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Philip Rambow Trio: London – live review

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…)

The Yachts – Suffice To Say

22nd February 2022 · 1970s, 1977, Music

Liverpool band The Yachts became the UK’s prototype for Power Pop as punk evolved into the New Wave. (more…)

L.A. Witch – Motorcycle Boy

21st February 2022 · 2020s, 2022, Music

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…)

Deep Purple – Help!

19th February 2022 · 1960s, 1968, Music

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…)

Here’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…)

An evening of avant-garde music involving found objects, sampled voices, electronic noises, drums, trombones… and bubblewrap. (more…)