Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Symphony Hall, Birmingham: Live Review
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis tour their joint recording, Carnage, invoking the spirits at a prayer meeting in all seven stations of Hell. Praise be!
Stage Door Guy – Amazing Grace: Video Premiere
Stage Door Guy premieres pointed new video for Amazing Grace from their new album, Wroclaw.
John Martyn – The Apprentice : Album Review
Expanded version of the end of Island’s love affair with Martyn, studio, live and with added Dave Gilmour.
Old Blind Dogs – Knucklehead Circus: Album Review
The remarkable renaissance of this Scottish institution continues to enthral and amaze. Old Blind Dogs ascend the heights on Knucklehead Circus.
Roger Chapman – Turn It Up Loud: The Recordings 1981-1985: Boxset Review
The Family man’s solo adventures continue: Installment 2 in the Cherry Red/Esoteric Roger Chapman reissue programme
Goldray – Feel The Change: Album Review
2017’s Rising album by Goldray was a terrific psych fest. Proof that lightning can strike twice, Kenwyn House and Leah Rasmussen are back with a tremendous second album in Feel The Change.
Magnum – Dance Of The Black Tattoo: Album Review
Magnum start 2021 with a best of their heftier material in Dance Of The Black Tattoo.
Nad Sylvan – Spiritus Mundi: Album Review
Nad Sylvan changes direction to interpret the poems of Irish Romantic poet WB Yeats, showing his creative credentials on Spiritus Mundi.
Alan Simon – Excalibur V – Move, Cry, Act, Clash: Album Review
Excalibur V – Episode five in the increasingly inaccurately-named Trilogy from Alan Simon.
Dissonance Productions – Atrophy / Exhorder / Carnivore / Gruntruck: Album Round Up
Dissonance Records is one arm of Cherry Red Records that looks after heavier bands and reissues. We check out a selection of their releases here.
Sean Taylor – Live! In London: Album Review
Live! In London is the tenth album by Sean Taylor and is an excellent summary of the man, his music and his history.
2022 (Brief Return) – Ian McNabb, The Feedback File, Anthony Toner: Album Reviews
A trio of pleasant reminders of 2022 as we round up releases by Ian McNabb, The Feedback File and Anthony Toner.
Whitsun Roundup: Mike Tod, Sansome/Quinn, Fiona Rutherford
Another bank holiday, another backlog…. Here’s a trio that missed the deadline but aren’t worth losing altogether.
Toyah – Posh Pop: Album Review
Anthems, hope and escapism – it’s all there on Posh Pop – the first Toyah album for 13 years!
Clutch – Songs Of Much Gravity: Album Review
A collection of Clutch from 1993-2001. Not a bad starting point if you need a Clutch primer…
