Garage
June 5, 2015
Milk Maid – ‘Yucca’
(album, Suffering Jukebox/FatCat) This debut set from a quartet fronted by Nine Black Alps bassist…
News
June 5, 2015
Hawkwind, Wilko Johnson – Aylesbury Friars gig
Hawkwind, Wilko Johnson and Kris Needs to play landmark Friars gig, 28 May Aylesbury’s legendary…
Culture
February 23, 2016
Author – Howard Baker (Sawdust Caesar)
Sawdust Caesar: Omnibus Edition by Howard Baker (HB Publishing) For those of you fed up…
Features
November 26, 2013
The Darling Buds talk to Eyeplug
I started singing in an all girl band at school, and this was very 60’s…
Punk
June 5, 2015
The Crassical Collection: The Feeding of the 5000 – Crass
In terms of punk rock’s political legacy, it’s difficult to overstate the primacy of Crass.…
Eyeplugs
February 8, 2018
Turin Brakes
The latest addition to this year’s Purbeck Folk Festival, Turin Brakes join the festival’s strongest…
Classic
July 3, 2015
Blue Mink – LP Review
The Singles Collection – Blue Mink (Glam CD 124) Take yourself back to the early…
Features
January 4, 2014
The Art of Modern Slot Machines
Slot machines have a secret as to why they remain the most popular attractions in…
Hotplugs
February 26, 2014
Sproutless reviewed by Scenester
It’s not often that a CD turns up on my doorstep, packed with the most…
Hotplugs
August 2, 2016
Unit 4+2 – Concrete & Clay – Scenester Reviews
The Complete Recordings (RPM Retro D944) Active between 1964 and 1969, Unit 4+2’s relatively brief…
Hotplugs
October 16, 2014
Cherry Red Album Reviews – Oct 2014 by Long John
The Incredibly Strange Record Club Various Artists Inspired by the Cramps crazy record collection Volume…
Eyeplugs
April 18, 2016
Another Splash of Colour – Longjohn Reviews
“Another Splash of Colour (New Psychedelia in Britain 1980-85)’’ is arguably the first comprehensive overview…
Articles
June 16, 2015
DozenQ – Eight Rounds Rapid
I always knew it was important to make new things. We are from this place.…
DozenQ
June 5, 2015
DozenQ – Simon Wells
Last year saw the release of Simon Wells' critically acclaimed album "Sometimes In The Morning".…
Hotplugs
April 26, 2015
Cherry Red Album Reviews – Apr 2015 by Scenester
If you subscribe to the argument that today’s pop music is so worked, honed and…
Fashion
June 5, 2015
Space-Age Futurism Fashion 60’s
A short clip about the gorgeous futuristic fashion of the 1960's from designers like Pierre…
Hair
June 5, 2015
Barbershop 1950’s
This film gives a detailed view of what barber and beauty shops were like before…
Indie
May 28, 2014
Cherry Red Album Reviews – May 2014 by Long John
Northside Shall We Take A Trip: The Factory Recordings 1990-1991 Manchester band Northside receive the full…
Art
April 1, 2015
ArtsQ – Jack Melville
At the moment I am busy producing a series of drawings with a fashion theme…
July 20, 2015
Indie Icons – BMX Bandits
Cherry Red Icons Indie Icons – the Wolfhounds Indie Icons – 14 Iced Bears Indie…
Events
January 28, 2014
Showplug: Nick Churchill @The Legion
For instance, the chapters in Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Beatles & Bournemouth all take their…
Hotplugs
August 26, 2016
George Jones – Scenester Reviews
A Picture Of Me (Without You) & Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as…
Hotplugs
January 4, 2016
Scenester LP Reviews January 2016
Among the many punk originals, Eater had something on their side which few others had;…
Articles
February 2, 2018
John Lydon – Nick Churchill’s Interviews
PiL has had something like 49 different members! We joke about that, but in a…
March 12, 2019
Gary Powell (Enjoy Yourself!) bares witness to Muertos
Enjoy Yourself! JuJu/Psychic Lemon – Leicester Soundhouse Return of The Pack by Dave Taylor Gary…
October 14, 2013
HEY DJ! – Terry Casey
Hey! DJ HEY DJ! Sir Eon Ballinger – London Calling HEY DJ! – Eyeplug talks…
Indie
June 5, 2015
WU LYF – ‘Go Tell Fire To The Mountain’
(album, LYF Recordings) The most hyped new English group of the last decade? My editor…
DozenQ
October 9, 2013
DozenQ – The Daydream Club
Adam Pickering and Paula Walker met while studying at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts…
Garage
June 5, 2015
Thee Oh Sees – Castlemania
(album, In The Red) This is head food for hungry heads. Whereas the Californian combos…
Art
June 5, 2015
God Save The Queen: Kunst, Kraak, Punk – 1977-84
Picking my way around the medieval city of Utrecht, eventually coming upon the Centraal Museum…
