Category: EP/Album Reviews

Album Review: Benjamin Folke Thomas – Modern Man
November 23, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Benjamin Folke Thomas – Modern Man

Benjamin Folke Thomas, “Modern Man” (Aveline Records)- Ben Thomas has been snappily described as “the missing link between Johnny Cash and Ingmar Bergman,” and the Gothenburg born balladeer’s latest studio album, “Modern Man,” certainly represents a compelling tour de force...
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Album Review: Metallica – … And Justice For All (30th anniversary re-release)
November 20, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Metallica – … And Justice For All (30th anniversary re-release)

So, Let It Be Written… … in the language of the mad, and while chomping down chocolate Buttons and a Flake. In 1988 B.C. (before computers) I purchased Metallica “…And Justice for All” on cassette, see Fig.1, and hands up...
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Album Review: Christmas – Scum As You Are
November 20, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Christmas – Scum As You Are

Glühwein and Good Times Fill your glasses my friends and welcome the season of peace on earth and goodwill to all men (women, children, animals and all else). On the other hand, just down your drinks in one and chase...
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EP Review: Crashing Cairo – At Speeds That Destroy
November 19, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: Crashing Cairo – At Speeds That Destroy

Music and heartbreak often walk hand in hand as real-life birth, death and marriage all intersect ideas, dreams and plans. The desire to push past the past and walk towards the light is none more evident in Crashing Cairo’s ‘At...
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EP Review: Phoxjaw – Goodbye Dinosaur…
November 19, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: Phoxjaw – Goodbye Dinosaur…

With so many new bands launching their careers nowadays, it’s like a pick ‘n mix counter, all positively delicious, but which sweeties will you choose to take home? Bristol sees the coming of a new dawn in metal with PHOXJAW,...
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Album Review: Blancmange – ‘Wanderlust’
November 15, 2018 one Response

Album Review: Blancmange – ‘Wanderlust’

Blancmange, “Wanderlust” (Blanc Check Records)-Founder member Neil Arthur has striven manfully to keep the Blancmange name alive since illness forced his long term creative partner Stephen Luscombe to give up the ghost in 2011, and “Wanderlus...
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Album Review: Elvis Costello & The Imposters – ‘Look Now’
November 15, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Elvis Costello & The Imposters – ‘Look Now’

Elvis Costello & The Imposters, “Look Now” (Concord)- Elvis Costello should be applauded for continuing to deliver his finely crafted brand of baroque chamber-pop at a time when most of his contemporaries from the late seventies have long sinc...
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Album Review: Vargas Blues Band – King of Latin Blues
November 9, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Vargas Blues Band – King of Latin Blues

Vargas Blues Band, “King of Latin Blues” (Warner Music Spain)- Spanish bluesman Javier Vargas is a close friend and musical sparring partner of the great Carlos Santana, and the similarities between the two guitarists’ approach to music-makin...
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EP Review: Devilin Me – I’m Too Young To Be This Old
November 6, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: Devilin Me – I’m Too Young To Be This Old

Following on from Devilin Me’s self-titled E.P (review link below) ‘I’m Too Young To Be This Old’ tramples the same coin shaking, tribal drumming beaten path. ‘I Need A Fucking Holiday’ is a lyrically incisive foul-mouthed frustrated rant while ‘...
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EP Review: 7he 7ouch – SeventySeven
November 5, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: 7he 7ouch – SeventySeven

Originally from Greece but now of that there London the unsigned 7HE 7OUCH have dropped a pretty stunning E.P of Arena filling Rock ‘N’ Roll. Opening track ‘Soloution’ hooks you in with a catch of the day chorus and seamless...
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