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This week has been the usual mix of new music from old friends and songs which have put artists on my radar for the very first time. With live gigs on the horizon, there is no better time to support such grassroots artists and make sure that they are still working the circuit when you... Continue Reading →
Just because a song has been written and recorded a certain way, why draw a line under things so soon? Why resign yourself to the idea of a definitive version of a song when it can have any number of rebirths and reinventions. A good song is a good song after all, so why not... Continue Reading →
Wayne Hussey, frontman of Leeds' post-punk legends The Mission has provided further insight into his newest project ReMission International and their 'TOS2020' project, which involved re-envisioning the anthemic hit 'Tower Of Strength'. This commentary can be found in Part 1 and Part 2 of an interview based on crowd-sourced questions. Produced by Wayne Hussey and co-produced and mixed by legendary producer Tim Palmer, this EP was released to... Continue Reading →
A new album from Beauty in Chaos is always something which generates a lot of excitement. There are not many bands who manage to marry alt-rock swagger, post-punk inventiveness, brooding, gothic overtones and old school rock and roll so effortlessly, certainly none which do so without falling for the usual cliches. And if Michael Ciravolo... Continue Reading →
I’m beginning to think that Michael Ciravolo’s little black book of contact numbers has voodoo powers. Every time he flicks through it and finds someone to collaborate with the end result is always as if he has conjured an already classic song from a parallel universe. Most people just have the phone number of their... Continue Reading →
I’m never sure if Michael Ciravolo deftly steers his musical vehicle, Beauty in Chaos, into the sonic waters of the various guests he works with or if he instead trusts them to put their stamp on the music he is making. I suspect that the answer lays somewhere between both approaches but however he gets... Continue Reading →
LA-based collective Beauty in Chaos presents their new single '20th Century Boy' feat. Rolan Bolan and Wayne Hussey, with a fun-filled retro-inspired video, created by Industrialism Films and directed by Vicente Cordero. Here Bolan onoring the legacy of his father Marc Bolan, along with The Mission's main-man and Beauty in Chaos mastermind Michael Ciravolo. This... Continue Reading →
Beauty in Chaos, in collaboration with Jammer Direct and Jammerzine, announces the film ‘Behind the Beauty: Remixing the Chaos’, which premiered on Jammer Direct. This marks two milestones for Jammer Direct – this documentary is their first film project and it’s release also helped launch Jammer Direct's official Roku channel this month. This film takes you behind... Continue Reading →
London's ethereal alt-rock artist Evi Vine will be touring the UK in support of her new album 'Black Light White Dark', a stunning collection of six tracks produced by Dave Izumi (Nordic Giants, Ed Harcourt, Magic Numbers) and mixed by Phill Brown (Talk Talk, Jimmy Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, John Martyn, Robert Palmer). She will join Wayne... Continue Reading →
Wayne Hussey, best known as the frontman for UK alternative rock legends The Mission, has announced UK dates with London-based dark ethereal artist Evi Vine, as part of his European tour this coming autumn. Hussey will be touring in support of his long-awaited autobiography 'Salad Daze'. Evi Vine is supporting her new album 'Black Light White... Continue Reading →
Beauty in Chaos is a strange and intriguing prospect and like anything deserving of such a description is hard to easily pin down. Too fleeting to be a supergroup, more organic than merely a curated project, too original and forward thinking to be merely a rose-spectacled look at the past…it skips fleetingly past all those... Continue Reading →
Here is a list of the 10 most popular record and live reviews of the past year. Hope you enjoy looking back at some of the great music that we have been fortunate to help bring to your attention. 10. Opaline - Colour The Atlas “Colour The Atlas trade in atmospheres as much as they do... Continue Reading →
Although a big fan of The Sisters of Mercy and the earlier Mission albums, I have to confess that I lost touch with Wayne Hussey’s musical path a long time ago, for no other reason that there is only so much time and money to be dedicated to music these days and there is so... Continue Reading →