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Dave Goodwin
Interviews
UK garage punk band the Flaming Stars have two of their old John Peel sessions out on vinyl for the first time. Frontman Max Décharné talks about the importance of John Peel for the band, its high output career, and the impact of early MP3s on small bands and labels.
Party Day
Scenius
Blancmange
Dave Goodwin speaks to Mick Baker and Carl Firth from 80’s indie/goth band Party Day about their history and new compilation, ‘Sorted!’
Dave Goodwin speaks to UK/French electronic duo Scenius about their 80's-influenced debut album, 'Enough Fears'.
Dave Goodwin speaks to Neil Arthur from seminal electronic group Blancmange about their 80's-influenced new and twelfth album, 'Mindset'.
British IBM
Circuit3
Phonseca
Secret Affair
Dave Goodwin speaks to Aidy Killens, the frontman with indie guitar rock trio and games enthusiasts The British IBM, about their third album, 'Play the Game'.
Dublin-based musician Peter Fitzpatrick talks to Dave Goodwin about his synthpop project Circuit3 and its second album, 'The Price of Nothing and The Value of Everything'.
With his debut album 'Between a Dream' out under his new name of Phonseca, Matthew O'Connor talks to Dave Goodwin about it and his musical background.
Secret Affair guitarist and founder member David Cairns chats to Dave Goodwin about the band’s early days, the late 1970s Mod movement and their upcoming fortieth anniversary which sees the group tour the UK.
Luxury Stranger
Servants of Science
Moscow Circus
Orphan Boy
Nottingham-based alternative rock outfit Luxury Stranger speak to Dave Goodwin about their new line-up, intensive touring schedule and playing Europe.
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.
Dave Goodwin talks to Moscow Circus front man Jonathan Beckett about Casio keyboards, his mum and their new album 'Resounding'
Dave Goodwin speaks to indie rock band Orphan Boy about their reformation, recent third album 'Coastal Tones' and heavy touring
Lois
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Luxury Stranger
Luxury Stranger
In the third of our series 'Is This Your Year?', in which we will be following the fortunes of five acts over the course of a year, Dave Goodwin speaks to Nottingham-based 60's and 70's-influenced rock act, Lois
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark' front man Andy McCluskey speaks to Dave Goodwin about their 1984 fifth album 'Junk Culture', which has just been reissued in a new double CD edition
In the first part of this interview we found Simon York in not very good health as he had a really bad touch of the man flu. There seemed to have been something bothering Simon, and it was all about t
In a frank two part interview with Simon York, the front man with Nottingham-based alternative rockers Luxury Stranger, he speaks about his band's career, his anger with the music industry and their forthcoming third album
Profiles
Dave Goodwin praises the release by Precious Recordings of London on 10 inch vinyl of two radio sessions by Brighton-based indie pop outfit Shrag,
14 Iced Bears
Pocket Gods
Capitol Northern Soul 45s
Nick Elliott
Dave Goodwin reflects on two John Peel Sessions from indie band 14 Iced Bears which have been released on vinyl by Precious Recordings of London.
Dave Goodwin finds 'Weird: The Life and Times of a Pocket God' to be an indie-rock documentary which has a lot going on below the surface as it reflects on front man Mark Lee's battle with depression.
Dave Goodwin reflects upon 'Capitol Northern Soul 45s', a pricey but first-rate seven inch collection of both well-known and lost Northern Soul singles
Dave Goodwin talks to photographer Nick Elliott about his two recent books of music photography and his role as photographer at the Cambridge Folk Festival
Live Reviews
Blancmange
Synth pop pathfinders Blancmange are on sterling, career-spanning form in Nottingham. Dave Goodwin reviews.
Blancmange
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Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, 24.5.2024
Affection Place
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Metronome, Nottingham, 2485/2024
Echo And The Bunnymen
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Royal Centre, Nottingham, 12/9/2023
Berwyn
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Bodega, Nottingham, 19/3/2023
Deerstock Festival
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Newton, Nottinghamshire
Humanist
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Foundry, Sheffield, 22/10/2021
Deerstock Festival
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Newton, Nottinghamshire, 26/7/2019...27/7/2018
Secret Affair
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Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, 11/5/2019
Decemberists
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Rock City, Nottingham, 11/11/2018
Deerstock Festival
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Newton, Nottinghamshire, 20/7/2018...22/7/2018
Slow Readers Club
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Rock City, Nottingham, 12/5/2018
Deslondes
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Maze, Nottingham, 21/1/2018
Affection Place
Echo And The Bunnymen
Berwyn
Dave Goodwin watches French electro band Affection PLace with guest Magazine's Dave Formula on keyboards play a polished seet to promote their forty-years-in-the-making debut album.
Dave Goodwin at the Royal Centre in Nottingham watches Echo and The Bunnymen with the help of the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra play in a stunning set their 1984 fourth album 'Ocean Rain' in its entirety.
Up and coming rapper Berwyn Du Bois commands a small Nottingham stage, proving he’s destined for bigger ones.
Favourite Albums
Saloon
Flaming Stars
Cuban Boys
In our Re:View section, in which we look back on recordings from the past, Dave Goodwin examines two John Peel Sessions from early 2000's indiepop band Saloon which have just been released by the always reliable Precious Recordings of London on 12" vinyl.
Dave Goodwin reviews a pair of delightful John Peel sessions from The Flaming Stars , beautifully packaged by Precious Recordings of London in this vinyl release.
English electronic group and production team, The Cuban Boys, get high marks from iDave Goodwin for this release on Precious Recordings of London for their 1999 John Peel session..
Features
In Vinyl Stories Dave Goodwin Talks to our Dutch writer Maarten Sciethart about buying vinyl online and in his native Nijmegen,
In his regular Vinyl Stories column Dave Goodwin talks to three of our writers about their favourite vinyl purchases of 2024,
Joy Division
Funeral Choices
Chris Hludzik
Best of Vinyl 2023
In ‘Vinyl Stories’ Dave Goodwin writes of the kaleidoscopic music culture of Britain in 1980, of discovering Joy Division and the continued impact of him of ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ all these years on.
In Vinyl Stories Dave Goodwin takes a morbid but jovial look at various of his friends choice of songs for their funerals.
In 'Vinyl Stories' Northeastern Pennsylvanian singer-songwriter Chris Hludzik talks to Dave Goodwin about his work in a recording studio led to his obsession with vinyl.
Rounding up what Pennyblack contributors have been spinning on the turntable this year, Dave Goodwin brings us his own list and commentary on a eclectic selection of vinyl purchases
Photography
Future Islands
Dave Goodwin photographs Future Islands at a show at Rock City in Nottingham
Reviews
British IBM
Sofia Hardig
Vultures
Gemma Hayes
Melancholic but melodic fifth album from Cambridge-based indie/electronic rock trio The British IBM
Remarkable ninth album from Swedish experimental musician Sofia Hardig
Excellent only radio session on 10” vinyl from short-lived 1980’s garage punks The Vultures
Breathtaking sixth album from Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes
Mystery Fix
Permafrost
My Life Story
Chris Hludzik
Excellent 80’s-influenced synth pop from enigmatic duo Mystery Fix.
Outstanding debut album which has been released 42 years after they formed from Norwegian band Permafrost
Anthemic second comeback album from Britpop pioneers My Life Story
Impressive first release in three years on new EP from Pennsylvanian solo artist Chris Hludzik
Herds
Sands
Cult Figures
French Boutik
Epic and diverse second album from acclaimed Nottingham-based band Herds, who were previously known as The Amber Herd
Eclectic indie rock and pop on debut album from Sands, the project of London-born multi-instrumentalist Andrew Sands
Excellent post-punk on third album from Midlands-formed band Cult Figures
Intriguing combination of French and English original tracks and covers on third album by American-Anglo-French act French Boutik
Bamboos
Apollo Suns
Cairo
Hannah Aldridge
Excellent funk and soul-driven latest album from acclaimed Australian nine-piece band, The Bamboos
Appealing mix of jazz, rock and psychedelia on fourth album from Canadian nine-piece instrumental collective Apollo Suns
Long-awaited and thought-challenging second album from alternative rock band Cairo
Dark but impressive fourth album from classically-trained country artist Hannah Aldridge
Scenius
Bitter Moon and After 5.08
Beady Belle
British IBM
Exciting synth pop on second album from UK/French duo Scenius who look like they have a promising future
Ambient and dreamy synth pop on collaborative album recorded in Berlin between European duos Bitter Moon and After 5.08
SAblime ninth album from Nowegian singer-songwriter and musician Beady Belle
Polished and humorous fourth album from Cambridge indie trio The British IBM which took its genesis from a series of acoustic streams they started during lockdown
Scenius
Piaggio Soul Combination and Lakeetra Knowles
Oneiros Way
Aeon Station
Excellent electronica on distinctive new single from French-UK duo Scenius
Stunning Northern Soul-influenced album from Italian mods The Piaggio Soul Combination and Arkansas-based singer Lakeetra Knowles
Experimental and distinctive electronica on debut album from Milan-based duo Oneiros Way
Harmonic and thought-provoking debut album from Aeon Station, the solo project of ex-Wrens' member Kevin Whelan which was fourteen years in the making
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