Jim Keller – Daylight: Album Review
Treasure chest of vintage slow fused crackers from Jim Keller, topped by a dark deep swamp of a voice, tailed by the passion of experience.
Bass Communion – The Itself Of Itself: Album Review
Bass Communion – latest in a series of ‘music’/sound explorations – blink and you might miss it.
Otherish – Summer In Belfast, 2098: Single Review
Our favourite Belfast brothers – and their ever-willing pals – are back with more brain-baffling high-jinks. There’s nothing much happening in a futuristic Belfast or is there…?
The Vibrators – The Singles 1976-2017: Album Review
Punk’s never dead with a Cherry Red! The Vibrators singles collected…
Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown – Electrified: Album Review
Heed the warning – “listen at your own risk – beware of electrical shock” from Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown’s Electrified.
Edgar Broughton Band – Gone Blue, The BBC Sessions: Boxset Review
All surviving BBC sessions recorded by ‘Proto-Punk’ agit rockers, The Edgar Broughton Band, collected and packaged in one convenient box.
John Moreland – Visitor: Album Review
Moreland offers more than ever, an unexpected statement of such quiet power as to assure his due place at the top table.
Lindisfarne – Brand New Day; the Mercury Years 1978 – 1979: Album Review
Shock horror in that the Lindisfarne “missing years” contain some gold in them thar hills!
Abigail Lapell – Anniversary: Album Review
Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell returns, with a collection of songs that reference a few personal milestones and explore the ideal of growing old together.
Richard Hawley – In This City They Call You Love: Album Review
Sir Richard of Hawley – welcome back with your jukebox of many delights. Guaranteed to melt the hardest of hearts.
Richard Thompson – Ship to Shore: Album Review
The welcome – and long overdue – return of the Master. Richard Thompson is back with his first album in 6 years, and it’s a peach!
The Lovely Eggs – Eggistentialism: Album Review
‘The wilderness years’ maybe but Holly & David – The Lovely Eggs – are in fine fettle.
Indoor Pets – Pathetic Apathetic: Album Review
Kent indie/alt rockers Indoor Pets return with a second album – and they’re in a darker, heavier, but no less humorous, mood than ever.
Robin Trower – Bridge Of Sighs (50th Anniversary Edition): Album Review
Expansive commemorative reissue of 70s guitar legend’s masterwork. Robin Trower take a bow.
Procol Harum – Shine On Brightly: Album Review
Shine On Brightly, Procol Harum’s classic second album, is released in a new remastered vinyl edition.