Chris Payne’s Electronic Circus
❉ Gary Numan sideman and co-writer of Visage’s Fade To Grey, on the new Electronic Circus LP, working with Katja von Kassel, playing SynthWave 2 and more.
Month: June 2018
The Scrags – ‘Anything’ reviewed
❉ The nicest surprise from Sweden since Benny, Bjorn, Anni Frid and Agnetha buried their thirty–year-long hatchet.
Podcast of the Week: Always There – The Howards’ Way Podcast
❉ This week: Julia Raeside navigates through every episode of the 1980s seafaring soap opera, in order, with a special guest joining her each time.
‘The Freewheeling John Dowie’ reviewed
❉ Dowie may have left stand-up behind but his bone-dry sense of humour certainly hasn’t abandoned him, writes Andy Murray.
Kaleidoscope presents I Kill Giants on DVD
❉ Coming-of-age fantasy drama based on the graphic novel by Joe Kelly and J.M. Ken Niimura flies onto DVD 2 July.
Allen Ravenstine – ‘Waiting for the Bomb’ reviewed
❉ Pere Ubu co-founder Allen Ravenstine back in full effect, and his work has never been more alluring whilst never loosening its abstract grip.
The Joy Formidable announce new album “AAARTH”
❉ Following their sold-out spot at last week’s Robert Smith-curated Meltdown Festival, the band share full details of the album and new single “The Wrong Side”.
‘Cannibal Ferox’ Blu-ray coming from Shameless
❉ THE MOST VIOLENT FILM EVER MADE – BANNED IN 31 COUNTRIES! Restored and re-graded from a new 2K scan.
‘The Demon Headmaster’ on DVD reviewed
❉ A long-overdue DVD release of the beloved 1990s Childrens BBC TV series.
‘Mansfield 66/67’ reviewed
❉ Essential viewing for anyone with an interest in that decade of Hollywood Babylon when boobs were big, voices were squeaky, women were objects and brains were avulsed by tractor trailers.