Lenny Kaye with Marty Love on drums Lenny Kaye , the New York based musical historian, journalist, author and of course, guitarist with the Patti Smith Group for an impressive 50 years, has ...
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Here are some of our favourite gigs from 2023 - another great year for superb live music which included the long-awaited reunion of The Soundtrack of Our Lives and an emotional return to Japan...
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First of all I'd like to sincerely thank all the Retro Man Blog and Retrosonic Podcast subscribers, contributors and people who have kindly offered encouragement and assistance along the way in ...
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In our recent Retrosonic Podcast Episode 53 you would have heard the excellent track by def.fo called "Play It Cool", well we liked it so much we named the episode after it and even feature...
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Welcome to Episode 53 of Retrosonic Podcast , featuring 20 superb new songs by some of our favourite international Bands and Artists from as far afield as Canada, Sardinia, France, America, S...
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Following our feature on Duncan Reid & The Big Heads final bittersweet show at The Lexington , I thought I'd invite Duncan into the Retrosonic Podcast virtual studio to get the lowdown on th...
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Moonboy Books will publish an impressive looking limited edition book featuring a collection of photos by Sheila Rock of the early New Romantic Club scene on November 1st with pre-orders n...
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It's not often a musician will announce their retirement at the very top of their game - certainly not hot on the heels after the release of what could possibly be their best album to date. D...
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Well, I think I've run out of superlatives when it comes to writing about the joys of seeing The Undertones play live, so this time I'm just going to limit myself to sharing some photos and ...
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It's hard to believe it's been six long years since The Blue Aeroplanes last played London, but finally they are back to promote their excellent new album "Culture Gun" in front of a packed ...
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It doesn't seem like five minutes since we last saw The Courettes and Oh! Gunquit put on a blistering show together at the Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth - a perfect combination of two of Re...
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It feels pretty surreal to find myself here at the Way Out West Festival in the middle of the huge Slottsskogen Park in Gothenburg, eagerly awaiting the return of The Soundtrack of Our Lives ,...
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In part 2 of our chat with legendary music photographer Paul Slattery we cover what it was like growing up in West London in the mid-60's during the heyday of the British Beat and R'n'B scene...
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Cover Star: Elsa of The Jack Cades. Photo by Jeff Pitcher Welcome to Episode 52 of Retrosonic Podcast , a Brexit-busting selection of 22 superb new International releases from as far afield ...
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Welcome to this special edition of Retrosonic Podcast where we talk to the legendary music photographer Paul Slattery about some of the recent books and records to use some of his iconic picture...
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There’s a neon sign above the bar in the Shangri-La venue in Tokyo that proclaims “This is where the magic happens”. There have been numerous books published on the Japanese misuse of Engli...
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It was a thrill to finally get to see Istanbul based singer Gaye Su Akyol play live as part of the Songlines World Music magazine's Encounters festival at the new Arts Centre venue Kings P...
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Ruts DC take the stage of Reading's SUB89 to a Reggae version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and launch into "Faces In The Sky" from the excellent new album "CounterCulture?" It's a slow-burning p...
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It's hard to believe that it's 30 years since I first saw Shonen Knife play live, that was at the Reading Festival in 1992 when the band were special guests of headliners Nirvana on what tur...
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There are some things you do sometimes online and immediately regret. Opening that email from a prince from a faraway land offering to stick a million in your bank account is one – opening ...
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The Courettes , living up to their reputation as the hardest working Garage Rock 'n' Roll band in showbiz, were back in the U.K. again for a short headline tour. These gigs were sandwiche...
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In the latest episode of Retrosonic Podcast we welcome Mickey Bradley , bassist of The Undertones prior to their "Celebrating 45 Years of Teenage Kicks Tour" (or a 'series of weekends away' ...
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In this latest special episode of Retrosonic Podcast we welcome one of our favourite vocalists and frontmen Dennis Lyxzén , to discuss his latest project Fake Names - a collaboration with s...
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"Más o Menos", the superb opening track to Undertones guitarist Damian O'Neill 's critically acclaimed new instrumental album "An Crann, has been given the remix treatment in a new E.P. ...
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Here are some photos from a thoroughly entertaining afternoon at the legendary music venue and pub The Dublin Castle in Camden, a suitably Rock 'n' Roll setting for the re-launch (or resurrec...
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