4. The Specials ‘The Specials’
Dean ‘Certainly the best British ska album if not the best ska album period. I saw them live at Hurrah in NYC as a teenager…’
For number 5 in Dean Wareham’s top 10 favourite albums please go here
LIVE
Baddies: London, Lexington – live review
Southend's Baddies broke up in 2012 but reformed for a special one-off gig in London to celebrate...
INTERVIEWS
In depth interview with the late Alan Merrill (The Arrows) who died this week
The following is the full transcription of an interview that Mark McStea did with Alan Merrill about four years ago where he talks his career in depth.......
NEWS
Singer Adam Schlesinger, of Fountains of Wayne, dead at 52 of coronavirus
Adam Schlesinger, the co-founder of pop-rock band Fountains of Wayne and an Oscar-nominated songwriter, has died from complications related to coronavirus. He was 52.
MEDIA
Kwaidan – film review
Kwaidan (1964)
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Cast: Rentarō Mikuni, Keiko Kishi, Kazuo Nakamura
Run time: 183 mins
Format: Blu-ray
Language: Japanese (with optional...
FESTIVALS
Dark Music Days (Myrkir Músíkdagar), Iceland – festival review
Dark Music Days (Myrkir Músíkdagar)
Reykjavik, Iceland
26 January to 4 February 2020 Reykjavík's Dark Music Days midwinter festival has...
