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The Best of (2009)


Fascinating compilation of the work of under-rated and forgotten late 70s French pioneers of electro dance, Space


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Interviews

Seth Lakeman
Interview Seth Lakeman - Interview

Folk artist and multi-instrumentalist Seth Lakeman talks to Nick Dent-Robinson about his new album 'The Well Worn Path', and touring for two years as a member of Robert Plant's band Sensational Space Shifters.


Raf and O
Interview Raf and O - Interview

South London avant-pop duo Raf and O speak to John Clarkson about their just released fourth album, ‘The Space Between Nothing and Desire’.


Servants of Science
Interview Servants of Science - Interview

Dave Goodwin talks to Stuart Avis, the keyboardist and main songwriter in new Brighton-based band Servants of Science, about his band's debut album 'The Swan Song', which is a concept record about an astronaut witnessing the end of the world from outer space.


Six by Seven
Interview Six By Seven - Interview

Acclaimed drone/space-rockers Six by Seven announced last month they have reformed. Frontman Chris Olley talks to Richard Lewis about a new nine album box set retrospective of the band’s and his solo work, their future plans, the state of the music industry and photographing Bill Hicks


White Space
Interview White Space - Interview

The White Space is the new band of Robert Vandeven from the Lucy Show and Fuzzy Logic's Dave Farrow. John Clarkson speaks to both of them about how it unconsciously became a concept album, and why they are unlikely to play it live


Alfredo Rodriguez
Interview Alfredo Rodriguez - Interview

Cuban jazz pianist and composer Alfredo Rodriguez talks to Lisa troem about his album, 'Sounds of Space', which was co-produced by Quincy Jones


Hall of Mirrors
Interview Hall of Mirrors - Interview

Dominic Simpson chats to Jessica Spencer from London-based group the Hall of Mirrors, who will be playing the Pennyblackmusic Bands Night on the 26th March, about her band's unique blend of sixties and seventies space-age pop


A Place to Bury Strangers
Interview Place to Bury Strangers - Interview

New York-based trio A Place to Bury Strangers have just released their self-titled debut album, , which is an atmospheric combination of psychedelia,shoegaze and space rock. Anthony Strutt speaks to them about it


John Henry Lambert
Interview John Henry Lambert - Interview

One-time electronica artist and now acoustic folk singer-songwriter John Henry Lambert talks to John Clarkson about his broodingly atmospheric and haunting debut album, 'Gone Away', which he recorded over the space of two years in his isolated Dartmoor home


Bardo Pond
Interview Bardo Pond - Interview

Since 1989 Philadelphia space rock act Bardo Pond have recorded countless albums and toured alongside the likes of Mogwai,Dinosaur Jr and Acid Mothers Temple. Guitarist Michael Gibbons chats to Dominic Simpson about the band's latest album 'Ticket Crystals' and the band's unique methods of recording


Pere Ubu
Interview with David Thomas Pere Ubu - Interview with David Thomas

Pere Ubu are currently touring Britain performing a live soundtrack to the classic sci-fi film, 'It Came from Outer Space'. Frontman David Thomas talks to Dominic Simpson about it


Air Formation
Interview Air Formation - Interview

Brighton space rock band Air Formation have recently released their stunning full-length debut album, "Ends in Light'. Olga Sladeckova speaks to frontman Matt Bartram about it, and the group's plans for the future


Profiles

Peek-A-Boo
Interview with Travis Higdon Miscellaneous - Interview with Travis Higdon

Texan label Peek-A-Boo Records has given recording space to the likes of Knife in the Water, Spoon and …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead. Owner Travis Higdon talks to new writer Adam Wood about his prolific label


Live

Space, Evanston, 11/5/2023 Billy Childs Quartet - Space, Evanston, 11/5/2023

Lisa Torem enjoys a Billy Childs Quartet concert at Space in Evanston which features songs from the jazz pianist’s latest album, ‘The Winds of Change’, a Chick Corea cover and classic chestnuts.


Sonic Boom
Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, 8/7/2016 Sonic Boom - Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, 8/7/2016

Dastardly heads north to see Sonic Boom heading out to space from the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge


Robyn Hitchcock
Space, Evanston, 22/2/2015 Robyn Hitchcock - Space, Evanston, 22/2/2015

Lisa Torem watches ex-Soft boys frontman Robyn Hitchcock play an entertaining, often hilarious set at Space in Evanston, Illinois


Booker T and the MGs
Space, Evanston, 10/12/2013 Booker T and The Mg's - Space, Evanston, 10/12/2013

Lisa Torem watches soul giants Booker T, and the MC's play a compelling set at Space in Evanston


Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia
Camp and Furnace, Liverpool, 29/9/2012 Miscellaneous - Camp and Furnace, Liverpool, 29/9/2012

Richard Lewis is impressed by a dazzling debut outing for the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia, an all-day event headlined by Dead Skeletons, Wolf People, Mugstar and Time and Space Machine


Courteneers
Academy, Manchester, 19/4/2008 Courteeners - Academy, Manchester, 19/4/2008

Much hyped, the Courteneers have risen from playing audiences of 80 to over 2000 in the space of six months. Dixie Ernill watches them nearly kick off a riot at the Manchester Academy, but remains not entirely convinced by them


Primal Scream
Hammersmith Apollo and Brixton Academy, London, 24/11//2006...2/ Julie Doiron - Hammersmith Apollo and Brixton Academy, London, 24/11//2006...2/

After going to three of their shows in the space of just over a week in London, Olga Sladeckova realises that for her there can never be enough Primal Scream


Howling Bells
Club Academy, Manchester, 21/10/2006 Howling Bells - Club Academy, Manchester, 21/10/2006

Back to see Australian indie rockers Howling Bells for the second time in a space of months, Helen Tipping finds their sound more professional, but wasted on a noisy and unresponsive Saturday night crowd at the Manchester Club Academy


Re : View-Pressurehed
Explain the Unexplained Miscellaneous - Explain the Unexplained

In the latest in our 'Re :View' series, in which we look back upon albums that we feel deserve further re-evaluation, Andrew Carver examines Los Angeles space rockers Pressurehed's relatively unknown 1997 masterwork 'Explaining the Unexplained'


Favourite Album : Spiritualized
Ladies and Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space

In the latest in our series, in which a different one of our writers writes about a favourite album of his or her choice,Cila Warncke examines Spiritualized's 1997 masterpiece 'Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space'


Alternative Personalities
Vostok 5 Miscellaneous - Vostok 5

In an occasional series to promote the more unusual activities of musicians, Ben Howarth writes about Vostok 5, an exhibition on people and animals in space put together by Darren Hayman and four toher London based musicians







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