Category: EP/Album Reviews

Album Review: Jeb Barry and the Pawn Shop Saints – ‘texas. etc…’
March 8, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Jeb Barry and the Pawn Shop Saints – ‘texas. etc…’

Jeb Barry and the Pawn Shop Saints, “texas, etc…” (DollyRocker Recordings)- Prolific songwriter Jeb Barry delves deeply into the dark underside of the American dream as he unveils his splendid new double album, “texas,etc…” The contents are equally divided between...
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Album Review: Jon Allen – Blue Flame
March 8, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Jon Allen – Blue Flame

Jon Allen, “Blue Flame” (Monologue Records)-The sublime creative talents of this rare throwback to the golden age of music-making in the late sixties and early seventies were first discovered by no less a luminary than Mark Knopfler in 2006, and...
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Album Review: Milestones – Red Lights
March 6, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Milestones – Red Lights

The blurred boundary lines between Pop-Punk and just Pop are stretched to snapping point by Manchester’s Milestones debut ‘Red Lights’. The commercial radio heavy opener ‘BitterSweetHeart’ shimmy’s into shopping mall shenanigans, running down corri...
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EP Review: Ay Wing – Ice Cream Dream
March 6, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: Ay Wing – Ice Cream Dream

Solo artist Ay Wing’s ‘Ice Cream Dream’ is full of eclectic electro goodness which swirls around the oyster wafer ear. Opener and title track ‘Ice Cream Dream’ is a must for BBC 6’s ever-precious playlist. The tracks light spacious sound...
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Album Review: The Dub Righters – True Sound Killaz
March 4, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: The Dub Righters – True Sound Killaz

London Three piece The Dub Righters throw their frayed flat cap into the Street Ska ring. The bands independent underground sound resonates with squatters rights, mouldy bathrooms and bed sheet curtains. Opener ‘Archway Keith’ has a distinct homemade 2-Ton...
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Album Review: Last Great Dreamers – 13th Floor Renegades
March 4, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Last Great Dreamers – 13th Floor Renegades

Eighteen months since the Last Great Dreamers released the excellent ‘Transmissions From Oblivion’ album the band have returned with another corker ‘13th Floor Renegades’. Up first is the rat-a-tat attack of ‘New Situation’ that blows away any cobw...
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EP Review: Kid Klumsy – Spit Your Dummy Out
March 4, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: Kid Klumsy – Spit Your Dummy Out

Kid Klumsy’s debut E.P ‘Spit Your Dummy Out’ is loaded with STP family familiarity and the result is six cuts of the Nineties shaved Pop-Punk. ‘Grow Up’ kicks a musical hacky sack at Sum 41 while ‘24 Hours’ has a...
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Album Review: Dirt Box Disco – Immortal
March 2, 2018 one Response

Album Review: Dirt Box Disco – Immortal

Rebellion favourites DIRT BOX DISCO continue to defy the odds by releasing ultra catchy earworm friendly, straight up street level Punk-Pop ‘Immortal’. The chant inducing ‘Ready Or Not’ bounces out of the speakers like a dangerous dog on red bull...
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Album Review: The Levellers – We The Collective
March 2, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: The Levellers – We The Collective

After fifteen years X2, with seven top forty albums and fourteen top 40 singles The Levellers release a stripped down collection featuring some of their most memorable cuts along with two new brand new tracks. ‘We Are The Collective’ isn’t...
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Album Review: Stick In The Wheel – ‘Follow Them True’
February 22, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Stick In The Wheel – ‘Follow Them True’

Stick In The Wheel,”Follow Them True” (Self Released)-The East London outfit fronted by singer Nicola Kearey and guitarist Ian Carter have been deservedly hailed as “Britain’s most exciting new folk band,” and Stick In The Wheel c...
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