Just shy of eight years since the release of their last album ”Big Life” and a lifetime ago since the sizzling debut “No Love Lost”, The Rifles return with an album that is filled with enough Brit Pop nostalgia to…
20 years ago Sussex trio Keane released a brittle yet startling debut album in Hopes And Fears. The album echoed the Pet Shop Boys mixed with Carol King and a splash of The Human League with the sort of anthemic…
The year 1958; Sweden held the FIFA World Cup, Sputnik 1 re-entered the atmosphere & burnt up, whilst Gibson patented the Flying V Guitar. Other significant musical appearances included the release of All I Have To Do Is Dream The…
Rating: Bad Sounds release their latest album, ‘Escaping From A Violent Time’, a brilliant selection of summer-soaked pop excellence. Opening up the album is new single, ‘Lovers’, which quickly establishes the records tone. It leads in with a distinctly lo-fi,…
Flowered Up sprouted up gloriously like an award winning Chelsea Flower Show bloomer for a few years back in the early 1990’s. Formed on the back of meetings with original members, brothers Liam Maher vocalist and guitarist Joe Maher joined…
Evoking images of adventures in a Californian desert landscape this album immediately struck me as the perfect backdrop to scenes from ‘Sons Of Anarchy’. It’s the kind of sound I would sink into whilst driving the surrounding areas between Palm…
The Clique. No, not the mid 60’s combo who scored a mod classic hit single with She Aint No Good and no not the late psych 60’s outfit who had a hit with the 13th Floor Elevators Splash 1, I’m…
Yet again Vinyl Revival have struck gold with their latest release entitled Cottonopolis, a collection of obscure and unreleased tracks by Greater Manchester bands all of which never gained the fame their music deserved, with this strictly limited release their…
When 2 titans of Manchester’s music scene collide, you expect musical fireworks. Looking back on 3 of music’s big wig collaborations Blind Faith featuring Traffic’s Steve Winwood and Cream’s Eric Clapton lived up to the hype; New Order’s Bernard Sumner and The Smiths Johnny Marr brought…
Grammy nominated Americana artist Gaby Jogeix releases his latest album, ‘Smile at the Clouds’ a collection of tracks brimming with a classic New Orleans swagger, that always maintains a distinctly darker undertone. Opening up the album is the titular, ‘Smile…