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Red Rooster Festival 1st to 3rd June 2017
Red Rooster Festival 1st to 3rd June 2017 It’s such a pleasure to be returning to Red Rooster Festival, it’s an event that has quickly built up a fine reputation […]
The Dirty Denims “Back With A Bang”
The Dirty Denims “Back With A Bang” Sometimes you hear a band name and just know you’re gonna like them. That’s the case with the name The Dirty Denims. It […]
Tuxedo – “Tuxedo II”
Tuxedo – “Tuxedo II” Tuxedo are a joint project between Jake One and Mayer Hawthorne and you won’t be surprised to learn that this is the second album. The band […]
The Cuckoos “EP 2017”
The Cuckoos “EP 2017” The Cuckoos may be a young band but they draw their influence from some of the classic bands including The Doors, Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd and […]
DJ Format and Abdominal “Still Hungry”
DJ Format and Abdominal “Still Hungry” Regular readers will know that it isn’t too often that we feature Hip Hop or dance acts. But that tends to mean any acts […]
Pink Hotel “The Man, The Bird and The Whale”
Pink Hotel “The Man, The Bird and The Whale” It’s been a fair while since the NME highlighted a decent new band to us (yes it does still occasionally feature […]
Jim Jones And The Righteous Mind “Super Natural”
Jim Jones And The Righteous Mind “Super Natural” This new release from Mr Jones is aptly titled as he has been a bit of a super natural force in terms […]
Darrel Higham “Hell’s Hotel”
Darrel Higham “Hell’s Hotel” Surely there can be no one who has done more than Darrel Higham to keep rockabilly alive in the UK. Whether it be through his solo […]
Sad Vacation: The Last Days of Sid And Nancy
Sad Vacation: The Last Days of Sid And Nancy This is the latest documentary from Danny Garcia who also gave us the brilliant Johnny Thunders documentary “Looking For Johnny”. It […]
Matthew Ryan “Hustle Up Starlings”
Matthew Ryan “Hustle Up Starlings” Matthew Ryan is an artist who caught our attention with his last album “Boxers”. That was a brilliant release and we absolutely loved it. Indeed, […]
Emanuela Hutter “A Girl Like You”
Emanuela Hutter “A Girl Like You” For fans of quality, modern rockabilly, the name Emanuela Hutter should be familiar. She’s the singer for the wonderful Hillbilly Moon Explosion. This is […]
Sisteray “15 Minutes”
Sisteray “15 Minutes” Sisteray are a band which are currently building up quite a lot of press hype and expectation in the music industry. That is normally enough to put […]
Tommy & The Rockets “Rock N Roll Wrecking Machine”
Tommy & The Rockets “Rock N Roll Wrecking Machine” Tommy & The Rockets hail from Denmark, not necessarily somewhere we immediately associate with rock n roll. But with a sound […]
Dirtbag Republic “Downtown Eastside”
Dirtbag Republic “Downtown Eastside” When we read Dirtbag Republic’s ‘about us’ section on Facebook, we thought it had been written specifically for us. A description of ‘low slung guitars, sleazy […]
Cyanide Pills “Sliced and Diced”
Cyanide Pills “Sliced and Diced” There’s a great sense of old school punk about the Cyanide Pills. Hell, they even describe themselves as ‘a gang of c***s from a desolate […]
The Whiskey Gentry “Dead Ringer”
The Whiskey Gentry “Dead Ringer” The Whiskey Gentry are a husband and wife duo who have a sound steeped in deep country, Americana and bluegrass. But what particularly attracted us […]
Cowbell “Haunted Heart”
Cowbell “Haunted Heart” This is the third album from Cowbell, but the first that we have heard. We were certainly enticed by their bio which promised ‘more Memphis, more Fuzz, […]
Go Fever “S/T”
Go Fever “S/T” This is the debut album from Go Fever who are an indie rock band based in Austin. They focus on songs which have ‘insanely catchy pop leaning […]
Donna Dunne & The Mystery Men “Voodoo”
Donna Dunne & The Mystery Men “Voodoo” Donna Dunne is described as a retro-revamped Americana styled artist from Dublin. That might remind you of the last (only?!?) really famous female […]
Bullet Proof Lovers “Shot Through The Heart”
Bullet Proof Lovers “Shot Through The Heart” We’ve previously reviewed this band last EP and absolutely loved it. SO we were really looking forward to this full release. Of course, […]
Beat Degeneration – “Dream Machine”
Beat Degeneration – “Dream Machine” Beat Degeneration is actually the work of Slacker-Punk polemic, Guido Giorgi who was previously a member of Jennifer Gentle (SubPop Records). Guido is described as […]
Tom Baker and The Snakes “Look Out Tower”
Tom Baker and The Snakes “Look Out Tower” Having recently reviewed the brilliant new album from Tommy Stinson’s Bash & Pop, we were excited to hear comparisons being made between […]
Swingamajig April 30th 2017
Well, the sun’s out so what could make us feel even more excited about spring coming?….news of this years Swingamajig event in Birmingham. We’re lucky enough to have the wonderful event […]
Dany Laj & The Looks “Alive & Kicking”
Dany Laj & The Looks “Alive & Kicking” Dany Laj & The Looks are a brand new band to us but this is actually their fourth release. We’re somewhat surprised […]
Great Cynics “POSI”
Great Cynics “POSI” Great Cynics may be a UK band but they don’t necessarily take a ‘British’ approach to their sound. That’s something even gleamed from the album title which […]
The Knitts “Retreat”
The Knitts “Retreat” This may be the debut release for The Knitts but they are a band who has paid their dues having formed around 5 years ago and built […]
Hanni El Khatib “Savage Times”
Hanni El Khatib “Savage Times” It’s weird how you can discover an artist and the coincidences that then surround it. We saw Hanni’s album “Head In The Dirt” whilst browsing […]
The Amorettes “White Hot Heat”
The Amorettes “White Hot Heat” Somewhat unusually, we are a bit late on the up take with reviewing this album by The Amorettes. But having heard one of their tracks […]
Fancey “Love Mirage”
Fancey “Love Mirage” Todd Fancey isn’t a name which is known to us, but many of you will have heard of him as the guitarist for the Canadian band New […]
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