Features
September 29, 2015
The Primitives @ the 100 Club
Last night saw Indie darlings ‘The Primitives’ celebrate the 25th Anniversary of their acclaimed debut…
Music
March 20, 2014
Cherry Red Album Reviews – Mar 2014 by Scenester
Dropping down my chimney via Albatross Post the other day, ‘Poppsaga’ is a pleasing, welcome…
DozenQ
June 5, 2015
DozenQ – Los Thyssen
Los Thyssen was formed in O Grove, Galicia (Spain) in the summer of 2011. Mack…
Culture
December 16, 2019
Richard Cabut explores Fred Vermorel for eyeplug.net
Fred Vermorel is a writer of some repute and, well, disrepute if you are a…
Garage
June 5, 2015
What Would Jesus Drive – Black and Blue
(album, Eye See Sound) Some great albums float pleasantly out of the speakers like a…
DozenQ
July 3, 2015
DozenQ – Sittin’ Idol
Sittin’ Idol, formed in the mountains of Calgary, have been rockin’ stages all across Canada.…
Art
June 5, 2015
DozenQ – Tav Falco
In his work as a visual artist, writer and rock and roll musician Tav Falco…
Hotplugs
August 20, 2015
The Love Affair & Steve Ellis – Scenester LP Review
Of huge interest to blue-eyed soulies and late 60’s pop fans alike, this RPM Records…
Cinema
June 16, 2015
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
The food! There’s just so much damn good food there. Last summer I gained 5…
Music
August 13, 2023
Frankie and the Witch Fingers: ‘Data Doom’
Something is heading our way and it’s coming in fast, hard and slightly insane….’Data Doom’…
Features
June 16, 2015
Album Reviews – September 2012 by Colin Bryce
Nobody Wins, Stax Southern Soul 1968-1975 (Kent/Ace) By all accounts the tail end of Stax…
Music
December 2, 2024
Stuffed Foxes ‘Standardized’
Bristol’s Stolen Body Records have a real knack for unearthing a range of disparate bands…
Music
August 29, 2023
‘Good Time’ with Daiistar
Fuzz Club records have diversified in recent years, building on their position as the main…
Folk
April 29, 2014
Eddi Reader – Nick Churchill’s Interviews
More than 25 years since she topped with charts with Perfect, Fairground Attraction’s relentlessly jaunty…
Features
June 23, 2014
Dub Rifles – No Town No Country
The Dub Rifles kick off this collection of rare as hens teeth recordings taken from…
Hotplugs
June 5, 2015
Chris Phillips – Keep Movin’ On – reviewed by Michelle Coomber
Chris Phillips is a singer/songwriter from South Wales who took a break from the music…
Interviews
June 26, 2019
The Galileo 7: Viv Bonsels, Interview
Prior perception is often so wrong, especially when it comes to The Galileo 7. This…
DozenQ
June 5, 2015
DozenQ – Hot Feet
Hot Feet’s music lives and breathes in the countryside. ‘Wood House’ was written in a…
Indie
February 9, 2018
Toppermost – Eyeplug 10 Indie Blasts
We picked 10 crackers from the golden period of Indie Music (well one of them)…
Glam
June 16, 2015
Roxy Music – ‘Manchester Manifesto’
DVD/CD set, Easy Action/AVF Originally filmed by Granada TV in May 1979, this concert from…
DozenQ
March 26, 2014
DozenQ – The Intermission Project
Jim Rubaduka and Alex Stevens, two former Primary School friends were reunited at Sixth Form…
Cinema
June 16, 2015
Searching For Sugar Man 2012 (Film Review)
If this review has reached you too late and your local cinema is no longer…
DozenQ
June 16, 2015
DozenQ – JOANovARC
The girls hail from London and the Home Counties and have built up their strong…
Features
June 5, 2015
Interview with Andy Ellison
I met the enigmatic Andy Ellison for afternoon drinks in Soho. Betraying his previous hedonistic…
Blues
June 5, 2015
The Montecristos: LP Review by Colin Bryce
I was very pleased to see the great rock writer Nina Antonia listed as co-writer…
Hotplugs
May 5, 2015
Cherry Red Album Reviews – May 2015 by Scenester
Cherry Pop have released a lavish CD reissue of Basia’s 1990 LP, which repeated the…
Features
June 16, 2015
Garry Bushell talks to Eyeplug
Garry Bushell should be well-known to most of you eyeplug readers for at least one…
Garage
June 5, 2015
Thee Hypnotics – Come Down Heavy (album, Situa)
Come Down Heavy is a behemoth of an album that presses down upon the senses…
Beats
June 16, 2015
Watch The Closing Doors – A History of New York’s Musical Melting Pot Vol. 1 (1945-59)
(2 CD set, Future Noise) Often, the hallmark of a genuinely brilliant concept is that…
Cult
June 5, 2015
Re- Assessed: Their Satanic Majesties Request
Re-AssessedRe- Assessed: Their Satanic Majesties RequestThis piece is written to silence the haters, coax the…
