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Tag Archives: Pop

Isle of Wight Festival 2026

October 26, 2025by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

SKY PRESENTSTHE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL18-21 JUNE 2026HEADLINERS ANNOUNCED:LEWIS CAPALDICALVIN HARRISTHE CUREOTHER ARTISTS INCLUDE:TEDDY SWIMS, THE KOOKS, TOM GRENNAN, WET LEG, RICK ASTLEYSEX PISTOLS FEATURING FRANK CARTER, THE LAST DINNER […]

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Pearl Charles “Desert Queen”

March 27, 2025by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Pearl Charles “Desert Queen” Pearl Charles is a singer-songwriter based in Joshua Tree, California and is a new artist to us, but has already released a couple of albums. This […]

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Canned Pineapple “Big Break”

March 15, 2025by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Canned Pineapple “Big Break” We have no idea where Canned Pineapple got their name from or if there is any particular rationale behind it. But it’s certainly one that caught […]

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Matt Edible and The Obtuse Angels “The Optometrist”

March 6, 2025by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Matt Edible and The Obtuse Angels “The Optometrist” Matt Edible is a new name to us (and what a name) but is a renowned member of the Hull music scene, […]

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Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men “Up And Out Of It”

November 12, 2024by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men “Up And Out Of It” Regular readers of http://www.thesoulofaclown.com will know that we are huge fans of Nick Piunti. He’s got to be one […]

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Kids In Glass Houses “Pink Flamingo”

November 5, 2024by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Kids In Glass Houses “Pink Flamingo” For many readers, the name Kids in Glass Houses will be a real blast from the past. They were a band that were tied […]

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Hinds – “Viva Hinds”

August 21, 2024by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Hinds – “Viva Hinds” It’s fair to say that it has been a somewhat turbulent year for Hinds with half the band deciding to quit. We were gutted to hear […]

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Extra Arms “Radar”

May 14, 2024by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Extra Arms “Radar” We’ve been a huge fan of all the stuff that Ryan Allen has done both solo and as part of a group. His work with Extra Arms […]

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Steve Conte “The Concrete Jangle”

April 6, 2024by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Steve Conte “The Concrete Jangle” We have no fear in declaring our love for the work and ability of Steve Conte. Let’s face it, any musician who has been asked […]

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Autogramm “Music That Humans Can Play”

December 5, 2023by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Autogramm “Music That Humans Can Play” We loved the previous releases by Autogramm (see our reviews here and here) so were delighted to have this new release drop in our […]

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The Tearaways “And For Our Next Trick”

November 26, 2023by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

The Tearaways “And For Our Next Trick” Given this album is on the brilliant Dirty Water records label you kind of know it’s going to be good. But when it’s […]

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Kurt Baker “Rock N Roll Club”

September 23, 2023by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Kurt Baker “Rock N Roll Club” Kurt Baker is a bit of a workhorse in the power pop world and is constantly putting out material either as a solo artist […]

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TOBY SEBASTIAN & FLORENCE PUGH DUET

March 9, 2023by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

TOBY SEBASTIAN & FLORENCE PUGHPERFORM DUET IN BRAND NEW VIDEOWATCH ‘MIDNIGHT’ HERE Internationally renowned sibling multi-talents Toby Sebastian and Florence Pugh have released a stunning video for their single ‘Midnight’. Watch here. ‘Midnight’ finds […]

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Fuzzbubble “Cult Stars From Mars”

February 27, 2023by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Fuzzbubble “Cult Stars From Mars” There are some bands who deliver an absolute classic album and then just seem to disappear from view. That’s certainly the case with Fuzzbubble who […]

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The Speedways “Talk Of The Town”

November 20, 2022by thesoulofaclown 1 Comment

The Speedways “Talk Of The Town” Regular readers will already know that we are big fans of The Speedways. Their previous two albums have been great examples of a band […]

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Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners “S/T”

September 4, 2022by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners “S/T” Having seen the band do a fabulous set at 2000 Trees (see review here) we were really excited to hear this album. Our main […]

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Marc Valentine – Future Obscure

July 23, 2022by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Marc Valentine – Future Obscure The Last Great Dreamers are one of a very small group of bands who released an absolute classic debut album, disappeared for literally years but […]

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The James Clark Institute “The Colour of Happy”

December 16, 2021by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

The James Clark Institute “The Colour of Happy” We loved the way that the bio for Toronto music based artist James Clark described him as the ‘doctor of pop’ with […]

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The Brothers Steve “Dose”

October 2, 2021by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

The Brothers Steve “Dose” We absolutely loved The Brothers Steve’s last album “#1” which was a fantastic blast of power pop (should be) hits. Having reached such a high standard […]

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The Speedways “Radio Sounds”

July 1, 2020by thesoulofaclown 1 Comment

The Speedways “Radio Sounds” We absolutely adored The Speedways debut release “Just Another Regular Summer” (see our gushing review here). The fact that just c12 months later they are back […]

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The False Positives

June 2, 2020by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

The False Positives The False positives are a Rochester, NY rock n roll band and you can actually get a hold of some of their tracks via their band camp […]

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Brendan Benson “Dear Life”

May 14, 2020by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Brendan Benson “Dear Life” It still annoys us that many people will predominantly know Brendan Benson as being in The Raconteurs “with Jack White”. This is ignoring the fact that […]

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Ezra Furman “Sex Education OST”

April 10, 2020by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Ezra Furman “Sex Education OST” We have to be honest, we only know of the Netflix show ‘Sex Education’ due to having two teenage daughters! It’s a show which has […]

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Rookie “S/t”

April 8, 2020by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Rookie “S/t” We’re not really sure we need to review this album. Instead, you can just read these opening words from their PR and decide if you’re going to give […]

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Taylor Young Band “Mercury Transit”

April 2, 2020by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Taylor Young Band “Mercury Transit” Taylor Young Band may be a new name to you, but it features a group of established musicians who have played with an impressive list […]

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Beach Patrol “Levity” and “Making Waves”

February 18, 2020by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Beach Patrol “Levity” and “Making Waves” Bands are sometimes like people and you make your mind up about them within seconds. That’s certainly true about Beach Patrol. It only took […]

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Bandaid Brigade “I’m Separate”

February 4, 2020by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Bandaid Brigade “I’m Separate” It’s not that often we get a bio from a band referencing Elton John, Genesis, Springsteen and ABBA as key influences. Let alone one where they […]

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More Kicks “S/T”

December 13, 2019by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

More Kicks “S/T” More Kicks Bandcamp site gives one of the best succinct description of a band that we’ve seen. As ‘pitches’ go this is pretty perfect: “More Kicks is […]

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Christine Smith “Meet Me On The Far Side Of A Star”

December 5, 2019by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Christine Smith “Meet Me On The Far Side Of A Star” Christine Smith is an artist we first stumbled upon when she appeared alongside Dave Bielanko at what was a […]

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Extra Arms “Up From Here”

November 24, 2019by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Extra Arms “Up From Here” We’ve been fans of Ryan Allen, the main man behind Extra Arms, for quite a few years now. During that time he’s developed from being […]

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