Category: EP/Album Reviews

EP Review: Dissonants – Vultures
April 9, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: Dissonants – Vultures

Southampton Rock/Hardcore band DISSONANTS debut E.P ‘Vultures’ gives the classic Heavy Metal sound another modern bone picking makeover. Title track ‘Vultures’ swings between the Rock genres like Tarzan on Angel Dust. Death Metal drums, a keyboard break, Maiden riff and...
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EP Review: Black Anchors – Self Titled
April 9, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: Black Anchors – Self Titled

Hailing from England’s South West Punk-ish band Black Anchors only formed in November 2017 and are still very much in their band infancy. Their debut self-titled E.P is a promising sign of music to come from the interesting three-piece. Kicking...
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Album Review: Brian James – Self Titled Album
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...
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Album Review: Beth Nielsen Chapman – ‘Hearts of Glass’
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...
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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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