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April 6, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Brian James – Self Titled Album

Brian James and his early reprobate band mates Captain, Rat and Mr Vanain first knocked the first coconut off the Punk shy in 1976 with the blistering single ‘New Rose’. A song that is rightly regarded as a Punk classic...

April 5, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Beth Nielsen Chapman – ‘Hearts of Glass’

Beth Nielsen Chapman, “Hearts of Glass” (Proper Records)- The latest offering from country singer-songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman blends captivating new material with re-recordings of the cream of her back catalogue and Beth’s own beautiful...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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