Category: …and Now for Something Else
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How Hamburg’s Grit Forged Liverpool’s Greatest Export: The Unlikely Birth of The Beatles
Let’s get one thing straight: Liverpool didn’t just create the Beatles. It took a crumbling, neon-soaked red-light district in Hamburg, a city still scarred by Allied bombs, to hammer them into shape. The story of four scruffy kids from Liverpool becoming the defining cultural force of the 20th century isn’t just a tale of talent.…
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Performance: The Innovative Cult Classic That Almost Broke The Stones and Made Jagger The Star
In the pantheon of rock star cinema, there are those who dabble, those who try, and those who become the role. Mick Jagger‘s turn in the 1970 cult classic “Performance” falls squarely into the latter category. It’s a film that almost broke the Rolling Stones, scandalized Warner Bros., and launched Jagger into a new stratosphere…
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Album Parade: Albert Hammond Jr, Nap Eyes, David Byrne, Ministry and more
Record Parade debuts at Sounds From Nowhere, a weekly entry and quick-fire look at today’s best releases. Albert Hammond Jr. – Francis Trouble Albert Hammond Jr. returns for another solo effort. Unfortunately, even after his past victories with the stylistic-illness, Francis Trouble sounds as-if Hammond is itchy to return to his days as a Stroke.…
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The Beatles and The Lord of The Rings
The best stories to tell are the strangest and this story is one of the oddest you’ll hear. In the mid-1960s, while The Beatles were still on top of the world, they released their second feature film Help!. While not a masterpiece, The Beatles enjoyed making their films and continued until their final hour and…
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Interview with CJ Ramone
CJ Ramone played The Magnet earlier this month and beforehand, SFN‘s Pip Johnson had a little chat with the legendary Ramone. SFN – You’ve just released your third solo album American Beauty and and it’s gotten a lot of great reviews around the board. While the Ramones have been disbanded for 22 years this year, do…
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Liverpool V London: The Beatles Disastrous Aldershot Concert
284 miles south of Liverpool is the Hampshire town of Aldershot (pop. 36,000). As the “Home of the British Army” Aldershot has seen its fair share of historic events. Royal visits and military tattoos are regularly augmented with anniversaries of battles and various other reasons to have military bands marching through the town. However, the…
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The LA’s 1987: Interview with Paul Hemmings
Fans of The La’s have a great deal to be excited about this year with the 30-year anniversary of a very important period in the band’s career. Although their now legendary self-titled album was not released until 1990, 1987 found them at their creative peak in terms of writing and producing the songs that would…
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Graphics Designer Imagines Love Songs as Stephen King Novels
Renowned graphic designer Butcher Billy has reached way into his twisted bag to reimagine some of our most beloved songs as-if they were Stephen King novels. Yes it’s true, it sounds really odd but it’s actually some of the most creative, amazing work we’ve seen! Billy simply took the titles and background for several favourite…
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When McCartney Killed The Beatles
47 years ago today, Paul McCartney finally and preemptively ended The Beatles with his debut solo album McCartney. However late to the solo attempt party Paul McCartney was, his debut solo album quite naturally killed The Beatles far earlier than the others would’ve thought. On April 17th 1970, Paul McCartney finally released his debut solo…
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Sturgill Simpson Wins Album of The Year, Ten List Announced
From October, the Sounds From Nowhere team were subjected to listen to hundreds of albums, all nominated and collected for us to listen. Now we’re officially able to announce our Album of The Year, along with the top ten. The long list, including thirty others will be published tomorrow. 1. A Sailor’s Guide to Earth…
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