Having managed to somehow skip an edition earlier this month, the Singles Club returns with a bumper selection of goodies to wrap up this unseasonably warm February. As usual, we had literally hundreds of submissions during the past few weeks, which Monk has whittled down to the baker’s dozen that have tickled both his aural and visual cortexes.
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We recently were able to have a chat with renowned prog artist and music emporium owner Tim Bowness, to talk about his new album, ‘Flowers At The Scene’, which lands this coming Friday (1 March). The album was produced by the equally legendary Steven Wilson and features a host of collaborations, including Peter Hammill (Van Der Graaf Generator), Andy Partridge (XTC), Kevin Godley (10cc), Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree), Jim Matheos (Fates Warning) and David Longdon (Big Big Train). We also chatted about his song writing manner and how working with top quality musicians over the years has changed his own playing style.
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This week edition sees a really laid-back blues rock track from Slovenia’s very own self-styled degenerate pop stars, Laibach, performing ‘The Coming Race’ – taken from a forthcoming film, no less!
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I remember now… and it seems like only yesterday. It was Hallowe’en night in 1990, and Queensrÿche ripped Belfast’s iconic Ulster Hall a new one. Despite promoting their ‘Empire’ album, the Seattle band played the whole of their iconic ‘Operation: Mindcrime’ in its entirety. It was so loud that, standing at the back of the venue, Monk could feel its four-foot thick Victorian walls vibrating. It was the only time he would see the original version of Queensrÿche live (he did catch the Todd LaTorre version a few years back, but they weren’t a touch on what he had seen that night) … Wind the clock forward a trio of decades and the band’s original frontman is making his third appearance in ÜR’s adopted hometown of Belfast in less than as many years: having somehow contrived to have miss his previous two appearances in the very same venue, there were no excuses this time around to prevent Monk and DQ venturing up the road from ÜRHQ to see if the man in question still possesses THAT voice: and they’ll answer that question very shortly…
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Birmingham’s premier alternative festival, Supersonic, has added another ten bands to its line-up.
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