From the start of “Take Off This Tattoo” you think you sort of know what you’re getting. Rock-tinged country, with the accent on the rock, but the lyrics are like you’ve stepped into a confessional. “I...
I just picked up a copy of a fabulous book I used to lend from Birmingham Central Library back in the 1990’s. Patrick Humphries co-wrote Blinded By The Light in 1985. In it he writes of...

REVIEW: MY DYING BRIDE- A MORTAL BINDING (2024)

My Dying Bride are a product of their environment if ever there was. As cold, barren and inhospitable as the West Yorkshire landscape they...

REVIEW: TYLER HUBBARD – STRONG (2024)

Right in the middle of “Strong” is three songs that do two things. First – and most importantly for Tyler Hubbard – they underline just...

REVIEW: TOMMY HALE – ALL AT SEA (2024)

You can listen to Tommy Hale and specifically the first song here, “Hideaway” and imagine you can have a decent handle on the way...

REVIEW: UPPLOPPET- ROAD RUNNER (2024)

Anyone who writes reviews is a blagger and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Do you really think we know about all the bands we...

REVIEW IN BRIEF: FREDDY AND THE PHANTOMS – HEATHEN GOSPELS (2024)

From the opening strains of "Heart Is A Highway" Freddy And The Phantoms sound like they belong in some sun-dappled place in the West...

REVIEW: TOM JENKINS – MEADOW PT 2

"If you see my love, tell her I miss her". The very first line on "Meadow Pt 2" is so steeped in the singer-songwriter...

REVIEW: GUN – HOMBRES (2024)

When “All Fired Up” emerged late last year, you took one listen to it and – if you were a fan back in the...

REVIEW : WOJTEK THE BEAR – SHAKING HANDS WITH THE NME  (2024)

wojtek the bear are a Glaswegian quintet comprising Tam Killean (lead vocals), Graham Norris (guitar), Becky Cheminais (vocals/violin), Scott McCutcheon (drums/percussion), and Paul Kirkwood (vocals/bass) who...

RELEASE WEEK ROUND UP: APRIL 5TH’S ALBUMS

CHAYCE BECKHAM - BAD FOR ME (2024) Nominated at this year's CMT Music Awards for Breakthrough Male Video of the Year with his PLATINUM hit...

REVIEW: X-AMBASSADORS – TOWNIE (2024)

The hometown seems to be way more important in American music than it is in British stuff. Not many write songs about the non-descript...

REVIEW : GRACE CUMMINGS – RAMONA (2024)

Melbourne-based Grace Cummings travelled to Los Angeles to work with producer Jonathan Wilson (Angel Olsen, Father John Misty) and dreamed up a lavishly orchestrated...

REVIEW : BODEGA – OUR BRAND COULD BE YR LIFE (2024)

Bands like Brooklyn based Bodega intrigue me. They have been described as being sardonic punks who make art rock for a broken world and describe themselves...

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