Album Reviews

REVIEW: Reg King - 3 CD Deluxe Edition

REVIEW: Reg King – 3 CD Deluxe Edition

The list could go on for days, weeks, months and evens years deciding who the standout singer to emerge from beat groups of the 1960’s. Regular names that spring to mind include Steve Marriott, Steve Ellis, Keith Relf, Phil May,…

ALBUM REVIEW: DMA’S ‘How Many Dreams’

Review by Jonathan Taylor Instagram: jonathantaylorphotography Photo credit: Kalpesh Lathigra  Across twelve tracks, DMA’S 4th studio album, ‘How Many Dreams?’ which is released 31st March, marks yet another departure in terms of musical creativity and evolvement for the band from…

REVIEW: Later ‘Walking the Line’

Fast-rising French outfit, ‘Later’ release their debut LP, ‘Walking the Line’. A sleek and cool record packed full of funk-laden guitar hooks and house-influenced piano tones it’s a record that bends genres to its own whim. Opening up the album…

REVIEW: Ocean Colour Scene Yesterday Today 1992 – 2018

REVIEW: Ocean Colour Scene Yesterday Today 1992 – 2018

Everlasting harmonies, magnetic rhythms, endearing lyrics and musical chemistry to die for, encased together with eye capturing Modernist imagery, Ocean Colour Scene’s new box set Yesterday Today 1992 – 2018, released via Demon Music Group, delves into the bands extensive…

REVIEW: The Academic ‘Sitting Pretty’

Rating: In the current musical sphere, Ireland is a hotbed for some of the most exciting post-punk bands around. The Murder Capital, Gilla Band and the unstoppable Fontaines DC are reshaping music in their own image. Now, Mullingar’s, The Academic,…

ALBUM: JW Francis – Dream House

Rating: New York-based jangle popper JW Francis releases his latest album, ‘Dream House’, a record packed full of lo-fi dream-pop that not only revels in its slacker identity, but pays homage to the early 00’s New York scene. Opening up…

ALBUM: Rodolphe Coster and Band ‘High With The People’

Rating: It is without question that within the past five years guitar music has experienced a boom not seen since the indie-landfill days of the mid-2000’s. Fontaines DC, Dry Cleaning and Wet Leg are breaking into the mainstream consciousness with…