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Geordie soul boy Eric Burdon teamed up with California funksters War to make this idiosyncratic cover of a Rolling Stones song. (more…)
Gary Brooker was the Hackney-born pianist and singer with Britain’s originators of progressive rock, Procol Harum. (more…)
Liverpool band The Yachts became the UK’s prototype for Power Pop as punk evolved into the New Wave. (more…)
L.A.Witch are a kind of psychedelic surfer stoner trio who sound like the Jesus & Mary Chain might have done if they’d come from the Valley instead of a high-rise council estate outside Glasgow. (more…)
Here’s a bit of history… the first time Deep Purple ever appeared on TV. It was 1968, they chose a Beatles song, and they seem to be on a roof top. Dunno where that idea came from. (more…)
Marianne Faithfull made a comeback, a generation after she came to fame in the Sixties, with the powerful Broken English. (more…)
The Feelies – Everybody’s Got Something To Hide (Except Me And My Monkey)
16th February 2022 · 1980, 1980s, MusicHere’s a Beatles cover by The Feelies, whose 1980 debut album was a landmark in the New Wave that followed punk. (more…)
Siouxsie & The Banshees brought punk fire and fury to their cover of Helter Skelter, written by John Lennon for The Beatles. (more…)
Sophie Cooper + Prangers + Tonia Ko – Live at Cafe Oto, Dalston
14th February 2022 · 2020s, 2022, Music, UncategorisedAn evening of avant-garde music involving found objects, sampled voices, electronic noises, drums, trombones… and bubblewrap. (more…)