Now specialising solely in the reissuing of their vast and highly impressive back catalogue across a variety of formats and packaging Beggars Arkive have served up a lavish dessert with Love and Rockets The Albums […]
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Torched Review – Night Crickets – A Free Society By Andrew J Brooksbank
NIGHT CRICKETS – A FREE SOCIETY An unusual alliance brings together a San Francisco born and current Northern California based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, a drummer from a hugely influential Wisconsin based folk/punk fusion (Violent Femmes) […]
Bauhaus Bau-Out, London Review By Andrew J. Brooksbank
BAUHAUS BAU-OUT BRIXTON ACADEMY FRIDAY 19TH AUGUST 2022 Unlike many of their contemporaries Bauhaus never chose to join any retro circuit, unquestionable integrity, playing their own game and by their own rules. Like any truly […]
GARY NUMAN TORCHED Live Review / Gallery – The Ventura Music Hall Ventura, Ca 2022
Gary Numan Torched Live Review / Gallery – The Ventura Music Hall, Ventura CA 4-5-2022. Gary Numan recently performed at the new concert venue in Ventura, CA, The Ventura Music Hall. A large crowd , […]
WALK ON PRESS Releases Rare ‘The Birthday Party’ Images in New Art Book!
Walk On Press releases a brilliantly pieced together art book/zine that shares a vary rare moment in history for the band The Birthday Party! The imagery brings to life the grittiness and raw emotion of their […]
Bauhaus Live Review From The Alexandra Palace, London 2021
Oh! What a circus, Oh! What a show, the Glittering Darkness has come to town. Bauhaus and the Ally Pally, more divorces than Burton and Taylor, the marriage was finally consummated on Halloween’s eve. Berlin’s […]
Torched Review – Marty Willson-Piper And Niko Röhlcke’s MOAT ‘Poison Stream’
Marty Willson-Piper (The Church, All About Eve, Noctorum) and multi-instrumentalist/composer Niko Röhlcke (Weeping Willows) have teamed up once again for the ingenious new MOAT album entitled Poison Stream via Schoolkids Records, a follow-up to their […]
Torched Review – The Dark Flowers ‘Death Valley 69’ FT David J and Char
Indie Dark Country act The Dark Flowers return with a teaser four track EP entitled Death & Desire for Indian Summer, its second studio album, to be released late 2021. “The EP is a direct […]
John Fryer’s Black Needle Noise Reinvents Classic ‘What A Wonderful World’ Ft. Tom Berger
John Fryer’s Black Needle Noise returns with a strikingly dark version of Louis Armstrong’s classic ‘What A Wonderful World’ featuring vocalist Tom Berger. This is the second single, following ‘She Talks To Angels’ ft Anjela […]
Reissue Of Tones On Tail’s Album ‘POP’ Reviewed By Andrew J Brooksbank
TONES ON TAIL – ‘POP’ – (US RSD AUGUST 2020) Rewrapped in a shimmering fresh palette and with the original track listing fully restored, ‘Pop’ makes a welcome return to American turntables for August’s […]
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