Toyah – Chameleon – The Very Best of Toyah: Album Review
First-ever career-spanning collection covers Toyah’s band years, the solo years and the adventures alongside husband Robert Fripp.
Wolf Alice – The Clearing: Album Review
The fourth album from British rock superstars, Wolf Alice, sees them treading a different sonic path with great results.
cheerbleederz – (prove me wrong): EP Review
London / Nottingham indie-punk trio cheerbleederz “challenge their detractors and the oppressive systems that conspire against them” with four punchy songs on their new EP, (prove me wrong)
Amit Dattani – Wrong Kind Of One: Album Review
Actually exactly the right sort of one, Dattani sparkles with his deft delivery.
Faun – Hex: Album Review
Album #12 from Germany’s prime Pagan Folklorists, Faun. Hex is a mesmerizing collection of songs about powerful women of many cultures – witches, healers and wisdom-dispensers
Walter Trout – Sign Of The Times: Album Review
Prolific rock bluesman Walter Trout’s new release will have you taking a deeper dive into his soul whilst entertaining you with his eclectic compilation of blues styles.
The Ric Sanders Trio – Standin’ On The Corner/Headspace: Album Review
PDC, clearly, early doors Ric Sanders, as he (sugar)canes his version of the blues, across two stellar albums.
Remembering Gary Brooker – The Concert: Album Review
A much missed musician is respectfully commemorated in this star studded line up performing his famous songs and their own classic hits .
Tift Merritt – Time and Patience: Album Review
Merritt merits both your time and the patience unrealised, for this surprise treasure trove of kitchen recordings.
Carsick – Tough Luck: EP Review
Second EP release from Salisbury ‘chaos merchants,’ Carsick. Five songs of Gen-Z booze-fueled angst, all set against a backdrop of tight, punchy, accomplished punk noise
Quick Takes – August 2025: Album Reviews
A quick look at a handful, or so, of album releases from Luke Morley, Halestorm, Bioscope, Assymetric Universe, Gary Numan, Spafford & Campbell, Bywater Call and Green Diesel.
The Beths – Straight Line Was A Lie: Album Review
The Beths return with Straight Line Was A Lie; their fourth full length player. It’s their most poignant and melancholy output yet.
UFO – The Misdemeanor Tour: Album Review
UFO enter a period of reconciliation around one of their more divisive album releases.
Tom Smith – A Year In The Life: Album Review
A Year In The Life, from Tom Smith, is a vibrant and enjoyable jazz work, with an inventive approach to the Big Band sound.
Shipwreck Orchestra – Lost Maps & Long Barrows: Album Review
Perfection on a summer’s afternoon! Lost Maps & Long Barrows – the new album from Shipwreck Orchestra – aka multi-instrumentalist Aaron Miller (and friends) – blends prog and folk influences with orchestral ambition to create sounds that are truly unique and thoroughly satisfying