R.I.P. Cathal Coughlan: Microdisney and Fatima Mansions frontman dead at 61
I just read the sad news that the great Irish vocalist Cathal Coughlan has died. The frontman of both Microdisney and Fatima Mansions was 61…
Music Archives: 05/2022
This female-fronted band released one of post-punk’s ‘best’ songs, 1980 (with DM premieres)
The Leeds band Girls at Our Best! were only around for a couple of years in the early 1980s, but they left behind some solid…
A 45-minute ‘God Save the Queen’ for HM Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee!
“A report in 2019 revealed that Queen Elizabeth II and her family cost the British people £67 million per year,” says grateful subject Andrew Liles,…
Laibach on ‘Wir sind das Volk,’ a posthumous collaboration with playwright Heiner Müller
Laibach’s new album ‘Wir sind das Volk (ein Musical aus Deutschland)‘ Laibach’s latest project, a musical theater production based on texts by the German playwright…
The west coast’s answer to the New York Dolls: The Hollywood Stars
In July 2019, we told you about the marvelous seventies rock ‘n’ roll band, the Hollywood Stars. The occasion was the emancipation of their shelved…