Do you remember your first obsession? Mine was David Bowie. I collected everything about him I could get my hands on, every album/bootleg recording and magazine, nicked books from the library, recorded (on cassette!) snippets of songs and interviews on the radio, stayed up all night watching Rage in the hope that they would play … Continue reading »
Newcastle band Shields have been hard at work over the last few months, putting the last bright, sparkly, finishing touches to their new EP Kaleidoscope. After the success of their first two singles, ‘Spires’ and ‘White Knuckle Tight Grip‘, they’ve have been cutting their live teeth with gigs at festivals all over Europe, including last … Continue reading »
Feast your eyes on this, fans: Placebo have just released We Come In Pieces, their second ever live DVD, after their much-loved 2003 live DVD Soulmates Never Die: Live in Paris. Filmed over two nights at London’s O2 Brixton Academy in September 2010, We Come In Pieces records for posterity the very last shows of the … Continue reading »
First up in the Left of Centre series is digital whizz and online maven, Anthony Crook, of Riverman Management (Placebo, Evaline, Expatriate). Here he talks about developing a thick skin, his career highlights, and why retaining an element of mystery is a good thing. Oh and his glamorous lifestyle… Continue reading »
I’ve been listening to and loving Californian band Evaline‘s Patterned EP for a long time now, and have been impatiently waiting for the release of their debut album – the three songs on Patterned + their 2006 EP Postpartum Modesty have only served to whet my appetite, now I want more: a full album, please! … Continue reading »
I’ve been on a Placebo bender of late, revisiting all my old faves in the absence of anything newsworthy from the Placeboworld camp. The wait between albums is painfully long, isn’t it? So here for your delectation is one from the archives, featuring two of my all-time faves – Placebo + The Cure sharing a … Continue reading »
I’ve been giving the latest Evaline track ‘Beneath the fire‘ the high rotation treatment today. It’s stonkingly good – a long, slow-burn track of epic proportions. Very nice. Their melodic, dark rock belies their sunny origins in Modesto, California – as their press release says, think Radiohead with a little Jane’s Addiction thrown in for … Continue reading »
