Tag: 80s pop
Friends Again – Trapped And Unwrapped – album review
Friends Again - Trapped And Unwrapped Cherry Red 2CD/DL Released 29th November 2019 Expanded 2 disc reissue of the Glasgow pop band's sole album, with a whole raft...
Let’s Rock – the Retro Festival: Southampton – live review
Live Review Let's Rock Southampton Southampton Common
6th July 2019 Review of the one day 80s Retro festival by second generation Louder Than War writer Lora Canty, with...
Cheekbones (Chkbns) – Autwik LP
St Petersburg’s Cheekbones (Chkbns) release Autwik, a lush, demure debut of outsider pop.
Bad Manners – The Albums 1980-85 – Album Review
Album Review Bad Manners - The Albums 1980-85 Pressure Drop 5CD/DL Released 31st August 2018 Boxset bringing together the five albums released by Ska band Bad Manners during the...
Kid Creole And The Coconuts: Private Waters In The Great Divide/You...
Two albums from Kid Creole And The Coconuts, including the Prince penned hit The Sex Of It
LIVE
40 years ago R.E.M. played their first ever gig : our man was there and here is his review
In the early hours of the evening, several hundred people gathered around a collapsing episcopal church, only a short walk away from the university's main entrance.
INTERVIEWS
Children of the State – Interview
Lily Martin interviews Yorkshire favourites Children of the State, finding out what's in store for their latest release Big Sur, and how COVID-19 is impacting the music industry.
NEWS
Manic Street Preachers announce 2 very special shows in Cardiff in December for the NHS
We wanted to do something to show our appreciation, love and respect for the NHS and its amazing brave workers. One free show and one fundraising show seemed the best way for us to express our deep gratitude for all their heroic work.
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...
