Dizzee Rascal, Kaiser Chiefs, Scissor Sisters, The Vaccines, Rizzle Kicks, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Happy Mondays, The Royston Club, The Snuts, The Fratellis, The Enemy, Lottery Winners, Scouting For Girls, Ash*, […]
Spiritual Cramp – “Rude” If we’re honest, we nearly didn’t review this album as when we saw the press release it didn’t initially appeal to us. Why? Band name is […]
Truck Festival 24-27 July, Hill Farm, Oxfordshire. It’s immediately a joyful experience arriving at Truck Festival – no queues, no hassle and camp site staff volunteering help with finding a […]
Bearded Theory 21-25 May 2025 It’s hard to believe that 12 months ago the run up to Bearded Theory was plighted with issues due to huge amounts of rain. This […]
2000TREES FESTIVAL 2025 NEW BAND ANNOUNCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT INCLUDES – HOT MILK, THE HUNNA, PRESS CLUB, TWIN ATLANTIC, PUPPY, KAREN DIÓ, HEVENSHE + MORE ALSO – FRANK TURNER TO PLAY “LOVE IRE & SONG” IN THE FOREST […]
2000TREES FESTIVAL 2025 NEW BAND ANNOUNCEMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY INCLUDES – VUKOVI, SPRINTS, BIG SPECIAL, BABY LASAGNE, FUTURE OF THE LEFT, SNAYX, PANIC SHACK, THE MEFFS, BLOOD COMMAND, VOWER, UNPEOPLE, WITCH FEVER, DELTA […]
DEER SHED FESTIVAL ADD KAE TEMPEST, THE BIG MOON & REGGIE WATTS TO FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITIONACTS JOIN PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED HEADLINER WUNDERHORSE Photo credit: James Drury DEER SHED FESTIVAL25th – 28th […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fidlar “Surviving The Dream” Fidlar are a band that we really got into with their previous release Almost Free which saw the band expand their rawer, surf punk sound into […]
Truck Festival 25-28 July 2024 Truck Festival is a festival we have been meaning to attend for a while and this year we finally managed to get there. Faced with […]
Rich Ragany – “You Can Get Dark With Me” We always feel we should declare an interest when reviewing the material of Rich Ragany. Partly because we have been long […]
Bearded Theory 23-26 May 2024 It must be a festival organisers nightmare when the country is hit by a ridiculous spell of wet weather. For Bearded Theory they faced the […]
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 […]
The Wesleys “S/T” If we’re honest, the first thing that attracted us to The Wesleys was the hope their name may have been inspired by the Norwich legend Wesley Hoolahan. […]
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 […]
Marc Valentine “Basement Sparks” I guess many of us have one of those bands that we are convinced should be huge but inexplicably have not been picked up by the […]
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 […]
The Evening Sons “Tracks” We’re always in two minds when a press release references bands we like. On the one hand, we think great this should be good. But it […]
The Uppers “Manic Melodies” The press release for this EP immediately ticked a lot of boxes for us when it described The Uppers sound as combining raw punk with the […]
Danny the K “Cigarettes and Silhouettes” This is the debut release from Danny Kopko who is a also a member of a number of some other band you may well […]
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 […]
The Speedways Triple Platinum In some ways we’re not sure we should need to review this album. If you’ve read our reviews of The Speedways previous albums (just another regularsummer, […]
Bearded Theory 26-28 May 2023, Catton Hall. It was our first time at Bearded Theory and with the promise of glorious weather and it marking the start of our festival […]
1st– 3rd June 2023 Euston Hall, Suffolk Red Rooster celebrates the very best in Cajun, Soul, Rock ‘n Roll, Roots, Blues and Country music. It is the go-to early summer event for those […]
Ryan Allen “The Last Rock Band” If there is one person who is competing with Rich Ragany for the hardest working man in rock title, then it’s probably Ryan Allen. […]
Rich Ragany & The Digressions “What We Do (To Not Let Go)” Anybody who has read any of our reviews of Rich Ragany’s previous output will know that we are […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
The Soul Of A Clown 