WATCH: The trailer for The Rolling Stones | Some Girls Live in Texas 1978

Released November 21st on DVD/Blu Ray, Some Girls Live in Texas will be the third concert film that has come out in the last year following Stones in Exile and Ladies and Gentlemen. Filmed at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Forth Worth, Texas in 1978 this shows the band on top of their form as Some Girls hit the top of the USA album charts. Originally … Continue reading WATCH: The trailer for The Rolling Stones | Some Girls Live in Texas 1978

NEWS: Avalanche City’s ‘Love, Love, Love’ wins the NZ APRA Silver Scroll Award…

Avalanche City have taken out the 2011 Silver Scroll Award for songwriting with their hit Love, Love, Love. Voted for by the members of New Zealand’s APRA the song was up against The Adults (Nothing To Lose – should have won!), Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Ffunny Ffriends), Bachelorette (Blanket), Delaney Davidson (Little Heart). Pub Rockers Hello Sailor were honoured with a place in the NZ Music … Continue reading NEWS: Avalanche City’s ‘Love, Love, Love’ wins the NZ APRA Silver Scroll Award…

WATCH: The trailer for the reissue of JAMC’s Psychocandy…

The Jesus and Mary Chain’s seminal 1985 debut is a classic of that decade (or any other) with its amalgamation of The Velvet Underground, narcotic drones and hazy pop sensibilities,. Rightfully so it now gets the makeover with a ton of extras. Here’s the lowdown with the trailer at the bottom… THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN — PSYCHOCANDY — Expanded Edition. 2 CD + DVD in … Continue reading WATCH: The trailer for the reissue of JAMC’s Psychocandy…

WATCH: The trailer for the DVD release of 1991:The Year Punk Broke…

Finally one of the seminal documents of the early days of the 90s punk/grunge/garage rock boom gets a release on DVD – right on the 20th anniversary of its original issue. Featuring performances, footage, interviews with Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Babes in Toyland, The Ramones and Dinosaur Jr this is essential viewing. All footage has been fully restored with audio re-synced and remastered in uncompressed PCM … Continue reading WATCH: The trailer for the DVD release of 1991:The Year Punk Broke…

ALBUM REVIEW: Leader Cheetah | Lotus Skies

written by Chris Familton After the success of their 2009 debut The Sunspot Letters, Leader Cheetah ran the risk of ‘going big’ by building up their recordings with excess guitars and grand themes. Similarly they could have gone down the Powderfinger avenue chasing mass appeal and in the process losing some of the subtle and special musical traits that they displayed on that first LP. … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Leader Cheetah | Lotus Skies