Reverend and the Makers are back with their sixth studio album, and frontman John McClure and co. are not holding back with catchy tunes, strong lyrics and a remarkable familiarity that never once feels unoriginal. The Death of a King [...Read More]
Albums
The Voice of the Heart of Manchester
Album Review: Stephen Armstrong- Fred and the Two Cities by Aidan Cross Manchester has always been a city proud of its heritage and its industrial beginnings, and this is something reflected in the music of many of the countless bands and [...Read More]
New Fall Album Emerges
That’s it, this is my last review of The Fall (what do you mean ‘I don’t care’?). I mean, I’ve only got the one but I’m sure that it is possible to choose between your children. Or at [...Read More]
The Voice of the Heart of Manchester
Album Review: Stephen Armstrong- Fred and the Two Cities Manchester has always been a city proud of its heritage and its industrial beginnings, and this is something reflected in the music of many of the countless bands and artists to [...Read More]
Rancid – trouble maker
If there were such a thing as pillars of the Punk community then Rancid would be held aloft with very few others, blazing a trail of tunes and statements since 1991. They may create many a discussion around their entitlement [...Read More]
SAM AND THE BLACK SEAS – SILVER FIT AND THE CONNIPTIONS – THE OLD BLUE WITCH
The current sound of folk music no doubt extends beyond these two releases but for now both Sam and the Black Seas and Fit and the Conniptions current offerings provide a snapshot of what is out there in the independent [...Read More]
Cock Sparrer – Forever
With all the fuss going on about 40 years of punk, exhibitions, leather bound albums or people writing books who once knew a Sex Pistol. Then the burning of 5 million quid’s worth of memorabilia while people use foodbanks you [...Read More]
Nothing blithe about Depeche Mode’s Spirit
Depeche Mode? ‘No thanks. I mean its New Romantic, isn’t it?’ All synthesizer and drum machine. As Saxon were telling me back in 1981, it was ‘denim and leather’ that ‘brought us all together’ not blouses and leather. My musically-myopic [...Read More]
British Sea Power – Let The Dancers Inherit The Party
(Golden Chariot / Caroline) Against a backdrop of, as the band say, ‘uncontrollable international lunacy’ national treasures British Sea Power could hardly have made a more fitting album for current times. In Let The Dancers Inherit The Party they [...Read More]
Amazing Planes – ‘Lost In Translation’
Admittedly, this writer had not heard of Amazing Planes prior to the release of their new album, Lost In Translation, so I had not yet listened to their 2013 debut Broken Spokes. Nevertheless, two bars into the gutsy album opener [...Read More]