Album Reviews

REVIEW: Menswe@r – The Menswear Collection

REVIEW: Menswe@r – The Menswear Collection

If you were a music fan in the early 90’s with your finger on the pulse of all things Britpop you would no doubt have seen the steady trickle of bands coming through that almost seemed to be formed over…

REVIEW: Sing Leaf – Not Earth

REVIEW: Sing Leaf – Not Earth

The new album by Sing Leaf was written in creator David Como’s home at the quiet of day maybe when the birds are singing aloft on an autumn branch, when the sun is just peaking over the brow of a…

REVIEW: Palace Winter – …Keep Dreaming Buddy

REVIEW: Palace Winter – …Keep Dreaming Buddy

The elegant, youthful sound of Palace Winter is just the sort of thing to calm the nerves whilst de-icing the car, navigating misty roads and putting the full beam on as the nights draw in and the warmth in the…

REVIEW: Teenage Waitress - Love and Chemicals

REVIEW: Teenage Waitress – Love and Chemicals

Southampton. Birth place of Ken Russell, Howard Jones plus an exciting new artist that has been compared to the likes of Blur, Supergrass and Arctic Monkeys with the same pace as Matt Le Tissier flying through midfield before unleashing a…

REVIEW: Garcia Peoples – Nightcap At Wits End

REVIEW: Garcia Peoples – Nightcap At Wits’ End

The last album by Garcia Peoples, One Step Behind, was one of the most imaginative and distinctively creative in recent years by any band harking from New Jersey. Totally 2 tracks, the first being a 30 minute plus jam come…

REVIEW: The Moons – Pocket Melodies

REVIEW: The Moons – Pocket Melodies

Since landing on earth The Moons have been dipping their toes into the indie, 60’s, popular guitar band genre building their reputation around nifty 3 minutes ditties whilst looking the dapper part in whistle and flutes. Their latest long player…

REVIEW: Denise Johnson – Where Does It Go

REVIEW: Denise Johnson – Where Does It Go

I’m going to say what everyone is thinking. Denise Johnson was and is one of the most underrated female vocalist to come out of Manchester. The likes of Lisa Stansfield and Rowetta may have received their acclaim, rightly so for…

REVIEW: Ennio Morricone – Lounge

REVIEW: Ennio Morricone – Lounge

One of the elite composers of modern times has been, Oscar winning, Ennio Morricone. Italian born with the hallowed gift for trumpet playing, composer, orchestrator and conductor, this highly regarded musician certainly knew a good thing when he heard it…

REVIEW: Heavy Salad – Cult Casual

Manchester based psych-rockers Heavy Salad release their debut LP, ‘Cult Casual’. Chocked full of surf-rock beats and overdriven guitar, ‘Cult Casual’ sucks you into its psychedelic vortex of wonderfully off-kilter pop music. Opening up the album is, ‘Death’. In stark…

REVIEW: Eddie Piller presents The Mod Revival

REVIEW: Eddie Piller presents The Mod Revival

The 2 words Mod Revival when put together in a sentence might conjure up images of young bands dressed in freshly purchased outfits from Carnaby Street trying to look and sing the part whilst playing a Rickenbacker guitar. Mod or…