Various Artists – Bustin’ Out 3: 1983

It’s well known that 80s have a very bad reputation about music produced in that period, but it’s true that there weren’t only spangles and trash pop music, 80s have been a fundamental decade to the development of new … Read More

The Budos Band – The Budos Band III

‘The Budos Band III’, as the name hints is the third album from New Yorker; ‘The Budos Band’. It is a seduction of funk soul instrumentals in perfect form, which is expressed instantly in the album’s opening track; ‘Rite … Read More

Nick Garrie – The Nightmare of J.B Stanislas

‘The Nightmare of J.B Stanislas’, is a reissue from Nick Garrie. It has been referred to as one of the ‘lost’ albums of the 1960s, and is a sweet reminder of the psychedelic days and months which made up … Read More

Frankie Rose & the Outs – Candy

‘Candy’ is the latest single from five-piece Brookyln born band, Frankie Rose and the Outs. It is a beautiful melody of the pop sound, infused with an element of iconic late 1960s/ early 1970s girl band.A simply lovely single.

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Foxy Shazam – Foxy Shazam

Foxy Shazam’s latest, self-titled album is everything I’ve come to expect from the band and more. As the band’s recent singles Unstoppable and Oh Lord (both of which feature on the record) have suggested, Foxy Shazam consistently manage to … Read More

Morcheeba – Blood Like Lemonade

Morcheeba’s Blood Like Lemonade may be conventional in some ways, but is by no means generic. Aside from the steady background beat and sporadic flashes of a bluesy guitar melody, the presence of instruments is kept to a minimum. … Read More

The Grannies – One Night Stand

The Grannies are, in a nutshell, the next Babyshambles. I’m not just saying this as journo-speak, they are made not only from the same stuff musically, but travelling the same path, and full of the same obnoxious and catchy … Read More

Crestfallen – Cities On The Edge Of Forever

Where do I begin? Crestfallen are, as a musical entity, somewhat difficult to pin down. Not quite the screamo emo metal, too death metal to be proper metalcore, and yet not entirely deathcore and spattered with some hardcore punk … Read More

In Gratitude – Only In Youth

In Gratitude are part of the new wave of jangling, vaguely electronic rock outfits that are arriving on the UK music scene. Comprising of drums, keyboards and guitars alongside heavily processed vocals, they provide a hopeful, slightly naïve take … Read More

The Jokers – Jamie Jane

Right from the opening few chords of ‘Jamie Jane’, it is made clear that The Jokers are a hard rock band carved from the same material as bands such as AC/DC, with a love of high-octane, bad-boy-smirk rock n … Read More