Tag: Gary Numan

Tim Muddiman & The Strange’s Second Album ‘Domino Blitz’ Is Gloriously Grungy Rock

May 7, 2018

The new album from Tim Muddiman & The Strange, ‘Domino Blitz’ feels like it draws something from Bowie’s ‘Diamond Dogs’. There’s a distinctly dystopian vibe to the twelve track record, the follow up to Tim’s 2016 debut, ‘Paradise Runs Deeper’. It’s dark and deep, and moody, but it’s what you might expect from Muddiman if you’re familiar with his previous releases.

EP Speaks To LA Band Nightmare Air About ‘Fade Out’, Gary Numan, And Life In General

April 10, 2018

Nightmare Air comprises Dave Dupuis, Swaan Miller, and Jimmy Lucido. The trio are based in Los Angeles and shred up the stage with guitars, drums, and “meticulously layered boy-girl harmonies”. Their studio albums are sublime, their stage performances even more so. Not quite shoegaze, not quite full blown rock, the band’s music is possibly best described as “shoegaze with a rocky edge”.

Gary Numan Holds Court In A Dystopian World At Dublin’s Olympia Theatre 29 March 2018

April 10, 2018

A long time ago Gary Numan asked ‘Are ‘Friends’ Electric’. At the Olympia Theatre in Dublin on 29 March it wasn’t exactly a gathering of friends, but by the end of the evening we all felt we knew each other, so it may as well have been; and the atmosphere was most definitely electric.

Essentially Pop Meets: Circuit3

August 16, 2017

During Essentially Pop’s recent Irish Roadshow, Lisa talked to Peter Fitzpatrick, who performs as Circuit3. Check out our interview as well as our competition to win Circuit3’s album.

Arcade Fire’s ‘Everything Now’ Is Neither Everything Nor Now But It Is Still Excellent

August 8, 2017

There’s a lot of Bowie in Arcade Fire’s new album, ‘Everything Now’.

Electro Rock Duo Next Fix Announce Release of Newest Single ‘The Outskirts’

July 18, 2017

London duo, Next Fix announce the release of their new single, ‘The Outskirts’, on 10 August.

Club Drive Announce UK TOUR

April 6, 2017

British pop-band Club Drive, have announced brand new tour dates, supporting Canadian pop rock band Marianas Trench next month.

Tim Muddiman & The Strange – ‘Paradise Runs Deeper’

September 1, 2016

Out on September 9, the new album from Tim Muddiman & The Strange, ‘Paradise Runs Deeper’, is an album with something for everyone. Twelve tracks long, including his previous releases, ‘Wildwood Stone’, ‘Rolling Stones’, ‘Your Drugs’, and most recent track, ‘Glass Queen’, it’s rock and pop and everything in between, with Tim’s signature guitar style underpinning the entire album.

Gary Numan: Android In La La Land

August 16, 2016

Directed by Steve Read and Rob Alexander, who filmed and produced it respectively, ‘Gary Numan: Android In La La Land’ is more than just a documentary about the Godfather of Electronic Pop; rather, it’s a love story, about and between Gary and his wife Gemma, and their three daughters.

Tim Muddiman and The Strange – ‘Glass Queen’

July 15, 2016

Tim Muddiman releases his fourth single, ‘Glass Queen’, on August 6th with Believe Digital, ahead of the official release of the band’s debut album, ‘Paradise Runs Deeper’.

GARY NUMAN: ANDROID IN LA LA LAND

May 26, 2016

‘Gary Numan: Android In La La Land’, will celebrate its European Premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 19th June and will also close the East End Film Festival on 3rd July.

POETRY IN MOTION – Chord strike the right note with ‘Ode to Scarlet’

March 13, 2016

Often music comes across my desk from bands I’ve never heard of before and am unlikely to hear of again, but occasionally, just occasionally, you hear something new that puts a smile on your face and a spring in your step.