Category: EP/Album Reviews

Album Review: The Skapones – Cradle to the Grave
September 6, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: The Skapones – Cradle to the Grave

2-Tone is celebrating its big 4-0 next year and as an early precursor to the black ‘n’ white chequered celebrations The Skapones release the socially aware, skank-inducing ‘Cradle To The Grave’. This is old school album is brimming with tip-top...
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EP Review: False Hearts – Dirty Little Soul
September 4, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: False Hearts – Dirty Little Soul

Cambridgeshire four piece False Hearts ‘Dirty Little Soul’ E.P is a Rock release for 2018, powerful, soulful and full of topics relevant to the year. Opener ‘Break’ cruises the middle lane of the Metal highway while swerving the cliches that...
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Album Review: WSTR – Identity Crisis
September 3, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: WSTR – Identity Crisis

Identity Crisis? I’ll Have Three Of Those Please! We have entered an era of bands/artists who use shorthand for their names. Is it the latest trend? Is it “street”? Does it add “swagger”? Can’t they spell? Or like WSTR here,...
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Album Review: David Olney ‘This Side or The Other’
August 30, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: David Olney ‘This Side or The Other’

David Olney, “This Side or The Other” (Black Hen Music)- Veteran singer-songwriter Olney has been one of Americana’s most prolific performers for more than three decades now, delivering his moodily memorable reflections on the human condition...
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Abum Review: Paul Carrack – These Days
August 30, 2018 No Responses

Abum Review: Paul Carrack – These Days

Paul Carrack, “These Days” (Carrack-UK)- Paul Carrack has plied his trade with some excellent rock and pop outfits over the years, including successful stints with the likes of Ace, Squeeze and Mike and the Mechanics to name but a few....
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Album Review: Therapy? – Cleave
August 28, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Therapy? – Cleave

Lake of Plenty- Glass Empty The title of the brand new Therapy? record made me chuckle, I’ll tell you why. I was watching a dramatisation of “The Secret of Crickley Hall” by James Herbert (RIP) and the setting is a...
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Album Review: Ethernity – The Human Race Extinction
August 27, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Ethernity – The Human Race Extinction

Grandiose Melodic Prog Metal, now there’s a musical mouthful. Ethernity’s second full-length release finds the band in majestic Sci-Fi thriller soundtrack form. The album slides into hyperspace with the title track ‘Human Race Extinction’. The song...
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EP Review: Tenements – What Doesn’t Kill You Is Only Getting Stronger
August 23, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: Tenements – What Doesn’t Kill You Is Only Getting Stronger

Glaswegian Rockers Tenements latest E.P is the atmospheric, socially aware and brutal ‘What Doesn’t Kill You Is Only Getting Stronger’. Opener ‘The Fear’ (video link below) rises up from the gutter and kisses you Glasgow style right between the eyes....
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Album Review: Malcolm Holcombe – Come Hell or High Water
August 23, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Malcolm Holcombe – Come Hell or High Water

Malcolm Holcombe, “Come Hell or High Water” (Gypsy Eyes Music)-Within the multi-faceted and endlessly rewarding world of Americana Malcolm Holcombe represents a genuine national treasure, and the prolific North Carolina native’s third album i...
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Album Review: Rachael McShane & The Cartographers – When All Is Still
August 23, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Rachael McShane & The Cartographers – When All Is Still

Rachael McShane & The Cartographers, “When All Is Still” (Topic Records)-This multi-talented performer  is probably best known for her exploits with folk big band Bellowhead, and the gifted singer, guitarist has now joined forces with guitaris...
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