The Latest from London's Finest
May the force be with you – The return of Guided by Voices The enigma that is GBV returned to these shores after a lengthy absence of 16 years as if it was only yesterday. The five piece line up fronted by talismanic human jukebox Robert Pollard with stalwart and long term foil Doug Gillard […]
Yesterday was the launch of the British Collective’s five-day Live performance at the lively and chic music venue Boisdale in Canary Wharf, London with a live band : keys, bass, guitar, drums and vocalists. Thanks to these four amazingly talented performers, from the get-go, we travelled back to some of the most iconic British soul […]
South London collective the Alabama 3 crossed over to the other side to north London’s Forum to spread their brand of harmony and destruction to a much loyal and devoted gathering of all persuasions. Frontman and original mainstay Larry Love enters on a wheelchair in hospitable garb and IV drip and the rest of the […]
42 years from Punk pioneers, Psych crossover to Goth merchants the Damned have survived the travails of a music industry that has eaten up many a band. Original members Captain Sensible and Frontman Dave Vanian celebrate the journey in a party atmosphere to an adoring crowd. This may well be a trip down memory lane […]
Republica make triumphant return to London with a touch of the old and new. We’re just mad about Saffron and she seemed rather keen on the hospitable crowd down Chelsea way at the rather state of the art Under the Bridge. Whisper it lightly but today was Ms Spracklings 47th birthday and what a birthday […]
From early days as a member of Beat combo’s The Whirlwinds and The Mockingbirds and then as a successful songwriter for the likes of Herman’s Hermits, Hollies, Jeff Beck and The Yardbirds with such memorable hits as No Milk Today, Bus Stop, Tallyman and For Your Love. I chat with Graham Gouldman on a career […]