News
June 5, 2015
Disco Inferno – ‘The 5 EPs’ released 12/09/11 on One Little Indian
We’re hated … and the reason we’re hated is that we’re ‘pretentious’ enough to try…
Soul
June 5, 2015
SongCraft: Dr. John – Such a Night
Dr. John, or Mac Rebennack as known to friends and family, is universally celebrated as…
Hotplugs
June 5, 2015
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…
Garage
June 5, 2015
Fuzztones – ‘Preaching To The Perverted’
(album, Stag O Lee) Garage legends the Fuzztones’ first studio set since 2008’s parpin’ Horny…
Features
April 9, 2014
The Primitives @ The Lexington
Last night saw Buzz Saw Indie Jingle Jangle maestros The Primitives play the first of…
Blues
May 8, 2017
Low Cut Connie: Dirty Pictures (Part 1)
Low Cut Connie: Dirty Pictures (Part 1) (Contender Records) Philadelphia quintet Low Cut Connie is…
Garage
June 5, 2015
Thee Oh Sees – Castlemania
(album, In The Red) This is head food for hungry heads. Whereas the Californian combos…
Art
June 5, 2015
60s Comics: A Brief History (Part 1)
The Sixties brought the wind of revolution into modern life. We now take this simple…
June 5, 2015
Bob Meyer interviews Josienne Clarke
Bob Meyer's Folk Companion Bob Meyer’s Folk Companion –12 June Bob Meyer’s Folk Companion –…
Hair
June 5, 2015
Barbershop 1950’s
This film gives a detailed view of what barber and beauty shops were like before…
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…
Blues
June 5, 2015
DozenQ – Dara
Dara is a singer songwriter whose brand of story telling encompasses tales of heartache, despair…
Art
June 16, 2015
Warhol Is Here
You might be thinking, as I was, that almost everything that could be said about…
Music
September 2, 2024
Upupayáma – Mount Elephant
The ‘Mount Elephant’ journey flutters into being with ‘Moon Needs The Wolf’; acoustic guitar, flute…
DozenQ
March 26, 2014
DozenQ – The Intermission Project
Jim Rubaduka and Alex Stevens, two former Primary School friends were reunited at Sixth Form…
DozenQ
June 5, 2015
DozenQ – Ravens In Paris
01 How did the band get together? We used to be in a band backing…
November 7, 2013
Gun Club Cemetery – Eyefocus 359 Music
Eyefocus 359 Music Alan McGee – Eyefocus 359 Music John Lennon McCullagh – Eyefocus 359…
Eyeplugs
November 7, 2016
The Cramps – Longjohn Reviews
Magnificent – 62 Classics from The Cramps Insane Collection This compilation is another installment of…
Hotplugs
August 2, 2016
Unit 4+2 – Concrete & Clay – Scenester Reviews
The Complete Recordings (RPM Retro D944) Active between 1964 and 1969, Unit 4+2’s relatively brief…
DozenQ
April 7, 2014
DozenQ – Free From Gravity
Inspired by classic rock acts like The Eagles, Pink Floyd & U2, the UK based…
Hotplugs
February 17, 2015
Scott Morgan Review – Feb 2015 by Colin Bryce
Scott Morgan Revolutionary Action (Easy Action) I first heard of Scott Morgan and his band…
Folk
March 9, 2016
Jeff Monk LP Reviews March 2016
Roo Panes Paperweights (CRC Records) With his sophomore album, the wonderful “Paperweights”, Dorset born Andrew…
Funk
June 16, 2015
Cherry Red Album Reviews – May 2013 by Colin Bryce
The Isley Brothers Isley Brothers – Winner Takes All (BBR/Cherry Red) This is funk/soul legends…
DozenQ
August 29, 2015
DozenQ – The Bear Social
The Bear Social are a four-piece indie/alternative outfit from the South of England who specialise…
Culture
May 25, 2017
Author – Mark Baxter
We recently caught up with the charming, Jazz loving, hard grafting man-a-bout-town, Author Mark ‘Bax’…
June 16, 2015
And The Press Went Mad
Simon Morgan's Secret War Letting The Train Take The Strain Year Double Zero And The…
Beats
August 29, 2015
DozenQ – FOG project
FOG project was an idea hatched during a fog drenched, cold and wet evening walk…
Dark
April 6, 2018
Enjoy Yourself! In The Witching Hour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwfG4pWcj0Y The Enjoy Yourself! crew sell their souls and head out for a week on…
