ALBUM REVIEW – BLINK 182: TAKE OFF YOUR PANTS AND JACKET

Pop punk royalty Blink 182 has released a 25th Anniversary edition of their seminal album Take Off Your Pants And Jacket, and there are even 6 additional tracks to enjoy. The record is a go to collection for the disenchanted too, a compendium that includes burgeoning love songs and sad songs, tracks which offer not […]

LIVE REVIEW – plus44Kaligula + Mogan + Twenty One Children + SILVERWINGKILLER: WHITE HOTEL – 13/06/2026

I woke up from an over long nap and put an infinite amount of tissues in my pocket since I have been bunged up for the past week (I have a long history of hitting my nose against heads, chairs, edges of steps, footballs and I have never received any kind of medical intervention which […]

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LIVE REVIEW – SPARKS: BLACKPOOL OPERA HOUSE – 15/06/2026

On the day that Sparks announce their forthcoming Live on the Moon album, the intrepid explorers roll into the less exalted but still unique terrain of Blackpool for the first time. It is also my first visit to the sleekly modernist Blackpool Opera House. Initially built in 1889, the current building is the third one […]

ALBUM REVIEW – HAWKWIND: PSYCHEDELIC SELECTION

Hawkwind, the space rock band that pioneered the very same genre. The London band has had many lineup changes throughout their time on Earth (and by the sounds of it, off Earth), and you may well know them for their biggest hit, ‘Silver Machine’, a great swirling and far out rock song that cannot be […]

LIVE REVIEW – LOLA YOUNG: MANCHESTER APOLLO – 11/06/2026

To be a popular music artist, is to perform and entertain with a curse. At least that’s how it comes across. Think about it. That old archetype of the artist engulfed in tragedy, surrounded by suffering, yet using that strength to create something beautiful, something memorable, something that will be talked about for years, if […]

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

ALBUM REVIEW – LOS ORIENTALES DE PARAMONGA: LOS ORIENTALES DE PARAMONGA 1972-1976

The latest offering from Analog Africa continues their recent fascination with music from Peru. Following on from Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical’s ‘Galaxia Tropical’ release in February 2026 comes this compilation of recordings from Victor Ramirez’s Los Orientales de Paramonga. While based around cumbia, it is an intoxicating concoction that mixes together psychedelic guitars and […]

ALBUM REVIEW – THE VEILS: FRAGILE WORLD

The Veils have occupied a distinctive place within alternative music for more than two decades, blending literary lyricism with emotionally driven songwriting and an evolving sound. Formed around singer-songwriter Finn Andrews, the band emerged in the early 2000s after Andrews signed to Rough Trade Records at just sixteen years old. Since then, The Veils have […]

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ALBUM REVIEW – BLINK 182: TAKE OFF YOUR PANTS AND JACKET

LIVE REVIEW – plus44Kaligula + Mogan + Twenty One Children + SILVERWINGKILLER: WHITE HOTEL – 13/06/2026

LIVE REVIEW – SPARKS: BLACKPOOL OPERA HOUSE – 15/06/2026

ALBUM REVIEW – HAWKWIND: PSYCHEDELIC SELECTION

ALBUM REVIEW – OLIVIA RODRIGO: YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE

Olivia Rodrigo’s highly anticipated third studio album immediately bursts into a buzz of synth-fuelled excitement, instantly meeting and even exceeding the expectations of fans and listeners alike. ‘Drop dead’ is the first track, the lyrics already revealing themselves to be as catchy and captivating as any of Rodrigo’s previous work. The chorus’ crescendo breathes a […]

LIVE REVIEW – LOLA YOUNG: MANCHESTER APOLLO – 11/06/2026

ALBUM REVIEW – LOS ORIENTALES DE PARAMONGA: LOS ORIENTALES DE PARAMONGA 1972-1976

ALBUM REVIEW – THE VEILS: FRAGILE WORLD

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ALBUM REVIEW – ALISON COTTON: THE GODS LAUGH

There is an impressively austere quality to Alison Cotton’s music. Set within the self-imposed parameters of only using instrumentation that she owns, that policy initially saw her limited to viola, voice and Omnichord drone on her debut. In contrast, ‘The Gods Laugh’ has an expanded palette that also includes harmonium, piano, hammer dulcimer, treble recorder, […]

EP REVIEW – TOOTH: RESTLESS IN BLOOM

Emerging with an EP that bottles up overwhelming coming of age fears both lyrically and musically, Tooth aren’t going to slip through the cracks and rightly so. Even with only three singles out, the London-based group have been creating a loud buzz, a buzz which is only going to grow from the release of ‘Restless […]

INTERVIEW: THE TELESCOPES

ALBUM REVIEW – OLIVIA RODRIGO: YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE

ALBUM REVIEW – ALISON COTTON: THE GODS LAUGH

EP REVIEW – TOOTH: RESTLESS IN BLOOM

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 12 JUNE 2026

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