Will Pound & Jenn Butterworth – Volume One : Album Review
A terrific pell-mell helter-skelter whirl through the possibilities of harmonica, box and guitar, from Will Pound and Jenn Butterworth. Also features voice.
Daoirí Farrell – The Wedding Above In Glencree: Album Review
Fourth album from Irish troubadour Daoirí Farrell finds him in confident shape.
La Ratte – Astray: Album Review
Competent, convincing lexicon of Americana from Dutch/Deutsch trio, La Ratte on the Astray album.
Trapeze – Don’t Stop The Music – Complete Recordings Vol 1: 1970-1992: Boxset Review
The first three albums from Trapeze – “The finest three-piece band never to make it,” plus live recordings
Dominic Sanderson – Impermanence: Album Review
Impermanence is the new album release by Dominic Sanderson, just a year after his stunning debut EP Discarded Memories.
Reg Meuross – Stolen From God, a folk song-cycle: Album Review
On Stolen From God, Reg Meuross unravels facts about Britain’s involvement in the Triangular Trade of slaves in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The Order Of The 12 – Lore Of The Land: Album Review
Psychedelic wyrdness of a distant age through a prism. Darkly.
Asia – Fantasia Live in Tokyo 2007: Album Review
It’s the year 2007 and Asia are partying like it’s 1982, celebrating 25 years since their landmark debut.
The Barracudas – Drop Out With The Barracudas: Box Set Review
Snotty, surfy psych-punk/power-popsters the Barracudas, catching every wave from their first few summers.
The Slow Readers Club – Knowledge Freedom Power: Album Review
Slow Readers Club channel positivity as the alternative to an authoritarian world on sixth album.
Inhaler – Cuts & Bruises: Album Review
Inhaler return with their new album, following the release of 2021’s It Won’t Always Be Like This. Does album two hit the spot?
Transatlantic – The Final Flight, Live At L’Olympia: Album Review
A comprehensive and fitting souvenir of what may well be, as the title suggests, the final flight for Transatlantic.
Stuart Anthony & Larry Beckett – An afternoon of poetry & music: Review
On the 24th of June 2022, Larry Beckett and Stuart Anthony played an intimate show billed as ‘An afternoon of poetry & music’. A showcase for their collaboration on the Mirabeau Bridge album, there’s now a limited cassette release (Bandcamp) and full film (set to be available on […]
The Golden Dregs – On Grace And Dignity: Album Review
Cheerful pessimism and wry acceptance duel here, in a triumph of, mostly, melancholia, to uplift and aerate the soul. Altogether quietly superb.
Real Terms – Vantage: Album Review
Intricate and accomplished debut album from Liverpool alt-pop experimentalists, Real Terms.