Rain Parade

Rain Parade “Last Rays Of A Dying Sun”

August 11, 2023 Paul Kerr 1

Veterans of the Paisley Underground storm back in great trippy form. The first glimmerings of a Rain Parade revival appeared when Steven Roback and Matt Piucci toured the UK earlier this year with The Dream Syndicate. […]

Interview: The Dream Syndicate’s Steve Wynn is happy to fly the flag for the Paisley Underground

February 28, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

On the eve of the legendary Dream Syndicate’s first ever UK tour, Steve Wynn talks to AUK about the reincarnation of the band and is happy to embrace the Paisley Underground tag. Given that it’s taken […]

Essentials: The top 10 ‘Paisley Underground’ albums

July 1, 2021 Guy Lincoln 6

Time was when we used to have ‘scenes’ to belong to. ‘Scenes’ we could relate to, which reflected who we thought we were, or at least who we wanted to be and ‘scenes’ that made us […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 18

May 12, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

An escape to literature – join me. School life is currently at full tilt. Exam years are freaking out about what’s happening, happened and might yet happen as well as what might not. Meanwhile the other […]

Various Artists “3 x 4” (Yep Roc, 2018)

March 19, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Ah, those heady days of the Paisley Underground, a music scene which even when observed from across the ocean offered an alternative to the prevailing pop-scene that dominated the UK music charts. ‘3 x 4‘ offers […]