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Simple Minds – New Gold Dream – Live From Paisley Abbey (Live Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 13, 2023

Hands down, Scotland’s Simple Minds are in the upper echelon of bands to emerge from the UK New Wave scene during the 1980s. Forming in 1977, Simple Minds would go onto massive success with their 1985 album Once Upon a Time which featured such hits ... Read More

Interview – Clare Grogan of Altered Images

CrypticRockCrypticRockSeptember 22, 2023

Among the many talented UK bands to emerge onto the Post-Punk/ New Wave scene in the early ’80s, there was a little band out of Scotland called Altered Images. Led by Vocalist Clare Grogan, they were unique, young, and ambitious, who would hit big with ... Read More

Nina Nesbitt – Älskar (Album Review)

Nina MendeNina MendeDecember 15, 2022

In the world of Pop music there are a few artists which standout, and Scottish Singer-Songwriter Nina Nesbitt is one of them. Involved in music since a young age, Nesbitt has steadily built a career over the past decade. Releasing a series of EPs prior ... Read More

Simple Minds – Direction of the Heart (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaOctober 17, 2022

Even in the year 2022 the pioneering Scottish band Simple Minds are proving once again their prolificacy. Standing out among many of their batchmates that had long disbanded or faded out, currently – consisting of founders Jim Kerr (vocals) and Charlie Burchill (guitars, keyboards), along ... Read More

Altered Images – Mascara Streakz (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaAugust 28, 2022

One of the pioneers and forerunners of female-fronted ’80s New Wave / Indie/Twee Pop, Altered Images catapulted to ubiquity as early as 1981, when it released its debut record, Happy Birthday, whose infectious title-track became an anthem of the decade’s Alternative youth. Two albums more ... Read More

The Waterboys – All Souls Hill (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaJuly 28, 2022

Of all the frontmen/songwriters of bands that flourished and catapulted to popularity in the ’80s phase of Post-Punk/Indie/New Wave, Mike Scott, who carries the moniker The Waterboys, remains among the most productive– fifteen overall studio albums (seventeenth if you count Scott’s solo branded records from ... Read More

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Simple Minds – New Gold Dream – Live From Paisley Abbey (Live Album Review)

Interview – Clare Grogan of Altered Images

Nina Nesbitt – Älskar (Album Review)

Simple Minds – Direction of the Heart (Album Review)

Altered Images – Mascara Streakz (Album Review)

The Waterboys – All Souls Hill (Album Review)

Simple Minds – New Gold Dream – Live From Paisley Abbey (Live Album Review)

Interview – Clare Grogan of Altered Images

Nina Nesbitt – Älskar (Album Review)

Simple Minds – Direction of the Heart (Album Review)

Altered Images – Mascara Streakz (Album Review)

The Waterboys – All Souls Hill (Album Review)

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Interview – Kevin Martin of Candlebox Talks The Long Goodbye

Interview – Sean Young

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