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
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.
‘Dolemite’ and other Blaxpolitation classics on VOD!
❉ Digitally remastered blaxploitation classics on HD VOD including Melvin Van Peebles’ Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song.