Friday March 13th (ooh, spooky!) will see BigKegshandy and Steptoe return to Bristol's latest spot fer hipsters, flipsters and finger-poppers, The Lanes on Nelson Street, for another bowling brilliant evening of wild 45s fer dancin' plus live, Frome-flavoured freakbeat from Magic Tractor, featuring ...

THE NERVEBREAKERS ARE BACK! photo by Nicke Blitz For the first time in 15 years, since the release of “We Want Everything�, the Nervebreakers will perform live. Only three shows are scheduled. Friday, March 20th (5PM) at the Owl Tree Roasting, 3421 N. Interstate 35, Austin 78722. Saturday, March...

So the snow squall outside seems to have subsided but that matters little because I'm not venturing over the door again today. I'm listening to Stefan's SBB show from the other night. I missed it but thanks to the wonders of the interweb I can hear my Uncle Eric croon "The Downside of Being a Fuck U...

Mick Cancer remembers Lux. (Thanks to Rich Lustre and Mick for sharing this...) THE WAY HE WALKED Years ago, for some inexplicable reason, the late Joey Ramone instigated a “Lux is Dead� rumor, pertaining to Lux Interior, the mercurial singer for the proto-punkabilly band The Cramps. Fortunately...

Sobering news for a Thursday morning . A sign of these shite times for sure... (Link courtesy of Ed Lord)...

“This is Jonna Lee � is the second album from this Scandanavian chanteuse. Continuing the stream of unstoppable quality pop from the Razzia hit factory. Check out “My High�. It’s like what mighta happened if Carole King had written “I’m Waitin’ For The Man�. In terms of melodramati...

OPTIMO LUX TRIBUTE! The recent passing of The Cramp's Lux Interior totally devastated us and we felt compelled to do something to mark the occasion. So, on Friday March 13th we will host a musical celebration of the life of Lux. This will be a night of music The Cramps taught us - filthy, fucked up ...

This time next week, all going to plan, I’ll be in some boozer down “The London�. The occasion? The Quattros will be hitting the Dirty Water Club and if that’s not cause for celebration then I divnae ken what the hell is. A few things to run by you this Friday evening. I’ll be staying pret...

I see a lot of music documentaries and am often disappointed or deflated by the time they’re over. Not so with �The Wrecking Crew�. A lot of love and respect went into the making of this. The film took 12 years to complete. Denny Tedesco made it to celebrate the amazing lives of his dad, guita...

I'm going to see this today, prior to TWC. Don't know much other than it has Handsome Dick, Howie Pyro and John Holmstrom in it. Will file the verdict (on the documentary) in due course......