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November 19, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: Phoxjaw – Goodbye Dinosaur…

With so many new bands launching their careers nowadays, it’s like a pick ‘n mix counter, all positively delicious, but which sweeties will you choose to take home? Bristol sees the coming of a new dawn in metal with PHOXJAW,...

November 15, 2018 one Response

Album Review: Blancmange – ‘Wanderlust’

Blancmange, “Wanderlust” (Blanc Check Records)-Founder member Neil Arthur has striven manfully to keep the Blancmange name alive since illness forced his long term creative partner Stephen Luscombe to give up the ghost in 2011, and “Wanderlus...

November 15, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Elvis Costello & The Imposters – ‘Look Now’

Elvis Costello & The Imposters, “Look Now” (Concord)- Elvis Costello should be applauded for continuing to deliver his finely crafted brand of baroque chamber-pop at a time when most of his contemporaries from the late seventies have long sinc...

November 9, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Vargas Blues Band – King of Latin Blues

Vargas Blues Band, “King of Latin Blues” (Warner Music Spain)- Spanish bluesman Javier Vargas is a close friend and musical sparring partner of the great Carlos Santana, and the similarities between the two guitarists’ approach to music-makin...

November 6, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: Devilin Me – I’m Too Young To Be This Old

Following on from Devilin Me’s self-titled E.P (review link below) ‘I’m Too Young To Be This Old’ tramples the same coin shaking, tribal drumming beaten path. ‘I Need A Fucking Holiday’ is a lyrically incisive foul-mouthed frustrated rant while ‘...

November 5, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: 7he 7ouch – SeventySeven

Originally from Greece but now of that there London the unsigned 7HE 7OUCH have dropped a pretty stunning E.P of Arena filling Rock ‘N’ Roll. Opening track ‘Soloution’ hooks you in with a catch of the day chorus and seamless...

November 1, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: The Oldham Tinkers – An Introduction to The Oldham Tinkers

“An Introduction to The Oldham Tinkers” (Topic Records)-This charming collection shines a welcome spotlight on the collected output of South Lancashire folkies The Oldham Tinkers. The group recorded a string of instantly identifiable albums ...

October 26, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Steve Forbert – The Magic Tree

Steve Forbert, “The Magic Tree” (Blue Rose Music)- Mississippi born Steve Forbert first rose to prominence during the late seventies, enjoying the greatest commercial success of his career with the taut and evocative Americana of albums such as &#8...

October 26, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: David Crosby – Here If You Listen

David Crosby, “Here If You Listen” (BMG)-The veteran countercultural icon may be in his late seventies now but his zest for innovative music-making thankfully remains intact, and his latest collaboration with the gifted Lighthouse Band is an unders...

October 26, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Marianne Faithfull – Negative Capability

Marianne Faithfull, “Negative Capability” (BMG)- The release of a new Marianne Faithfull album remains a significant cultural event amongst music lovers of a certain vintage, and I’m pleased to be able to report that “Negative Capabilit...

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