REVIEW: Small Faces live 1966
The Small Faces were the mouth watering four piece who emerged out of London with a charming swagger other bands struggled to attain, the band’s music lit up the hit parade holding a firm place in fans hearts at the…
The Small Faces were the mouth watering four piece who emerged out of London with a charming swagger other bands struggled to attain, the band’s music lit up the hit parade holding a firm place in fans hearts at the…
Scorcha! Skins, Suedes and Style From The Streets 1967-1973 by Paul ‘Smiler’ Anderson and Mark Baxter, with a foreword by Madness front man Suggs. If the title, the authors or Suggs doesn’t excite you, maybe think again. Anderson is the…
If you were sober enough in mid 1996 you might not have been able to avoid the flurry of fever pitched excitement for Manchester’s Oasis as they headlined their own Spike Island at the vast and lavish lawns of Knebworth,…
Back in the early 80’s it was hard to find a singer / songwriter who didn’t have a brightly coloured electric keyboard strapped to their midrift, the art of playing the guitar in the good old fashioned way, even those…
COMING SOON: THE STONE ROSES – WHERE ANGELS PLAY – SPIKE ISLAND 27 MAY 1990 Andy Phillips’ forthcoming photozine release with Hanging Around Books features images of The Stone Roses captured before and during the band’s iconic Spike Island appearance…
Scorcha! Skins, Suedes and Style fromthe Streets 1967-1973 By Paul ‘Smiler’ Anderson and Mark Baxter Foreword by Suggs Published 9th September Preorder HERE “I thought it was a great cultural movement, the music, the look, they’re things that have shaped…
KENNEY JONES ON A MISSION TO BEAT THE BOOTLEGGERS! LAUNCHES OWN INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL TO PROTECT LIVE & PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDINGS – NICE RECORDS FIRST ALBUM OUT BOASTS EARLIEST KNOWN RECORDING OF A SMALL FACES CONCERT – FULLY RESTORED, NEWLY-MASTERED…
When mentioning Hammond organ players, names that roll off the tongue as being in the legendary category might include Booker T Jones, Ian McLagan and Jimmy Smith, to name but a few in a long line who have taken up…
Normality is elastic and in the world of Novelty Island the twang of the intoxicatingly surreal reverberates around latest single, Michael Afternoon, an electrified, lo-fi chug in and out of the life of a smudged storybook character. Crossing the wires of Revolver-era Beatles and the slacker…
Critically-adored sonic explorers, The Boo Radleys will return with their first new music in over two decades, releasing the dark beauty of A Full Syringe And Memories Of You on Thu 8 July 2021. Originally immersed in the category of…