Lou Reed: A Life by Anthony DeCurtis
See the words New York, Drugs and Andy Warhol and you’re likely to come up with just one name, Lou Reed.
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Dale Jonathan Perkins “Voice Without Words Parts 1-3 (Ishikawa) Review and Interview
Dale Jonathan Perkins “Voice Without Words Parts 1-3 (Ishikawa) review and interview.
So You want To run A Record Label – Here’s How
So You want to launch your own record label but don’t have the funds, don’t have the know how and frankly haven’t a clue where to start? Hifi Pig has a chat with Serial Bowl Records, a label collective based in Sunderland in the North East of England to get the low down.
Erasure – The Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Having been suitably warmed up by support act Bright Light Bright Light, whose synth pop torch songs from his album Choreography are enthusiastically received by tonight’s sell out audience, there is a tangible thrill of anticipation as the lights dim and Erasure take to the stage.
London Astrobeat Orchestra Tour Dates
London Astrobeat Orchestra are bringing their spectacular live show to venues across the UK over the next few months. Band leader and bassist Edd Bateman has brought together West Africa’s finest session musicians to form a group that fuses rhythmic influences from Senegal, Guinea Conakry, Mali, Cameroon and Congo with the music of legendary new […]
Seal – The Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Tonight’s support act is a guy called Thabo. I assumed from his accent that he was American but when I checked out his website after the show I discovered that he was born in Zimbabwe and lives in…Huddersfield. Thabo’s songs are intelligent, tuneful and incredibly engaging. By the end of the first song he has […]
Kenneth James Gibson – “In The Fields Of Nothing” Release Date
Seeking the overwhelming vibration of the genuine sound wave and its profound echo on the soul, Kenneth James Gibson has spent his career experimenting under a variety of aliases like as many brushstrokes to an ever polymorphic palette – successively releasing as [a]pendics.shuffle, Bell Gardens, Reverse Commuter, dubLoner, Kenneth James G., KJ Gibbs, Bal Cath, […]
Bright Light Bright Light Tour Dates
BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT’s album ‘Choreography’ has taken him on a whirlwind ride in the last year or so, and the journey gets even more exciting as Rod Thomas (aka BLBL) tours Europe, including the UK and Ireland, opening for his musical heroes ERASURE from January 29th.
New Guero LP “My Way Rules” Announced
Rebolledo’s YOU AND YOUR HIPPIE FRIENDS imprint grows its groove footprint on international dance floors with the full-length debut of GÜERO, the latest vinyl outing from the Hippie Dance sister label and also its first fully fledged album project. To attentive hippie friends, the artist name should ring a big, funky bell – one that sounds exactly […]
Hawkwind “At The Roundhouse”
Well look what we have here just in time for the festive period, it’s a live double CD and DVD set from veteran spacerockers Hawkwind. I’ll be absolutely honest and say that I pre-ordered this the Day Cherry Red announced its release…I’m a bit of a fan to say the least.
Hawkwind Live At The Roundhouse CD & DVD
Just announced: Hawkwind Live at The Roundhouse a new live 2CD / 1DVD box set on the way in December.
The Musical Box – The Usher Hall, Edinburgh
In January 1977 John Scott paid £2.80 to see Genesis. Tonight, nearly forty one years later, he’s paid £35 to see some Canadians pretend to be Genesis.
Tubular Bells For Two Interview
Hifi Pig’s John Scott recently caught up with Tubular Bells For Two’s Danny Holdsworth in advance of their UK tour.
Eleanor McEvoy – The Thomas Moore Project
Eleanor McEvoy’s new album The Thomas Moore Project is, at first glance at least, a bit of a niche item. Thomas Moore was a 17th Century Irish songwriter and poet whose work has become somewhat neglected in recent times. Moore occupies a similar place in Irish heritage as Robert Burns does in Scotland but while […]
Eleanor McEvoy – The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
Despite having penned the title song of Ireland’s biggest-selling album, A Woman’s Heart, and releasing more than a dozen albums over the last couple of decades, Eleanor McEvoy is still something of a well-kept secret. Over the last few years she has become increasingly appreciated in audiophile circles for the recording quality of her albums, […]
Chasing the Dragon Reel to Reel Revival “Big Band Spectacular” Syd Lawrence Orchestra
Janine Elliot takes a listen to Mike Valentine’s Chasing the Dragon label’s Reel to Reel Revival “Big Band Spectacular” by the Syd Lawrence Orchestra. Needless to say this is a reel to reel release.