Well now, what the hell is going on? Surely they just took him off the road to stop him doing more damage ahead of the election? Enough of that this cold wet Friday morning, the big news of the day is that a new slice of Cheer Accident was just let loose, another new album,…
A number of art and music events previously announce on these pages have now been cancelled due to the ongoing Covid-19 virus situation, the recently featured Twink event at Helgi’s here in Hackney, East London scheduled for this Saturday has now been cancelled as has the Turps open studio weekend we featured a couple of…
Stop Press: Van Der Graaf Generator announce UK dates. Seven years since the great band last toured and an amazing fifty years on from their debut UK album release, Van Der Graaf Generator will take the stage once again, back for a UK Tour in 2020. 03 May 20 Edinburgh, Queens Hall 04 May 20…
“I don’t normally big up bootleg Vids and the sound gets pretty murky here but, well, I guess a lot of people would be interested to see this…” so said Peter Hammill via his always interesting Twitter feed in response to a post from Isildurs Bane on their feed – “Somebody filmed the world première…
ISILDURS BANE & PETER HAMMILL – In Amazonia (Ataraxia) – An album arrives, without any real warning, no idea what to expect, well no, that’s not true, Peter Hammill is involved, well no, still don’t know what to expect, you’re kind of hoping to hear that voice, that wordplay, that learning not to shoot from…
“I’ve just put up a post at Sofasound about a live box set which is going to be released on the 29th of next month. Gallows humour, eh?” so announced Peter Hammill via his Twitter feed “And now, ladies and gentlemen, news of the release of a project on which I’ve been working for most…
A man just knocked on the studio door, a postman, a package, the latest Peter Hammill album, a live album called X…. Now don’t be taking this the wrong way, everything about this album is so so right, but could anyone else really get away with this? So laid bare, a live album from the…
Peter Hammill, yhe leader of Van Der Graaf Generator, plays a rare London concert, at the Southbank’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, performing music from his new album, as part of a UK tour. The other dates on the tour are: 24 April – GLASGOW Oran Mor, 25 April – MANCHESTER Stoller Hall, 27 + 28 Apr…
ALBUM REVIEW: PETER HAMMILL – From The Trees (FiE) – Is it possible to be too Peter Hammill? Surely no one else could get away with all this? All these metaphors, all this whispering through megaphones, all these public faces he’s prepared to wear? What else would be squandered other than time? There’s always beauty to…
London’s Cafe Oto have just announced a Peter Hammill three day residency, here’s the dates – 2nd, 3rd & 4th March 2017. Tickets are on sale now to Cafe Oto members or on sale next Wednesday (12th Oct) publicly, This is going to be delightful intimate, powerfully so. . I imagine it might be so…
