Matt Catchpole

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URBAN SPACEMAN – Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Newcombe To Lead Pure Phase Ensemble

December 2, 2016

Anton Newcombe is responding to a question about the 2004 documentary Dig! which contrasted the fortunes of his band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, with that of friend and collaborator Courtney Taylor-Taylor’s group The Dandy Warhols.

A THOUSAND KISSES DEEP – Savages Captivate A Besotted O2 Academy In Black Friday Show

November 29, 2016

What better antidote to the rapacious commercialism of Black Friday than a night out in Brixton with Savages?

The O2 Academy show was the band’s biggest UK headlining performance to date and the packed house signalled that this was a band ready for the big leagues.

YOU CAN’T MOAN CAN YOU? – David Gedge On More Than 30 Years As Leader Of The Wedding Present

November 27, 2016

In the annals of Indie rock, David Gedge is one of the last great survivors. While other great hopes and next big things crash…

PREACHING TO THE CONVERTED – Kristin Hersh Beguiles With Intimate Set At St John on Bethnal Green

November 26, 2016

Kristin Hersh is an artist who inspires religious devotion on behalf of her fans, so what more appropriate venue for her than a church.

IGG IN JAPAN – Punk Godfather Pop Features on New Hotei Single

November 20, 2016

Iggy Pop has teamed up with Kill Bill guitar hero Hotei for a new single Walking Through The Night.

A dark tale of a stroll through the seamier side of Tokyo, it’s the latest cut from Hotei’s first international album Strangers, out now on Spinefarm Records.

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND – The Vapors Play Triumphant London Comeback Show At Dingwalls

November 9, 2016

It’s easy to be snide and cynical about events like this – why should a bunch of so-called one-hit wonders deserve a headlining tour…

BACK TO THE FUTURE – Synth pioneers Heaven 17 Perform 1981 Classic Penthouse And Pavement

November 2, 2016

For a little over an hour on Sunday a packed O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire was taken back in time to 1981 – when Dallas…

MAN-MACHINE – Catford Indie Synth Guru Rodney Cromwell Channels Kraftwerk On New Five-Track EP

October 24, 2016

Happy Robots boss and one time Peel’s Festive 50 fave Rodney Cromwell releases a new 5-track EP on November 11. The Fax Message Breakup EP follows…

GUNS OF BRIXTON – Savages To Play London’s O2 Academy

October 24, 2016

Savages are to follow up their rampaging summer festival performances with their biggest London headline show to date at London’s O2 Academy.

The double Mercury Music Prize nominees will play the 5,000-capacity Brixton venue on November 25.

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