Dave Schmidt’s music has proved enduringly popular with fans, the 500-copy colour vinyl selling out. On “nostalgia” he plays a range of...

Eight new tracks from Mascot Moth on an EP that starts with a loose funky jam, punctuated by guitar and sax excursions, followed by ‘The...

Kevin Kastning once again plays various types of contraguitars on this collaboration with saxophonist Carl Clements, with whom he has...

With a new album on the horizon, the mighty Tull has released a stunning 6-minute long single. Poignant piano and strummed acoustic...

Part Two: CD two The track listing is as follows with brief comments after each track: 1) The John Cameron Quartet – Troublemaker (1969):...

(Apart from music which is its main focus, this site also reviews books and films. If we read something we’d like to share with others,...

Timothée Chalamet has rightly earned plaudits for his portrayal of Bob Dylan, and there also many other strong performances by, for...

Coming out round about now is an album that most certainly needed a significant sound upgrade from its original issue and this will...

I posted a review of The Tony Currie’s Orchestra album earlier and have re-posted it to give this interview more context. PHIL: What...

Here’s something I nearly missed in 2024 until Tony drew my attention to it. With sleeve notes from ‘pop master’ Ken Bruce, this little...

Benedict’s Doctor Who Series Guides have proved popular on Amazon, topping their category. It is no ideal statement when their front...

Part One: CD one I have been looking forward to something like this for a long time, a comprehensive 48 track 3 CD box set of...

If you can get past the layout of a book that runs to 400 pages but really doesn’t need to, with its small italicised print playing...

A tantalising voyage into the world of political corruption, technological advancements open to vulnerable attacks, business empires...

Here’s something I nearly missed in 2024 until Tony drew my attention to it. With sleeve notes from ‘pop master’ Ken Bruce, this little...

Although a new band, a duo in fact, one of Fifth Daughter’s members James Howarth has collaborated with the KLF and Martin ‘Youth’ Glover...

Schizo Fun Addict first appeared in 2008 on a single (the first to be released on Fruits de Mer) with an interpretation of George...

Thanks to this Berlin band for contacting DISS regarding their single which in their words “combines reverb-drenched guitar solos with an...

Thanks to Barry Lamb and Peter Ashby for a copy of their annual report. Why is this post here? Because, for over 25 years now I have been...

The natural successor to 1984; there is even a direct quote from it near the end, “2073” reveals uncomfortable and shocking truths about...