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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Joy Cleaner “You’re So Jaded” Joy Cleaner are new to us but formed in late 2015 and this is their second release. Their debut was praised for its strong hooks […]
Jeff Whalen “Ten More Rock Super Hits” A few weeks ago, we reviewed the brilliant album from the band The Brothers Steve (read it here https://thesoulofaclown.com/2019/10/08/the-brothers-steve-1/). We then discovered, with […]
The Brothers Steve “#1” If we tell you that The Brothers Steve includes three former members of the brilliant glam/power pop band Tsar that should be enough to make you […]
Ezra Furman “Twelve Nudes” It’s great to have an artist who is as productive as Ezra Furman. It doesn’t seem like five minutes since we were reviewing his last album, […]
Redd Kross “Beyond The Door” If there was ever a band who have never got the level of success they deserve (especially in the UK) then it must be Redd […]
When Young “Reasons To Dream” When we read that When Young have an ‘ability to craft spikey yet melodic songs which delve lyrically into everything from love and insecurities to […]
No Win “Downey” No Win are actually the vehicle for the solo release of Danny Nogueiras the former drummer with Fidlar. We must admit his previous band have passed us […]
Baby Scream “Things You Can Say To A Stranger” Baby Scream had shamefully fallen off our radar recently. That’s a damn pity as we’d always enjoyed their power pop sound. […]
Brad Marino “Extra Credit” Brad’s obviously a man who likes to keep himself busy. It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were reviewing his solo EP and the album […]
Holy Moly & The Crackers “Take A Bite” We reviewed Holy Moly & The Crackers last album Salem (see here) and really loved it. As the band’s name perhaps implies, […]
Illuminati Hotties “Kiss Yr Frenemies” Whilst the name may imply a group, Illuminati Hotties is actually Sarah Tudzin. That fact and the album name already let you know that this […]
Rich Ragany & The Digressions “Like We’ll Never Make It” Rich Ragany seems like a bit of a music machine. He’s constantly releasing stuff with his band Role Models (whilst […]
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