Monthly Archives: September 2023

STATUS QUO’s John Coghlan Relaunches His Biography

September 27, 2023

From psychedelia to hard rock: that’s the path which not only SPINAL TAP took but also STATUS QUO, whose groove for the first two decades of the band’s existence was driven by John Coghlan. One of the frantic four, the … Continue reading →

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Vince Clarke Strikes Solo

September 26, 2023

Over the years, Vince Clarke has worked in various ensemble configurations – a quartet when with DEPECHE MODE and WEST INDIA COMPANY, a duo when with YAZOO and ERASURE, to name but a couple – yet what the electropop maven … Continue reading →

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PÓL BRENNAN – The Irish Revolution

September 26, 2023

Arc 2023 The gloom of discord over the Emerald Isle: esteemed clansman paints cinematic tapestries with subdued grandeur as befits the centennial of the Civil War’s end. In 2023, when Ireland celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the finale of the … Continue reading →

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Keanu Reeves’ DOGSTAR Return With Their Third Album

September 25, 2023

There are more than a few popular actors who dabble in music, usually as singers who don’t take this aspect of their career seriously and who are surely not serious as instrumentalists – with the exclusion of Johnny Depp refusing … Continue reading →

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SECOND HAND – Death May Be Your Santa Claus

September 24, 2023

Mushroom 1971 / Think Like A Key 2023 Bible black with all guns blazing: brilliant British band blasts their fable-bound album into eternity. A three-year pause between longplay platters seemed like an unusual interval for the late ’60s and early … Continue reading →

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