Now Spinning Magazine is the go-to source for independent and honest music reviews that celebrate music in all its physical forms. Our online community of music fans spans the globe, representing every genre and period of popular music. We’re committed to supporting music in every format, from vinyl to CDs to Box Sets.

For record labels and bands seeking a platform to showcase their artists and releases, Now Spinning Magazine offers an unparalleled opportunity to connect with a dedicated and passionate audience. We invite you to submit your latest projects for review, tapping into our growing community of avid music collectors and fans.

Whether you’re a dedicated collector, a casual music fan, or an industry professional looking to feature your artists, Now Spinning Magazine is your essential source for all things music. Join us in celebrating the art of music in all its forms, and stay tuned for the latest in music releases, reissues, and exclusive insights. Phil Aston (Editor in Chief)

“We love working with Phil Aston and Now Spinning Magazine. He’s a consummate professional. With an exceptional understanding of music who gives great interviews which our artists enjoy immensely”. Sharon Chevin – The Publicity Connection

Now Spinning Magazine is listed in the 2026 Music Week Directory and Featured in Record Collector Magazine.

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Phil Aston has had a lifelong passion for music, ignited when he witnessed Deep Purple live in 1974 at the tender age of 14. This transformative experience set him on a path deeply entwined with music, marked by his early days playing in local bands around Birmingham. Phil’s career evolved notably as he became the lead guitarist for the NWOBHM band The Handsome Beasts, signed to Heavy Metal Records. His journey continued with stints in Rogue Male alongside Chris Aylmer of Samson and Tantrum, where he contributed music to a film featuring Lindsay Wagner. Phil’s songwriting talents were further showcased with London-based Lionheart Music.

In 2004, Phil relocated to Cornwall and founded Genius Loci Media, a digital marketing agency tailored to serve the music and creative industries. The agency also ventured into music production, releasing albums for violinist and composer Sue Aston. A pioneer in live streaming, Phil produced a notable performance in the USA featuring members from the bands Survivor and Halford.

Currently, Phil runs Now Spinning Magazine, which he founded in 2020. The magazine has quickly built a reputation for its honest video reviews, in-depth music features, and interviews with many famous artists. Through Now Spinning Magazine, Phil continues to share his passion for music, drawing on his extensive experience as a musician and marketer to enrich the music community.
Music Covered: Everything!

Composer Sue Aston graduated from the Birmingham Conservatoire and freelanced as a professional violinist with symphony orchestras as well as doing sessions for rock and folk bands. Sue was always a musical rebel, often listening to punk and rock music alongside violin concertos. Sue is involved in editing the Now Spinning Website and the Membership Scheme.
Music Covered: Pop – Rock – Punk – Classical Music
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Musician, music teacher and producer Wayne’s love of music began early when as a young child he would sneak into his older brother’s bedroom and just stare at the covers of many what are now considered Classic Albums, but the real spark was lit when he heard Iron Maiden’s The Number of The Beast for the first time aged 9. Something happened that day and he’s never been quite the same since!  Wayne began playing guitar aged 9, joined his first band at 14 and quickly moved onto the drums at 15. Wayne has worked in and been involved with many areas of the music industry; musician, music teacher, music retail, producer, studio engineer, live sound engineer and luthier but his real passion is music education and teaching.

Wayne graduated from the University of Sunderland with a BA in Music with a specialism in Musicology. For the last 23 years he has worked as a private music tutor, alongside working in schools and colleges, and since 2014 he has worked as a producer and mixing/mastering engineer in his small studio, Wildwood Studios, in rural North-East England. This has given him the opportunity to work with local artists and bands but also some noteworthy “rockstars” too and has helped to give him a good insight into not only how music is produced but also how the music business works.

Wayne has been a record collector (mainly CD but some Vinyl) pretty much his whole life since he received his first 7” singles for Christmas in 1984. And yes, he still has them! Wayne is also co presenter on our monthly ‘Metal Monthly Podcast’.

Music covered: Metal (all sub-genres) – Rock – Punk

Dan is a successful singer-songwriter with several releases under his belt. He has a vast music collection and loves every genre of music you can imagine. His top music choices would be Bjork, Bruce Springsteen, Opeth, Steven Wilson, Queensrÿche, Kiss, Bat For Lashes. Dan is a professional writer and lives in Cornwall. Dan is also the presenter on our Now Spinning Japan Podcast which looks at Japanese Music and Collecting Culture.
www.danastonmusic.com
Music Covered: Pop – Rock – Folk – Jazz – Metal – PROG

Andy originally hails from The Midlands (Northampton), but his folks moved south, to The New Forest, when he was 7. Andy joined an 8s-11s youth club where there was a vibrant ‘scene’ with many of the members bringing their records along. There’d always be a bun-fight to play them on a cheap, portable, speaker-in-the-lid, record player, where albums, which were larger than the platter, hung over the side! Then, through a family connection, it came to pass that a big, 15” speaker, cabinet radiogram was donated to the club, on the condition that Andy would henceforth become ‘music monitor’ (i.e. DJ and producer). He was 9, and was now the youth club DJ. 55 years later, after an almost 40 year career with BT (as an IBM Mainframe boffin), Andy is now retired but still DJs for himself and anyone interested. In those 55 years, he’s played in pubs, clubs, golf-clubs, sports-clubs, a BBC-club and at Ipswich’s renowned Rock Pub ‘The Railway’, where he was resident DJ for two years in the early 00ies. Andy’s taste is about as eclectic as it can come, with an extensive collection of many genres, on both Vinyl and CD, and a wide range of singles-compilation CD sets. This library of both albums and hit singles gives Andy the opportunity to choose from an extensive track list, as source material to edit, for use in his daily and weekly quizzes, Name that Tune in One (NtTi1) and Dial-a-Disk (D-a-D), respectively. Since last September (‘25), Andy has enjoyed managing the daily and weekend themes, incorporating ideas put forward by members and ensuring variation and variety in the subjects used.  

Andy is passionate about music and loves to post in the Facebook group about what he listens to and about curating his, still growing, library of CDs and Vinyl. 

Music covered: Rock, Pop, Soul 

Pontus is a Swedish journalist based in Stockholm. A music ”geek” and a major record collector since childhood,

Norshammar contributes regularly to the YouTube channel The Contrarians and is a panel member on Scot Lades’ Prog Corner YouTube Sunday live streams . He has also contributed to books by Martin Popoff about Rainbow, Genesis and Robert Plant as well a book about Kansas by Tim Durling.

He has appeared on the British music podcast The Epileptic Gibbon Music Show with Ian Fairholm.

He is also involved with the Swedish concert scene.
Music covered: All Genres

Rob has been a music fan since his childhood in the 1980s. Rooted in rock and metal, Rob’s tastes have broadened over the years. His extensive CD collection ranges from Mozart to Slipknot, taking in almost every genre and style in between.
As a writer in his professional life, Rob is relishing the challenge of bringing his profession together with his passion for music as a reviewer for Now Spinning.

Music Covered: Pop – Rock / Metal – Soul – Jazz – Folk

Justin Griffin (aka JRiff Blue) discovered the glories of 1960s and 1970s rock music as a teenager in 1990s. Ever since he has soundtracked nearly every moment of his life with the sounds of electric guitars through tube amplifiers. Top 5 Artists: Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Allman Brothers Band
Music Covered: Rock – Blues Soul – Folk / Americana

Mike’s earliest musical memory is stamping about the kitchen to the sound of a new hit single, Bits And Pieces by The Dave Clark Five. He’s been dancing in ill advised ways ever since.
Mike is a generalist and not a completist meaning that there are enough gaps in his knowledge and collection to keep him occupied for a long, long time.
He likes nothing more than turning others on to sounds they may not have heard, whether they old favourites or brand new platters.
Music Covered: Pop – Rock – Soul – Jazz – Folk

CEO & Co-Founder of Digital Leadership Associates the Global Social Consultancy.
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Music Covered: Rock – PROG – Pop

Chris was raised in a home where LP’s by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys leaned against the wall quite happily with others by Stevie Wonder, Cher and Motown Chartbuster compilations. One of his first memories of listening to music was watching as 7″ singles dropped down one at a time onto the turntable of a mono suitcase record player. The Move, Eric Clapton, The New Seekers and more all formed part of Chris’ early music education.
Chris had his ‘metal epiphany on 25th January 1979, when Judas Priest first appeared on Top Of the Pops. Nothing was ever the same again!

He started going to gigs in ’79 (Judas Priest) and has never stopped!
In 1980, at the age of 16 Chris started working in an independent record shop and he only left music retail in 2006. 26 years of working in record shops opened Chris up to many more styles of music.
These days, Chris is happy to continue to find new music and music new to him from other members of Now Spinning.

Specialism: Rock/Metal/Prog Rock.