Fitting into acceptable landscape windows of mainstream entertainment has to be fronted with shiny smiles, the latest trending threads of the day along with sounds that sound as familiar as those banal robotic overly manufactured mundane top 40 smashes. Back…
The 1960’s gave birth to a hive of jazz legends creating albums of eternal substance that still ring true in circles of fans 50 odd years later; Bobby Hutcherson San Francisco featuring the steady groove of Ummh; Love Supreme by…
Photo credit: Tom Norris Post-punk three-piece RIZTS announce their arrival with the rip-roaring self titled debut LP . A catalogue of alternative music, from post-punk to trash, paying homage to the past but always looking firmly forward. Kicking off the…
Fast-rising Singaporean metal outfit RESERATE release their debut LP, ‘Introspect’, a hard-hitting, no-holds barred affair that pays homage to the alternative music of the past, whilst still succeeding in pushing the genre of metalcore forward. Opening up the album is the…
Paul Weller’s career has seen more triumphant highs and lows than a Mary Quant mini skirt. Delving back into his fresh 90’s tentative solo beginnings before travelling onto early 00’s futuristic mod struts, Fly On The Wall is a glimpse…
In the 15-years since Oasis broke up, Noel Gallagher has seemingly tried everything possible to reinvent himself. From trips into glam-rock to his seeming disdain for all things related to his past life. However, a seemingly re-born Noel Gallagher took…
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,…