Album Review:  Sons of Bill – ‘Oh God Ma’am’

Album Review: Sons of Bill – ‘Oh God Ma’am’

Sons of Bill, “Oh God Ma’am” (Loose)- Previous Sons of Bill offerings have tended to be pigeonholed under the collective banner of Americana, but “Oh God Ma’am” finds this gifted Virginia band spreading their wings a little and adopting a...
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Album Review: The Spitfires – Year Zero

Album Review: The Spitfires – Year Zero

After some high profile support slots in 2018 which included The Skids and Dave Wakeling’s Beat Watford four-pieceThe Spitfires release their latest album ‘Year Zero’. Opening cut ‘Remains The Same’ resonates with early Jam spirit and an upbeat and q...
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Album Review: Evil Blizzard – The Worst Show on Earth

Album Review: Evil Blizzard – The Worst Show on Earth

Evil Blizzard pushes the boundaries once more on their third full-length release, the motorway pile-up of sound ‘The Worst Show On Earth’. Opener ‘Hello’ sits uncomfortably between genres, prodding Lydon’s PIL between the ribs with a Sleaford Mods st...
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Album Review: Seething Akira – Sleepy Skeletor

Album Review: Seething Akira – Sleepy Skeletor

Having been making waves on the underground scene in their local scene in Portsmouth, Seething Akira have been quietly growing, playing shows and making some important friends along the way. Now, the time has come to release their debut album...
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Album Review: State Champs – Living Proof

Album Review: State Champs – Living Proof

New York Pop-Punksters State Champs unleash their third offering the Emo-bouncing ‘Living Proof’. Opener ‘Criminal’ touches down on all the Punk-Pop planets with light vocals, tight snare drums and pregnant musical pauses aplenty. The stair climbing, c...
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Album Review: Culture Abuse – Bay Dream

Album Review: Culture Abuse – Bay Dream

Californian Punksters Culture Abuse return with their sophomore album, the tunefully laidback ‘Bay Dream’. Opener and title track ‘Bay Dream’ laconically springs into bleary-eyed life with a morose Sunday morning, I need a coffee feel. ‘Rats In The W...
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Album Review: Bob Pegg – The Last Wolf

Album Review: Bob Pegg – The Last Wolf

Bob Pegg, “The Last Wolf” (Talking Elephant)-Readers of a certain vintage may well recall Bob Pegg’s exploits with Mr.Fox, the innovative folk-rock outfit who made quite an impact on the British traditional music scene during the late sixties...
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Album Review: The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound Sessions

Album Review: The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound Sessions

This cut ‘n’ paste collection of demo versions, covers and rarities ties in with the tenth anniversary of The Gaslight Anthem’s sophomore album ‘The 59 Sound.’ The bands unpolished, soul heavy, blue collar, just trying to do the right thing...
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Single Review: Mortimer Jackson – Chancers and Rats

Single Review: Mortimer Jackson – Chancers and Rats

Britpop maybe a distant memory to most but singer-songwriter Mortimer Jackson has built on the movements best musical moments to deliver the decade defying ‘Chancer And Rats’. The impressive single nudges the floor filling influences into the flickering sp...
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Album review: Between You & Me – Everything is Temporary

Album review: Between You & Me – Everything is Temporary

Pop-Punk’s dead horse has been flogged so many times that its carcass is now just a bloody mess of entrails and rotting flesh on the commercial slaughterhouse floor. So it’s surprising that Between You & Me’s debut album ‘Everything Is...
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