Autumn 1904
We preview our forthcoming gig at at The Wee Red Bar at the Edinburgh College of Art on the 1st November which will feature a headline set from Autumn 1904 who will be playing their first home city gig in almost forty years and support from The Normans and Eve Davidson.
Johny Brown
We preview our next London Bands' Night which will feature The Band of Holy Joy's Johny Brown, Hector Gannet and Idiot Son's Andy Thompson.
Pennyblackmusic
Some of Pennyblackmusic's favourite artists and labels help us celebrate our 25th Anniversary by sending us their birthday greetings.
Pennyblackmusic
Our writers list some of their favourite interviews of the last 25 years.
Pennyblackmusic
Some of our writers and photographers reflect on their Pennyblackmusic highlights.
Swansea Sound
We preview our 25th Anniversary gig which will take place with Swansea Sound. Keiron Phelan & Peace Signs and The Volunteered at The Water Rats in London on the 28th October 2023.
Bathers
We preview our gig with The Bathers and The Cowboy Mouth at The Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh on the 14th April.
Heist
We preview our next London gig which will take place at The Water Rats on the 31st March with Heist, the black watch and Moon Under Water.
Bathers
We preview our first gig of 2023 which will take place at The Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh on the 25th March with The Bathers, the black watch (acoustic solo) and Stephen McLaren.
Heist/Idiot Son
We preview the next Pennyblackmusic Bands Night which will take place with Heist, Idiot Son, The Volunteered and Simon Bromide at The Water Rats in London on the 10th September 2022.
Stuart Moxham
We preview our forthcoming Edinburgh Bands Night which will feature Young Marble Giants' Stuart Moxham, The Cathode Ray and New Leaf's Jeremy Thoms and singer-songwriter Roy Moller.
Pennyblackmusic
Our writers and photographers reveal their albums of the year.
Idiot Son
We preview the next Pennyblackmusic Bands Night which will take place with Idiot Son, Morton Valence, The Volunteered and Simon Bromide at The Water Rats in London on the 29th January 2022.
Doug Hoekstra
Pennyblackmusic is proud to premiere the video for 'Wintertime', the third single single from Nashville-based singer-songwriter and writer Doug Hoekstra's forthcoming first album in ten years, 'The Day Deserved'.
Stephen McLaren
Pennyblackmusic is proud to premiere the video for 'Put Me On The Television', the debut single from Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter Stephen McLaren's forthcoming dream-pop second album 'They Don’t Put Any Money in Your Pocket'.
Miscellaneous
Our writers and photographers list their favourite albums of the year.
Miscellaneous
Our writers and photographers list their favourite albums and also their favourite gig of the year.
Pennyblackmusic
Some of Pennyblackmusic's favourite artists and labels help us celebrate our 20th Anniversary by sending us their birthday greetings.
Miscellaneous
Six of our writers and photographers reflect upon their time and years at Pennyblack.
Miscellaneous
Our writers and photographers list their favourite albums and also their favourite gig of the year
North Coast Music Festival
We preview the North Coast Music Festival, which will take place on September 1st-3rd in Chicago
David Bowie
Pennyblackmusic’s writers and photographers give some of their recollections of the late David Bowie
Miscellaneous
Our writer Anthony Strutt, who is ill with cancer, is trying to raise £5,000 for charity
Miscellaneous
Our writers and photographers reflect upon their favourite albums and also their favourite gig of 2014
Miscellaneous
Some of Pennyblackmusic's favourite artists and labels help us celebrate our 15th anniversary by sending us their birthday greetings
Miscellaneous
Twenty-five of our writers and photographers reflect on some of their personal highlights of Pennyblackmusic during the last fifteen years
Miscellaneous
GILLIAN FISH (London)
I started writing for Pennyblackmusic after my sister’s boyfriend put me in touch with Richard Banks, the Pennyblack webmaster who in turn put me in touch with John Clarkson.
Miscellaneous
JAMIE ROWLAND (London)
Probably the most memorable interview I have done for Pennyblack was actually two interviews, one after the other. I started in Camden’s Underworld talking to the Locust, the
Bee Gees
Lisa Torem reflects upon and examines the extraordinary career of the Bee Gees' Robin Gibb, who died at the age of 62 in May
Miscellaneous
Jamie Rowland reflects on our Pennyblackmusic Bands' Night on March 24th at the Half Moon in South London with Pete Fij and Terry Bickers, Last Harbour, the Owl Service and Roshi ft. Pars Radio
Miscellaneous
Our writers and photographers list their favourite albums and also gig of 2011
REM
Several Pennyblackmusic writers provide their reaction to R.E.M.'s recent decision to break up after 31 years together
Miscellaneous
With circulation figures at a low, Jon Rogers, Mark Rowland and John Clarkson discuss the reasons for the decline and fall of the UK's only surviving music weekly, the 'NME'
Miscellaneous
We present our new documentary film, 'Such is Rock and Roll', which was filmed at our recent Pennyblackmusic Bands Night at the Half Moon in Herne Hill in London
Fat Tulips / Terry Cuatro
Several Pennyblackmusic writers look back on the life and examine different aspects of the career of the late Michael Jackson