Factory Records’ roads less travelled are explored in rare artefacts, books, film, music and more as Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum brings the label’s legacy home: USE HEARING PROTECTION: The Early Years of Factory Records Rarely and never-before-seen photographs, artwork…
On 4th June, Demon Music Group will release 180g coloured vinyl reissues of three albums of the mid-late ‘90s. Manchester-based band Audioweb were renowned for their exciting mix of alternative rock, reggae and electronica. They compromised of vocalist Martin ‘Sugar’…
Who’s the coolest guitarist in the world? It’s Andy Summers of course. He’s a pretty cool writer too, having written since his days in The Police and now, for the first time, a collection of 45 short stories will be…
Melanie C, The Selecter and Heather Small amongst new list of artists announced to join Richard Ashcroft and Supergrass at Splendour, Wollaton Park, Nottingham Saturday 24 July 2021 The full line-up for the 2021 edition of Splendour Festival has now…
Working with Captain Beefheart has been described as hard work, often a task masker who had a vision in his mind how he wanted his music to be played but it would take days, weeks if not months for his…
Das Wasteland Records takes off with ‘sonic polaroid of Berlin’s musical culture’. The Berlin-based record label’s debut compilation vinyl features Tim Burgess, Mark Reeder, King Khan, Nathan (Fat White Family) Saoudi, Saint Leonard, Stony Sugarskull, Drab City, Otto Von Bismark…
Former Wicked Whisper front man Michael Robert Murphy has been releasing some sumptuous solo singles digitally over the past year of so, however his latest release see’s a limited edition double A-Side 7″ Vinyl of PUZZLES / HOLDING ON. The…
This middle weekend of May 2021 is turning into some sort of Paul Weller explosion! Friday saw the release of Fat Pop on Polydor Records, widely regarded as yet another master stroke in the Modfathers vastly lauded musical adventures, we…
Nigel Lees is the mastermind behind one of the most exciting and inventive reissue record labels around in the current music market. Having released sumptuous releases by The Artwoods, The Action plus fascinating compilation releases entitled 17 From Morden and…
Preceding the pending release of The Yardbirds 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition of their classic 1966 album Roger The Engineer released on the Demon Music Group label, Gigslutz speaks to their drummer Jim McCarty to discuss his upbringing, the background…