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Interviews
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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