Category Archives: Performance of the Day

Performance of the Day: Have I Told You Lately

Posted on July 27, 2023 by the press music reviews

Van Morrison and Sinéad O’Connor perform ‘Have I Told You Lately’ on Letterman 1995, with interesting results. The two singers are accompanied by the legendary traditional Irish folk band The Chieftains, with original member Paddy Moloney present, looking intently and … Continue reading →

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David Bowie – The 1980 Floor Show

Posted on March 10, 2023 by the press music reviews

It’s been 50 years since the first season of The Midnight Special and now they are back via their official YouTube channel with a series of extraordinary and officially unreleased David Bowie performances from 1973. The Midnight Special was an … Continue reading →

Posted in David Bowie, European Rock Pilgrimage, Gigs, Mainman, Mick Ronson, Never Heard It Before...Until Now!, Performance of the Day | 16 Comments

Cliff Richard and Steve Jones – Don’t Talk to Him

Posted on August 29, 2022 by the press music reviews

Steve Jones accompanied the ageless Sir Cliff Richard on one of his best songs, Don’t Talk to Him. This interview and acoustic jam session was from a long-lost broadcast of Jonesy’s Jukebox on indie 103.1 in 2007 when Sir Cliff … Continue reading →

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Greg Oakes – Her Listless Eyes

Posted on February 25, 2022 by the press music reviews

Electronic composer and synth pioneer Greg Oakes returns with a transportive sonic soundscape that creates a constant push / pull between discord and beauty. This instrumental voyage builds an ocean of ambience, submerging listener in a study in sound as … Continue reading →

Posted in Bandcamp, Performance of the Day, Producers | 8 Comments

Forward Fox – Ravestar

Posted on February 18, 2022 by the press music reviews

Sydney-based electronic artist Forward Fox, aka Siobhan Krelle, has released her mesmerising new single Ravestar, a track wreathed in decaying fizz and crackle and ghostly background tones. The vocalist, producer and multi-instrumentalist has released the darkly nuanced new single Ravestar, … Continue reading →

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The Lemon Twigs | Bowery Ballroom, NYC, December 2021

Posted on December 20, 2021 by the press music reviews

With a new album on the way, we appease our excitement with twelve of the greatest moments on record from New York’s incredible The Lemon Twigs. Brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario of The Lemon Twigs recently played two shows in … Continue reading →

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The Rolling Stones – Drift Away

Posted on October 29, 2021 by the press music reviews

The 40th Anniversary expanded edition of the Rolling Stones classic Tattoo You was released this month featuring one of their best kept secrets, an amazing remake of ‘Drift Away’. I never really cared for this song that much…until now. Written … Continue reading →

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#14: Lou Reed | Rock n Roll Animal (1974) / Live (1975)

Posted on June 17, 2021 by the press music reviews

Here at The Press we look at expansive double albums and trim it back to a single, filler-free listening experience. In the case of Lou Reed’s scary ’73 glam-phetamine performance, brashly released as two single live LPs in the mid-70s, … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums That Never Were, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Double Albums: Un-Doubled, Downloads, Gigs, Iggy Pop, Lemon Twigs, The, Lou Reed, Performance of the Day, Velvet Underground, The | Tagged | 14 Comments

Pink Floyd | Madison Square Garden, 1977

Posted on May 12, 2021 by the press music reviews

In July 1977 Pink Floyd put in four sensational performances at the world famous Madison Square Garden in New York. The band were nearing the end of the long and gruelling Animals tour and inter-band relations were on the slide. … Continue reading →

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David Bowie: Rotterdam 1976

Posted on May 10, 2021 by the press music reviews

Our Bowie bootleg bonanza continues with this remastered soundboard recording of Bowie live on stage at the Sports Palais Ahoy, Rotterdam, Holland on 13 May 1976, during the Station to Station White Light tour. This is one hell of a … Continue reading →

Posted in David Bowie, Downloads, European Rock Pilgrimage, Gigs, On This Day, Performance of the Day | 4 Comments