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Tag Archives: power pop

Ryan Allen “The Last Rock Band”

March 23, 2023by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

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. […]

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Rich Ragany & The Digressions “What We Do (To Not Let Go)”

March 9, 2023by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

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 […]

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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 Leave a 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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Martha “Please Don’t Take Me Back”

October 20, 2022by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

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 […]

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The Sparklers “Miss Philadelphia”

September 17, 2022by thesoulofaclown 1 Comment

The Sparklers “Miss Philadelphia” Sometimes a good press release does enough to make you know that you’re going to love a band from just a couple of lines. That’s certainly […]

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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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Slyder Smith & The Oblivion Kids “Charm Offensive”

August 6, 2022by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Slyder Smith & The Oblivion Kids “Charm Offensive” As mentioned in our recent review of the new release from Marc Valentine, we were gutted to hear that the brilliant Last […]

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2000TREES FESTIVAL 6-9 July 2022

July 24, 2022by thesoulofaclown 1 Comment

2000TREES FESTIVAL 6-9 July 2022 Regular readers will know that 2000 Trees is one of our favourite festivals and one we most look forward to attending every year. Apart from […]

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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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Extra Arms “What Is Even Happening Right Now”

May 24, 2022by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Extra Arms “What Is Even Happening Right Now” We have been great fans of Ryan Allen for several years now. Over that time we have seen a slight shift in […]

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Bodega – 17 March 2022, Hare and Hounds, Birmingham

March 25, 2022by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Bodega – 17 March 2022, Hare and Hounds, Birmingham It felt so good to be back at one of our favourite music venues, the Hare and Hounds. A great pub […]

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Crazy Cowboy Interview

March 3, 2022by thesoulofaclown 1 Comment

If, like us, you’re desperate to see the return of live music in the UK then you need to make sure you are following the Crazy Cowboy. They’ve been putting […]

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RED ROOSTER FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES LINE-UP FOR 2022 

February 1, 2022by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Time to start getting excited, one of our favourite festivals has announced its line up and it looks like it will be better than ever! (although as this video shows […]

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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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Red Rooster Festival 27-29 August 2021

September 6, 2021by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Red Rooster Festival 27-29 August 2021 The prospect of turning up at the beautiful grounds of Euston Hall for the wonderful Red Rooster festival is always one that brings a […]

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Danny Laj & The Looks “Ten Easy Pieces”

July 9, 2021by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Danny Laj & The Looks “Ten Easy Pieces” This is Danny Laj &The Looks third release but we’re ashamed to admit they’re new to us. However, offering up an album […]

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Lovebreakers “Primary Colours”

July 2, 2021by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Lovebreakers “Primary Colours” We almost feel we need to declare a public interest in Lovebreakers. There aren’t many bands ‘local’ to us that offer up music that has a kind […]

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The Nuclears “Seasides”

May 19, 2021by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

If there is a music label that’s going to pull us kicking and screaming out of the doom and gloom of a pandemic then it’s Rum Bar Records. Mind you, […]

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Richard Davies & The Dissidents “Human Traffic”

July 21, 2020by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Richard Davies & The Dissidents “Human Traffic” I guess you could probably call Richard Davies a veteran of the UK music scene. He’s certainly earned his crust playing with the […]

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The Dirty Truckers “Second Dose”

July 14, 2020by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

The Dirty Truckers “Second Dose” If ever there was a quote that told you all you want to hear about a band then it has to be this description of […]

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Craggy Collyde “Wrapped Up In Ribbons”

July 7, 2020by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Craggy Collyde “Wrapped Up In Ribbons” There are probably not many British/Slovak rock and roll bands around but Craggy Collyde have been around since 2018. They offer up a sound […]

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The Speedways “Radio Sounds”

July 1, 2020by thesoulofaclown Leave a 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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Wyldlife “Year of The Snake”

May 21, 2020by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Wyldlife “Year of The Snake” We loved Wyldife’s last album (https://thesoulofaclown.com/2017/12/27/wyldlife-out-on-your-block/) so were excited to hear this new release. Let’s face it, they certainly have the ‘cool credentials’ you’d want […]

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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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Answering Machine “Bad Luck”

May 8, 2020by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Answering Machine “Bad Luck” We were a bit worried when we heard that Answering Machine included two teachers in the band. That made us feel old and also had us […]

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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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