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 […]
Indonesian Junk “Spiderbites” This is the third release from Indonesian Junk, a band on the brilliant Rum Bar Records label. We’ve absolutely loved their previous releases. That’s no surprise given […]
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 […]
Autogramm “What R U Waiting 4” We’re always a sucker for a new power pop band, especially one that also has a more ‘rock’ element to it as well. The […]
Cromm Fallon “Electric Bloom” Sometimes it can be fairly easy to raise our interest in an artist. The fact that the press release for this album references garage rock and […]
2000 Trees 11-13 July 2019 Many festivals seem to focus on getting bigger in terms of capacity. Thankfully, 2000 Trees appreciates that the most important thing is to get bigger […]
The Warhawks “Never Felt So Good” Firstly, lets acknowledge what a great name The Warhawks is! Together with the promise of a release that features both heavy hitting guitar tracks […]
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 […]
Decent Criminal “Bliss” Initially you might question if there is a need for another US pop punk band. That’s no fault of Decent Criminal but just a result of the […]
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 […]
Martha “Love Keeps Kicking” The fact that Martha simply call themselves a pop band from Durham City, UK but have a website address of http://www.marthapunx.com probably tells you a lot […]
The Spangles “Sweet FA” The Spangles are a ‘new’ band on the punk rock scene. But they actually consist of members of the brilliant Main Grains. With Danny McCormack […]
Potty Mouth “SNAFU” There was a time when the idea of another ‘punk pop’ band from the US would make your heart sink. Thankfully, we seem to have moved on […]
Speedy Ortiz “Twerp Verse” We actually came to Speedy Ortiz via the solo release of their singer under the guise of Sad13. We loved her release (see our review here) […]
Sunshine Boys “Blue Music” One of the beauties of music is the way you can have a journey of discovery through bands and artists. So, discovering a love of The […]
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 […]
The Last Great Dreamers –Asylum, Birmingham 7/12/18 Regular readers will know that we are big fans of The Last Great Dreamers. They’re one of those bands that just haven’t really […]
Stop Calling Me Frank “Spider In My Beer And Other Songs” It must be tough knowing what details to include when promoting a band and their new release. But as […]
MAIORANO “Glorious Days” When we reviewed MAIORANO‘s last album it was under the longer name of Alex Maiorano And The Black Tales. But anyhow, we absolutely LOVED that album and it […]
Nick Piunti “Temporary High” Regular readers will know that we are great fans of Nick Piunti. He’s an artist who consistently delivers great power pop/pop rock tracks. So, with this […]
Extra Arms “Headacher” The name Extra Arms should sound familiar to you as we’ve covered them under the previous moniker Ryan Allen And His Extra Arms. Ryan’s dropping of his […]
Stoner Control “Alone In The City” This is a release which has been produced by Hutch Harris from The Thermals. It is also suggested to offer up a sound reminiscent […]
Power-pop rockers Last Great Dreamers have just unveiled the video for their new single. ‘Primitive Man’ is the third single to be taken from the band’s widely acclaimed fourth album […]
Hux & The Hitmen “Soggy Oxygen” Band names and album titles are a funny old thing. There’s a real coolness to Hux and The Hitmen, but we don’t think we […]
Poor Little Things “S/T” There can’t be many bands that are Australian but based in Switzerland like Poor Little Things are. More importantly than their location is the fact that […]
The 1984 Draft “Makes Good Choices” The 1984 Draft are primarily singer songwriter Joe Anderl and some fellow Ohio based musicians. Joe and indeed The 1984 Draft have been around […]
The Cheap Cassettes “Kiss The Ass of My Heart” Surely the owners of one of the best band names we’ve heard in a long time, The Cheap Cassettes are also […]
