Yon Mon's album starts with an almost classical piano, a surprising start but Better Days draws you in instantly and its message is clear. Power and Corruption makes the world go round. It paints a picture of what it's like to live in the world today and how towns and cities are becoming ghost towns, … Continue reading You Bedda Believe It – Yon Mon
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Moonlight Parade’s 4th Album: A Musical Journey – Strange Times
If you'd of told me 5 years ago that I would've heard a bunch of new music artists whose output would dictate my musical listening pleasure I would have laughed in your face. If I was then to say to you, that half a dozen or so of these artists would entwine themselves within the … Continue reading Moonlight Parade’s 4th Album: A Musical Journey – Strange Times
Album Review – The Shop Window – Daysdream
Once derided by music press for it's overly stereotyped bretton shirt wearing skinny white boys with floppy hair, in recent years Jangle-pop has made a triumphant return to favour. This uplifting and life affirming sound with it's history dating back to the late 50's/early 60's sound of the Everly brothers through to the masters of … Continue reading Album Review – The Shop Window – Daysdream
The Shed Project – Our Fear Is Their Power
If 2023 new music can be remembered for one thing I hope it's because some bands decided it was time to make a stand and release songs about the current climate we are living in, social & racial issues as well as continued Government lies and rule breaking have been themes that Kill, The Icon, … Continue reading The Shed Project – Our Fear Is Their Power
The Heavy North – Delta Shakedown
Classic - a work of art of recognized and established value. judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind. Let's get this straight from the start, The Heavy North are not an indie band, they are a Classic Rock band in the purest tradition of what … Continue reading The Heavy North – Delta Shakedown
Album Review – The Mariners – Four Sides Of The Circle
A double album, 22 songs from an unsigned band that focuses mostly on the sound forged in the 1960s seems foolhardy at the very least. In a world where the average attention span of a new single release is about 2 mins and apparently nobody listens to albums anymore is either commercial fcking suicide (their … Continue reading Album Review – The Mariners – Four Sides Of The Circle
Album Review – Your Cuckoo – Teenage Waitress
Pop Music.....seems to be a dirty word at the moment... We all love pop music don't we though? It's still selling in its droves and throwing up some amazing music, however the in your face blatant merry-go-round of manufactured Pop Artists from TV shows n Tik Tok n You Tube is a bit too much … Continue reading Album Review – Your Cuckoo – Teenage Waitress
Life Pop Bang – Lyon Tide – Album of the month.
Midlands based Lyon Tide have just chucked a hand grenade into the reckoning for best album of the year with their sophomore album Life Pop Bang. The follow up to their debut - shoegazey, dream pop debut Beginnings of Ends the Brummie trio have released an album that is as far away from that rather … Continue reading Life Pop Bang – Lyon Tide – Album of the month.
The Shed Project – The Curious Mind Of A Common Man – Album Review
Was it Noel Gallagher that wrote on Fade Away. While we're livingThe dreams we have as children fade away. I've always felt the poignancy of this lyric especially as I got older and felt at times that my dreams had indeed gone forever. Well sometimes they don't, sometimes if you're (mostly) 5 middle aged blokes … Continue reading The Shed Project – The Curious Mind Of A Common Man – Album Review
The Heavy North – Electric Soul Machine – Album Review
There is a moment at the end of the first song on the album - The Genie a huge Black Sabbath type riff opening salvo, when the trumpet kicks in when you say your first WOW!...it's the first of many. Liverpool's The Heavy North have been playing their rock n roll n soul n blues … Continue reading The Heavy North – Electric Soul Machine – Album Review
Brits n Pieces III – Album Review
Three is a magic number! Three is seen as a lucky number amongst owners of Mini Cooper's from the 1960's because it represents the 3 used in the classic Michael Caine Film The Italian Job. This may not actually be true but I'd like to think it is. What is true though is that Marc … Continue reading Brits n Pieces III – Album Review
The Skinner Brothers – The Real Peaky Blinders
Zac Skinner with his peaky hat, lank curly hair, looking like he is coming down or coming back up is like a modern day Artful Dodger. He looks like nothing else around at the moment! He's going to be the next big rock star (if things like that still exist). More attitude then NWA, more … Continue reading The Skinner Brothers – The Real Peaky Blinders
Jay Tennant – Forever Roses
Jay Tennant is a prolific singer songwriter from the Midlands. He surprised everyone on Friday 4th February by announcing his new album and dropping the bandcamp streams and vinyl pre-order links to a bit of a rumpus on the twitterverse. Wasting no time I was straight over there, reserving my copy in eagerness of what … Continue reading Jay Tennant – Forever Roses
Invisible Squirrel – Sonder- Album Review
At this time of year most Squirrels are busy hibernating or at least hiding their nuts! Well not for this secret squirrel, he's been playing with his nuts and nobs, smashed open the banger wardrobe and came up with the first EDM album of the year. Kicking off with the title track Sonder - its … Continue reading Invisible Squirrel – Sonder- Album Review
Anger is an energy….Dirteens… album review
Well the flowers of Crimson Bloom may of wilted but whilst lesser musicians would go dry and crusty at the side of the road, song writing machine Andrew Johnson just gets new shoots and grows again. This time he is angry and frustrated and put all of this into a new album of songs titled … Continue reading Anger is an energy….Dirteens… album review
The Rebirth Of Cool 