Interviews


Armory Show - Interview with Richard Jobson

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 - Interview

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 - Interview with Jim McCarty

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 - Interview

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 - Interview

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,

More Interviews

Repomen - Interview Repomen

John Philip Shenale - Interview John Philip Shenale

Vapors - Interview Vapors

Clive Langer - Interview Clive Langer

Dave Barbarossa - Interview Dave Barbarossa

Man From Delmonte - Interview Man From Delmonte

Garfunkel and Garfunkel Jr. - Interview Garfunkel and Garfunkel Jr.

Sukie Smith - Interview Sukie Smith

Dana Gillespie - Interview Dana Gillespie

Annie Hogan - Interview Annie Hogan

Johnnie Johnstone - Interview Johnnie Johnstone





Profiles


Roberta Flack - 1937 - 2025

Roberta Flack

Nick Dent-Robinson pays tribute to legendary soul singer Roberta Flack, who died in February


Sharks - Profile

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

More Profiles

14 Iced Bears - John Peel Sessions 26.11,96 and 27.07.87 14 Iced Bears - John Peel Sessions 26.11,96 and 27.07.87

Big Feastival - Profile Big Feastival

Marianne Faithfull - Reflections Marianne Faithfull - Reflections




Live Reviews


Max Bianco and the BlueHearts  - Troubadour, London, 29/3/2025

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 - Club Academy, Manchester, 18/3/2025

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.

More Live Reviews

David Gray - Apollo, Manchester David Gray - Apollo, Manchester

Peter Doherty - Blackheath Halls, Blackheath and Palace Halls, Watford, 18/3/2025 and 21/3/2025 Peter Doherty - Blackheath Halls, Blackheath and Palace Halls, Watford, 18/3/2025 and 21/3/2025

Massive Attack - M&S Arena, Liverpool, 29/11/2024 Massive Attack - M&S Arena, Liverpool, 29/11/2024

Shed Seven - Mountford Hall, Liverpool University, Liverpool,  21/11/2024 Shed Seven - Mountford Hall, Liverpool University, Liverpool, 21/11/2024

Autumn 1904 - Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, 1/11/2024 Autumn 1904 - Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, 1/11/2024

Altered Images - 02 Academy, Liverpool, 23/10/2024 Altered Images - 02 Academy, Liverpool, 23/10/2024

Vapors - Chantry Brewery, Rotherham, 16/11/2024 Vapors - Chantry Brewery, Rotherham, 16/11/2024

Dream Machine - Hare and Hounds, Birmingham, 6/11/2024 Dream Machine - Hare and Hounds, Birmingham, 6/11/2024

T Bone Burnett - Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, 19/11/2024 T Bone Burnett - Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, 19/11/2024

War On Drugs - Royal Albert Hall, London, 14/7/2024 War On Drugs - Royal Albert Hall, London, 14/7/2024





Favourite Albums


Holger Czukay - Rome Remains Rome

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'.

More Favourite Albums

Aislers Set - John Peel Session 10.04.01 Aislers Set - John Peel Session 10.04.01

Chesterfields - Janice Long Session 06.01.87 Chesterfields - Janice Long Session 06.01.87




Features


Belouis Some - Video Vault

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 - Video Vault

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.

More Features

Maarten Schiethart - Vinyl Stories Maarten Schiethart - Vinyl Stories

Flip Side - Raging Pages Flip Side - Raging Pages

Pennyblackmusic - Writers and Photographers' Albums of the Year 2024 Pennyblackmusic - Writers and Photographers' Albums of the Year 2024

Pennyblackmusic - Book of the Year Award 2024 Pennyblackmusic - Book of the Year Award 2024




Photography


Dominum - Photoscapes

Dominum

Andrew Twambley at The Ritz in Manchester takes photos of German metal band Dominum.


Kim Wilde - Photoscapes

Kim Wilde

Andrew Twambley takes photos of Kim Wilde at a show on a UK tour at the Manchester Academy.

More Photography

Lauren Mayberry - Photoscapes Lauren Mayberry - Photoscapes

Rise Against - Photoscapes Rise Against - Photoscapes

Set It Off - Photoscapes Set It Off - Photoscapes

Circa Waves - Photoscapes Circa Waves - Photoscapes





Reviews


Shaw's Trailer Park - I Thought I Saw You

Shaw's Trailer Park

Brighton-based psychedelic/prog/rock collective Shaw’s Trailer Park follow up their impressive debut with a new album which once again challenges and delights


Gabriel Moreno - Nights in the Belly of Bohemia

Gabriel Moreno

Melancholic but beautiful new album that is accompanied by a book of fifty poems from London-based but Gibraltar-born singer-songwriter Gabriel Moreno

More Reviews

Lathums - Matter Does Not Define Lathums - Matter Does Not Define

Horrors - Night Life Horrors - Night Life

Bryan Ferry and Amelia Barrett - Loose Talk Bryan Ferry and Amelia Barrett - Loose Talk

Ivor Game - When Will You Fall Into My Loving Arms? Ivor Game - When Will You Fall Into My Loving Arms?

Burning Hell - Ghost Palace Burning Hell - Ghost Palace

Ergo Phizmiz - Selected Ambient and ASMR Works 2001-2003 Ergo Phizmiz - Selected Ambient and ASMR Works 2001-2003

Creve Couer - Catastrophes Creve Couer - Catastrophes

Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus - Devotion to a Noble Ideal Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus - Devotion to a Noble Ideal

Various - Ambientale Various - Ambientale

Gemma Hayes - Blind Faith Gemma Hayes - Blind Faith

Mystery Fix - Life to Life Mystery Fix - Life to Life

Permafrost - The Light Coming Through Permafrost - The Light Coming Through

Brooke Combe - Dancing at the Edge of the World Brooke Combe - Dancing at the Edge of the World

Doris Brendel and Lee Dunham - Big Blue Sky Doris Brendel and Lee Dunham - Big Blue Sky

FKA twigs - Eusexua FKA twigs - Eusexua

Rose Gray - Louder, Please Rose Gray - Louder, Please

Kele - The Singing Winds, pt, 3 Kele - The Singing Winds, pt, 3

Leon Bridges - Leon Leon Bridges - Leon

Moonchild Sanelly - Full Moon Moonchild Sanelly - Full Moon

Bryan Adams - Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2024 Bryan Adams - Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2024

Ringo Starr - Look Up Ringo Starr - Look Up

Bear of Bombay - PsychoDreamElectro Gaze Bear of Bombay - PsychoDreamElectro Gaze