Jason Simon – A Venerable Wreck: Album Review
Guitarist from American psych-rockers Dead Meadow, Jason Simon returns to solo endeavours with new album; A Venerable Wreck.
John Cee Stannard – When The Time Is Right: Album Review
When The Time Is Right is a beautiful sign-off from John Cee Stannard. A marvellous musician and achieved with the help of a fantastic band.
Kavus Torabi – Hip To The Jag: Album Review
The first full solo album from the ultra-busy Kavus Torabi is a divine collection of music. Hip To The Jag is out on Believers Roast Records.
Paradise Lost – Obsidian: Album Review
Halifax’s Paradise Lost continue their thirty years plus of making music on the dark side with a new and diverse set in Obsidian.
The Alligator Wine – Demons Of The Mind: Album Review
Vintage rock without guitars? The Alligator Wine show it can be done and how it’s done on Demons Of The Mind
Horisont – Sudden Death: Album Review
Sudden death, the sixth album from Swedish quintet Horisont, delivers on their promise of “better, harder, faster, higher.”
Fish On Friday – Black Rain: Album Review
Fish On Friday release their fifth album Black Rain. It’s a “coming of age” record according to bassist Nick Beggs.
Will Pound – A Day Will Come: Album Review
Will Pound – the man once labelled “the Eddie Van Halen of the harmonica” – has a new album that takes a trip around the music of a continent.
Hills Like White Lions – s/t: Album review
The self-titled debut album from Austrian prog-metal trio Hills Like White Lions goes under the microscope.
The Bloody Mallard – Realm: Album Review
Psych-prog-alt rock outfit The Bloody Mallard, the brainchild of guitarist Tom Walding, shape seven songs to make up the Realm album.
Julia Marcell – Skull Echo: Album Review
Julia Marcell is a Polish singer/songwriter and pianist who is set to release her fifth studio album, Skull Echo. This is not a record that should be played as background noise; it is art.
Lucinda Williams – Good Souls Better Angels: Album Review
Lucinda Williams is back with a tremendous new album and she’s angry. Very angry. Good Souls Better Angels is an absolute classic.
Moonshot – Worlds Of Yesterday: Album Review
A retrospective of the music of Moonshot, 1971-1992. A band who may have been lost in the ghost light, but a collection lovingly compiled and curated by Tim Bowness.
Ultan Conlon – There’s a Waltz
Irish singer songwriter, Ultan Conlon delivers a quality and highly enjoyable fourth album in There’s A Waltz.
Trivium – What The Dead Men Say: Album Review
The 9th LP from Trivium could easily be their best work to date. A coming of age; the delivery of a clinical and contemporary metal masterpiece?