Billy Nomates teams up with Hugh Cornwell of her late father’s favourite band The Stranglers, on the song Dark Horse Friend.

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Here’s another tune from Long March Through The Jazz Age, the forthcoming final album by The Saints.

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A sad day indeed: this is the first song I heard by Blancmange – and now stands now as a poignant elegy for Stephen Luscombe.

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Whimsical, quirky and quintessentially English, Lifeline is Wreckless Eric’s hymn to seaside towns in general, and Eastbourne in particular. (more…)

Aussie proto-punks The Saints release the final song recorded by singer Chris Bailey before his death in April 2019.

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New Australian quartet Bleak Squad make their debut with a dark and doom-laden slice of gothic noir called Lost My Head.

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I don’t normally like this sort of thing but Slady – the all-female Slade tribute band – are just brilliant, right down to the sandpaper rasp of “Gobby Holder.”

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Heart began their mid-Seventies success with this single, Magic Man, about the time Ann Wilson met and fell in love with Mike Fisher.

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How fantastic is this! Eddie Palmieri’s music instantly puts a smile on your face, fills you with joy, and makes you want to start dancing.

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