A Year In The Country is an extraordinary multimedia project that incorporates a musical collective, record label, website, and physical artwork. It describes its raison d’etre thusly: “It is a wandering amongst work that takes inspiration from the hidden and ...

For those who think Goth signifies a group of emo music fans in black lipstick who swan around in velvet capes and fantasize about vampires, the Silhouettes & Statues: A Gothic Revolution 1978-86 box set  is here to set the ...

The legacy of Italian prog-rock band Goblin looms large in the minds of horror fans, especially those who are fond of the soundtracks the band crafted for Dario Argento films like Suspiria (1977) and Profondo rosso (Deep Red, 1975) as ...

Despite their multiple line-up changes throughout the years, Hawkwind has built an impenetrable legacy due to the fact they’ve remained a consistent, formidable and creative force over the course of 30 albums. Since 1969, the space rock pioneers have been ...

Never underestimate the power of nostalgia. It’s a poorly kept secret that any new music successfully channeling the energy of the post-punk bands I fell in love with as a 1980s teenager will catch my interest. My intense, albeit brief, ...

It was 1980 and Iron Maiden had just ripped a bloody great big hole through the music establishment. I was in Virgin Records flipping through the records in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM what an acronym that ...

With the success and phenomena that is Stranger Things (2016), it’s safe to say that we will see that style lifted across popular culture for as long as it’s success is maintained, and likely even further. Boys in the Trees, ...

In a world where each breath of every person is documented a million times over on the internet, an enigmatic presence like Unit Black Flight is refreshing. It’s also forces music critics to really listen to the music in order ...

Listening to a Ghost Box release is like stepping into a forgotten world, alien yet familiar to our own.  It’s a place where the future has intruded on the past and both have learned to co-exist in harmony, yet a ...

Synth lord and composer Tim Blake has had quite the storied career, and it has been a voyage peppered with innovation and experimentation since the start.  After catching his break in the early ‘70s as a member of influential UK ...