THE REAL GONE SINGLES BAR #168

Posted on August 6, 2026 by Real Gone

This time around at the Singles Bar, we bring you a couple of familiar names, but a whole world of brand new sounds from artists making their first appearance here, and in the case of a punk act, a plug for their very first studio recording! Among the eight picks, you’ll find an inspired cover tune, some great indie pop with a rootsier edge, and even an up and coming Irish act who appear to be in a bad mood… As always, we hope you find something new to enjoy!

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THE FIERCE AND THE DEAD – Regional Theatre

Posted on August 5, 2026 by Real Gone

The Fierce And The Dead’s fourth album, ‘News From An Invisible World’, marked a bold step forward for the band. With that record, they took their already distinctive sound from an instrumental, post-rock sphere into something song based with the addition of Kevin Feazey’s vocals. This had the effect of making a couple of their songs sound a little like a more interesting Queens of The Stone Age with proggy inflections, but it proved they were willing to push boundaries to an extent that might even alienate some of their fans. It was such a dramatic shift, but it was a gamble that paid off; the album was well received by fans and press alike.

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DONNIE VIE – Beautiful Things

Posted on August 4, 2026 by Real Gone

For power pop fans, singer songwriter Donnie Vie will need no introduction. With Enuff Z’Nuff, he lent his vocal and songwriting chops to a string of great albums, released at a time when a blend of Cheap Trick obsessions crossed with a 60s inspired, flower power cool was decidedly uncool. Their first three albums (‘Enuff Z’Nuff’, ‘Strength’ and ‘Animals With Human Intelligence’) are cast iron classics which still play brilliantly, decades after the fact. During the second half of the nineties and beyond, the band’s tendency to take a cut ‘n’ paste approach to making albums could be frustrating, but for the more patient fan, there was always a little more gold to be mined, and an on-form Vie continued to show his very natural melodic gifts on tracks like ‘There Goes My Heart’, ‘Believe In Love’ and ‘What Can I Do?’

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Listen: My Mom Is Here share brilliant new version of Blind Faith’s ‘Can’t Find My Way Home’

Posted on August 3, 2026 by Real Gone

There have been some great versions of the Steve Winwood/Eric Clapton penned ‘Can’t Find My Way Home’ over the years, not least of all Clapton’s own live version from 1975 with Yvonne Elliman and Joe Cocker’s 1991 recording, well suited to his aching vocal style.

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Listen: Tom Waits issues spoken word performance ‘The Fly’

Posted on August 3, 2026 by Real Gone

After a long period of radio silence, Tom Waits reappeared in July 2026 with ‘Boots On The Ground’, a track which, despite being a collaboration with Massive Attack, still retained some of the musical and tonal hallmarks of a later period Waits recording.

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