Purple “(409)” Album Review
Purple “409” Purple are a Texan three piece and it’s fair to say they come across as a group of trendy young things who are destined to at least be […]
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Film Review “Looking For Johnny: The Legend Of Johnny Thunders
Looking for Johnny: The Legend of Johnny Thunders Anyone who is fan of cool rock n roll must surely know the name Johnny Thunders. Like many of the great rock […]
Restorations “LP3”
Restorations “LP3” It’s probably fair to say that Restorations don’t clearly spend a lot of time thinking up album titles or indeed waste any inventiveness on it. Thankfully, the same […]
The Lawrence Arms “Metropole”
The Lawrence Arms “Metropole” The Lawrence Arms must now be bordering on being ‘veterans’ of the punk world, given that this is the band’s sixth release. It also sees them […]
Ex Hex “Rips” Album Review
Ex Hex “Rips” Ex Hex are a power trio from Washington DC who describe their sound as being “unapologetic rock ‘n’ roll spat out in the disciplines mother tongue” which […]
Colt 45 Interview
One of the best things about http://www.thesoulofaclown.com is that every now and then you get the opportunity to discover a band that just blow you away. That was certainly the […]
American Hi-Fi “Blood & Lemonade”
American Hi-Fi “Blood & Lemonade” Hands up who wants to hear the new album from Miley Cyrus’ drummer? No one??? How about from the former drummer for US Indie darlings […]
News of great Johnny Thunders movie
LOOKING FOR JOHNNY The legend of Johnny Thunders *** Danny Garcia directed documentary on the life of late New York Dolls and Heartbreakers guitarist set for release on DVD on […]
The 69 Cats “Transylvanian Tapes”
The 69 Cats “Transylvanian Tapes” As we reported in our review of their debut EP (see here https://thesoulofaclown.com/2014/03/22/69-cats-bad-things-ep/), The 69 Cats is actually something of a super group as it […]
Colt 45 “The Tide Is Turning”
Colt 45 “The Tide Is Turning” Maybe it’s something in the water but there has been a bit of an upsurge in quality punk rock n roll bands in the […]
Electric River “The Faith & Patience”
Electric River – The Faith & Patience There has been a real shortage of quality UK rock acts over the last few years, but thankfully Electric River are looking to […]
The Dead Formats “At Sixes & Sevens”
The Dead Formats “At Sixes & Sevens” The Dead Formats first came to our attention having seen them at 2000 Trees festival (see our review here https://thesoulofaclown.com/2014/07/19/2000-trees-festival-2014/). It was one […]
Skid Row “United World Rebellion” and “Rise Of The Damnation Army”
Skid Row “United World Rebellion” and “Rise Of The Damnation Army” Skid Row are one who amongst all the odds have managed to survive all that the rock n roll […]
Eureka California “Crunch”
Eureka California “Crunch” This is actually Eureka California’s second album in 18 months so they clearly don’t like hanging around. This is actually true of the songs as well which […]
CJ Wildheart “Mable” album review
CJ Wildheart “Mable” It may have been seven years since his first solo album but he has certainly been busy. Somewhat unusually not only is he releasing an album but […]
Rockstars On Mars “S/T” Album Review
Rockstars On Mars Rockstars on Mars may be a new sleaze rock band from Gothenburg but that does not mean they are without a degree of glam metal pedigree. Singer […]
2000 Trees Festival 2014
2000 Trees Festival 2014 As soon as you arrive at 2000 Trees you know you are on to something special and in for a good time. A great, central location, […]
Kristy Majors & The Thrill Kills “S/T”
Kristy Majors & The Thrill Kills – S/T Kristy Majors will be a name well known to Glam Metal fans, due to his band Pretty Boy Floyd. When they released […]
The Old 97’s “Most Messed Up” album review
The Old 97’s – “Most Messed Up” It does seem kind of odd that on the week we have reviewed the new album from the latest hip young thing, Lana […]
Blacklist Royals “Die Young With Me” album review
Blacklist Royals – “Die Young With Me” Rather than doing a huge intro on the band here, we suggest (once you’ve finished reading this review!) that you head over to […]
Rouge – “Edge Of The Bed” EP Review
Rouge -“Edge Of The Bed” The band Rouge throw up a few surprises with the release of this debut EP. Firstly, and without wishing to sound sexist, is the fact […]
Ed Tang & The Chops – “S/T” Album Review
Ed Tang & The Chops – “S/T” If the cool name alone isn’t enough to attract you to this EP, then the fact that comparisons to the likes of bands […]
Cheap Girls – “Famous Graves” Album Review
Cheap Girls – “Famous Graves” Extra Mile records are one of those labels where you kind of know that any release is going to be one of quality. This is […]
Magpies & Vagabonds – “Giver” EP Review
Magpies & Vagabonds – “Giver” It’s always great when a new punk rock band emerges upon the scene. It comes as a bit of surprise when you find they live […]
Josh Doyle Interview
Most music fans will have at least one artist where they feel it is a mystery that they haven’t achieved world wide fame and acclaim. This is particularly true when […]
2000 Trees Music Festival Interview
The music festival scene really has exploded in the UK over the last few years. This growth has been even more remarkable given the overall demise of small music venues. […]
The Menzingers “Rented World” Album Review
The Menzingers – “Rented World” The Menzingers really stepped up to the plate with their last release, “The Impossible Past” which was a quite stunning release. It really launched them […]
Matty James – “Last One To Die” album review
Matty James – “Last One To Die” Matty James is what you might call a proper rock n roll troubadour or alternatively a guitar slinger. He has already released a […]
The Pixies – “Indie Cindy” Album Review”
The Pixies – “Indie Cindy” Well if ever an album was to come with a sense of anticipation, then it has to be this new album from The Pixies. It […]
The Keefs – “Better Late Than Never” Album Review
The Keefs – “Better Late Than Never” The Keefs are a Delaware band, who describe themselves pretty aptly as ‘Punk-n-Roll Hitmakers!’. They have a great sound which blends old-school punk […]
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