Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
See this bloke? This is Lester Bangs, the greatest writer America ever produced (not that America would ever let on that its best talent spent all his time writing rock reviews... that jus' wouldn't do would it'). Anyway, see this...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 12/26/2008
Here’s a band that didn’t mind eating ‘humble pie’
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Rod Stewart may be reuniting with his old drinking buddies and bandmates in the seventies rock group The Faces for a possible tour. Stewart, along with original Faces' members Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagan, and Kenny Jones have booked studio time for a rehearsal next Monday.
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 10/17/2008
One day I found myself looking for obscure "glam rock" compilations on Amazon UK and the "customers who bought this" recommendation led me to an album called "Breathlessly Brett" an LP originally recorded in the mid-1970s -- but not released until 2003 -- by a then teenage performer named Brett Smiley. It seldom left my CD player for the next month. I'd never heard of Brett Smiley before, but when...
Toxic Web Blog (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
...naff. I can see why Jimmy Page would want to appear playing a classic Led Zeppelin track at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics but why agree to have that nobody caterwaul beside him.
The Weight (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
I'm enjoying this song too much right now not to want to share it. It's the Small Faces' "All Or Nothing." To go along with the video, I'll throw in some facts about Small Faces. Small Faces were founded in East London in 1965 by members Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones, and Jimmy Winston. By 1966, they were offered a deal with the newly established Immediate label, formed by
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
SOME of the UK's biggest investment funds are failing to deliver as unsteady markets send returns tumbling.
The Agonist (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
titled thusly so as to eliminate the Josh Grobans and Neil Diamonds and Garth Brookses of the world :) Paul Young Paul Rodgers Steve Marriott Roger Daltry John Lennon Paul David Hewson
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
40 years on, Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake is still one of the weirdest records ever made - but we should leave it be
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
IAN MCLAGAN AND THE BUMP BAND *** KING TUT'S, GLASGOW
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
1970s rock legends the Faces could reunite in the next year, according to their keyboardist.Ian McLagan revealed that the Stay With Me greats, are discussing a ...
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
The Faces, the '70s rock band most famous for hits including 'Stay With Me' and 'Ooh La La', could be set to reunite in the near future.
The latest from newcritics (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
It all started innocently enough over at my joint when I put up this charming clip. One of the two or three regular readers of my blog, who chooses, perhaps out of laziness, to go by the moniker Anonymous, left this comment: Great 60’s Male Vocalists in No Particular Order: John Lennon Elvis Presley Paul Jones Paul McCartney Roy Orbison [...]
Cinebeats (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Top: David Hemmings and Steve Marriott Bottom: Jennifer Moss and Heinz Burt I recently watched two entertaining and important musicals directed by British B-movie maven Lance Comfort called Live It Up! (1963) and its sequel Be My Guest (1964), which are currently available on DVD from Guillotine Films. After my failed attempts at finding any good articles [...]
Liberal England (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
A live recording from Belgian TV made on 2 March 1968, or so the person who has posted this on Youtube says. I have always liked "Itchycoo Park" best among Small Faces songs, but my taste is broadening and the presence of the iconic 1960s figure P. P. Arnold on stage with the boys makes this special. Two more treats for Small Faces fans... A 16-year-old Steve Marriott playing drums in the film Live...
