White Satan at the Black Monarch: The Haunted Show That Never Happened
The first thing we saw when we opened the door to the Black Monarch Hotel was the big tiled room on our left with a tall ceiling where...
Bates Motel’s 1980 Concert Recordings Finally Released on ‘Live in LA 1980’ | Interview
Les Bohem and David Kendrick look back on Bates Motel, the late-'70s Los Angeles club circuit, the demos they made with Andrew Gold, their move into Sparks and...
Flood | Interview | “We Were the Heaviest Band Around in Exeter at the Time”
Mark Flood looks back on the Exeter underground, Hot Head, Julian Piper, supporting Hawkwind and Genesis, and the recordings that finally became 'A New Way of Living' more...
Furekåben, Anthony Barnett and ‘Prinsesseværelset’
Lars Movin has spent the last few years piecing together the short and rather elusive history of Danish underground group Furekåben. An exchange with former member Anthony Barnett...
Ghost Funk Orchestra Share New Single ‘Yours’
Ghost Funk Orchestra return with ‘Yours,’ a new studio single out September 1st via Karma Chief Records. The track features Camellia Hartman on lead vocals for the first...
Seelie Court Unearths Helix’s ‘Phoenix’, an Incredible Lost Gem of British Fantasy Rock
Recorded in 1979 and unheard in its intended form for nearly half a century, ‘Phoenix’ reveals the strange electric world Julian Mount created after Weaselsnout. By the spring...
La Banda: Argentina’s Lost Candombe Jazz-Rock Supergroup | Luis Ceravolo Interview
The Argentine drummer looks back on the extraordinary one-album group that brought Rubén Rada together with some of Buenos Aires’ finest jazz musicians, and on the long-overdue Altercat...
Eric Silverman Reimagines ‘Bitter Honey’ on New Album ‘Raw Honey
Eric Silverman has returned to ‘Bitter Honey,’ but not to make the same record twice. Out today on Royal Oakie Records, ‘Raw Honey’ revisits the songs from his...
John Surman Interview | A Life in Improvisation and Sound
John Surman has spent more than six decades following sounds wherever they led. He began as a choirboy in Plymouth, picked up the clarinet and baritone saxophone as...
“Anything Can Be Funny, but That Is Not Always the Case” | Eugene Chadbourne Interview
The guitarist, banjo player, composer and writer talks about his early years in Canada and New York, Shockabilly, country music, the electric rake and why he has always...