Flamy Grant – CHURCH: Album Review
Christian music without judgement, hypocrisy, fire or brimstone – CHURCH, the eagerly awaited sophomore album from North Carolinian drag queen, Flamy Grant sets out values for a better world.
John Barlass
John has been a music obsessive since he first heard 'Love Me Do' seeping out of the family radio in 1962. he spent a career in the rail industry before turning back to his first love of music. He plays bass guitar and melodeon, loves folk/rock and lives in Warwick.
Johnny Foreigner – How to Be Hopeful: Album Review
Ambitious, engaging and utterly unpredictable. Birmingham indie-rock heroes Johnny Foreigner are back again – and they’ve got something to say.
The Lost Notes – Good Luck Shoes: Album Review
Accomplished 3rd album from Brummie Americana hotshots The Lost Notes – ten new songs that tell tales of the wary, the loved, the wild and the lost.
Goat – Goat: Album Review
And they just keep getting better! Swedish psych-funksters, Goat, mix a monster mash of musical motifs on their eponymous 6th album.
The Calamatix – The Calamatix: Album Review
Clear, intelligent vocals, set against pulsing reggae rhythms: What’s not like? The self-titled debut album from The Calamatix is pure joy.
Stackridge – Lost & Found – The Reunion Years: 1999-2015: Boxset Review
The Final Chapter…? Esoteric conclude their retelling of The Stackridge Story with another boxset, compiling the years of the re-formed Stackridge.
Sans Froid – Hello, Boil Brain: Album Review
Totally unclassifiable – an arresting debut album from Bristol-based Sans Froid.
Luke De Sciscio – Theo: Album Review
Deeply personal reflections on birth, parenthood and life itself. Singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio channels Cohen, Drake, Simon and others on his 17th album, Theo.
Gilbert O’Sullivan – Songbook: Album Review
Seventies Superstar, Gilbert O’Sullivan revisits his 55-year career and comes up with a few pared-back blinders for our enjoyment.
Faces – Faces at the BBC – Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973: Boxset Review
Every Faces BBC session, concert and broadcast – all in one place for the very first time.
Greetings From Grolloo – Simon Nicol & Ric Sanders, Iain Matthews & Ad Vanderveen, Little Johnny England: Album Series Review
The new series of live albums available exclusively from Talking Elephant Records recall a magical day in the Dutch village of Grolloo in 2003
Barbara Play Oasis!: News
ATB faves Barbara are at it again….. John and Henry turn to Liam and Noel for inspiration.
Amadou & Mariam – La Vie Est Belle: Album Review
A compilation of the Malian Duo’s post 1998 best work; the perfect entry-point for new converts to the Amadou & Mariam cause.
Black Widow – Sabbat Days, The Complete Anthology 1969-1972: Boxset Review
The collected works of sometime occult-rockers, Black Widow. There’s some fine music amongst the black magic hype.
Pete Lambert – I Told You A Story: Album Review
Stories, deep contemplation, introspection, heartbreak and a dash of humour. It’s all here in the debut album from York singer-songwriter, Pete Lambert.