Steve Conte “The Concrete Jangle”
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 […]
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 […]
Julianna Riolino at The Tin, The Coal Vaults, Coventry on 7/12/23 First things first we need to pay credit to Joe Colombi at Sink or Swim Promotions. It seems like […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]