Category Archives: Performance of the Day

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

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 →

Posted in Albums That Never Were, Bandcamp, Downloads, Gigs, Images, Lemon Twigs, The, Mixtapes, Performance of the Day, Todd Rundgren | 10 Comments

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 →

Posted in Never Heard It Before...Until Now!, Performance of the Day, Rolling Stones, The | 20 Comments

#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 | 13 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 →

Posted in Downloads, Gigs, Performance of the Day, Pink Floyd | 9 Comments

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

Genesis Unearthed – Live Performance 1973

Posted on April 20, 2021 by the press music reviews

A pristine video has just seen light of day of Peter Gabriel-era Genesis performing live in 1973 at the Bataclan in Paris. This jaw dropping never-seen-before concert footage captures Genesis in all their live intensity, in stunning 4K quality. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Genesis, Performance of the Day, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Steve Hackett | 9 Comments

Performance of the Day: And It Stoned Me

Posted on April 10, 2021 by the press music reviews

Van Morrison performs a reggae-driven version of And It Stoned Me as part of an impressive fifteen song set that showcased his growing maturity as an artist in Montreux 1980. The Montreux jazz festival performance featured four of the songs … Continue reading →

Posted in Gigs, Performance of the Day, Van Morrison | 2 Comments

The Fall – I Wake Up In The City

Posted on February 16, 2021 by the press music reviews

A gob-smacking, ball-tearing, stick of rock ‘n roll gelignite best played exceedingly loud for the full exhilarating experience. This raucous b-side to the group’s bloody awful Flitwick Records 7″ single Rude (All The Time), is something of a companion piece … Continue reading →

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David Bowie: The Thin White Duke in New York, 1976

Posted on January 10, 2021 by the press music reviews

This is secretly the greatest live album Bowie never released*, this legendary bootleg captures Bowie in transition, moving from his plastic soul phase to the European electronic music he would create with his immanent relocation to Berlin. David Bowie – … Continue reading →

Posted in David Bowie, Downloads, Gigs, Images, Performance of the Day | 12 Comments

David Bowie: Another Stage in Gothenburg, 1978

Posted on January 8, 2021 by the press music reviews

Welcome to Part 2 of a 3 Part Bowie Bootleg extravaganza, a good time of the year to enjoy some magnificent Bowie shows from his golden years. This one is live in Gothenburg, Sweden on 4 June 1978. The sound … Continue reading →

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David Bowie: “Heroes” in Berlin, 1987

Posted on January 7, 2021 by the press music reviews

Berlin has become inextricably linked with the Bowie legacy. He’d lived there in the late 1970s creating some of the greatest music of all time, sharing an apartment in the Schöneberg neighbourhood with Iggy Pop, escaping from the drugs and … Continue reading →

Posted in David Bowie, Downloads, European Rock Pilgrimage, Gigs, Performance of the Day | 7 Comments

Carnival As Life

Posted on October 25, 2020 by the press music reviews

The enduring carnival-as-life metaphor suggests that life is a path that offers infinite opportunities and enticements: amusing highs and confusing lows, imagery of bearded ladies, ghost trains and chance-taking carousel rides to know you’re alive. Intercut with an air of … Continue reading →

Posted in Dire Straits, Performance of the Day, Richard Thompson | 13 Comments

Performance of the Day: Have I Told You Lately

Posted on August 14, 2020 by the press music reviews

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

Posted in Performance of the Day, Van Morrison | 4 Comments