Armory Show
Skids' frontman Richard Jobson talks to John Clarkson about resurrecting his 80's project The Armory Show and its dark and nihilstic new album, 'Dead Souls'.
Loft
Denzil Watson speaks to Pete Astor and Andy Stricklanf from reformed indie band and Creation Records act The Loft about their debut album, ‘Everything Changes Everything Stays the Same’, which has come thirty-nine years after they acrimoniously split up.
Yardbirds
Lisa Torem catches up with The Yardbirds co-founding member, Jim McCarty, on the band’s early history, current tour and his role as drummer.
Deb Googe and Cara Tivey
My Bloody Valentine bassist Deb Googe and classically-trained pianist Cara Tivey talk about their unusual friendship and joint album, ‘The Golden Thread’.
Liz Mitchell
Liz Mitchell talks to Adam Coxon about her time as a vocalist in Boney M. being in the first Western band to perform in Russia and the down side of fame,
Roberta Flack
Nick Dent-Robinson pays tribute to legendary soul singer Roberta Flack, who died in February
Sharks
With a new box set ‘Car Crash Supergroup – The Island Years 1973-1974’ being released on Cherry Red, Eoghan Lyng looks back at the early career of seminal cult act Sharks
Max Bianco and the BlueHearts
Steev Burgess feels that folk-punk and one-time Libertines support Max Bianco is a name to watch in his and his band The BlueHearts first headline gig at the Troubadour in London.
Waeve
Amanda J Wilson watches and photographs a disappointing gig from The Waevve, the current band of Blur guitarist Graham Coxon and his wife Rose Elinor Dougal.
Holger Czukay
In our Re:View section, in which we look back at albums from the past, Maarten Schiethart praises the reissue of German musician and Can co-founder Holger Czukay's 1987 solo album 'Rome Remains Rome'.
Belouis Some
In the inaugural 'Video Vault' column Fiona Hutchings chooses Belouis Some’s 'Imagination' as a music video that had a real impact on her.
Johnny Cash
In our new 'Video Vault' series, Adrian Janes admires the openness and vulnerability for the 2003 video of 'Hurt', the final single which Johnny Cash released in his lifetime.
Dominum
Andrew Twambley at The Ritz in Manchester takes photos of German metal band Dominum.
Kim Wilde
Andrew Twambley takes photos of Kim Wilde at a show on a UK tour at the Manchester Academy.
Philip Jeays
Romantic and reflective latest album from Jacques Brel-influenced singer-songwriter Philip Jeays
Only Child
Deep dive into loss, memory and enduring hope on fifth album from Only Child, the project of Liverpool-based musician Alan O'Hare