Ragged Hearts “The Champ”
Ragged Hearts “The Champ” We were first introduced to Ragged Hearts when we saw them mentioned by Bam, the legendary drummer from The Dog’s D’Amour. When we heard their sound […]
Tag Archives: power pop
Jennie Vee “Spying”
Jennie Vee “Spying” This may be the debut album release for NYC based/Canadian born Jennie Vee, but she has already built up an impressive C.V. She has already opened up […]
Love Zombies “Be Honest” EP
Love Zombies –“Be Honest” EP Sometimes you just hear a band name and kind of know you’re going to love them, well at least that is what we thought when […]
The Ravines “Everything’s Fine”
The Ravines “Everything’s Fine” The Ravines first caught our eye when we saw reference to the fact that songwriter Chris Corney has been a member of The Quireboys. However, don’t […]
Ryan Hamilton “Hell Of A Day”
Ryan Hamilton “Hell Of A Day” Ryan Hamilton may be known to you as being the ex Smile Smile frontman or alternatively as part of People On Vacation (a project […]
Donnie Vie “The Best Of Donnie Vie”
Donnie Vie “The Best of Donnie Vie” To those in the know, Donnie Vie will be a well known name. For you others, he is or was (not sure anyone […]
Motochrist “Chrome”
Motochrist “Chrome” It may be a bit bold to use the term ‘super group’ when referring to Motochrist as many people, sadly, may not even recognise the band members names. […]
Great Cynics “I Feel Weird”
Great Cynics “I Feel Weird” Great Cynics were one of our highlights from this year’s brilliant 2000 Trees festival (see our review here https://thesoulofaclown.com/2015/07/21/2000-trees-festival-9th-11th-july-2015-review/) What most impressed us about their […]
Role Models “The Go To Guy”
Role Models “The Go To Guy” Sometimes the presence of a couple of musicians in a band is almost enough to guarantee you are going to be on to something […]
The Compulsions “Dirty Fun”
The Compulsions “Dirty Fun” The Compulsions may be a new name to you, for now, but they consist of band members of some distinction. Led by a true rock n […]
Charlie Overbey & The Broken Arrows “California Kid”
Charlie Overbey & The Broken Arrows To many people the name Charlie Overbey may be very new. Indeed, somewhat sadly many of you won’t have even heard of his former […]
Bully “Feels Like”
Bully “Feels Like” Having generated a lot of press attention, this debut album from the Nashville four piece is somewhat eagerly awaited now. Given that it is being described as […]
Ezra Furman “Perpetual Motion People”
Ezra Furman “Perpetual Motion People” Now and again, you stumble upon an artist who seems to both offer something unique but also has that star quality. Ezra Furman may well […]
Danny & The Champions Of The World “What Kind Of Love”
Danny & The Champions Of The World “What Kind Of Love” Danny & The Champions Of The World are one of those bands whose name we have seen around for […]
Peachfuzz “Raising High Your Bright Halo Of Stars”
Peachfuzz “Raise High Your Bright Halo Of Stars” This is the third full length release from Peachfuzz, one of a few bands who aren’t ashamed to admit their power pop […]
Gentlemen Rogues “A History So Repeating”
Gentlemen Rogues “A History So Repeating” This is the second EP from Gentlemen Rogues who are from Austin, Texas. When the press release mentioned that, amongst others, the band had […]
The Damnwells “S/T”
The Damnwells “S/T” Whilst The Damnwells are a new band to us, this is actually there fifth release. In fact the band have even had a documentary made about them […]
Three Kings High “Hail”
Three Kings High “Hail” Three Kings High are a hardworking UK band who have gigged heavily and released a number of singles and Eps. This does, however, represent their first […]
Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts “Blaster”
Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts- “Blaster” If we’re being honest, the music of Scott Weiland has strangely passed us by. Yeah, we know he was in Stone Temple Pilots and […]
The Crunch “Brand New Brand”
The Crunch “Brand New Brand” It’s always interesting when a group of musicians who are well known for their involvement in a number of bands get together. Sadly, it can […]
Steve Baskin “Dead Rock Star”
Steve Baskin “Dead Rock Star” If we’re honest, Steve Baskin pretty much won us over when we read that we’d hear a lot of influences in his music from KISS […]
The Fraidies “Try Again
The Fraidies “Try Again” There’s something great about hearing that The Fraidies only came together to fill a bill at Seattle’s Sunset Tavern. That easy going feel and the fact […]
Chris Richards & The Subtractions “A Smattering Of Mystery & Sound
Chris Richards & The Subtractions “A Smattering of Mystery & Sound” Chris Richards may not be a household name, yet, but he is no newcomer to the scene. He has […]
Luke Leighfield “V”
Luke Leighfield “V” This is Luke Leighfield’s fifth album and he is clearly a man who is determined to put in the effort to make sure his music is heard. […]
Ryan Allen & His Extra Arms “Heart String Soul”
Ryan Allen & His Extra Arms “Heart String Soul” It’s always really cool when a love of one artist leads you to discovering even more great acts. When we saw […]
Jonathan Rundman “Look Up”
Jonathan Rundman “Look Up” “Look Up” is actually the first album of all-new songs in a decade from Minneapolis- based singer/songwriter Jonathan Rundman. He certainly has a wide range of […]
Nick Piunti “Beyond The Static”
Nick Piunti “Beyond The Static” We were a bit late stumbling upon Nick Piunti’s work but we absolutely loved his last release “13 In My Head”, which was a corking […]
Prima Donna “Nine Lives And Forty Fives
Prima Donna “Nine lives And Forty Fives” It comes as no surprise that Prima Donna are infamous on the LA scene as they have that gutter rock sound we associate […]
Taylor Lock “Time Stands Still”
Taylor Locke “Time Stands Still” Whilst the name, Taylor Locke,may not be familiar to you, he is no newcomer to music, having been part of the LA Music scene since […]
Matthew Ryan Interview
The Soul Of A Clown: Matthew Ryan I/v Every now and then you stumble across an artist that you really love straight away. That was the case for us when […]
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