February 2014 Album Reviews
All February’s reviews are now together on a new page for you to see. https://thesoulofaclown.com/reviews/february-2014-album-reviews/ Really proud that in our first full month we have done fourteen reviews. Also nice […]
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Pink Cigar – “We’re Gonna Get You Out Of Here” Album Review
Pink Cigar – “We’re Gonna Get You Out Of Here” With a name like Pink Cigar, you kind of know you aren’t going to be dealing with some sort of […]
The Sounds – “Weekend” Album Review
The Sounds “Weekend” This is the fifth album by The Sounds in a career which has impressively continued over two decades now. During that time, there has been something of […]
J Roddy Watson And The Business – “Essential Tremors” Album Review
J Roddy Watson And The Business – “Essential Tremors” This album was actually released in the US last week but, thankfully, it is now to get a UK release on […]
“A Psych Tribute To The Doors” – Various Artists
Various Artists -“A Psych Tribute To The Doors’ Any tribute album is always going to be a difficult one, especially for a legendary band like The Doors. The job is […]
Lydia Loveless – “Somewhere Else” Album Review
Lydia Loveless – “Somewhere Else” Even though it’s only February, it’s been a busy year for Lydia Loveless, having already released an EP earlier in the year and now this […]
Fanfarlo – “Let’s Go Extinct” Album Review
Fanfarlo – “Let’s Go Extinct” Fanfalo are a band who blend a whole load of influences and sounds to create some wonderful music. This does tend to make them difficult […]
Whales In Cubicles – “Death In The Evening” Album Review
Whales In Cubicles – “Death In The Evening” Whales in Cubicles are a London based band who have been building up a lot of momentum and getting some well deserved […]
The Secret Garden Party 2014 preview
PREVIEWS: FESTIVALS / GIGS A Secret Garden Party You will definitely want to be invited to With the dark nights and cold weather now becoming a memory, many of us […]
Nina Persson – “Animal Heart” Album Review
Nina Persson – “Animal Heart” Nina Persson, will perhaps sadly, always be known as being the lead singer of The Cardigans and ‘that song’ from Romeo & Juliet. This is […]
Knocksville – “S/T” Album Review
Knocksville “S/T” This is the debut album from a UK trio who have a rockabilly/psychobilly type sound, but have also managed to expand the song further than those genres. They […]
Hard Fall Hearts Interview
The Hard Fall Hearts are a psychobilly/punk band from San Diego who are doing a great job in bringing this type of music to a modern audience. They manage to […]
The Bullets “Sons Of The Gun” Album Review
The Bullets -“Sons Of The Gun” The Bullets are a relatively new band, but the fact that their debut album, “Sons Of The Gun” is released on Western Star Records […]
Tom Spencer (The Men They Couldn’t Hang/The Loyalties etc!) Interview
Over the years, you sometimes come across people who just seem to have rock n roll in their blood, and Tom Spencer is certainly one of those. It helps that […]
Bree – “All American Girl” Album Review
Bree – “All American Girl” You won’t be able to miss the cover to Bree’s album, as it has her sprawled across the front hugging a classic Gibson Flying V […]
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – “Give The People What They Want” Album Review
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – “Give The People What They Want” Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings are a band who have not only played at major festivals […]
The Road Home Interview
The Road Home are one of those bands that are destined to establish a huge and loyal following. When we heard their “Too Cold” EP, it made them one of […]
Johnny Monaco Interview
Johnny Monaco Interview Most music fans will have at least one artist that they feel should be huge and have gained a lot more public success, and Johnny Monaco is […]
The Long Tall Texans – “The Devil Made Us Do It”
The Long Tall Texans – “The Devil Made Us Do It” This is the latest album from the psychobilly band, The Long Tall Texans. Describing their sound as “amazing, sugar-psycho-country-rockabilly-western […]
Danny B Harvey & Mysti Moon album review
Danny B Harvey & Mysti Moon – “S/T” It is fair to say that Danny B Harvey is something of a rockabilly legend. He has played with many of the […]
Jack Rabbit Slim – “Won’t Stay Down” Album Review
Jack Rabbit Slim – “Won’t Stay Down” It’s always nice when a band choose an appropriate title for their album and this is certainly true of the latest release from […]
Louise Distras interview
In this day and age when kids are obsessed with the instant and empty fame offered by the likes of the x-factor and Britain’s got (no!) talent, it is a […]
The Gaslight Anthem – B Sides Album Review
The Gaslight Anthem – “The B-Sides” The Gaslight Anthem are one of those bands who have managed to achieve a kind of cult status here in the UK. Many bands […]
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Album Review
Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks – Wig Out At Jagbags” There is a certain unwritten law that any reference to Stephen Malkmus has to begin with the words “Ex Pavement”. […]
Interview with Paul-Ronney Angel of The Urban Voodoo Machine
Calling The Urban Vooddoo Machine a band is really not a fair description, there is just so much more to them than that. The music is certainly a great cocktail […]
Marc Eden of The Peckham Cowboys Interview
It is always good, when the year opens up with a great album, last year it was The Loyalties and this year it is The Peckham Cowboys. They release their […]
Rich Jones -(Loyalties/Michael Monroe Band) Interview
Rich Jones Rich Jones is one of the musicians who over the years has managed to turn up in not just one but a number of brilliant bands. This goes […]
The Urban Voodoo Machine “Rare Gumbo” Review
The Urban Voodoo Machine – “Rare Gumbo” The name alone should be enough to tell you that The Urban Voodoo Machine are no run of the mill band. Certainly, if […]
Maibell And The Misfires “Destiny’ Review
Maibell And The Misfires – “Destiny” Maibell & The Misfires are a rockabilly band from Finland who formed in late 2008. They released their first album “Ride Along!” in 2010. […]
Headcat “Walk The Walk, Talk The Talk” Review
Headcat -“Walk The Walk, Talk The Talk” Slim Jim Phantom is a man who just knows how to sniff out a great rockabilly band. Not satisfied with being a member […]
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