Tag: The Verve

ALBUM: Shadowparty ‘Shadowparty’

Scratch the surface of the music demimonde today and you’ll find yourself entering a place to which you are very well accustomed. Despite the fresh gloss of the modern industry, there is still the stuff of old to get your…

LIVE: Richard Ashcroft, Echo Arena, Liverpool, 07.12.16

If you ever wondered what happened to those mid-90s indie-haircut-wearing, gig-going devotees, they were in all in Liverpool’s Echo Arena last week. It’s not your average December Wednesday up north; it’s 16 degrees Celsius and one of the UK’s most…

New Track: The Gravity Drive – ‘Kaleidoscope’

Electrically charged track ‘Kaleidoscope’ is the new offering from husband and wife duo The Gravity Drive. Mixed by The Verve’s Chris Potter and due to be released on January 6th 2017, Bridport-based Elijah and Ava Wolf have filled this number…

ALBUM: Richard Ashcroft ’These People’

Rating: Swaggering down the street as an unwavering force in his wallabies in the video to ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’, Richard Ashcroft burst onto my radar in 1997 and I have been a fan since. Ashcroft is a man on a journey;…

20 Classic Albums Turning 20 in 2015

2015 promises to be a great year for album releases. But it’ll take some doing to top the number of great albums released 20 years ago… 1995 saw Britpop reach hit its plateau. The Verve, Elastica and Pulp delivered seminal records,…