Martyn Joseph – 1960: Album Review
1960 on Pipe Records -the 23rd album from Martyn Joseph finds him coming to understand who he is and what life is.
Amy Thatcher – Let What’s In, Out: EP Review
Amy Thatchers creates a squeezebox paean to her premature twins for when words are not enough.
Dauþuz: Interview
We caught up with the Dauþuz prior to the release of their new album to discuss their influences, working as a duo, the state of black metal and more.
Fizzy Blood – Complementary: Single Review
Appetising taster for the imminent debut album from Leeds’ rising stars Fizzy Blood withe the Complementary single.
Heaven 17 – O2 Institute, Birmingham: Live Review
Heaven 17 finally make it to Birmingham again after the now obligatory postponements. I think the phrase ‘better late than never’ is extremely apt.
Marillion – The Light At The End Of The Tunnel: Tour feature
Marillion return to the live stage this month. We mull over their ten date tour.
Rhona Macfarlane – Closing The Window: EP Review
Closing The Window – songs inspired by inward reflection and solitude during lockdown from Rhona Macfarlane.
Steve Harley with Cockney Rebel – Lowther Pavillion, Lytham St. Annes: Live Review
Steve Harley continues to wow with a rich group of songs, backed by The Cockney Rebel at the Lowther Pavillion in Lytham St. Annes.
Louis de Bernieres – Despatches: Album Review
Despatches on Khaki Angel Records. An expansive and eclectic new set from author Louis de Bernieres
MØL- DIORAMA : Album Review
MØL release new album Diorama, and dazzle our senses with a sublime combination of black metal and shoegaze.
Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys – Night & Day Cafe, Manchester: Live Review
Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys bring the album launch tour for The Wishing Tree to Manchester Night & Day.
Dauþuz – Vom schwarzen Schmied: Album Review
Dauþuz return with another industrious slab of black metal mined from the depths of the German underworld.
Joe Tilston – Tightrope: Album Review
Songs of death and hope by Joe Tilston – another powerful offering from those musical Tilstons
Ashley Hutchings to relaunch A Winter Miscellany: News
A Winter Miscellany by Ashley Hutchings and Friends is getting a relaunch… Observant readers may have noticed that winter is on its way. Most years, the onset of winter also signals the distant approach of Christmas, a season and celebration that, in 2020, was all but cancelled by […]
Starry Eyed & Laughing – Bells of Lightning: Album Review
70s janglemasters, Starry Eyed & Laughing, take flight a full forty six years, and counting, since their last Byrds infused outing. Has the wait been worth it?