"Brexit was all about creating an illusion of consensus for something that is negative for the country and most people in it, using lies and trolls, fake news, fake views," Folk Rocker and activist Tom Moriarty assesses the state of the nation.
Compass sees the Ummagma duo extending their range across multiple genres and influences to make a record which sounds both otherworldly and yet curiously familiar.
Standout track Psycho Erotic sees the duo at their most wanton, Snaith's bestial guitars like a wolf pawing at the floor, while Bach purrs "He gets me all fired up, and hot and hot!". Blimey, pass the smelling salts!
"It honestly was a Field Of Dreams moment … sort of ‘if you build it they will come’. The first two singers that said yes, and actually came to our studio to do vocalsm were Robin Zander and Al Jourgensen. Not a bad duo to start with!"
Yes you always know exactly what you're gonna get from the Sheffield crooner....SCREEEAW!! BALAAM!! DANANGANANG!! er, hang on a minute.... have I put on a Godfathers record by mistake?
First released 17 years ago, David felt to the song had a new resonance in the light of the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the #MeToo movement, which shook the Hollywood movie industry to its foundations.
Line ups and final running orders have been announced for this year’s Camden Rocks festival which takes place on June 1-2. More than 400 bands will be performing in 20 venues across the North London borough during the event, which celebrates Camden’s long running support for live music. Big selling folk punker Frank Turner is Saturday’s headliner, due on stage at […]
Best known for their appearance on Nirvana‘s MTV Unplugged performance in 1993, Meat Puppets have been quietly churning out consistently fine records in a variety of genres for the best part of 40 years. Dusty Notes is the first album brothers Curt and Cris Kirkwood have made with original drummer Derrick Bostrom since 1995’s No Joke!. The trio are augmented by the keyboards of jazz-trained virtuoso Ron Stabinsky, with […]