Life After Carter: ‘The Essential Jim Bob’
❉ Snapshots of modern life in the form of a two-disc recap of Jim Bob’s prolific solo career, reviewed by James Collingwood.
Music
Stone Tapes: ‘Children of the Stones’ Original Soundtrack
❉ Happy day! Sidney Sager’s soundtrack to HTV’s 1977 cult classic has been released by Trunk Records. The Bowling Green’s Micko Westmoreland explores what lies beneath…
Gig Review: Henge at The Foxlowe, 22/10/2022
❉ We are not from this world… Den Cartlidge enjoys another night of ‘Cosmic Dross’ with intergalactic ambassadors, Henge.
Review/Interview: ‘Listening to the Music the Machines Make’
❉ Ange Chan reviews a new book chronicling the evolution of electronic pop and speaks to its author, Richard Evans.
Us Frail Gods – ‘Shorelines’
❉ Indie duo Us Frail Gods release their second album on #BandcampFriday.
Flange Circus: New single & video – ‘It’s a Tree’
❉ Flange Circus flirt with the unspoken horrors of everyday wood folk on new single It’s a Tree.
Lyndon Morgans – ‘Of Gods And Men’
❉ Welsh songwriter Lyndon Morgans of Songdog releases his first full-length album under his own name.
Cheap Makeup and Big Ideas: ‘Music for New Romantics’
❉ The majority of the music assembled here still sounds brilliantly fresh and strange after all these years, writes Johnny Restall.
Get ready for the second coming of The Bowling Green
❉ A Thong For Europe: Get ready for the second single from The Bowling Green’s ‘lost’ third album.
Gig Review: Sea Power at The Sugarmill, 14/10/22
❉ Do bears like rock music? Den Cartlidge finds the answer as Sea Power launch their October tour at Stoke’s Sugarmill.