Single Review: Main Grains – Rain is Over

Single Review: Main Grains – Rain is Over

Ex-Wildhearts and Yo-Yo Danny McCormack’s MAIN GRAINS return with a brand new single ‘Rain Is Over’. The marching (“Back when was I was younger“) intro gives way to Danny’s familiar motoring Bassline and his strangely captivating half spoken, half sung...
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EP Review: At The Drive In – Diamante

EP Review: At The Drive In – Diamante

At The Drive In release the ‘Diamante E.P’ exclusively for Record Store Day’s November 24th’s Black Friday sale/event. The three tracks kick, spit and attack with the band’s distinctive reverberation. Opener ‘Amid Ethics’ snarls with snatch...
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Album Review: Bella Hardy – Hey Sammy

Album Review: Bella Hardy – Hey Sammy

Bella Hardy, “Hey Sammy” (Noe Records)- Bella Hardy’s globetrotting exploits have seen the Derbyshire born folkie  temporarily relocate to locations as diverse as Nashville and the Chinese province of Yunnan in recent years, and the invaluab...
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Album Review: Christy Moore – On The Road

Album Review: Christy Moore – On The Road

Christy Moore,”On The Road” (Sony Music)-This life affirming celebration of the cream of Christy Moore’s back catalogue was recorded live at seventeen different venues around the British Isles, including  London, Glasgow and Galway – B...
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Album Review: Buster Shuffle – I’ll Take What I Want

Album Review: Buster Shuffle – I’ll Take What I Want

BUSTER SHUFFLE is a band you may have seen on numerous occasions, mainly due to they’re we’ll play anywhere with anyone attitude, which means you could see them going down a storm at The Rebellion Punk Festival or supporting bands such...
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Album Review: Lucinda Williams – This Sweet Old World

Album Review: Lucinda Williams – This Sweet Old World

Lucinda Williams, “This Sweet Old World”(Highway 20/ Thirty Tigers)- Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams recently made the decision to re-record the entire contents of her much loved  album, “Sweet Old World,” re-va...
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Album Review: Ringo Starr – Give More Love

Album Review: Ringo Starr – Give More Love

  Ringo Starr, “Give More Love” (UMC)-  This affable character’s capabilities as a solid rock’n’roll drummer always seem to have been criminally under-appreciated but Ringo soldiers on regardless, and the former Beatles&#821...
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Album Review: Paul Brady – Unfinished Business

Album Review: Paul Brady – Unfinished Business

Paul Brady, “Unfinished Business” (Proper Records)- Strabane born Brady may be in his seventies now, but the rather belated follow-up to 2010’s highly regarded “Hooba Dooba” captures the work of a distinctive artist  who’s ...
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Album Review: Like Moths To Flames’ Dark Divine

Album Review: Like Moths To Flames’ Dark Divine

Ohio based Metalcore band Like Moths To Flames have truly risen from the ashes to provide a cracker of an album set to be released just before Christmas (Nov 3rd), Dark Divine – By Zoe Marchment. Since touring in the UK...
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Album Review: William McCarthy – Shelter

Album Review: William McCarthy – Shelter

With little fanfare, fuss or promotion William McCarthy drops his stunning debut solo release ‘Shelter’, then saunters back to the flickering neon of Brooklyn’s smog and bars – By Guy Shankland. The album is Produced by former bandmate Eric Sanders...
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