Category: EP/Album Reviews

Film Review: 27 Gone Too Soon
April 1, 2018 No Responses

Film Review: 27 Gone Too Soon

The idea of there being anything more than a tenuous link to the death’s of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse’s at aged just 27, is examined in Simon Napier-Bell’s Rockumentary ‘27 Gone...
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Album Review: Bettye LaVette – Things Have Changed
March 29, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Bettye LaVette – Things Have Changed

Bettye LaVette, “Things Have Changed” (Verve)- Bettye Lavette’s first album on a major record label in many a long year finds the soul veteran re-imagining some choice moments from Bob Dylan’s illustrious back catalogue, with predictabl...
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EP Review: Digital Criminals – Hell Yeah
March 27, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: Digital Criminals – Hell Yeah

Alt-Punksters Digital Criminals latest E.P ‘Hell Yeah’ is a purposeful jab to the chest of modernistic Rock. ‘Just Jump’ has an electric almost ‘Lucky Number’ spine which is dressed with clipped female vocals and a flowering musical texture that do...
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Album Review: Wonk Unit – Terror
March 22, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Wonk Unit – Terror

South London D.I.Y Punk kings Wonk Unit’s latest release is the tune-tastic ‘Terror. The lary ‘Day Job Wanker’ shoulder barges the album’s door open with a toe’s at ten to two attitude. ‘Christmas In A Crack House’ is a beautifully...
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Album Review: The Ugly Kings – Darkness In My Home
March 22, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: The Ugly Kings – Darkness In My Home

Aussie band The Ugly Kings first full-length release ‘Darkness Is My Home’ has a pure almost religious quality that sticks its flag proudly on Rock’s highest summit. This top-drawer record moves majestically while bar hopping between a plethora of ar...
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Album Review: John Prine – The Tree of Forgiveness
March 22, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: John Prine – The Tree of Forgiveness

John Prine,”The Tree of Forgiveness” (Oh Boy Records)-The former Chicago mailman may be a senior citizen these days but he’s yet to lose the ability to conjure up a memorable turn of phrase which made his work so memorable during...
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Album Review: The Damned – Evil Spirits
March 22, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: The Damned – Evil Spirits

The Damned, “Evil Spirits” (Search and Destroy / Spinefarm Records)- The Damned were always one of the most musically accomplished bands to emerge from the punk movement of the late seventies, and they return to the fray after a ten...
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EP Review: Luke Rainsford – I Just Don’t Deserved To Be Loved
March 20, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: Luke Rainsford – I Just Don’t Deserved To Be Loved

Singer-songwriter Luke Rainsford’s latest release ‘I Just Don’t Be Deserve To Be Loved’ clouds over the blue spring skies with a haunting realism that rises from the depths of blackened intestines. This superlative release opens with the post passing p...
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EP Review: Feed Them To The Forest
March 20, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: Feed Them To The Forest

York five-piece Feed Them To The Forest release their debut five-track E.P ‘Can’t Forget’. The Alt-Rockers open with the stop-start, jagged edge with a smooth finish of ‘Lie With The Dogs’. Next up is the multi-paced ‘Golden Age Thinking’ which.....
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Album Review: Interrobang?! – Self Titled
March 18, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Interrobang?! – Self Titled

Dustan Bruce returns along with former Chumbawamba drummer, bandmate Harry Hamer and ex-Regular Fries guitarist Stephen Griffin for their latest incarnation, Interrobang! Opener ‘Here Now’ has a cacophony of styles from a Kaiser Chief riff to a Streets spo...
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