Bernard Rose directs this drama starring Danny Huston. The death of Hollywood talent agent Ivan Beckman (Huston) causes a minor shake-up in the industry, leading to a subtle power-play between various friends and colleagues. But how did Ivan die? Everyone assumes it to be the result of a drug overdose, yet a flashback reveals that […]
CMAT is a country / pop / singer-songwriter, Elle King meets Orville Peck. All songs written with a literary panache in true Irish tradition and with tons of wit. She has a quickly growing cult fanbase with sold out shows and strong physical sales. CMAT, real name Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson is a true career artist […]
Thomas Walsh is the founder and frontperson in critically endorsed Irish cult-pop band Pugwash – His classic pop songwriting has garnered him an impressive collection of celebrity recognition from artists like Brian Wilson, Jeff Lynne and Joe Elliot Guest contributions on the album comes from Dave Gregory (XTC, Dukes Of Stratosphere), Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), […]
Black Country, New Road – Forever Howlong Album of the Week (Staff Review) The last time British collective Black Country, New Road released an album, it coincided with the departure of their vocalist and principal lyricist, Isaac Wood. Having recorded For the First Time (2021) and Ants From Up There (2022)—two critically acclaimed albums with Wood at the helm—the […]
After cutting his teeth as a recording engineer for artists from T.Rex to Shirley Bassey, Martin Rushent broke through in 1977, producing the Stranglers. From that point, he helped give new wave bands a delicious pop edge, helming seminal recordings by 999, Buzzcocks, XTC, Generation X and the Rezillos to name just a few. As […]
1. What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend 2. People Are People 3. You Spin Me Around 4. Only You 5. She’s In Parties 6. The Look Of Love 7. Shout 8. Should I Stay Or Should I Go? 9. Rebel Yell 10. Breakfast 11. Girls On Film 12. Rapture 13. This Charming […]
Gus Dudgeon is rated as one of the greatest British producers of all time; his work is in millions of homes across the world. Starting out as an engineer, he got to produce the Zombies classic ‘She’s Not There’ in 1964 when the allotted producer popped out for refreshments. There followed an eclectic ride through […]
• Classic 1984 XTC album on CD/Blu-ray newly mixed (2023) by Steven Wilson in Stereo, 5.1 Surround & (for the first time with an XTC album), Dolby Atmos Spatial Audio mixes as part of The Surround Sound Series. • CD features the complete album newly mixed in stereo + three additional tracks. • Blu-Ray includes […]
2 LP Oranges and Lemons, from 1989, is a fantastic record, a lucid, technicolour sprawl of modernized Beatleisms and airbrushed psych-pop confectionary. Appropriately, given its title, several of the songs on Oranges and Lemons deal with Andy Partridges newly acquired parental status (the jazzy Pink Thing) is a cunning double-entendre about fatherly pride and his […]
