Chat Pile – Who Loves The Sun: Album Review
Chat Pile are back with a triumphant 4th LP that includes their tightest batch of songs to date at their heaviest and catchiest yet.
Winston Liv – Joan Of Snark: Album Review
Debut album from Nashville singer, songwriter, poet & visual artist Winston Liv sees reflective folk, playful pop melodies and country twang meet a whole lot of attitude.
Kaspar ‘Berry’ Rapkin And The Swampdogs – Blues From The Land Of The Living: Album Review
Kaspar Rapkin and his exuberant band the Swampdogs deliver a bucketload of authenticity with his delta blues style.
Jenny Gillespie Mason on The Cranberries: Why I Love
In the wake of the release of her In The Safety Of Light album, Jenny Gillepsie Mason joins us for a Why I Love on one of her inspirations, The Cranberries.
Chelsea Wolfe – The Dark: Album Review
Heavy music’s patron saint of the beautifully bleak, Chelsea Wolfe, releases The Dark.
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies – Cathedral: Album Review
Horror maestro John Carpenter, son Cody, and godson Daniel Davies return with Cathedral – fourteen tracks that score a nightmare of Carpenter’s own making
Kevin Ayers – Where Do The Stars End; The Recordings 1974-80: Box-Set Review
Ayers in the studio and on the stage, baffling, bemusing and beguiling; better than history begs you to consider.
Michael Chagnon – Saints And Strangers: Album Review
NYC’s self-described ‘independent songwriter,’ Michael Chagnon covers a whole lotta ground in just eight songs with his debut album, Saints And Strangers.
Wild Gods – The Glorious Abysmal: Album Review
Are you sitting comfortably? Wild Gods wreak havoc and make hay with the tradition. More glorious than abysmal.
Various Artists – The Old Crow Folk Club Presents the Songs of Rev Hammer, Re-imagined: Album Review
I’d pay to attend this folk club, as a varied and entertaining crew queue up to celebrate an entirely different sort of Hammer-time.
Quick Takes – August 2026 Part 2: Album Reviews
Quick Takes for August ’26 (part 2) includes Jethro Tull, The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Jamie Webster, Crumbling Ghost and Rusty Shackle.
Howard Jones: Original Studio Albums 1984 – 1992: Album Review
Hot on the heels of Howard Jones’ live tours in the UK and US, Cherry Red have released a brand new box set of all five of his early studio albums.
Richard Bowes – Gary Numan, A People’s History: Book Review
Numan fans open up in a book packed with tales from a job for life.
The Onsegen Ensemble – A Tale: Album Review
Finnish collective Onségen Ensemble, much influenced by its Nordic environment, has developed an ever changing and distinctive sound on display on A Tale.
Versa on Magma: Why I Love
Matthew Dolmage of Versa joins us for a Why I Love on the amazing and genre-defying Magma.