Hotplugs
July 26, 2015
Jeff Monk LP Reviews July 2015
Stiv Bator Do You Believe in Magyck? (Easy Action) This two-disc live/studio set completes the…
Beats
July 3, 2015
DozenQ – Galilee
GALILEE is an electronic alter ego of multi-genre musician/songwriter/producer Douglas Garnett also known as DiGDuGDisaster.…
Eyeplugs
March 14, 2014
Vic Godard – 30 Odd Years (Part 2)
A classic classy track written by the magical Billy Taylor and Dick Dallas team, with…
Culture
November 30, 2015
Author – Steve Piper
Good question. All I do know is that I was born in the glorious year…
Features
June 29, 2016
The Hollywood Brats – Longjohn Reviews
In 1971 an 18-year-old Andrew Matheson arrived in London with just a guitar, a few…
Glam
June 16, 2015
50 Ft Woman – ‘Menage à Trois’
(EP, own label) Debut EP from a London quintet who emerge with a well-released image…
Music
June 5, 2015
The Damned – ‘Machine Gun Etiquette’ Anniversary Live Set
2 DVD, 1 CD set (Easy Action/AVF) Something of a bumper compendium arranged around the…
Bands
October 9, 2024
Black Doldrums – ‘In Limerence’
Black Doldrums have been growing in stature over the last few years with their live…
Music
April 7, 2014
Cherry Red Album Reviews – Mar 2014 by Long John
Pop Goes the Easel: The Start of the Swinging Sixties is a 2 CD set…
Rockabilly
June 5, 2015
Rockabilly
Giving the source of rock’n’roll its full dues, Eyeplug’s rockabilly pages chart the full course…
Instruments
June 5, 2015
tonym: My 1959 Gibson Les Paul TV Junior
Following on from my recent piece about guitar collecting, eyeplug have asked me to write…
Indie
June 5, 2015
IndiePlugs From Boo
These 10 tunes were culled from Spotify so represent what is searchable and findable and…
Exotica
March 14, 2014
Showplug: Rayguns Look Real Enough@The Legion
Rayguns Look Real Enough, the world's greatest mash-up band. Comprised of two members Ray Gunn…
Rockabilly
June 5, 2015
Cramps Jukebox
The Cramps Jukebox puts together a nice selection of original cuts that made up some…
News
June 16, 2015
Dum Dum Girls – New album, ‘Only In Dreams’ due 26 September
EYEPLUG favourites, the Dum Dum Girls release their second album, Only In Dreams is set…
Taboo
June 16, 2015
Backmasking = Gniksamkcab?
Backwards messages, known as Backmasking, in songs have been around since the Beatles (Tomorrow Never…
June 16, 2015
Letting The Train Take The Strain
Simon Morgan's Secret War Letting The Train Take The Strain Year Double Zero And The…
Blues
March 12, 2014
DozenQ – John Cee Stannard
I’ve been a singer-songwriter for more than fifty years and during that time I have…
Genres
December 19, 2013
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…
Festivals
June 5, 2015
Shaved Fish Stage @WOWFest 2012
The Shaved Fish stage at WOWfest this August will be showcasing the new and exciting…
Eyeplugs
January 14, 2014
Dave Taylor talks to Eyeplug
Punk though, got me hooked on music. I borrowed ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’ when it…
Gigs
June 16, 2015
Scared To Get Happy: A Story Of Indie Pop 1980-1989
Last night saw Cherry Red Records launch the ‘Scared To Get Happy’ compilation in fine…
Blues
August 16, 2015
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…
DozenQ
June 16, 2015
DozenQ – JOANovARC
The girls hail from London and the Home Counties and have built up their strong…
Music
August 29, 2023
‘Good Time’ with Daiistar
Fuzz Club records have diversified in recent years, building on their position as the main…
Hotplugs
January 4, 2017
Mohair Sweets – Scenester Reviews
Dream Filled Nights An EP of four highly varied works from Mohair Sweets, the eponymous…
News
June 5, 2015
AMEBIX – NEW SINGLE
‘Knights of the Black Sun’ – Released 6 June Cult British underground heavyweights AMEBIX have…
Beats
June 16, 2015
Tupac: A ‘Thug’ Afterlife
Tupac: Not more than hardly ... There's a whole mess of us stuck here; Elvis…
News
June 5, 2015
Brain Killer – New Album, US Tour
Boston punks Brain Killer take their chops from Discharge, their politics from Crass, their graphic influence…
