Album Reviews

REVIEW: Bad Sounds – Escaping From A Violent Time

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,…

REVIEW: Flowered Up A Life With Brian reissue

REVIEW: Flowered Up A Life With Brian reissue

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…

ALBUM REVIEW: Ian Skelly ‘Lotus And The Butterfly’

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…

ALBUM REVIEW: Cottonopolis limited coloured vinyl compilation

ALBUM REVIEW: Cottonopolis limited coloured vinyl compilation

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…

ALBUM REVIEW: Liam Gallagher and John Squire album review

ALBUM REVIEW: Liam Gallagher and John Squire album review

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…

ALBUM REVIEW: Gaby Jogeix ‘Smile to the Clouds’

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…

REVIEW: Courting ‘New Last Name’

Rating: Credit: Charlie Barclay Harris Liverpool based four-piece Courting are set to release their sophomore album, ‘New Last Name’. Recorded in collaboration with legends The Cribs, ‘New Last Name’ once again sees Courting subverting any pre-convened genre expectations that may…

ALBUM REVIEW: SUSU ‘Call Susie’

New York based rock n roll outfit SUSU release their first full length album, ‘Call Susie’, a raucous unflinching homage to genres such as hairmetal and classic blues, that never feels stuck in the past. Opening up the album is…

REVIEW: Produced By Tony Visconti

REVIEW: Produced By Tony Visconti

The works of David Bowie and Marc Bolan might not have been the same without the careful guiding collaboration with Tony Visconti. Bowie was so touched with the relationship that over 40 years of working together did wonders for the…