The name Phenomenal Handclap Band may suggest a novelty act, but this Brooklyn-based outfit challenges no conventions. Instead it combines disco, dance and rock elements with varying levels of success, on second album Form & Control at least. When they nail it they really nail it. Opening number ‘Following’ is funky and addictive, the sort […]
Some music defies description. Imagine listening to ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ when it was released in June 1967! Imagine being in Vienna’s Kärntnertortheater on 7 May 1824 for the premiere of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, conducted by the Maestro himself! Imagine a 1943 night flight over a glowing Dresden in a fully laden Lancaster with […]
GIG GUIDE
Between September 2011 and March 2020 we provided a handpicked gig guide every month without fail. It's painful for us that there are currently no gigs to recommend. We hope gigs will return soon to bring you new recommendations, but if you want to reminisce you can still see nine years worth of old gig guides.
SINGLE REVIEW: SHALLOW WATERS - THE GOD YOU KNOW YOU ARE
ALBUM REVIEW: KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - KG
VIDEO PREMIERE: R.O.C 'COME BACK JONEE' + Q&A WITH THE BAND
Q&A WITH BRADFORD AS THEY PREPARE TO RELEASE A NEW ALBUM
"PSYCHEDELIC" TITLES THAT HAPPEN TO BE OF QUALITY
GLASGOW'S BABY STRANGE UNVEIL NEW SINGLE 'MORE! MORE! MORE!'
VIDEO RELEASED FOR TITLE TRACK OF DJANGO DJANGO'S UPCOMING NEW ALBUM 'GLOWING IN THE DARK'
BRIGHTON'S PUBLIC BODY UNVEIL NEW SINGLE 'TABLE MANNERS'
