The Top 5: The Rebirth of Cool While the corporate spreadsheets are busy recycling 2014’s "Safe Indie" for the summer festivals, the real ROI is happening on the fringes. No fleece. No filler. Just the sounds of the resistance. 1. Hannah Robinson – Ruining The Moment The Vibe: Grunge-rock Natalie Dormer. The Audit: A visceral, … Continue reading MARCH 2026: THE AUDITOR’S CHOICE
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The Spreadsheet Vs The Soul
"It’s Friday night, March 27, 2026. The tour buses are cooling down, the variant-sellers are counting their plastic trophies, and the audit is officially closed. This week, we’ve tracked the 32-variant 'fleece' and the 72-place chart drops. But tonight, we look at the real ROI: Integrity. While the corporate giants syndicate the 'Summer of Sameness,' … Continue reading The Spreadsheet Vs The Soul
How to Fleece Fans and Win a Vanity Trophy
The KLF once released a book about it: The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way). It was a step-by-step guide on how to hijack the charts with no money and no musical skills. It worked. Now, it seems our favorite new bands—the ones who have scaled the uppermost positions in the … Continue reading How to Fleece Fans and Win a Vanity Trophy
The Crossroads: What are you prepared to do for your art?
I’ve been sitting on a draft for two years. I called it Privilege. I wrote it because I was tired of the 'Shortcut' culture—the bands with the label connections and the backgrounds that get 'glossed over' to create a fake grit. Looking at the landscape in 2026, I realize that privilege was just the entry … Continue reading The Crossroads: What are you prepared to do for your art?
Why Average is just Small Talk (And the Death of the Parka pantomime)
I once called a band called Small Talk 'average.' The sky fell in. I got piled on by fans who had cosied up to celebrity endorsements rather than actual songwriting. I told them they’d regret charging £15 a pop to see them with no real fanbase, and I was right. Where are they now? We’ve … Continue reading Why Average is just Small Talk (And the Death of the Parka pantomime)
The Rebirth of Cool: Five Years Later
The Voice is Far From Strangled. I’ve been silent for a while. Real life—the kind with clocks to punch, bills to pay, and the daily grind—has a habit of taking over. But while I’ve been away, I’ve been watching. I’ve seen great artists, truly talented people who have given everything to their craft, finally chuck … Continue reading The Rebirth of Cool: Five Years Later
You Bedda Believe It – Yon Mon
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
It’s a Good, Good, Good Friday….. April Choons…
After what seems like an age, finally 2025 gets in the swing and a load of great new releases are tickling my eardrums... Here's a brief review of my favourites. SENSES - Accelerate Your Love/Already Part Of The Problem. Coventry's own Senses return with two new tracks and an announced second album making The Stone … Continue reading It’s a Good, Good, Good Friday….. April Choons…
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
Single Review – The Avelons – Chit Chat
Word has been sent to me here in Tanner Towers from the cold North East. It says there has been a rumbling recently and these shy and retiring types, clad mostly in their black and white armour have returned from a quest into Europe with a new found purpose and reason to shout. Cast free … Continue reading Single Review – The Avelons – Chit Chat
I’ve Got The Blues – The Shed Project
Heartbreak brings out the best songs in people...in many ways it's the foundations of popular music...from the early blues to modern pop songs about lost loves, forlorn aching for those moments for one more time. "I suppose it's head down, just carry on" sings Roy on the Sheds new song and the next step in … Continue reading I’ve Got The Blues – The Shed Project
It’s the end of the year as I know it and I feel…
My Review of 2023 in Music (Mostly). That's it, 2023 is done, another year older and still none the wiser. As we leave the carnage of '23 behind us and head into the new dawn of '24, I thought I would write some words about my thoughts on the indie music scene with some of … Continue reading It’s the end of the year as I know it and I feel…
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
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
