INTERVIEW: GREG DULLI – AFGHAN WHIGS & TWILIGHT SINGERS FRONTMAN ON NEW SOLO ALBUM

Greg Dulli is in a sprightly mood, down the phone line when I ring him in LA. He has every reason to be. Having recently finished his debut solo album ‘Random Desire’, there’s plenty of musical projects in the pipeline, as well as owning several successful LA bars and a hotel in New Orleans to […]
There are many old sayings about perseverance – ‘if at first you don’t succeed, try, try try again’, ‘everyone loves a trier’ – at least one of these must have been lodged in the head of Rob Marshall. guitarist and songwriter for Humanist. After being in Exit Calm for nine years, when they disbanded in […]

ALBUM REVIEW: HUMANIST – HUMANIST (FEAT. MARK LANEGAN, DAVE GAHAN, JOHN ROBB AND MORE)

ALBUM REVIEW – MARK LANEGAN: SOMEBODY’S KNOCKING

What would you get if you crossed the husky deep vocals of a rock bluesman with dark synth pop, the answer is the new Mark Lanegan album ‘Somebody’s Knocking’. Lanegan stated on the press release that he’s been into Joy Division, New Order and electronic music all his life, even before his days in seminal […]
With the release of new album Gargoyle just over a week away on Friday 28th April 2017, and already the subject of many rave reviews, Mark Lanegan Band share a surreal video to new single ‘Beehive’, directed by Zhang and Knight. Fascinated by the dark and dystopic, Zhang and Knight are two London based film-makers. […]

BZZT… NEW MARK LANEGAN BAND VIDEO FOR ‘BEEHIVE’

MARK LANEGAN BAND SHARE NEW SINGLE ‘BEEHIVE’ FROM UPCOMING NEW ALBUM ALONGSIDE NEW LIVE TOUR DATES

With new album Gargoyle due for release on Friday 28th April 2017 on Heavenly Recordings, Mark Lanegan Band have shared a second track from this much-anticipated LP in the form of new single ‘Beehive’. With its addictive hooks and irresistible swagger, ‘Beehive’ brilliantly exemplifies the surprising new musical paths Lanegan has forged for himself in recent […]
– MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL, MANCHESTER – The stained glass breaks sundown into a deep palette of colour on the stone floor of Manchester’s Cathedral. Soon enough the evening light disappears, and all that’s left to illuminate the space is a collection of neon indigos and deep mauves – dancing with the grandeur. Two figures step onto […]

LIVE: MARK LANEGAN – 19/04/2016

MARK LANEGAN ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN TOUR

Currently working on new material for the follow-up to 2014’s Phantom Radio album, MARK LANEGAN has announced news of an extensive tour of acoustic performances in intimate venues throughout Europe. The tour begins in the UK in April before moving on to most major European cities throughout May. Support on the tour comes from his labelmate, collaborator and […]
– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER –  Pushed by this January night’s icy wind and rain, and pulled by the prospect of live music from Mark Lanegan Band, I am more or less sucked in through the open doors of The Ritz. The interior climate is immediately to my liking, and I do not instantly melt from […]

LIVE: MARK LANEGAN BAND – 23/01/2015

EP Review: Mark Lanegan Band – No Bells on Sunday

For anyone who doesn’t know who Mark Lanegan is, you’re an idiot he co-wrote Queens of the Stone Age’s ‘No One Knows’, one of the best rock songs of the noughties. And that’s just one of a myriad of activities he has undertaken since his Seattle rock band Screaming Trees petered out. Indeed, it’s hard […]
– RNCM, MANCHESTER – ‘Chameleon’, ‘Maverick’, ‘Man For Hire’ – whatever you would like to label Mark Lanegan, he is an artist in demand and a man of unique talent. Tall, snake-thin with a wide-screen face seemingly grafted from granite, he takes to the stage at the reverential ‘sold out’  Royal Northern College Of Music […]

LIVE: MARK LANEGAN – 07/11/2013