you might have as a musician.” - Brett Hammond, Froskull Previously named Stephen Rockford Hammond Band, Froskull is the new moniker for Hammond's current lineup featuring Jason Schond, Brett Hammond, and Adam Dennis.
- [Dead Sea Apes 'Psychic Tension'](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dead-sea-apes-psychic-tension/): A Dead Sea Apes album release has become an event these days as they have carved out their own place in the modern underground music scene, without ever seeming to play the media game or go out of their way to seek attention.
- [Celestial Power](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/celestial-power/): ‘Are you ready to die and be reborn’….these are the words that open the album and which will make total sense 40 minutes later if and when you emerge on the other side with your mind intact… This record always promised to be a little bit special with Celestial Power being comprised of 2/3 of Dead Sea Apes (Brett Savage and Chris Hardman ) joined by Cardinal Fuzz head man Dave Cambridge.
- [Mirror Revelations - 'Ignea' LP](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/mirror-revelations-ignea-lp/): It’s been around 3 years since the release of debut album ‘Aura’ and it appears that during that time there has been a major transformation.
- [Eyeplug speaks with Mirrorball Author Kevin Dowling](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/eyeplug-speaks-with-mirrorball-author-kevin-dowling/): A young teenager in the late 70’s I grew up on one of the large council estates that crowded in on Millwall FC. One of my earliest memories is hearing a loud roar reverberate around the tower blocks and asking my dad ‘what’s that?’ He replied in his thick Dublin accent, ‘That’s Millwall scoring... You don’t hear it much.’ At 16 I left school without any qualifications but somehow managed to blag my way into a job at Barclays Bank making tea and licking envelopes. When they caught up with my lack of qualifications they must have liked my tea because rather than sack me they made me enrol in Night school where I got the requisite four ‘O’ Levels including English Language and English Literature. From there I went on to have a mediocre career of long hours that paid the bills.
- [Upupayama - Honesty Flowers](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/upupayama-honesty-flowers/): Sometimes you pick up records thinking you know what you’re going to get and expecting to be in familiar territory….this one caught me off-guard and most definitely took me to places I didn’t anticipate..Upupayama (essentially Alessio Ferrari who plays all the instruments on the records) have released 3 studio albums and one live set over the last few years and throughout all these releases have created a shifting world of strange beauty.
- [‘IV’ by White Canyon and The 5th Dimension](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/iv-by-white-canyon-and-the-5th-dimension/): If you are at all familiar with the previous 3 album releases by White Canyon & The 5th Dimension you’ll have some idea of what to expect from their latest release ‘IV’ – their swirling, 60s-tinged psych rock infused sound remains but things have not stayed the same and the sonic and lyrical world they have created has entered a new, more assured state with the atmosphere getting even denser and the sound even richer.
- [Acme Boy By Phil Strongman interview by Jay Strongman](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/acme-boy-by-phil-strongman-review-by-jay-strongman/): Interview with Phil Strongman by Jay Strongman on Phil’s new book ‘ACME BOY - The Birth Of Punk & Anti-Fashion’ When I first took my kid brother Phil down to Chelsea's Acme Attractions in the King’s Road, in the late summer of 1975, I had no idea that he'd be designing clothes for them a year later.
- [HELICON X AL LOVER 'Arise'](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/helicon-x-al-lover-arise/): Helicon have been flying high for a few years now but have just raised their game even further and are set to blow the musical landscape wide open with this one; ‘Arise’ - just released on Fuzz Club - is a game changer right from the beginning of the opening, title track.
- [Tearing up God's living room...](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/tearing-up-gods-living-room/): An early dose of salvation delivered to us for the new year…Golden Hours are back with ‘Beyond Wires’, following up 2023s self-titled debut…and they’re back with a lush evocative masterpiece, once more on Fuzz Club records.
- [Mellowmaker - new Black Market Karma album on Fuzz Club records](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/mellowmaker-new-black-market-karma-album-on-fuzz-club-records/): The Black Market Karma journey continues….it seems like Stanley Belton, who writes and records all the sounds on this album, is currently firing out these nuggets at will and each time takes us further into his world, revealing more of his vision.
- [Totally wired - 'Monkeypunch' by The Dirt](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/totally-wired-monkeypunch-by-the-dirt/): ‘Are you angry?’ asks Jack Horner shortly after The Dirt launch into ‘End Game’ the second track on their second album ‘Monkeypunch’.
- [Skloss 'The Pattern Speaks'](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/skloss-the-pattern-speaks/): Something is coming your way psych lovers, fuzz lovers, drone lovers and general noise lovers….and its name is Skloss!
- [The Men 'Buyer Beware'](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-men-buyer-beware/): I have to confess to not being aware of The Men until Fuzz Club released their ‘New York City’ record in 2023 and the album length ‘Sessions’ shortly after.
- [Stuffed Foxes 'Standardized'](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/stuffed-foxes-standardised/): Bristol's Stolen Body Records have a real knack for unearthing a range of disparate bands and bringing them to our attention, with no genre shackles holding them down – early champions of acts like Al Lover and Ivan The Tolerable and in recent years being a big part of the rise of the likes of Karkara and, most obviously, Slift.
- [Diminished Responsibility: My Life as a U.K Sub and other strange stories Volume III, by Alvin Gibbs](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/diminished-responsibility-my-life-as-a-u-k-sub-and-other-strange-stories-volume-iii-by-alvin-gibbs/): Chances are if you’ve read this far you’re already familiar with the legendary U.K. Subs and their place in punk rock history.
- [Nothingheads ‘The Art Of Sod’ LP review](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/nothingheads-the-art-of-sod-lp-review/): Nothingheads debut album punches it’s way out of your speakers from the beginning of ‘Private Pyle’ and doesn’t let up until ‘More Minutes Please’ ends some 35 minutes later.
- [Black Doldrums - 'In Limerence'](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/black-doldrums-in-limerance/): Black Doldrums have been growing in stature over the last few years with their live shows sounding bigger and more assured and the audiences growing and with the release of their second full length album, again on Fuzz Club, they’ve reached new heights.
- [Upupayáma – Mount Elephant](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/upupayama-mount-elephant/): The ‘Mount Elephant’ journey flutters into being with ‘Moon Needs The Wolf’; acoustic guitar, flute and voice immediately transporting you to a different plane of existence; a near 8 minute glide through varied textures and sounds that, like the rest of the album, never stays in one place for too long.
- [Black Market Karma - 'Wobble'](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/black-market-karma-wobble/): If 2024 ever does serve up a summer of any note you have the soundtrack to it right here….
- [Bang!...The Gluts are back...](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/bang-the-gluts-are-back/): Bang!, very aptly titled, is a total attack on the senses, an immense sound, ragged and desperate.
- [The Third Sound 'Most Perfect Solitude'](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-third-sound-most-perfect-solitude/): Hakon Adalsteinsson has been pursuing his musical vision over a number of years via a number of different bands and central to it has been The Third Sound, who have released 6 albums so far and created a unique and recognisable sound and style.
- [Juju - Apocalypse Is God's Spoiler](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/juju-apocalypse-is-gods-spoiler/): Juju are back! Not only back with a new album, the first since 2021s ‘La Que Sabe' , but it feels like they’re back exploring a similar sonic sphere to that explored previously, with a rejuvenated spirit and the return of the lush groove that drove ‘Our Mother Was A Plant’.
- [There is beauty in decline...Golden Hours s/t album](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/there-is-beauty-in-decline-golden-hours-s-t-album/): Golden Hours are heading out for a handful of live dates later this month coinciding with the second pressing of their debut self- titled LP on Fuzz Club, starting in the UK before heading for the EU.
- ['Good Time' with Daiistar](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/good-time-with-daiistar/): Fuzz Club records have diversified in recent years, building on their position as the main purveyors of dark psych/post punk and adding in a whole range of different sounds and styles while still staying faithful to the original vision, bands and followers.
- [Living is easy when I close my eyes...](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/living-is-easy-when-i-close-my-eyes/): Brazilian duo Leo Gurdan and Gabriela Zaith - White Canyon and the 5th Dimension – are back with album number three, this time presented on glorious green vinyl by Dublin based Fuzzed Up And Astromoon records.
- [Frankie and the Witch Fingers: 'Data Doom'](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/frankie-and-the-witch-fingers-data-doom/): Something is heading our way and it’s coming in fast, hard and slightly insane….’Data Doom’ by Frankie And The Witch Fingers is imminent and it will fry your brain in your head!
- [Take a hit from 'Nostalgia's Glass'...](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/take-a-hit-from-nostalgias-glass/): The Underground Youth have never done superficial and that hasn’t changed with latest release ‘Nostalgia’s Glass’, as always on the Fuzz Club label.
- [On tour with Helicon...](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/on-tour-with-helicon/): I’ve been going to see Helicon as often as I can since early 2018 but for various reasons thought this run of four dates was beyond me…until I got the very welcome offer to jump in the van with the band and keep them company on the road.
- [Night Beats 'Rajan'](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/night-beats-rajan/): Danny Lee Blackwell is on righteous fire right now; hot on the heels of his Abraxas album ‘Monte Carlo’ and the last Night Beats offering ‘Outlaw R&B’ {and who can forget the absolute classic 'That;s All You Got' single that preceded it in 2020} he’s dropped this stunning and diverse collection.
- [Black Doldrums - Dead Awake album review](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/black-doldrums-dead-awake-album-review/): I’ve been keenly following the progress of Black Doldrums since first seeing them way down the bill at a psych fest in 2017; since then they have carved out a niche all of their own and picked up a committed live following.
- [Eyeplug talks to The Fallen Leaves](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/eyeplug-talks-to-the-fallen-leaves/): You can expect a proper show, with sound, songs, and panache. There will be no T-shirts, no jeans and no cover versions. If you can imagine a cross between the early Who and The Ramones, you might get somewhere close.
- [Eyeplug speaks to Johna Johnson about his Adam & The Ants Book](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/eyeplug-speaks-to-johna-johnson-about-his-adam-the-ants-book/): We recently caught up with Johna Johnson to talk about part one of his new book about what it was like following Adam & the Antz before they went Poptastic.
- [Review: Mike Golf Delta by Smiley People](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/review-mike-golf-delta-by-smiley-people/): George Clinton once said: ‘who said a funk band cant play rock music, who said a rock band cant play funky music’! Under his peacock ploomage, and serpentine musical heritage no-one would doubt George was anything but far-out. Further than Jupiter. Which leads me on to Mike Golf Delta by Smiley People,
- [The Electric Stars: Velvet Elvis The Only Lover Left Alive LP](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-electric-stars-velvet-elvis-the-only-lover-left-alive-lp/): I have to confess that The Electric Stars are a band I’ve not heard of at all, but I’m always up for some new music and it is often good to get nudged out of your complacent listening zone and try something different.
- [Sex as Art by David Erdos](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/sex-as-art-by-david-erdos/): Cold Lips seal their kiss with a Richard Cabut’s debut Novella; A Psychic scream, punk rock ravaged, from the base of the soul To scarred streets.
- [Paul Armfield speaks to Eyeplug](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/paul-armfield-speaks-to-eyeplug/): ‘Domestic’ is the recently recorded album by Paul Armfield, a collection of songs that pivot around the theme of ‘home’, whether this be the four walls that surround you, the country where you were born, or more pointedly, the continent of which you are a resident.
- [Richard Cabut explores Fred Vermorel for eyeplug.net](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/richard-cabut-explores-fred-vermorel-for-eyeplug-net/): Fred Vermorel is a writer of some repute and, well, disrepute if you are a Kate Bush fan, renowned for his individual approach to pop biography (from the Sex Pistols to Kate Moss) and for his jagged ideas of celebrity and pop consumerism.
- [Richard Cabut Speaks to Eyeplug](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/richard-cabut-speaks-to-eyeplug/): Richard Cabut was born in 29 March 1960 and is a British author, journalist, playwright and musician.
- [The Galileo 7: Paul Moss, Interview](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-galileo-7-paul-moss-interview/): Prior perception is often so wrong, especially when it comes to The Galileo 7.
- [Tess Parks: Live by Gary Powell](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/tess-parks-live-by-gary-powell/): Cast your mind back a bit; December 2018…..It’s a rainy and bitterly cold night in the dark heart of old Dublin as I wait for the first of my 3 dates on the Tess Parks tour to promote her latest album, simply called ‘Tess Parks and Anton Newcombe’.
- [The Galileo 7: Mole, Interview](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-galileo-7-mole-interview/): Prior perception is often so wrong, especially when it comes to The Galileo 7.
- [The Galileo 7: Viv Bonsels, Interview](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-galileo-7-viv-bonsels-interview/): Prior perception is often so wrong, especially when it comes to The Galileo 7.
- [The Galileo 7: Allan Crockford, Interview](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-galileo-7-allan-crockford-interview/): Prior perception is often so wrong, especially when it comes to The Galileo 7.
- [Got Me Hypnotized - Is Bliss](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/got-me-hypnotized-is-bliss/): Nearly 2 ½ years ago Enjoy Yourself!
- [EY Album Review: Dengue Fever Hypnotic Trip by The Gluts](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/ey-album-review-dengue-fever-hypnotic-trip-by-the-gluts/): I can honestly say that I have never been this excited, ever, as I am now at the thought of the album releases that are due in the coming months.
- [Gary Powell (Enjoy Yourself!) bares witness to Muertos](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/gary-powell-enjoy-yourself-bares-witness-to-muertos/): Muertos were one of the finds of 2018 for me and it feels like I’ve been waiting a long time to catch up with them again.It finally happens at The Finsbury in North London at a gig put together by promoters Get In Her Ears.
- [Return of The Pack by Dave Taylor](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/return-of-the-pack-by-dave-taylor/): Kirk Brandon, frontman of Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny & Dead Men Walking recently announced that he would be getting the first band he released a record with, The Pack back together for a short series of dates at the end of January.
- [Killing Joke Live by Gary Powell](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/gary-powell-3/): Killing Joke: On Tour With The Old Gods Forty years of fire and fury...
- [Balaam &amp; The Angel by Gary Powell](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/balaam-the-angel-by-gary-powell/): I’ll Show you Something Special… Balaam & The Angel are back!
- [Serotonin - Lester Square](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/serotonin-lester-square/): Co-founder of the famed Monochrome Set, guitarist Lester Square continues his exploration of potential soundtrack music with the rangy ‘Serotonin’ CD.
- [Saint Agnes: Worshipping the Devil in the name of God](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/gary-powell-2/): Still bewitched after the first part of the tour Enjoy Yourself! saddle up the Black Horse for part 2....
- [Lester Square talks to Alex Eyeplug (Scenester)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/lester-square-talks-to-alex-eyeplug-scenester/): The Scenester recently grabbed a coffee and a chat with Lester Square to chat about his life in music and the arts and his up and coming new LP Serotonin by The Fifty Guitars of Lester Square, here is what he had to say (with a full review as a second part coming very soon!)
- [JuJu/Psychic Lemon - Leicester Soundhouse](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/juju-psychic-lemon-leicester-soundhouse/): Enjoy Yourself!
- [Enjoy Yourself! In The Witching Hour](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/enjoy-yourself-in-the-witching-hour/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwfG4pWcj0Y The Enjoy Yourself!
- [Jeff Monk Reviews – Hendrix](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/jeff-monk-reviews-hendrix/): Jimi Hendrix: Both Sides Of The Sky (Sony Music) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESPmypy9o4Q Jimi Hendrix (singer/guitarist) has been dead nearly twice as long as he was alive and unlike any other contemporary musical artist of his age, his music continues to be issued.
- [DozenQ – Sam Qureshi](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozen-q-sam-qureshi/): In the late 1970’s when I was a 12-year-old school kid in Birmingham I met a newly forming reggae band called UB40 – Actually I was in a Pub (when I shouldn’t have been at that age) – and was getting attacked by members of The National Front and they (UB40) came to my rescue.
- [Toppermost - Eyeplug 10 Indie Blasts](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/toppermost-eyeplug-10-indie-blasts/): We picked 10 crackers from the golden period of Indie Music (well one of them) and hope you like some of our choices too!
- [Turin Brakes](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/turin-brakes/): The latest addition to this year’s Purbeck Folk Festival, Turin Brakes join the festival’s strongest bill to date and confirm Purbeck continues to punch way above its weight.
- [Vic Godard - 30 Odd Years (Part 1)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/vic-godard-30-odd-years-part-1/): Vic Godard charms, entertains, makes us click our fingers and refuses to step the instep. The real English eccentric gentleman art-punk kitchen sink poet cometh and delivers a template of honest integerity of sorts for all of the indie lables, scenes, and sounds that happily followed in his wake. Credit, merit and respect due and Vic still happily does the rounds and delivers in a first class of his own mode today!
- [John Lydon - Nick Churchill’s Interviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/john-lydon-nick-churchills-interviews/): PiL has had something like 49 different members! We joke about that, but in a weird way Public Image is kind of university of music, it’s a music school. We’ve launched so many different careers. It’s a shame some of them aren’t grateful, but they got their diplomas, what more can they ask for? They’re my babies and I love them, every single one of them. There’s no resentments or anything in me like that and everybody who knows me knows that.
- [Kaleidoscope’s Peter Daltrey speaks to Eyeplug.net](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/kaleidoscopes-peter-daltrey-speaks-to-eyeplug-net/): Peter Daltrey of UK Psyche Icons Kaleidoscope, took some time out of his busy creative day to answer some of our questions prior to the Band’s first London show in 40 odd years in Isington in November 2013 (get your tickets fast folks they are flying)...
- [Indie Icons - The Primitives](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/cherry-red-icons-the-primitives/): Fronted by indiepop blonde bombshell Tracy Tracy, The Primitives emerged from the independent scene of the mid-80s that spawned The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, The Wedding Present and Primal Scream.
- [Alan McGee - Eyefocus 359 Music](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/alan-mcgee/): Creation Records founder Alan McGee claims he has been reinvigorated by music recently, to such an extent that he has launched a new record label in conjunction with Cherry Red Records. Not content with resting on his illustrious laurels, the man who helped bring bands such as the Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Primal Scream and Teenage Fanclub into our lucky lives has decided to once again grace the record buying public with his welcome presence, and hopefully to provide us with some much needed new music.
- [Kirk Brandon speaks to Eyeplug](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/kirk-brandon-speaks-to-eyeplug/): I imagine it was the turning away from education, as in my school. Classic 'I don't fit in with anyones thinking about who or what I should be'.
- [Nick Churchill’s Interviews Alex James (Blur)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/nick-churchills-interviews-alex-james-blur/): NC: It’s late autumn in the year 2000 and the Britpop party was over long ago, leaving its most creative mixers with almighty post-Millennial hangovers.
- [Jeff Monk LP Reviews Dec 2017](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/jeff-monk-lp-reviews-dec-2017/): Most music fans would agree that sometimes you don’t find any true artistic jewels unless you spend time digging through and then past what is generally on offer from the mainstream musical mine.
- [Scott Morgan speaks to eyeplugs’ Colin Bryce (Mohair Sweets)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/scott-morgan-speaks-to-eyeplugs-colin-bryce-mohair-sweets/): Colin Bryce A.K.A Mohair Sweets recently caught up with a couple of legends for eyeplug.net...
- [Miles Tredinnick speaks to Mohair Sweets for Eyeplug](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/miles-tredinnick-speaks-to-mohair-sweets-for-eyeplug/): Interview with Miles Tredinnick (aka Riff Regan) of the band ‘LONDON’. Miles: Well it was Steve Voice’s idea to get the band going again.
- [My Obsession - Anita Pallenberg](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/my-obsession-anita-pallenberg/): Queens, New York, June 13th, 2017, 3:30pm After experiencing not a single day of hot weather topping 80 degrees in two years, I couldn’t believe that it was heading for 98 to 100 degrees the day I was going to shoot my new music video, on the hot Brooklyn corner of McDonald Avenue and Avenue N. But I was smiling, as I usually do, at the absurdity of my dishevelled plans. I was wearing one of my cracked brown Italian leather/black velvet, skin-tight tops (yes, designed and made by me, Roxanne Fontana). No bra is allowed, or possible, being held tight in that leather. It was a special moment for me when I finally got to clip in my big, newly-acquired sterling hoop earrings, with traditional rams at the bottoms. I acquired these on ebay, from an Italian man living in Toronto. The seller was gracious enough to be bothered with my inquiries, and told me the Italian town in which he purchased them, in the late 1960s. I instantly loved these earrings when I saw them on the internet. They were soooo Aries Anita Pallenberg. Martian energy. I put them in excitedly, and ran to another mirror to see them. With my long hair and New York vibe, and with Anita in my mind, my immediate impression of myself was, “Oh my God, I look like Patti Paladin.” This made me chuckle instantaneously, because Patti is one of Anita’s best friends. My mind moves like mercury, with much energy. I’ve been admired for it and criticized for it. Hence thoughts and ideas brewed in quick flashes: Perhaps I can show this video I am making to Patti, who would show it to Anita, because Anita would like this song. Anita would like this song, I knew: My magical Down Syndrome daughter, who is an amazing musician at 14 years old, informed me of this. Practicing her piano around my house in England, she had played my song, ‘He Does the Look’, and segued into ‘Beast of Burden’. This was a real aha moment for me, which I was not pleased with! But back to the present lightning mind! I remember that Anita loved ‘Beast of Burden’. I then put on my bracelet from Italy, that is charmed with sterling rose-gold and yellow-gold little Italian horns, another totem of mine, to her.
- [American Girl by Roxanne Fontana](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/american-girl-by-roxanne-fontana/): It would be years before I’d be keen into astrology and all other sorts of divination, but nevertheless there was something very fateful about that day in early July of 1976 when Josephine and I set out for New York City from Elmont.
- [The Orders - Big Foot (Single)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-orders-big-foot-single/): Something is hunting me, rushing through the dark midnight woods I am stumbling, in a dream state, nothing seems to make sense anymore.
- [Jeff Monk LP Reviews July 2017](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/jeff-monk-lp-reviews-july-2017/): During a recording career that is spanned in this 3CD box (1979-1982) U.K.
- [Author - Mark Baxter](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/author-mark-baxter/): We recently caught up with the charming, Jazz loving, hard grafting man-a-bout-town, Author Mark ‘Bax’ Baxter, to talk about what it takes to become an author and his latest book project with Ian Snowball!
- [Jeff Monk Reviews - May 2017](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/jeff-monk-reviews-may-2017/): For their 1972 third album progressive rockers Patto pulled out all the so-called stops to try and get heard beyond their base, which in all honesty was thin on the ground.
- [Low Cut Connie: Dirty Pictures (Part 1)](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/low-cut-connie-dirty-pictures-part-1/): Low Cut Connie: Dirty Pictures (Part 1) (Contender Records) Philadelphia quintet Low Cut Connie is pretty much the brainchild of singer/songwriter/piano pounder Adam Weiner and if its’ latest album is any indication of their future musical trajectory then this is a band to watch.
- [Perfect Past: The Complete Doctors of Madness](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/perfect-past-the-complete-doctors-of-madness/): Perfect Past: The Complete Doctors of Madness (RPM 3-CD set, RPMBX534) The long-overdue repackaging of the Doctors of Madness’ three seminal LPs arrives, and for once, the smart clamshell box and photo-packed booklet are worth the trouble.
- [DozenQ – Darren Deicide](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/dozenq-darren-deicide/): Darren Deicide was born on Halloween in the rhythm and blues filled environment of Chicago.
- [Is Bliss speak to Eyeplug](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/is-bliss-speak-to-eyeplug/): Is Bliss comprise of Jimmy Stuart (Guitar/Voice), Dean Edwards (Bass) and Sam Speakman (Drums) and are based in Portsmouth.
- [Jeff Monk LP Reviews March 2017](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/jeff-monk-lp-reviews-march-2017/): Magnetic Waves of Sound: The Best Of (Esoteric/Cherry Red Recordings) This lavish new set documents Birmingham’s favourite freakbeat quintet The Move in a way that previous compilations have only hinted at.
- [Rhoda Dakar Speaks to Eyeplug](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/rhoda-dakar-speaks-to-eyeplug/): Rhoda Dakar recently took time out from her growingly hectic schedule to speak to The ‘mighty’ Scenester about her current activity including her all new fab EP, ‘The Lotek Four Vol 1’ which is out now.
- [It Suits Me Well – Dave Swarbrick](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/it-suits-me-well-dave-swarbrick/): It Suits Me Well: Dave Swarbrick The Transatlantic Recordings 1976-1983 (Cherry Tree CRTREE017D) Cherry Red’s value pack of four LPs by the late, great Dave Swarbrick, shoehorned onto two CDs, takes in his masterly recordings from the mid-seventies to the early eighties, and is sure to delight all folkies and fiddlers.
- [Edwin Astley - Scenester Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/edwin-astley-scenester-reviews/): International Detective/ Man from Interpol El Records ACMEM321CD This neatly packaged CD contains a snappy selection of work from the prolific Edwin Astley,one who needs no introduction to fans of the TV detective and crime-fantasy genre.
- [Mohair Sweets - Scenester Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/mohair-sweets-scenester-reviews/): Dream Filled Nights An EP of four highly varied works from Mohair Sweets, the eponymous title track has a languorous opening, but soon settles into the sort of hard, gutsy driving blues/rock riff and throaty vocal MS fans will be more familiar with.
- [Action Time Vision - Scenester Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/action-time-vision-scenester-reviews/): A Story of UK Independent Punk 1976-1979 (4 CD Set) (CRCDBOX27) Diamond blades and abrasive discs?
- [Author – Talcott Levy](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/author-talcott-levy/): I didn’t know I could write until I went to university, as a mature student.
- [Author – Pete McKenna](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/author-pete-mckenna/): In the winter of 1995 I was laid off work on the Brighton station job 3 days before Xmas. Talk about a depressing time for me.
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- [Fool Britannia -Scenester Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/fool-britannia-scenester-reviews/): Fool Britannia – Scandal – Stop the World I Want to Get Off – TW3 (El Records ACMemo316CD) ‘Fool Britannia’ takes us back to an age when politicians learnt that respect was earned, not given, and a moment’s indiscretion could bring the house down.
- [Silverhead and Michael Des Barres - Scenester Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/silverhead-and-michael-des-barres-scenester-reviews/): Silverhead (Purple 001) 16 and Savaged (Purple 002) Live At The Rainbow (Purple 003) Three LPs of work by one of the glam rock period’s great forgotten bands, Silverhead, and its singer, later turned actor, Michael Des Barres, is surely one of the year’s most unexpected re-releases.
- [George Jones - Scenester Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/george-jones-scenester-reviews/): A Picture Of Me (Without You) & Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You) Morello MRLL57 It is surely impossible to overrate the importance of George Jones to modern music, with his long, somewhat chequered career that nevertheless netted him some 150 hit records, his numerous marriages and divorces, and his more enduring relationship with the bottle.
- [Kilburn and the High Roads – Longjohn Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/kilburn-and-the-high-roads-longjohn-reviews/): Handsome - Album ‘’I want to book some rooms. We’re a band. There are six of us – one’s a midget, two of us are cripples, and one of the cripples is black’’.
- [Unit 4+2 - Concrete & Clay - Scenester Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/unit-42-concrete-clay-scenester-reviews/): The Complete Recordings (RPM Retro D944) Active between 1964 and 1969, Unit 4+2’s relatively brief career packed in twelve singles, two LPs and a fair number of line-up changes.
- [ASSS Series (Vol 2) -  Jeff Monk Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/asss-series-vol-2-jeff-monk-reviews/): (Dig The Fuzz Records) Let’s do the big reveal right at the top.
- [Andrew Matheson (The Hollywood Brats) Interview](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/andrew-matheson-the-hollywood-brats-interview/): AM: ‘Scripts are rubbish, let’s just trot, let’s go crazy.
- [The Orders - If Gold Dust Turns To Stone](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/the-orders-if-gold-dust-turns-to-stone/): The Orders are a young three-piece creating waves currently on the Isle of Wight and way beyond.
- [Goal! The World Cup 1966 – Longjohn Reviews](https://www.eyeplug.net/magazine/goal-the-world-cup-1966-longjohn-reviews/): Goal! The World Cup 1966 was a documentary about the eighth World Cup and the first ever held in England.
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