Ron and Russell are recording a one hour special today with Gary Crowley (tx date tba) Whilst they are there they will be popping in to Danny Baker’s show so listen from 3pm – 4.30pm for a quick live chat if you are not in UK you can still listen at www.bbc.co.uk/london

The Amp is a music channel on Sky TV and the video can be found on channel number 469

Ron and Russell will be interviewed live on Jonathan Ross’ Radio 2 show THIS SATURDAY 11th February. Please note this interview has been brought forward one week from its original date of Feb 18th Radio 2 is on 88-91 FM or if you are outside Britain go to www.bbc.co.uk/radio2 to listen on line[url=www.bbc.co.uk/radio2]www.bbc.co.uk[/url]

After the first day of sales Hello Young Lovers is sitting just outside the Top 40 SO COME ON EVERYONE. LET’S DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET IT INTO THE TOP 40

Ron and Russell will be on Newsnight tonight

Sparks will be ore-recording an interview with Ken Bruce tx date tba

4 and a half stars For their second successive release (see also ‘Lil’ Beethoven’), the Mael brothers, surely the most underrated and enduringly excellent band of the last 35 years – have delivered a collection of songs which share a conceptual unity: Wagnerian operettas fashioned from everyday occurrences. On ‘Hello Young Lovers’, their 20th album,… Read More

“The Mael brothers’ 20th (yes, 20th) album is packed with pop-operatic mischief. Power chords and orchestral excesses are weaved into their funny ha-ha, funny-peculiar electropop. it’s an overloaded effort, and as such difficult, but it’s suffused with an invigorating sense of crackpot creativity.” – 4 stars

AT LAST, HELLO YOUNG LOVERS IS IN THE (UK) SHOPS TODAY GO OUT AND BUY IT WITHOUT DELAY YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED !!!!!

Sparks – Hello Young Lovers review Love them or hate them, it’s impossible not to be intrigued by Sparks. Given that much of their musical output has been something akin to the lyrics of Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy, on top of some fairly sparse keyboard playing and other instrumentation, you can certainly say… Read More