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Iggy Pop


An all-star line-up celebrated the forty-fifth anniversary of the release of Iggy Pop’s classic Lust For Life album by playing Whelan’s of Dublin. Legendary Blondie drummer, Clem Burke, was joined by former Sex Pistol and punk pioneer, Glen Matlock on bass. Broadcaster and Pet Shop Boys dancer, Katie Puckrik on vocals. Iggy Pop and David …

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The Velvet Underground are of course every indie music fan’s favourite band – the band that launched a thousand musical careers. A new tribute album from Verve Records, ‘I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground & Nico’ with tracks from Iggy Pop & Matt Sweeney, St. Vincent & Thomas Bartlett, Sharon Van …

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ALTHOUGH nominally coming out of the worlds of the jazz and the funk, Leron Thomas is in no way the kinda artist who sees the narrow channels of genre or style as any kind of rulebook to be followed. He oversaw Iggy Pop’s 2019 album, producing, writing and touring in cahoots with the garage-punk legend and …

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Rock n’ roll has always served as a means to elevate the fringe of society, though it’s accentuated the plights of the outcasts and misfits in different ways throughout the years. Today we see it manifest in LA’s Death Valley Girls, who are more like a travelling caravan than a band in the traditional sense. At …

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Los Angeles glam/psych rockers Death Valley Girls have announced that their third studio album Darkness Rains is scheduled for release on 5th October on Suicide Squeeze Records and released the lead track ‘Disaster (Is What We’re After) for digestion. The video has been causing a stir, with Iggy Pop recreating the famous Andy Warhol Eating …

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Japanese guitarist Hotei is probably best known outside of his home country for creating the song ‘‘Battle Without Honor Or Humanity’ which was used by Tarantino as the main theme for Kill Bill, but in a career spanning over 3 decades, he has worked with some of  the all time greats – David Bowie, Andy Mackay …

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