No No not literally! This is not breaking news and I assume if like me you are a long time Beastie Boys fan you would already now this. If not and you’re just a fan of music you might be aware, but hold the front pages ……… Mike D aka Michael Diamond aka Clarence has…
Yes, 35 years ago today, the alternative rock band R.E.M. that you would have to be literally living under a rock to not know released their seventh studio album, the defining masterpiece, “Out of Time”. Released on March 12, 1991, the ‘at the time somewhat cult’ band overnight went from being that band that had…
The Music Venue Trust and The National Lottery have announced ‘Everywhere At Once’, billed as The UK’s Biggest Festival on what would normally have been Glastonbury Festival Weekend which would see 210,000 revellers, workers, artists and performers enjoy a week of music. Imagine if that many people got involved with grass roots venues across the…
To give the title to this post some context, I have been a fand of the Foo Fighters since the beginning, post-Nirvana with the release of the self titled Foo Fighters in 1995. The first 8 albums are still on a sporadic regular rotation of mine, at least a slection of tracks from each of…
I don’t know how I missed this yesterday on the main UK media channels but my phone seems to have caught up with the world and my feeds informed me that LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER is UK’s Eurovision entry for 2006. I will be watching this year, previous years, for as long as I can…
Released on this day 40 years ago, 17 February 1986, The Colour of Spring is the third studio album by English band Talk Talk, written by Mark Hollis and producer Tim Friese-Greene. The Talk Talk albums that came before it had much more of a synthesized pop sound, synthesizers are rarely featured on the album, being replaced by guitar, piano, and organ….
Save the Date -Saturday 18th April If you didnt already Record Store Day is the anticipated day for some when over 300 independent record shops across the UK and Ireland come together to celebrate music in the one way they know how. Click here to download the RSD2006 PDF – Or just look at the…
29 years ago today, February 3rd 1997, British electronic band Depeche Mode released ‘Barrel of a Gun’ as the first single from the studio album ‘Ultra’. Some will never have heard it, some will shrug their shoulders and say ‘and’ but to the devout, this was a major moment in the history of one of…
Victorious Festival do not release there heavily anticipated lineup until next week but rumours are rife on the internet as to who many think or want them to be. One thing is for sure, if past years are anything to go by we won’t be disappointed. A highlight leading up to the release of the…
Before I reflect on an evening spent watching Depeche Mode M in IMAX I need to say it’s great to see great Arthouse films getting made. This was a true Arthouse passion project. If you search what that means Google will tell you “Arthouse films are independent, often experimental, films intended for a niche market…
