New Wave band Fischer-Z have launched a podcast to tie in with their 50th anniversary. In Episode 7 John Watts looks back on the recording of the Stream and 13 Stories High albums, with special attention for Protection and Angel of Gardinia.
April 03, 2026
Frog: Dark Out
NYC band Frog consists of multi-instrumentalist Daniel Bateman and his younger brother Steve on drums. On their single Dark Out they reminisce about their youth, going as far as to use vintage footage of them as kids for the video. The upbeat jazzy pop works quite well, but Daniel's falsetto is a bit wobbly at times. Just thinking you can reach the notes does not mean you can handle them.
April 02, 2026
Anya Anastasia: Burrow
Australian producer and multi-instrumentalist Anya Anastasia acts as her own Greek choir on her new single Burrow, a track perusing a wealth of rhytmic shifts next to her stacked vocals. It is one of those songs that defies pigeonholing, switching between leftfield indie and experimental folk, but it also contains a short burst of guitar rock, and a neo-classical cello part. If anything, it strikes a nerve that is almost primal - or as she says so herself - animal.
April 01, 2026
Jimmy Page: "Ten Years Gone" home demo
Jimmy Page has posted the home demo of Ten Years Gone, a track that would end up on Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti album:
As a footnote to Physical Graffiti, I thought you might like to hear the original home demo, recorded in my studio at Plumpton Place of a piece of music that was going to surface as Ten Years Gone.
I presented this rough mix to the band at Headley Grange in order to do this for real. Robert Plant came up with some lyrics for my music that were extraordinary and then we arrive at the song Ten Years Gone.
March 31, 2026
The Darts: "Haunt Me" video
Seattle based garage-rockers The Darts have unveiled a video for Haunt Me, a track from their Halloween Love Songs album: "It's fast, it's loud, with the lo-fi sound of vintage organs smack in the middle of the mix. If the Cramps, The 13th Floor Elevators or The Slits had enlisted a keyboard player they might have sounded like this."
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