Primo! – Sogni: Album Review
Primo! are making guitar music that explores the boundaries of everyday life with calm levity, tilted grace and grit.
Howard King
Spirit – Tent Of Miracles: Album Review
Tent Of Miracles from 1990 finds the thirteenth album by Spirit reissued in an expanded format with a live show from Amsterdam as the added bonus.
Pokey Lafarge – Rock Bottom Rhapsody: Album Review
Pokey LaFarge returns with his new album, Rock Bottom Rhapsody; a personal story of getting to the bottom of the glass and beyond.
Myrkur – Folkesange: Album Review
The dark folk/black metal crossover of Myrkur immerses us in traditional Scandinavian storytelling that has a resonance with our modern world.
Faceless Mirror – Journey Home: Album Review
Faceless Mirror deliver a blues/country/classic rock album with Journey Home that certainly tickles our fancy.
Phil Saatchi – Sun Come Up: Album Review
Phil Saatchi releases Sun Come Up which showcases the many strings to his bow.
The Oneira – Injection: Album Review
Formed in 2010, by composer and guitarist Filippos Gougoumis The Oneira has built up a solid reputation. Injection is their newest Prog inspired opus.
The Inspector Cluzo – Soup Kitchen, Manchester: Live Review
The Inspector Cluzo nip across from Gascony and don’t quite destroy Manchester but do some damage to an innocent drum kit.
Exploring Birdsong – Satan’s Hollow: Live Review
We manage a brief catch up with Exploring Birdsong, a band we’ve been admiring, at Satan’s Hollow as they visit Manchester.
Time Tunnel: Pink Floyd, Manchester 1974
Howard King looks back to 1974 when he was one of the lucky ones who saw Pink Floyd in their prime.
The Muggs – Slave To Sound Volume 5: Album Review
The Muggs are a blues rock trio from Detroit, Michigan. Slave To Sound Volume 5 is another in a line of solid blues rock releases.
Isobel Campbell – There Is No Other: Album Review
There Is No Other by former Belle & Sebastian singer Isobel Campbell – “One of those albums you can enjoy whatever your mood is.”
Drive-By Truckers – The Unravelling: Album Review
A three and a half year gap since the last Drive By Truckers album and they’re back with The Unravelling.
Amberly Chalberg – Hi-Line: Album Review
“A benchmark for what good country music should sound like.” That’s our opinion on Hi-Line by Amberley Chalberg.
The Inspector Cluzo – Brothers In Ideals: Album Review
The Inspector Cluzo mix a unique way of presenting blues lyrics, spoken word and falsetto voices with outstanding traditional blues playing.