Graham Day (ex-Prisoners front man) explains the process and circumstances which lead him to record his debut solo album The Master Of None, which is being released via Acid Jazz off shot label Countdown Records on 25th March 2022: ‘In…
The music world has never been the same since World Of Twist, Earl Brutus and The Dials introduced their spell binding, hypnotic beats to an unsuspecting audience. Following intriguing social media posts the aforementioned bands have connections to a psychedelic…
Paul Weller, Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler aka The Jam are still as relevant, refreshing and exciting as they were when they broke through the cloud of late 70’s musical mediocrity adorned in sharp suits and haircuts, their stand out…
Following the release of Dodgy’s long awaited box set release entitled A&M Years which catalogues the bands emergence in the early 90’s before going on to be one of the most familiar bands of the period, breaking through with a…
As other compilations might have the repeated treadmill of artists and exhausted ideas, Eddie Piller, the head honcho behind the continuingly explorative Acid Jazz record label that found the likes of The Brand New Heavies, Corduroy and many many more…
Photo: Gary Prior / Visionhaus Often before you hear them on the Radio, the Telly, or Hot New Bands; before they’ve got a manager or an agent; before you see them smashing the main stages…it’s more than likely they’ll…
YEAH BOYEEEE! It’s that time, time for the Gigslutz top 20 joints of the year time. The usual mulled mix of emerging artists that have given us hope for the future – The Reytons, The Skinner Brothers, RATS and The Snuts…
London-based Desert Ships return with ‘Fire on the Moon’, the latest cut from their forthcoming third LP ‘Heavy Soup’. Echoing the immediacy of previous BBC Radio 6 favoured single ‘Neon’, ‘Fire on the Moon’ also evokes the tight hooks of…
Review and images by Jonathan Taylor Instagram; jonathantaylorphotography To celebrate the release of their album “A Head Full of Ideas”, which is a career spanning best of record that encapsulates their remarkable musical career since the 1990’s, The Charlatans take…
As of old, the liquor flows and the young professionals sprawl and swarm across the ground floor bar. A poodle tethered to a table leg shoots me a long enquiring look as if to ask “Here we are, again?” We’re…