An extraordinary tantrum of fury and noise, Steveless release their latest album through Lancashire’s finest Indie label Cherryade Records. It’s […]
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The English are a peculiar bunch. There doesn’t seem to be anywhere else on this planet where everyone is so […]
There’s barely a light touch to Dextro’s debut album with a handful of almost anatomically named tunes. For the most […]
Churning up a buttery mix of rock, pop and jazz doesn’t result in the kind of cheese you might expect, […]
Sounding like a cross between Gossip and Kenickie, Ninotchka’s ‘Capricorn’ is a muddy mix of warm fuzzy guitars, distorted vocals […]
Jessica’s Ghost conjure up the vision of The Pretenders, with ‘that Christmas song’ they did firmly entrenched, not just in […]
Ray Lamontagne is bringing it home with the first release from his second LP. ‘Three More Days’, it had to […]
Where do you start with this record, or indeed this artist? TD Lind went a long way to make this […]
Truly, Chichester is blessed at the moment with one of the most vibrant local scenes in the UK. At the […]
Cynics make the best friends eh? You better believe it! Personally speaking, if I find myself surrounded by a glut […]
Most people go through life trying to push themselves, and finding new and exciting things. We do this, not only […]
Colin Waterson, former pro ballet dancer, claims it was boredom that drove him to escape Broadway and the chorus of […]
Taken from their forthcoming LP (‘I Think I’m Made Out of Robots’) My Own Flag have served up an ace […]
This is the debut EP by North London’s The Reverse, released back on 21st August last year. However, such is […]
When Toupe sent us this record, they made quite a point of including all the lyrics. Far from being a […]
Plastic Toys are a band that aren’t afraid of a bit of hard work. Whether they’re touring Britain’s educational establishments […]
Seldom as a reviewer do you receive an album from a band or artist of whom you have never heard, […]
As if the heatwave hadn’t reduced everybody to a dried husk already, the packed out Unit 22 in Southampton supplied […]
Sometimes it’s nice to listen to a record that has no pretensions and exists only to flat-out rock. Such is […]
Successfully sounding like the drunken attempt at Saturday night karaoke shouldn’t be the desired effect on any album but halfway […]
The first of three acts on the bill is never an easy position to fill, but Officer Rose grab the […]
Copy Haho are a band of young whippersnappers from Aberdeen. This double A-side 7″ single is their debut single and […]
The World is a Tragic Place But There is Grace All Around Us, So Attend to the Grace… Some album […]
This is the debut full-length album from old-school rock band The Authentics. This genre has seen something of a resurgence […]