Royalty Capes – Louder Than Joy: Album Review
Ten songs in less than thirty minutes. The Royalty Capes are flapping in a bout of jukebox heroism.
The Thumping Tommys – new single and crowd funder: News
The Thumping Tommys are set to release their third album; The Dealers Blind is their new single.
Danny Wilson – Complete Danny Wilson: Boxset Review
Danny Wilson, the Dundee Dan, as beguiling and even more bemusing than their memory.
Torsz – Otthon: Single Review
A six year break has given Hungary’s instrumentally focussed rock group Torsz time to decide the next phase of their career.
Jeffrey Lewis – The Even More Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis: Album Review
Shed your clothes, take a walk through Greenwich Village – and try to keep up as Jeffrey Lewis disgorges his lyrical cascades
Brown Horse – All The Right Weaknesses: Album Review
If these are their weaknesses, God help us when we see the strengths of Brown Horse!
Humble Pie – Hallelujah: 1973-1983
A promising new start, death throes and fine moments and a stirring reminder of how Britain’s finest soul-rock band sounded when they hit the top of their game. Steve Marriott’s final Humble Pie years get the Cherry Red boxset treatment.
Gigspanner Big Band – Turnstone: Album Review
Q: What’s big and bandy, and full of gigs? Clue: Turnstone is their new touchstone. A: Gigspanner Big Band!
Lisa Crawley – The Gatekeeper: Single Review
Another foretaste of the treats to come on New Girl Syndrome – the forthcoming EP from NZ-born, LA-based singer-songwriter Lisa Crawley. The Gatekeeper is bright, bubbly and hard-hitting…
The Swell Season – People We Used to Be: Single Review
First recorded output in two years from acclaimed duo The Swell Season – People We Used to Be is a lush, string-enhanced epic ballad
Esinam & Subusile Xaba – Flowing Keep Flowing: Single Review
Another preview of Healing Voices – the forthcoming album from pan-African duo, Esinam & Subusile Xaba. And it’s another simmering blend of African rhythms, jazz and funk.
Filkin’s Drift – Glan: Album Review
Anglo-Welsh duo Filkin’s Drift assemble the songs and tunes that inspired them during their 2023 walking tour along the Welsh Coastal Path for a debut album with a difference!
Paul Brady – The Archive: Boxset Review
Brady unpacks his backpack of the obscure and arcane, off-cuts and live, for a pick and mix of myriad delights.
Courting – Gorilla, Manchester: Live Review
Coming off of their refreshingly inventive third album, Lust For Life Or: How to Thread the Needle and Come Out the Other Side to Tell the Story, Courting hit up Manchester Gorilla.
Skunk Anansie w/ So Good – O2 Apollo Manchester: Live Review
Skunk Anansie are readying their latest album; what better way to hype it than with a sold out show in Manchester!