Pennyblackmusic
Our writera provide their albums of the year for 2023.
Pennyblackmusic
Our writers and photographers reveal their albums of the year for 2022.
Black Sabbath
Dodson and Fogg's Chris Wade in 'The Image That Made Me Weep' writes of a poster of Black Sabbath that he had as a ten-year old child.
Doug Hoekstra
Nashville-based musician and writer Doug Hoekstra in 'The Image That Made Me Weep' writes of the redisoovery of a reel to reel tape recorder on which he made much of his early music in his late father's house
Miscellaneous
Our writers and photographers list their favourite albums and also their favourite gig of the year
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Our writers and photographers in the second of a three part feature choose their Album of the Decade.
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In the third and the final part of a three part feature our writers and photographers choose their Album of the Decade.
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In the first of a three part feature our writers and photographers select their Album of the Decade.
Band Of Holy Joy
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.
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Miscellaneous
We profile our 20th Anniversary Bands' Night which will take place on Saturday September 15th at the Water Rats in London and feature sets from The Bitter Springs, Idiot Son, Oldfield Youth Club and Raf and O.
Band Of Holy Joy
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.
Miscellaneous
Our writers and photographers list their favourite albums and also their favourite gig of the year
Madam
We profile our next London Pennyblackmusic Bands' night which will take place at the Sebright Arms in London, and will feature sets from Madam, Idiot Son and Dream Maps
Vinny Peculiar
We profile two Pennyblackmusic shows with singer-songwriter and musician Vinny Peculiar at Broadcast in Glasgow on Thursday September 22nd and at the Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh on Friday September 23rd
Roy Moller
We have five copies of Scottish singer-songwriter's 'There's a Thousand Untold Stories' (with 'There's a Thousand More Untold Stories' to give away as competition prizes.)
Gigantic Indie All-Dayer
In our new series ‘Gig of the Month’, in which we will be highlighting a different gig or tour that we feel deserves particular attention, we examine Gigantic Indie All Dayer, Vol. 3, an indie festival which will take place on Saturday 28th May at the Manchester Academy
Band of Holy Joy/Cathode Ray
Pennyblackmusic presents three acts from the Edinburgh-based label – The Band of Holy Joy, The Cathode Ray and Roy Moller – at the Sebright Arms on April 15th
Nick Garrie
We profile our next Pennyblackmusic Bands' night which will take place at the Montague Arrms in London, and will feature sets from Nick Garrie, Raf and O and Partisan Waves
Miscellaneous
Our writers and photographers list their favourite albums and also their favourite gig of 2015
Willard Grant Conspiracy/Big Hogg
We profile our next Pennyblackmusic Bands Nights which will feature the Willard Grant Conspiracy and Big Hogg at the Glad Cafe in Glasgow on Thursday 10th September and the Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh on Friday 11th September
Miscellaneous
We profile our next Pennyblackmusic Bands' night which will take place at the Macbeth in London, and will include sets from the Band of Holy Joy, Vinny Peculiar and The Black Site
Sound
In our competition, we have ten copies to give away of 'There Must Be a Hole in Your Memory', a seventeen song tribute CD, which has compiled by Canadian label, the Beautiful Music, and is otherwise at the moment unavailable
Miscellaneous
Our Pennyblackmusic Bands' Night in Glasgow, which will take place at new city centre club The River, will feature performances from ex-Hipsway front man Grahame Skinner, Big Hogg, Neil Sturgeon, The Wellgreen, A New International, The Aviators, Zoe Bestel and Nicola Black
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Our Pennyblackmusic Bands' Night at The Ruby Lounge in Manchester on the 5th July will feature sets from reformed indie pop legends the Brilliant Corners, the Haywains and Horsebeach
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In our competition we have two family tickets to give away for this year's Deerstock Festival
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Our writers and photographers reflect upon their favourite albums and also their favourite gig of 2013
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In our competition we have a pair of tickets for this year's 'Deerstock' festival in Nottinghamshire to give out
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We profile our next Penny Black Music Bands' Night, which will take place on Saturday 16th march at the Brixton JAMM in London and will feature sets from the Galileo 7, Dave Harding (Richmond Fontaine), T.O.Y.S. and Ten
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Our writers look back upon and reflect upon their favourite albums of last year
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In our competition we have five copies of the soundtrack to 'Skyfall' to give away
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Dominic Simpson looks back on our Pennyblackmusic Bands' Night on November 3rd at the Half Moon in Herne Hill in South London, which saw sets from the Willard Grant Conspiracy, Rotifer, Bromide and NOW
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We profile our next Pennyblackmusic Bands' night which will take place at the Half Moon in Herne Hill, London on the 24th March and will feature sets from Pete Fij/Terry Bickers, Last Harbour, the Owl Service and Roshi Pars Radio.
Dot Dash
In our competition, we have fifteen copies of Washington DC's post punk pop band Dot Dash's debut album',Spark>Flame>Ember>Ash',to give away
Miscellaneous
We profile our next London Penny Black Music Bands' Night, which will take place on Saturday October 29th at the Half Moon in Herne Hill, South London and feature sets from Morton Valance, Madam, the Doomed Bird of Providence and Rome Pays Off
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Jamie Rowland writes of our recent Pennyblackmusic Bands' Night at the Half Moon in Herne Hill, London on the 26th March with Anthony Reynolds, Nick Garrie, the Hall of Mirrors and Alex Monk
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Our writers provide their favourite albums, and also favourite gig, of 2010
Television Personalities
In our competition we have ten copies of a Television Personalities 23 song tribute album, 'All Those Times We Spent Together', from Canadian label The Beautiful Music to give away
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Our writers and photographers select their personal nomination for Album of the Decade
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Our writers and photographers provide their favourite albums of 2009
New York Dolls
We have tickets to give away for the New York Dolls' forthcoming UK tour in December. To hopefully win them, answer three questions
Miscellaneous
We have three CD copies of the soundtrack to new British film, 'Sounds Like Teen Spirit', to give away as competition prizes. To hopefully win a prize, answer two questions
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In the latest in his 'Condemned to Rock 'n' Roll' column, Ben Howarth finds the CD, in the age download culture, not dying as many have predicted, but very much flourishing
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Our writers and photographers provide their favourite albums, and also favourite gig, of 2008
Softies
In our 'Soundtrack of Our Lives' column, in which our writers tell of the personal impact on them, Tommy Gunnarsson writes about the mid 90's American indie pop band the Softies, whose song 'The Best Days' at the funeral of his brother's girlfriend, who died in 2000 at the age of 20
Miscellaneous
Several of our writers recall some of the highs and occasional tribulations of working for Pennyblackmusic during the last ten years
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Levellers
Pennyblackmusic has two signed promo copies of the Levellers new double A sided single, 'A Life Less Ordinary'/'The Cholera', and one copy of their recent double live DVD, 'Chaos Theory' to give away. To hopefully win a prize, answer three questions
Miscellaneous
Our writers and photographers provide their favourite albums, and also favourite gig, of 2007