Category: EP/Album Reviews

Super Mario!
April 6, 2024 No Responses

Super Mario!

Australian singer/songwriter, Mario Vayne, falls from heaven and lands squarely in our collective laps with ‘Electric’ his brand new single. It is a hefty slice of rock that is reminiscent of the eighties, those huge riffs, gallantly strutting along the...
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Now that the career-halting clouds of COVID-19 have finally dispersed, AERIAL SALAD has stepped back into the Manchester spotlight to release their wondrously scabby new album, ‘R.O.I’.
April 5, 2024 No Responses

Now that the career-halting clouds of COVID-19 have finally dispersed, AERIAL SALAD has stepped back into the Manchester spotlight to release their wondrously scabby new album, ‘R.O.I’.

AERIAL SALAD R.O.I (Venn Records) 9/10 Madchester Punx Aerial Salad returns with a savage melange of all the musical styles that once made and makes this nation of ours a true musical thoroughbred. The infectiously antagonistic ‘R.O.I’ is the trio’s...
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MARC VALENTINE delivers his latest solo album, the Power Pop-perfection of, ‘Basement Sparks’.
March 25, 2024 No Responses

MARC VALENTINE delivers his latest solo album, the Power Pop-perfection of, ‘Basement Sparks’.

MARC VALENTINE BASEMENT SPARKS  (Wicked Cool) While his previous outfit, The Last Great Dreamers, remains on hiatus, Marc Valentine has yet to waste time forging ahead with his impressive solo output. ‘Basement Sparks’ is his second post-Dreamers rele...
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Swing, Swing
March 22, 2024 No Responses

Swing, Swing

‘Hush now, darling, just don’t say a word, you’ll get, you’ll get what you deserve’. After traversing the most unforgivable and inhospitable terrain that the music industry can be, our Irish cousins Greywind are back with a brand new EP,...
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The End Is The Beginning
February 22, 2024 No Responses

The End Is The Beginning

‘Lady of shadows, sanctify my mind, listen to these broken cries, bless my sword and let me wield it right’. Next year, Darkest Hour will celebrate thirty years in the music business, no mean feat I’d say, with the revolving...
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The Blackroom Boys
February 22, 2024 No Responses

The Blackroom Boys

‘I feel like a whale, stranded on the shore of England, I’m out of place’. After a lengthy spell in the ‘Dark’ our German cousins, Blackout Problems, return, armed and ready, to ‘Riot’ so strap on your helmets, your arm...
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Album Review: Idles – Tangk
February 21, 2024 No Responses

Album Review: Idles – Tangk

I think it’s fair to say that in the last decade, no other British band has worked as hard as Bristol punk outfit Idles. It only seems like a few years ago they were playing in tiny venues across the...
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The Ghost of You
February 16, 2024 No Responses

The Ghost of You

‘Echoes turn into blades, as the voice of reason fades away’. Our Texan cousins Upon a Burning Body return with a blistering new single, dealing with the serious issue of substance abuse. I am sure that many of us have...
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Going Nowhere
February 16, 2024 No Responses

Going Nowhere

‘The goddamn state you’re in, this is not how life should be’. So, I find myself strolling along Nu-Metal Avenue, for the first time in a long time, and today we meet Profiler, straight outta Bristol, this rugged three piece...
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Night Breed
February 16, 2024 No Responses

Night Breed

‘Founded on the remnants of humanity thus, for transcendence, I have paid the price’. Our nocturnal knight in shining armour, the formidable frontman, Vegard Sverre Tveitan aka Ihsahn is back with album number eight, and by crikey it is a...
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