Interview: Myke Gray
A career spanning over 30 years, we find Myke Gray back in the frame with his new project Shades Of Gray, a veritable, bona fide hard rock hero who has probably seen more than most. He takes some time out...
Author: Azra Pathan
Live Review: The Wildhearts – By Request Live Stream
Night Of The Wildhearts. I’m making it sound like a horror movie there but this was a most enjoyable spectacle for a Saturday night after over a year of lockdowns under our belts. My friends, this was an adventure of...
Single Review: 50 Year Storm – Intravenous
Vein Glory Hello my friends, hope you are well as we embark on this ‘roadmap’ out of here, what feels like a promising step may be too much to bear for those of us tormented by the trials of this...
Single Review: Y!kes – Just Me ft. Geoff Rickly
Me, Myself and I The giant of post- hardcore Mr Geoff Rickly – what a catch he is!!- is featured on the latest release from my friends Y!kes. The song ‘Just Me’ sees singer Oli meandering through a deserted Birmingham,...
EP Review: Primitive Ignorant – Infant Joy on Midnight
Around Midnight My friends, I have here the next instalment in the musical story of Symren Gharial aka Primitive Ignorant, the bassist who dares to evoke the thoughts we had long buried, those passions left untouched and those dreams left...
Album Review: Wheel – Resident Human
Artists In Residence My friends I am at my laptop on the first anniversary of the UK lockdown and I despair. The rich get richer while the poor continue to struggle, whatever savings they had has now dwindled and the...
Album Review: Pupil Slicer – Mirrors
Apt Pupils Today my friends I present to you another debut, something a little less ordinary, bordering on the psychotic and the neurotic. Now I don’t want to split veins here by comparing Pupil Slicer to other similar bands, as...
Single Review: Project Revise – Hold Your Ground
HTPR – Hold Tight Project Revise Hello everyone, you find me back with my friends Project Revise for another slice of Pop -Punk pie and what a little beauty it is. An anthem full of fun and frivolity with a...
Album Review: Ashen Crown – Obsolescence
Art Brute On the 22nd February this year our friends in Ashen Crown announced over t’internet that their debut album, Obsolescence, is available on YouTube for everyone to enjoy. So me being the nosy old bat that I am went...
Album Review: Refuge parts 1 and 2 – out now via Ripcord Records
Sanctuary Songs Hi my friends hope you are keeping well as we still trundle along through lockdown, our lives have been pushed down further into a hole than before, as many lose their jobs and livelihoods. Sadly a darker side...