Anton Newcombe - picture by Sam Wells

THIS IS WHY YOU LOVE ME – Brian Jonestown Massacre Hypnotise A Packed Brixton Academy

Many music writers, this one included, have incurred the wrath of Anton Newcombe for daring to mention Dig! – the 2004 documentary which simultaneously made and purportedly buried Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Yet while friends and competitors The Dandy Warhols were portrayed as undisputed winners at the end of that film – it’s Anton’s band who marches on with a 20-plus album career and a fanbase big enough to comfortably fill Brixton Academy.

Nick Cave Wild God promo image - picture by Megan Cullen

TRUE FAITH – Is ‘Wild God’ Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds’ Most Religious Album Yet?

The first thing you notice about Nick Cave and the The Bad Seeds’ 18th studio album is just how bloody BIG it sounds. After…

THE SECOND COMING – Dada-ist Post-Punks The Very Things Release First Album in 30 Years

It’s the mid-’80s and Channel 4’s frequently shambolic and occasionally brilliant The TUBE is about to air, what for this viewer, is one of…

Holly Ross of the Lovely Eggs live in Hackney

EGGY THUMP! – The Lovely Eggs And Friends Whisk Up A Treat At Hackney’s EartH

For two people they make one hell of a racket

UNDER YOUR SKIN – Pussy Galore’s Kurt Wolf And Marco Butcher of Jesus And The Groupies Release New ‘Black Bruises’ Album

“Melodies rise…. like lizards emerging from the primordial ooze”

The Lovely Eggs

CRACKING UP? The Lovely Eggs Release ‘Wilderness Years’ Album ‘Eggsistentialism’

‘The music belies the brooding desperation of the lyrics…’ Review of The Lovely Eggs new album ‘Eggsistentialism’

Black Grape Live at Camden Electric Ballroom, December 2 2023. Picture by Sam Wells

COME ALL YE FAITHFUL – Black Grape Preach To The Converted At Camden’s Electric Ballroom

It’s a freezing Friday night more suited to bobble hats than bucket hats as Camden’s Electric Ballroom gradually fills in anticipation for the arrival of Black…

SPECTRAL FEAST – PJ Harvey Enchants In Sell Out Show At London’s Roundhouse

On record PJ Harvey‘s I Inside the Old Year Dying is a knotty, fragile creation. Sparse and intense, it’s a difficult, but ultimately fulfilling…

Harry Stafford (left) and Marco Butcher

GIMME DANGER – Inca Babies’ Harry Stafford & Co-Writer Marco Butcher On Music, Movies And New Album ‘We Are The Perilous Men’

“It’s that thing, that energy, that fits the mythology of what rock ‘n’ roll really means to young kids. It’s rebellion, it’s danger!”

Grab from video showing Dave Gahan from video of 'Mother of Earth' by The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Project

PIERCE DE LA MODE – Depeche Frontman Gahan Takes On The Gun Club’s ‘Mother Of Earth’

Dave Gahan is the latest big name performer to add his voice and guitar to The Gun Club leader Jeffrey Lee Pierce‘s musical canon….

PJ Harvey image for 'I Inside the Old Year Dying' album tour

A SLIGHT RETURN – ‘I Inside The Old Year Dying,’ PJ Harvey’s First Album In Seven Years, Is A Spooky, Stripped Back, Ethereal Song Cycle

I Inside The Old Year Dying, PJ Harvey‘s first proper album in seven years follows a period of intense introspection. One of the UK’s…

Dave Wakeling of The Beat (left) and Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow - picture by Sam Wells

LIVING IN THE ’80s: The Beat And Bow Wow Wow Party Like It’s 1982 At The Roundhouse

PICTURES: Sam Wells, WORDS: Matt Catchpole It’s a scorching Camden summer’s evening and we’re here to witness the return of the leaders of two…