Tag: 2024

NEWS: Bob Dylan and The Band: 'The 1974 Live Recordings'

NEWS: Bob Dylan and The Band: ‘The 1974 Live Recordings’

Bob Dylan – The 1974 Live Recordings, New 431-Track Collection Of The Artist’s Arena Performances With The Band, To Be Released Across 27 Discs On Columbia Records / Legacy Recordings, September 20 Deluxe Box Set Features 417 Previously Unreleased Performances, Newly-Mixed…

NEWS: The Mad Walls: Have You Heard the News?

NEWS: The Mad Walls: Have You Heard the News?

Eight years since the breath taking Somewhere Anywhere EP, The Mad Walls return to set a light to the psych rock bonfire with this gorgeous, floatily heavy, effortlessly groovy and sublimely sinuous debut LP. Driven by bone shaking acoustic guitar,…

REVIEW: Download Festival 2024

REVIEW: Download Festival 2024

Willy Wonka missed a trick. His river of chocolate was not the perfect recipe for making a luxurious smooth brown paste. Throw in a couple days of hard rain to fresh green acres of fields in the middle of Leicestershire,…

REVIEW: Pet Shop Boys Birmingham 8.6.24

REVIEW: Pet Shop Boys Birmingham 8.6.24

Hanging around lamp posts late at night has often been an occupation met with risk, ambiguity and certain sense of not knowing what’s going to happen next. Bring synth pop legends Pet Shop Boys into this aquation and you’ll probably…

REVIEW: Paul Weller 66

REVIEW: Paul Weller 66

The year 1958; Sweden held the FIFA World Cup, Sputnik 1 re-entered the atmosphere & burnt up, whilst Gibson patented the Flying V Guitar. Other significant musical appearances included the release of All I Have To Do Is Dream The…

LIVE REVIEW: Ocean Colour Scene Leicester O2 17.5.24

LIVE REVIEW: Ocean Colour Scene Leicester O2 17.5.24

Birmingham’s finest exponents of Jumpin’ Jack Flash grooves, Bless The Weather folk and Ticket To Ride pop triumphantly returned to the live circuit on a warm Friday night at Leicester’s 02. 60’s songstress PP Arnold opens proceedings with her unmistakable,…

INTERVIEW: The Prisoners Graham Day Speaks!

INTERVIEW: The Prisoners Graham Day Speaks!

The Prisoners are the high octane, lethal injection 80’s mod/beat group who released sensational material at the time and are now going through a period of equally addictive sounds reforming for a spate of gigs and now ready to release…

REVIEW: The Beach Boys by The Beach Boys

REVIEW: The Beach Boys by The Beach Boys

‘I think it’s the heart that you put into what you’re doing that’s important. Each member of the Beach Boys puts their whole heart and soul’ Dennis Wilson, ‘We were really an accident, but a good accident.’ Al Jardine,  ‘There’s…

LIVE REVIEW: Paul Weller Leicester 9.4.24

LIVE REVIEW: Paul Weller Leicester 9.4.24

Search the meaning of the word aging brings up these phrases; crumbling, declining, fading, fermenting, mellowing, slumping, stale and waning. Whilst this might describe ancient trees decaying through millenniums of misuse and misguided care, slowing down or taking a breather…