There’s freedom to be found in consistency. Until recently, Juan Wauters maynot have agreed with this statement. As a touring musician and multinational citizen, transience had always come naturally to him. Circumstance, however, recently prompted him to reconsider the benefits of staying in one place. His most introspective work to date, Wauters’ sixth solo album […]
The title track likens politicians to street hawkers and hustlers, and caused considerable controversy. So did the B-side, “Mattress,” though for different reasons. In the song, Fela likens a woman’s role to that of a mattress, there to support and comfort her man. Fela’s espousal of traditional gender roles, and his approval of polygamy, struck […]
Nuff Said was the third album recorded by husband-and-wife duo Ike and Tina Turner in 1971, following up the 1970 hit album Workin Together. All tracks were recorded at Ike & Tinas recording studio Bolic Sound, Inglewood, California. The album features compositions by Leon Ware, Philip Reese, Aillene Bullock, Ike & Tina and the funky […]
Josef von Sternberg directs this 1930s historical drama centred on the life of Catherine the Great. German-born Princess Sophia Frederica (Marlene Dietrich) is married off to Russias Grand Duke Peter (Sam Jaffe), in the hope of improving the royal blood line. Forced to continue in a loveless marriage, and put up with the eccentricities of […]
1930s US drama starring Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall and Cary Grant. After giving up her dreams of stardom to marry, aspiring actress Helen Faraday (Dietrich) discovers that her scientist husband, Edward (Marshall), is suffering from radium poisoning. In order to raise the cash for a cure Helen finds work as a cabaret hostess, and is […]
Cultural icon, anti-establishment statement, sadistic lord of carnival horror! With his iconic long fingernails, top hat and cape, Zé do Caixão (Coffin Joe) was the creation of Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins, who wrote, directed and starred in a series of outrageous movies from 1964 to 2008. An unholy undertaker in search of the perfect […]
CRAWLER on CD. Digipak packaging. IDLES return with their new album “CRAWLER” – an album of reflection and healing amid a worldwide pandemic that stretched the planet’s collective mental and physical health to the breaking point. Frontman Joe Talbot says, “We want people who’ve gone through trauma, heartbreak, and loss to feel like they’re not […]
1. Introduction by Brandi Carlile 2. “Big Yellow Taxi” 3. “A Case Of You” 4. “Amelia” 5. “Both Sides Now” 6. “Just Like This Train” 7. “Summertime” 8. “Carey” 9. “Help Me” – Celisse 10. “Come In From The Cold” 11. “Shine” 12. “The Circle Game” LOS ANGELES – Joni Mitchell stunned the Newport Folk […]
“Warehouse: Songs and Stories” was the sixth and final studio album by American punk rock band Hüsker Dü. The band dissolved in part due to disagreements between songwriters Bob Mould and Grant Hart over the latters drug use. This album, along with Candy Apple Grey, showcases the increasing maturity of Mould and Harts writing. This […]
The House Of Love – guitarist and vocalist Guy Chadwick, lead guitarist Terry Bickers, bassist Chris Groothuizen and drummer Pete Evans – formed in London in 1986 – Chadwick had been around the music industry for several years, but was energised seeing The Jesus And Mary Chain, inspiring him to form the band – Signing […]
