Reviews
Oblivion with Bells (2008)
Excellent first album in five years from Underworld, who now a two piece, finds them expanding from the dance music anthems they are best known for in new directions
Anthology (2003)
10 year retrospective CD from dance pioneers Underworld, which, while "it doesn't paint a complete picture...does give an excellent state of play so far"
A Hundred Days Off (2002)
Despite losing long term member Darren Emerson, Underworld, now reduced to a duo of Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, return with "their most sophisticated and accomplished" recording to date
Related
Interviews
Band Of Holy Joy
Interview
In our fifth interview with them, John Clarkson talks to Johny Brown, Inga Tillere and James Stephen Finn from London-based alternative/indie rock band the Band of Holy Joy about their remarkable latest album, ‘Neon Primitives’.
Band Of Holy Joy
Interview
John Clarkson speaks to London-based alternative rock group the Band of Holy Joy front man Johny Brown about their latest two albums, ‘The Clouds That Break the Sky’ and ‘Funambulist We Love You’.
Band Of Holy Joy
Interview
John Clarkson speaks to Johny Brown, Inga Tillere and James Stephen Finn from London-based alternative rock band the Band of Holy Joy about the making of their band's latest album, 'The Land of Holy Joy'.
Band of Holy Joy
Interview
John Clarkson speaks to Johny Brown from London-based alternative rock band the Band of Holy Joy about his group's life-affirming new album, 'Easy Listening'
Band of Holy Joy
Interview
John Clarkson speaks to Johny Brown from London-based alternative rock band the Band of Holy Joy about his group's two new albums, 'How to Kill a Butterfly' and 'The North is Another Land'; writing plays and his group's new radio show
Strung Out
Interview
At their first British show in four years at the Underworld in London, Andy Vincent speaks to Jake Riley from Californian punks about their just released seventh full length album, 'Black Hawks over Los Angeles', and long standing relationship with their label Fat Wreck Records
Aggrolites
Interview
Californian reggae act the Aggrolites have recently finished playing a stadium tour of Britain playing support to Madness. Daniel Cressey chats to the group at a headline date at the London Underworld about the uniqueness of being a reggae band in America
Live
Cornbury Park, Charlesworth, Oxfordshire. 4th....7th August 2022
Nick Dent-Robinson is impressed by this year's highly unusual Wilderness Festival, which as well as sets from Underworld, Years and Years and Sophie Ellis Bextor, included a lecture from evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, celebrity cooking and a streakers' game of cricket.
Band of Holy Joy
Tiger Lounge, Manchester, 27/9/2014
Bill Seagrave watches the Band of Holy Joy play an atmospheric and inventive set at the Tiger Lounge in Manchester
Heideroosjes
Underworld, London, 9/11/2007
At their first British gig in seven years, Alex Halls watches under-rated Dutch punk act Heideroosjes play a fiery and energetic set to a small audience at the London Underworld
Paint It Black
Underworld, London, 24/6/2005
Paint it Black recently completed a European tour. At the London Underworld Philip Vincent sees them take "the over-used Black Flag style of aggro punk" and rejuvenate it "with an armful of adrenalin directed straight to the frontal lobes"
Nebula and Winnebago Deal
Underworld, London, 18/3/2004
Jula Willis finds herself caught up in a hallucinatory frenzy at the London Underworld she watches thunderbolt sets from Nebula and Winnebago Deal
Trumans Water, Ten Grand, I'm Being Good
Camden Underworld, London, 3/6/2003
Mark Rowland's dislike of London's Camden area was recently intensified when he was robbed in the street there, but, despite this, he still manages to forget temporarily his troubles at a post-punk night at the Underworld
Baptiste
The Final Gig, London Underworld, 19/3/2003
Recent stars of the first Pennyblackmusic night, Baptiste have decided to call it a day and split up. Olga Sladeckova watches them perform their last ever gig at the London Underworld
Features
Band Of Holy Joy
(With Moon Under Water and Dream Maps), Water Rats, London, 17/1/2020
We profile our next London Pennyblackmusic Bands' night which will take place with The Band of Holy Joy, Moon Under Water and Dream Maps at the Water Rats on the 17th January, 2020.
Band Of Holy Joy
(With the Cathode Ray), Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, 10/12/2017
We profile our next Pennyblackmusic Bands Night which will take place with The Band Of Holy Joy and The Cathode Ray on the 10th December at the Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh.
Band of Holy Joy
(With the Bitter Springs and Idiot Son), Macbeth, London, 9/1/2015
Dominic Simpson looks back on our first Bands' Nights of 2015, which at the Macbeth in London, saw sets from the Band of Holy Joy, the Bitter Springs and Idiot Son
Photoscapes
Hermano
At a show at the Underworld in London, Matt Williams takes photos of stoner rock supergroup Hermano at a rare British date
Alice Donut
There's a Curious Lump in My Sack
New York punks Alice Donut reformed in 2003 after a seven year break, and have just brought a new live DVD from a London show they played at the Camden Underworld earlier this year. Dave Toynton finds their eccentric form of thrash punk highly appealing
Ghost
Profile
After four years away, Japanese experimentalists Ghost recently returned with their seventh album, 'Hypnotic Underworld', which many critics say is their best work yet. Andrew Carver looks back over and examines their extraordinary career