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March 12, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Blessthefall – ‘Hard Feelings’

Arizona Screamo Rockers BlessTheFall releases their sixth studio album ‘Hard Feelings’. Kicking off with the razor cut ‘Wishful Sinking’ which has a Linkin Park spine and some Slipknot anger vocals are thrown into the busy bubbling pot. The five-piece continue...

March 10, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Awooga – ‘Conduit’

Steel city trio Awooga release their atmospheric full-length debut ‘Conduit’. Opener ‘Temporal’ slips into the nocturnal Doom arena with it’s slowly flickering formulaic sound. The song opens the gates to a plethora of genres to set up a temporary ca...

March 10, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: IDestroy ‘Pure Joy of Life’

Bristolian Grrl trio drop kick their brand new E.P ‘Pure Joy Of Life’ over the Punk fence watching it splash land into the Riot-Rock paddling pool. The Brit, hole-ish ‘Milkshake Sky’ slurs, purrs and points youthful fingers at a lost...

March 8, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Nick J.D.Hodgson – ‘Tell Your Friends’

Nick J.D.Hodgson, “Tell Your Friends” (Prediction Records)- The multi-talented Mr.Hodgson was formerly the drummer and principal songwriter with Leeds indie rockers Kaiser Chiefs , leaving the band in late 2012 to pursue other musical projects. The...

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…” ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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