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 […]
Category: Reviews
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 […]
Black Needle Noise Releases Single ‘She Talks To Angels’ Ft. Anjela Piccard off Forthcoming Album ‘These Mortal Covers’ Via Cleopatra Records
John Fryer’s Black Needle Noise recently signed to the legendary Cleopatra Records label for it’s forthcoming ‘This Mortal Covers’ album. The first single ‘She Talks To Angels’ features the vocals of actress Anjela Piccard […]
Senegal’s Fakeba and Legendary Music Producer John Fryer Team Up For The Ground Breaking Album ‘Jotna’
Senegal’s Fakeba and Producer John Fryer have truly set the bar with their latest collaborative effort, the extraordinary full length album Jotna. The music takes us on a journey here that fuses genres and […]
Torched Live Review – Silversun Pickups At The Observatory In Santa Ana
SILVERSUN PICKUPS Gallery And Review By Tony Smith @ The Observatory OC in Santa Ana, CA on 2-5-20 This was my fourth time seeing SILVERSUN PICKUPS (SSPU) perform live and it wouldn’t be […]
Torched Live Review – Mick Harvey Of The Bad Seeds Plays A Solo Show At KC Grad In Belgrade
Mick Harvey at KC Grad in Belgrade Written by: Radmila Djurica The magnificent Mick Harvey, founder of The Birthday Party and one of the main authors of fabulous Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds […]
Torched Live Review – Automatic At The Echo In Los Angeles
Automatic Live At The Echo In Los Angeles 1/16/2020 Review and Photo Gallery By Tony Smith Making the 1.5 hour trek from Orange County, CA to Los Angeles, CA in Southern California traffic is […]
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