A quarter of a century on from first hitting the headlines with Oasis, Liam Gallagher is back with a new solo album Why Me? Why Not, his second after the demise of Beady Eye. The album's song 'Glimmer' includes the melody from 'The Thousand Guitars Of St. Dominiques', the instrumental B-side...
Now into its second season, US AMC TV series, Lodge 49, is based around the adventures of a young ex-surfer, from Long Beach, California, played by Wyatt Russell, who joins a local fraternal group after his father's death. The new season includes in its soundtrack an obscure...
Torque was a motoring TV show which ran from 1974 to 1980 on Australian station ABC, hosted by journalist and race car driver Peter Wherrett (pictured). A selection of road tests from the series are now being re-broadcast under the banner Retro Focus Presents: Classic Torque Road Tests. And one such clip is...
Schemers is a new feature film set in Dundee in 1979/80, dealing with the youth culture of the day and the dangerous business of music promotion. It's the directorial debut of Scotsman Dave McLean, who used to manage Placebo and organise UK tours by the likes of Nirvana. The...
Sonet was a famous Scandinavian label founded in 1957 in Denmark - but in 1970, they launched a UK office, which originated their own productions. Cherry Red now represent rights to much of Sonet's UK output by acts such as Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts (see above), US...
After the demise of 70s art rock legends Be Bop Deluxe, their front man quickly re-emerged with a new incarnation, Bill Nelson's Red Noise, in 1979. This highly promising band were only ever granted one album, Sound On Sound, for Harvest Records before Nelson called it a day and concentrated...
Ever since emerging with his unashamedly retro combo The Stairs in 1991, Edgar Jones (alias Edgar Summertyme) has carved a splendid niche in exhuming the spirit of mid-60s US garage rock and British R&B. The Liverpudlian singer, songwriter and bassist has now brought his extensive catalogue of over a dozen albums to Cherry Red, from...
Formed in the mid-1980s, London band Elixir were part of the boom in British Heavy Metal (nicknamed NWOBHM), driven in part by the success of Iron Maiden and Def Leppard. Cherry Red now represent the rights to several albums by Elixir, namely Lethal Potion (1990), Sovereign Remedy(2004) and Live (2005). Drop us a line...
Doom Patrol is an American web TV series based on the DC Comics superhero team of that premiered in February on the DC Universe channel. Included in the soundtrack was 'Blown Away', an obscure punk gem by The Expelled - both sides of which are controlled by Cherry Red. The track originally appeared...
Created in 1969 out of the ashes of Mod favourites The Action, Mighty Baby embraced the "playing" style of West Coast psychedelic bands like The Grateful Dead, alongside a fascination with Sufism. The result was a unique fusion of psychedelia, blues, world music and other styles. Cherry Red now represent their cult 1971 album A Jug Of...