ARTIST OF THE MONTH

Black Bananas (led by Jennifer Herrema from Royal Trux & RTX) new album in a decade ‘Bad Bunch’ is out today

From Royal Trux to RTX to Black Bananas, Jennifer Herrema’s work has never divided into separate phases so much as continued in motion. As HERO Magazine observed, she has been “surfing the Rad Times Xpress for three decades” a trajectory defined less by reinvention than by sustained evolution.

Scott Fagan reveals the title track from his new album ‘Soon’ where he revives songs from his lost 1971 Broadway Rock Opera starring a young Richard Gere

Listen to the latest single and title track, a masterclass in classic songwriting that could easily have slipped into Sinatra’s repertoire. A ballad about hope, faith, yearning, and the promise of a brighter tomorrow, it’s a song Fagan wrote as a 24-year-old that feels all the more poignant and affecting sung by him now, in the autumn of his years.  

The Reds, Pinks and Purples reveal new single ‘Every Shade Of Blue’ from their upcoming new EP ‘True Love Daydream’

Here, separated from the album, the music has space to ebb and flow, lingering in shimmering ambience. Three of the songs on the EP are atmospheric instrumentals, a slight departure from Donaldson's classic songwriting, yet retaining the emotional depth that makes the music so captivating.

Fire celebrates 40 years of fierce independence !

Fire Records recently celebrated its 40th anniversary in style with a full day of music at a sold out event at the EartH theatre in Hackney, presented by the celebrated comedian and long time friend of the label Stewart Lee who called Fire "One of the last great Indie Labels".