The Long Ryders – Native Sons: Boxset Review
Polished country rockers or ragged renegades inventing Americana? Actually a bit of both, and a whole lot better than actually recalled or remembered.
Office Dog – Spiel: Album Review
The debut album from Auckland’s Office Dog is a grungy, punky, psychedelic dissection of inner turmoil and hopeful prospects.
Conchùr White – Swirling Violets: Album Review
Swoony dream pop to waft you into a sense of reverie, from the Armagh troubadour, Conchùr White.
The Infernal Sea – Hellfenlic: Album Review
The Infernal Sea deliver another massive amount of fierce and terrifying black metal from the Fenlands of England centred around The Witchfinder General.
David Jackson & René van Commenée – Keep Your Lane: Album Review
David Jackson & René van Commenée dig deep and find buried treasure.
Johnny Campbell – True North: Album Review
A celebration of Northernness from proud northerner Johnny Campbell. Eight songs from eight northern counties, each recorded at the highest point in its source county.
Topette!! – ON – Live at The Jam Jar: Album Review
The fourth album from Anglo-French supergroup, Topette!! Is a feast of frantic fiddling, blazing bagpipes and surging squeezebox.
No-Man – Housekeeping: The OLI Years 1990-1994: Album Review
Huge No-Man set gathers up a sweep of early days, the formative years of albums and curios.
Richard Thompson – Historic Classic Concert – Live in Nottingham 1986: Album Review
An exhilarating document of a mid-eighties Richard Thompson Band performing at the very top of their game.
Ciarán Ryan Band – Occupational Hazards : Album Review
Feisty banjo fusion from Ciarán Ryan to frighten your friends with. And make some new ones.
Final Coil – The World We Inherited: Album Review
Final Coil completes their Persistence trilogy with a stirring climax.
Jozef van Wissem – The Night Dwells in the Day: Album Review
Dark, hypnotic, dreamy and melodic. Dystopian baroque imagery for the darkest depths of winter on the new album from lutenist Jozef van Wissem
Five Points Gang – The Spirit Of Rock & Roll: Album Review
Five Points Gang stun an enthusiastic audience on this well-produced album which oozes a live atmosphere.
Saxon – Hell, Fire And Damnation: Album Review
24th studio release from Saxon finds them stoking the hellfires of Heavy Metal.
Project Smok – The Outset: Album Review
Expert delivery and powerful melodies; Project Smok deliver a masterpiece of trad.