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Over the last couple of years, as the increasingly fractious rollercoaster that was The Wildhearts seemingly ground to a permanent halt, it was clear that Ginger Wildheart already had something else in the works (when doesn’t he) in the form of a new band building on some of his solo work (notably Ghost From The... Continue Reading →
A little over two years since their last studio album, Renaisance Men (in that time there’s also been the Diagnosis EP and 30 Year Itch live record), The Wildhearts are back with another 45 minutes or so of their typical kind of joyous punk metal racket, 21st Century Love Songs. Starting where Renaissance Men left... Continue Reading →
Two years since their last new album, Renaissance Men (there has been the 30th anniversary live album in between), The Wildhearts are back with Remember These Days, a single to give a little preview of their upcoming new album 21st Century Love Songs (due in September). With the band once again consisting of the so-called... Continue Reading →
30 years or so, as the story goes, after being fired from his previous band and falling down the stairs of a tube station in London, Ginger Wildheart decided to form a band combining all his musical loves in one heady, noisy, melodic mix. Now, after many comings and goings and ups and down, that... Continue Reading →
Click here to listen on Spotify Another bunch of tracks for you to round the month; old, new and otherwise. For my usual crop of locally sourced stuff there’s a new one from Kiya Ashton’s latest EP, something from Elliot Albert Orchard, one by Ukuladeez and a Billy Bragg track that was recently covered by... Continue Reading →
When I first encountered the debut (and currently sole) album from Silver Ginger 5, 2000's Black Leather Mojo I was still relatively new to the work of their leader, Ginger Wildheart, and, if I'm honest, I wasn't sure what to think of it. That was when the album was re-released in the UK in 2005... Continue Reading →
Click here to go straight to the Spotify playlist This has felt like another musically very busy month with Guernsey's music scene getting back into its own swing after the usual quieter January and lots of other stuff going besides. From the Guernsey scene I've got a couple of tracks including one from Lifejacket who... Continue Reading →
Less than five months since they release Renaissance Men, their first album in a decade, The Wildhearts are back again with a mini-album, Diagnosis, taking one previously released track and adding five new ones recorded in a more recent session (oh, and in between Ginger Wildheart found time to put out solo album Headzapoppin too).... Continue Reading →
To say Ginger Wildheart is prolific would be something of an understatement — in the last twelve months he's released the GASS Mark II compilation record, The Pessimist’s Companion solo album, new Wildhearts album Renaissance Men and the band have just announced a new mini album to be released in October. Into that already packed... Continue Reading →
Ten years on from their last album, Chutzpah, The Wildhearts have been back in the studio and created Renaissance Men, an album that at once harks back to old glories while defiantly looking forward and presenting something fresh and new - not bad around three decades since they first formed. Obviously I'm a big fan... Continue Reading →
Tommy Girard 