In the final part of my in-depth trawl through the string-led sound of the 1990s (read parts one and two...
Ah, who better to celebrate Bella Union’s 20th anniversary than everyone’s favourite musical chameleons Mercury Rev? It’s unlikely you will...
My playlist of some of my choice tunes of 2015 so far: 1. Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian at Best! Aussie...
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What is it with bands of a certain level of self-importance that, some albums into their career, want to...
For what looks like it could be a match made in Heaven, Mercury Rev have announced three Summer dates backed...
Legendary psychedelic rock band Mercury Rev have shared their new single ‘A Bird Of No Address’, the radiant and uplifting...
After a seven year absence Mercury Rev return with a new album ‘The Light In You’ released 18th September on...
NEWS: bluedot festival launches with Jean-Michel Jarre, Mercury Rev, British Sea Power and many more
Dates: 22nd – 24th July 2016 Location: Jodrell Bank, Cheshire Jodrell Bank, the Cheshire observatory at the cutting edge of...
Somewhat softening the blow of Bjork‘s cancellation at the 2015 Iceland Airwaves festival comes the news that London’s finest electro-pioneers,...
In his highly entertaining book The Ten Rules Of Rock and Roll, Robert Forster (of Australian legends The Go-Betweens) made...
Well, here’s a rather impressive roll call of personnel: Norah Jones, Hope Sandoval, Beth Orton, Margo Price, Rachel Goswell, Vashti Bunyan,...
As my final post of the year, here is a selection of some of my favourite favourite tracks of 2015...
(NB – Apologies to the author and to Cherry Red. Nick wrote this review getting on for a month or...
More than a quarter of a century has now passed since I first saw Mercury Rev in this fair city....
Date: 3rd – 5th June 2016 Location: Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire Following on from the unqualified success of last year’s event, Lunar...
