ALBUM REVIEW – CURRENT JOYS: ROSEBUD

There’s something fitting about an album rooted in heartbreak being almost impossible to hear through the noise. On ROSEBUD, Current Joys, the solo project of Surf Curse’s Nick Rattigan, takes the vulnerability that has long defined his music and buries it beneath layers of distortion, glitchy electronics and explosive guitars. The result is a record […]

ALBUM REVIEW – LOS BITCHOS: LOS BITCHOS & FRIENDS VOL 1

An exciting new project arises alongside my competence with google docs and putting thoughts together. Los Bitchos tear us apart again with a welcoming project; Los Bitchos & Friends Vol 1. Exciting because of the contrasts of modern sounds against retro looking music videos. Also, welcoming friends into the psychedelia such as Black Pumas’ Adrian […]

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LIVE REVIEW – INFINITY SONG: MANCHESTER ACADEMY – 7 NOVEMBER 2026

How many bands can command a two-minute ovation five times over in a single show? Four siblings, one stage and a musical chemistry that feels almost telepathic. There is something particularly enchanting about watching a family make a spectacle of their togetherness. Yet, for all their collective brilliance, Infinity Song never lose sight of the […]

ALBUM REVIEW – HIROSHI YOSHIMURA: QUIET FOREST

The Japanese ambient music scene is one that stretches back decades, with many TV adverts making use of this relaxing and peaceful sound in the 80s and 90s. This album was originally recorded in 1993, so it fits right into the time period. Hiroshi Yoshimura based these songs off his visit to Hoh Rain Forest […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 13 NOVEMBER 2026

A slight change to this week’s round up as amongst its multitude of releases is a bumper package from the hermetically sealed Medway scene which gets its own sub-section. Thee Headcoats            Children of the Sect    Thee Headcoatees       Ev’rybody’s Gonna Be Happy Ludella Black  No One Makes A Fool Out Of Me          Armitage Shanks           Charge of […]

FEATURE: WHO ARE YA – DREAMWAVE – BRISTOL BAND TAKING INSPIRATION FROM THE LIKES OF OSEES, KING GIZZARD, PINK FLOYD, AND ADDING THEIR OWN MELODIC TWISTS TO CREATE A DAZZLING PSYCH ROCK MINDMELT

INTERVIEW: REGENT

LIVE REVIEW – THE SCRIPT: CO-OP LIVE – 7 NOVEMBER 2026

Danny O’Donoghue – perhaps the ‘Man in the Arena’ of this tour’s name – is not only in the Co-Op Arena but in the crowd, singing and dancing with the fans. A disciple of the magical melee of the live music experience, O’Donoghue is a hard-working showman with a neat line in spinning around on […]

EP REVIEW – CRAWLERS: LIVE WITH THIS

Three short months after TURN OFF THE TV, Crawlers are already back with another new EP, LIVE WITH THIS. Ensuring people stay talking about them with such a small gap between releases is a smart move, and they have the music to back the discussion up. Opening the EP is BIRTHDAY, a definite change in […]

A QUICK CATCH UP WITH HUNNYBEES

ALBUM REVIEW – CURRENT JOYS: ROSEBUD

ALBUM REVIEW – LOS BITCHOS: LOS BITCHOS & FRIENDS VOL 1

LIVE REVIEW – INFINITY SONG: MANCHESTER ACADEMY – 7 NOVEMBER 2026

ALBUM REVIEW – HIROSHI YOSHIMURA: QUIET FOREST

ALBUM REVIEW – DAINE: IN ENDLESS AWE & AGONY

“I’m wrapped in the passion, hopelessly attaching” Every now and then, the usually vapid and borderline toxic social media algorithms will throw up something so unlike itself. Something full of wonderful personality, of life, of individualistic nature. The song had barely began playing, but whilst the guitarist was revving up that iconic riff from Martin […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 13 NOVEMBER 2026

LIVE REVIEW – THE SCRIPT: CO-OP LIVE – 7 NOVEMBER 2026

EP REVIEW – CRAWLERS: LIVE WITH THIS

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 6 NOVEMBER 2026

NEWS – LOUDER THAN WORDS STARTS ON FRIDAY

The leading music literary festival, Louder Than Words, returns for its 2026 edition to The Innside, Manchester from 13 – 15 November. It provides a winning combination of in conversations, topical panel discussions, workshops, writing surgeries, live performances, book stalls and opportunities for networking and socialising. Among the highlights, a number of musicians will be […]

ALBUM REVIEW – RADIE PEAT: NO HUMAN TONGUE CAN TELL

For the third time in four weeks, I find myself sat reviewing an album containing a version of ‘Hares on the Mountain’. Following its appearance on new releases from Flora Hibberd, and Johnny and Lillie Flynn, it now appears on the debut album from Radie Peat, the vocalist with Lankum. It is an almighty coincidence […]

INTERVIEW: THE TELESCOPES

ALBUM REVIEW – DAINE: IN ENDLESS AWE & AGONY

NEWS – LOUDER THAN WORDS STARTS ON FRIDAY

ALBUM REVIEW – RADIE PEAT: NO HUMAN TONGUE CAN TELL

ALBUM REVIEW – MICHAEL KIWANUKA: FUDGE

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