At over 3.5 hours long, the Creation Records Spotify playlist covers most of the 17 years of Creation releases. Featuring early favourites like Biff Bang Pow! Phil Wilson, Revolving Paint Dream and The Jasmine Minks. Then there’s the later years with Super Furry Animals, Bernard Read more
In October 2011 BBC4 hosted a Creation Records evening to celebrate the first TV showing of Upside Down, during that night they also showed a compilation of appearances by Creation bands on the BBC.
Pete Paphides broadcast a show on Soho Radio last week playing a selection of Creation tracks along with special guest Pete Astor and you can listen again.
Pete Astor of The Loft/Weather Prophets releases his first new album for five years featuring a whole host of guests.
This is a really exciting release for early Creation fans due in September, Artifact: The Dawn of Creation Records is a 5CD box set including early singles, demos, radio sessions and live tracks from 1983 to 1985.
Pete Astor has recently been unearthing early recordings from before The Loft and these are now available to order.
The Loft have announced a couple of gigs for 2015 including their first ever gig in the USA.
A new boxset is due to be released in April 2015 featuring the first 10 Creation singles.
BMX Bandits are to join a whole host of other bands who became famous during the C86 era at a London night to celebrate the release of a new Nuggets-inspired 5CD compilation.
Following the release of his sixth solo album ‘Songbox’, Pete Astor (The Loft/Weather Prophets) was recently interviewed by Lawrence from Felt and this has been made into two short films by director Paul Kelly. You can watch the interview below. The new Pete Astor album Read more
This is The Loft’s first radio interview in 26 years with Gideon Coe on BBC 6 Music, broadcast live on 12th May 2011. In the interview the band choose a selection of tracks and revisit their 1984 Radio 1 session tracks. They also talk about Read more
The Loft return with their first date since their brief return in 2006.
A few years ago Stylus Magazine wrote an article called ‘Shine On’ about the first 50 singles on Creation. Well, at last here’s a chance to hear all them tracks in a playlist.