The Black Halos “How The Darkness Doubled”
The Black Halos “How The Darkness Doubled” There are some bands who remain a mystery to the masses but in their own genre and amongst their peers have a legendary […]
The Black Halos “How The Darkness Doubled” There are some bands who remain a mystery to the masses but in their own genre and amongst their peers have a legendary […]
Martha “Please Don’t Take Me Back” Indie pop-punk is a style that we find very hard for British bands to pull off. We normally put that down to a lack […]
Surprise Party “Dull” Surprise Party are a trio who offer an intriguing sound that is compared to noise heavy bands like Pavement and Dinosaur Jr but with the added bonus […]
Baby Shakes “Turn It Up” Baby Shakes are a rock n roll-punk band from New York City (damn that place creates to great bands). The description of their sound is […]
Doll Hazard “Transatlantic Meltdown” This is a release from a duo of Chris Damian Doll and Sandy Hazard who are actually in two other bands, Dirtbag Republic (a band we’ve […]
The Jackets “Shadow Of Sound” We’ve been going through a bit of a garage rock phase over the last month or so. The Jackets are the latest band to have […]
The Flux Machine “Hurricane” The Flux Machine advise that they are aiming to appeal to people “who love fast-paced rock n roll with a slightly bad attitude” which sounds right […]
Trampolene “Swansea to Hornsey” What is it about Wales that allows it to develop so many bands that are determined to demonstrate the powerful influence of escape and childhood memories. […]
The Darts “Me.Ow” We must admit that we find this band’s name a bit of a strange one. We can’t help but picture middle aged, overwight men throwing ‘arrows’ in […]
Nikki Hill “Heavy Hearts, Hard Fists” Nikki Hill may be a newcomer to you and indeed this is only her second album. But it is quite clear that she is […]
Jake Starr and The Delicious Fullness “Tastes Good” We don’t know how long Jake Starr and The Delicious Fullness spent choosing their name.. but it’s a damn good one. Also, […]
Indonesian Junk “Stars In The Night” When we heard Indonesian Junks first album (see our review here)we just loved it. Part of its beauty was the band’s willingness to play […]
Grande Royale “Breaking News” This is actually the third album from Grande Royale but the first one that we’ve checked out. It certainly comes highly recommended with promises of “powerful […]
Suspect Parts “S/T” Sometimes a combination of words in a bio just means you know a band is right for you. In terms of Suspect Parts that means reference to […]
A Bunch Of Jerks “The Long Arm of Professor Kittenpants” We must admit that we weren’t exactly enamoured by this band’s name. But the fact that this is being released […]
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 […]
Alex Maiorano and The Black Tales “Everything Boom” Sometimes, you just see a band name and an album cover and kind of know that they’re a group for you. Perhaps […]
Sad 13 “Slugger” Sad 13 is actually Sadie Dupuis, who is the singer of the grunge-pop band Speedy Ortiz. That’s a band who have actually passed us by (although we […]
CRX “New Skin” Like everyone, we’ve enjoyed plenty of Stroke’s songs (especially their debut album), but we’ve never quite been as enamoured as other people. Sure, they’ve got some great […]
Love/Hate “Before The Blackout” Love/Hate are one of those bands that never quite got the success or acclaim that they truly deserved. They were incorrectly lumped in with the LA […]
The Computers “Birth/Death” The Computers first came to our attention following a brilliant performance at 2000 Trees Festival. We immediately went out and bought their “Love Triangles Hate Squares” album […]
Fred Abbott “Serious Poke” The name Fred Abbot may be vaguely familiar, as he was the lead guitarist and keyboard player in Noah & The Whale. If we’re honest, we […]
Bullet Proof Lovers “S/T” Let’s be honest, the name Bullet Proof Lovers was enough for us to know we’d want to review this album. The fact it is being released […]
The Ghost Riders In The Sky “The Death Of Everything New” We stumbled, almost literally, across Ghost Riders In the Sky at this year’s 2000 Trees Festival. It was originally […]
The Doublecross “Keep Bleeding” The Doublecross is actually the name under which Jon Greenwood releases his material. “Keep Bleeding” is his third release and one to feature songs with a […]
Lydia Loveless “Real” Lydia Loveless may not be a household name over here in the UK (although this album could easily change that) but we have been following her career […]
Todd Wicks Dream Cruise “S/T” Todd Wicks may not be a name immediately familiar to you. However, he is no new comer as he has been playing around Detroit for […]
Last Great Dreamers “Transmissions From Oblivion” We were a little bit nervous when we got this release. After all, we loved the Last Great Dreamers the first time they were […]
Brijitte West & The Desperate Hopefuls “From NY With Love” Whilst the name Brijitte West may not exactly be a household name in the UK, it is one that is […]
Nick Piunti “Trust Your Instincts” News of a new Nick Piunti album brings a great sense of excitement to http://www.thesoulofaclown.com. We’ve loved all his stuff that we’ve heard. Indeed, his […]