Album Review: Lagwagon – Railer

Album Review: Lagwagon – Railer

Love Potion Number 9 It could well be my friends as our long- time punk legends (or leg-ends, perhaps) Lagwagon return with a brand spanking new album, their ninth outing. Once they were falling apart, but they have been an...
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Album Review: Cradle Of Filth – Cruelty and The Beast Re-Mistressed

Album Review: Cradle Of Filth – Cruelty and The Beast Re-Mistressed

Murder Mistress Steeped in history, mystery and infamy, Cradle Of Filth are entrenched  in the very warp and weft of extreme metal and are now celebrating twenty -one years of lustful and mistrustful darkness with a sparkling re-release of the...
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Album Review: The Darkness – Easter Is Cancelled

Album Review: The Darkness – Easter Is Cancelled

The Darkness are back again to give rock a much-needed shot of fun with their sixth album “Easter In Cancelled”. Stated as their first ever “concept album” the scales in which they are reaching out go further than they previously...
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Album Review: Le Cygne Noir – Shadow of a Wrecking Ball

Album Review: Le Cygne Noir – Shadow of a Wrecking Ball

Le Cygne Noir,”Shadow of a Wrecking Ball” (Anger Management Records)- This darkly memorable offering is a concept album which takes  as its rather unlikely premise the possibility that life on Earth as we know it could end and be supplanted...
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Single Reviews: Speedowax Records: Damien Done’s ‘Don’t Hearse Me Baby’ and Sweet Mystic’s ‘Hole In My Life’

Single Reviews: Speedowax Records: Damien Done’s ‘Don’t Hearse Me Baby’ and Sweet Mystic’s ‘Hole In My Life’

Hello, my friends, hope you are well, may I present two tasty treats from my local independent record store to your ears. I know they have been worn out of late with new releases coming atcha from all corners of...
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Album Review: Selfish Things – Logos

Album Review: Selfish Things – Logos

Selflessly Selfish Death is the final destination for us all, whether we like it or not, whether it scares us, or we welcome it with open arms. How we react to it can vary immensely depending on who has passed...
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Single Review: Neverlanded – Refuge

Single Review: Neverlanded – Refuge

Let Me Be Your Shelter Ooh I say, a crunchy, crunchy start – very Nirvana, Alice In Chains in feel and perception and then trespassing into seriously melodic tones that sit comfortably next to the quite rigorous and vibrant fretwork...
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Album Review: Matt Patershuk – ‘If Wishes Were Horses’

Album Review: Matt Patershuk – ‘If Wishes Were Horses’

Matt Patershuk,”If Wishes Were Horses” (Black Hen Music)- Canadian tunesmith’s  Matt Patershuk’s previous exploits in the singer-songwriter field have prompted favourable comparisons with the likes of Waylon Jennings, John Prine an...
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Album Review: The Pixies –  Beneath The Eyrie

Album Review: The Pixies – Beneath The Eyrie

Death To The Pixies Not a chance my friends, y’see Mr Francis is the engineer of batshit insane lyrics, he is the evil genius leading the charge on all things obscure and a bit kooky about life. The Pixies have...
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Album Review: Barb Jungr – ‘Bob, Brel and Me’

Album Review: Barb Jungr – ‘Bob, Brel and Me’

Barb Jungr,”Bob,Brel and Me” (Kristalyn Records)- She may not be a household name just yet, but Barb Jungr’s  gloriously jazz inflected output marks her out as an interpretative singer of rare pathos, wit and charm. As the title suggests...
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