Album Review: Simply Red – Blue Eyed Soul

Album Review: Simply Red – Blue Eyed Soul

Simply Red,”Blue Eyed Soul” (BMG)-Mick Hucknall and company have returned to the recording studio after a four year hiatus with their leader’s creative energy renewed, fuelled by a determination to ensure that Simply Red’s  twelfth album makes much more of...
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Album Review: Refused – War Music

Album Review: Refused – War Music

Everybody Needs A Swede! Remember this sprightly number from The Lorax ( replace ‘Swede’ with ‘Thneed’), well this is the punky and funky equivalent. It is a holler from the heart my friends, in these most fraught and fractious of...
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Album Review: Mighty Mighty – Misheard Love Songs

Album Review: Mighty Mighty – Misheard Love Songs

High And Mighty After a thirty- year hiatus -you get less time for murder- my yampy cousins from Brum have returned. After succumbing to the trials of life, like we all have to, they found it in their hearts and...
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Album Review: Fit For An Autopsy – The Sea Of Tragic Beasts

Album Review: Fit For An Autopsy – The Sea Of Tragic Beasts

Prey For Plagues Our New Jersey( did someone say Bon Jovi?) deathcore heroes return with their fifth album and we delve into the otherworldly sounding ‘The Sea Of Tragic Beasts’, the title conjures up all manner of fantastical creatures, each...
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Album Review: Van Morrison – Three Chords and the Truth

Album Review: Van Morrison – Three Chords and the Truth

Van Morrison,”Three Chords and the Truth” (Exile/Caroline International)-The irascible Ulsterman continues to mine a rich vein of creativity as he unveils his sixth album in just four years. The Righteous Brothers’ Bill Medley and veteran jaz...
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Album Review: Kublai Khan – Absolute

Album Review: Kublai Khan – Absolute

Absolute Power My second LP from deep in the heart of Texas this week is the ‘cage me if you dare’ no nonsense outing from our friends Kublai Khan, it’s a bit of an animal, harbouring a caustic aggression, when...
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Album Review: Goodbye June – Community Inn

Album Review: Goodbye June – Community Inn

Family Ties Born out of the loss of a family member, our band of cousins Goodbye June rise from the Bourbon- soaked music city of Nashville , Tennessee, home of country. Using their familial bond to strengthen and gel their...
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Album Review: Michael Monroe – One Man Gang

Album Review: Michael Monroe – One Man Gang

Photogenic Photo Finnish! I’m reviewing this my friends tinged with a little sadness as I remember Hanoi Rocks( got Cheyenne on repeat), pioneers of true grit Rock ‘N Roll, all the way from Finland to pave the way for the...
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Album Review: Abigail Williams – Walk Beyond The Dark

Album Review: Abigail Williams – Walk Beyond The Dark

What Sorcery Is This? It is, my friends, the latest offering from Abigail Williams, our symphonic, barbwire encrusted  metal heroes who have overcome the trials of the music industry and personal life to create this body of work. Their name...
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Album Review: Jimmy Eat World – Surviving

Album Review: Jimmy Eat World – Surviving

There’s something about a new Jimmy Eat World album coming out, that installs a warm fuzzy feeling and a sense of cosiness. Like an old school friend, you haven’t seen for a while and you naturally just slip straight into...
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