June, 1998. A friend of mine has leant me two albums; one is Adam F’s Colours, a more than palatable…
Josh Rouse – Love In The Modern Age Review
Nebraskan Josh Rouse has been operating at the margins of the indie-folk mainstream for almost two decades now, along the…
Shame – Live In Leeds Review
“Live, they’re still in the intimacy phase; rolling his shoulders like a piston, singer Charlie Steen beckons the audience closer to the front every time his cohorts almost imperceptibly turn things up a notch”
Manic Street Preachers – Resistance Is Futile Review
How do you solve a problem like the Manic Street Preachers, if you’re the Manic Street Preachers? Choices abound; keep…
The Ballad Of Shirley Collins OST – Review
Everyone’s story can, with some self-effacement, be told in just a few words. Shirley Collins sums up hers pithily during…
Introducing April’s Playlist – UPDATED
There’s never been a more diverse playlist than this month’s – and now it’s been updated with a gob-smakcing 19…
The March Roundup
March is always an exciting month in music, as along comes a whole clutch of releases in what is regarded…
Cabbage – Nihilistic Glamour Shots Review
“On Exhibit A the band collectively proffer a staggering, perverse strain of country on which to hoist the zero-sum farce of modern politics on its own petard, whilst Perdubaro’s ramshackle post-punk sounds like it might fall apart at any minute.”
The Boxer Rebellion – Ghost Alive Review
People make music derived from all sorts of motivations, whether it’s performed in front of the mirror or a thousand…
Anna Burch – Quit The Curse Review
For some artists the process of creativity is mostly spontaneous, taking them over like a forest fire and not quitting…
The Voice Of Unreason 