Vinyl Renaissance
With vinyl sales at an all time high, Fred Johnson explores the reverence and psychology behind our obsession with analogue… 2013 marks the renaissance of the humble record. The British Recorded Music Industry...
The Big Interview: Alan McGee
We chat to founder of Creation Records Alan McGee, about his autobiography, being involved with a label again and who should have been massive… The Double Negative: Congratulations on the book. What was the process...
Comment: Lou Reed
Amid the continuing outpouring of tributes for Lou Reed in the print media, where are the TV documentaries to accompany them, asks Mike Pinnington… Waking up on Monday 28th October, casually flicking on...
Bright Phoebus Revisited – Reviewed
A lost classic resurfaces at the Liverpool Philharmonic, leaving Andrew Foulds a Bright Phoebus devotee… Written by brother and sister duo Mike and Lal Waterson, the folk album Bright Phoebus was released in...
PRODUCT Records:
A Different Proposition
This week sees the official launch of PRODUCT, a record label with a difference… The first we heard about PRODUCT was on arrival at our Static Gallery-based office one day a few weeks...
Summercamp – Previewed
A festival not subject to the whims of typical Bank Holiday weather, the inaugural Summercamp promises that and more… Sitting watching the rain stream down the windows last Saturday night, the mind wandered...
The Thing About Bowie
Ahead of a live screening from the David Bowie is exhibition, we take a look at the year that has seen the release of a new Bowie album, and, why we still care...
The Big Interview: Marnie
Years spent in the bosom of a band means a foray into solo material can often go either way. We caught up with Ladytron’s Helen Marnie to talk about her first solo record,...
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys – Reviewed
The Americana festival at Liverpool Philharmonic provides a rich experience and a taste for Louisiana, finds Fred Johnson… Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys are perhaps not, at first glance at least, the...