Posts by: Chris Oliver
-

LIVE REVIEW – PRESS CLUB: YES PINK ROOM – 09/07/2025
-

ALBUM REVIEW – PROPAGANDHI: AT PEACE
-

ALBUM REVIEW – FEMI KUTI: JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE
-

LIVE REVIEW: MANCHESTER PUNK FESTIVAL 2025: 18-20 APRIL – VARIOUS VENUES
-

FEATURE – Earplugs: A Guide to Hearing Protection
-

ALBUM REVIEW – PANGHALINA: LAVA
-

ALBUM REVIEW – SATAN’S FALL: DESTINATION DESTRUCTION
-

ALBUM REVIEW – RANDOM HAND: RANDOM HAND
-

ALBUM REVIEW – YUSSEF DAYES: BLACK CLASSICAL MUSIC
-

ALBUM REVIEW – DUN RINGILL: 150-WHERE THE OLD GODS PLAY ACT 1
-

THE MIGHTY BARD – BEYOND THE GATE
-

ALBUM REVIEW: IZANGO MA – NGO MA
-

ALBUM REVIEW: HEINALI – KYIV ETERNAL
-

ALBUM REVIEW: SEPULTURA – SEPULNATION
-

ALBUM REVIEW: BALLAKE SISSOKO – A TOUMA
-

ALBUM REVIEW: PHILIP TABANE – THE INDIGENOUS AFRO-JAZZ SOUNDS OF PHILIP TABANE AND HIS MALOMBO JAZZMAN
-

ALBUM REVIEW: THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES – WHEN GOD WAS GREAT
-

ALBUM REVIEW: BALLAKE SISSOKO – DJOUROU
-

ALBUM REVIEW: FEMI KUTI & MADE KUTI – LEGACY +
-

ALBUM REVIEW: HERE LIES MAN – RITUAL DIVINATION
-

Open AI – Music by Machines
-

ALBUM REVIEW: SCAPHOID – ABSENT PASSAGES
-

ALBUM REVIEW: SUNFLOWERS – ENDLESS VOYAGE
-

ALBUM REVIEW: VUKOVI – FALL BETTER
-

ALBUM REVIEW: BLOCKHEAD – BUBBLE BATH
-

V FEST 97 – LEEDS 2019: A LOOK AT FESTIVALS THEN AND NOW
-

ALBUM REVIEW: PARSNIP – WHEN THE TREE BEARS FRUIT
-

LIVE: RUSSIAN CIRCLES – 13/08/2019
-

ALBUM REVIEW: COMPILATION – OPTIMISM/REJECT (PUNK AND POST PUNK)
-

REVIEW: THE BOOK OF MORMON @ PALACE THEATRE, MANCHESTER
-

SINGLE REVIEW: TSHEGUE – THE WHEEL
-

LIVE: AXEL FLOVENT – 11/06/2019
-

LIVE: FEMI KUTI & POSITIVE FORCE – 09/06/2019
-

ALBUM REVIEW: IRAH – DIAMOND GRID
-

ALBUM REVIEW: ZIG ZAGS – THEY’LL NEVER TAKE US ALIVE
-

ALBUM REVIEW: KING PRAWN – THE FABULOUS NEW SOUNDS OF
-

LIVE: THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA – 30/03/2019
-

ALBUM REVIEW: OOZING WOUND – HIGH ANXIETY
-

LIVE: DAMMIT I’M MAD – 06/02/2019
-

LIVE: THE RESIDENTS – 05/02/2019
-

ALBUM: THE RESIDENTS – ESKIMO / COMMERCIAL ALBUM
-

ALBUM REVIEW: GESTURES – FUNNY GAMES
-

ALBUM: KILLING CARTISANO – VOLUME 1
-

ALBUM: CHRIS CORNELL – AN ARTIST’S LEGACY
-

THAT’S THE TICKET: IS THE TICKETING SYSTEM BROKEN?
-

LIVE: MARK LANEGAN BAND / DUKE GARWOOD – 21/06/2017
-

ALBUM: MINISTRY – TRAX! RARITIES
-

LIVE: CHRIS CORNELL / FANTASTIC NEGRITO – 27/04/2016
-

LIVE: THE TIGER LILLIES – 27/10/2015
-

LIVE: FEMI KUTI AND POSITIVE FORCE – 16/17/2015
-

LIVE: RODRIGO Y GABRIELA – 02/12/2014
-

Album Review: Primus – Primus & the Chocolate Factory
-

LIVE: EASY STAR ALL-STARS – 07/08/2014
-

LIVE: DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP – 19/01/2014
-

Album Review: Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip – Repent, Replenish, Repeat
-

LIVE: SPACEHOG – 6/10/2013
-

Album Review: Mayors of Miyazaki – Holy Cop
-

LIVE: NOMEANSNO – 22/05/2013
-

YES, NO MEANS NO ARE BACK
-

Album Review: Vondelpark – Seabed
-

Single Review: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Jubilee Street
-

LIVE: DINOSAUR JR – 01/02/2013
-

LIVE: HEY ROSETTA! / RICH AUCOIN – 08/11/2012
-

LIVE: THE WALKMEN / WILD NOTHING – 30/10/2012
-

Single Reviews: Fruits de Mer Records – October Releases
-

LIVE: GRIMES – 30/08/2012
-

Album Review: Easy Star All-Stars – Thrillah
-

Single Review: The Lucid Dream – Hits Me Like I’m Stoned
-

Album Review: Fruits de Mer Records – Sorrow’s Children
-

LIVE: BBC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA – 24/03/2012
-

COMPUTER GAME MUSIC
-

Single Review: Inspiral Carpets – You’re So Good For Me
-

Fruits de Mer/Regal Crabomophone – Annual 2012 (free download)
-

REVIEW OF LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND (22/11/2011)
-

LIVE: TREEFIGHT FOR SUNLIGHT – 06/09/2011
-

Album Review: Cranium Pie – Mechanisms Part 1
-

LIVE: AIRSHIP – 26/08/2011
-

LIVE: JOHN BUTLER TRIO – 07/07/2011
-

SINGLE: WU LYF – DIRT/LYF
-

ALBUM REVIEW: Bad For Lazarus – 25 EP
-

ALBUM REVIEW: Soundgarden – Live on I-5
-

LIVE: BEN FOLDS – 24/02/2011
-
ALBUM: Dustin O’Halloran – Lumiere
-

LIVE: TEETH OF THE SEA (SUPPORTING BRITISH SEA POWER) – 15/02/2011
-
ALBUM: Treefight For Sunlight – Treefight For Sunlight
-
SINGLE REVIEW: The Megaphonic Thrift – Talks Like a Weed King/Fill Your Cup Tokyo
-
SINGLE: Bombay Bicycle Club – Rinse Me Down
-
ALBUM: Seal Cub Clubbing Club – Royal Variety
-
ALBUM: Cradle of Filth – Darkly, Darkly Venus Aversa
-

LIVE: BIZARRE BALL – 22/10/2010
-

LIVE: SUBLIME WITH ROME – 07/10/2010
-
ALBUM: Denis Jones – Red + Yellow =
-
SINGLE: Roots Manuva meets Wrongtom – Jah Warriors
-

LIVE: BAND OF HORSES – 08/06/2010
-
Fast-Forward – The World Cup Goes Indie – Final Knock-out Stages
-

LIVE: DENIS JONES/TO SOPHIA – 21/05/2010
-
Fast Forward – The World Cup Goes Indie [Round of 16]
-
Fast Forward: The World Cup Goes Indie
-
ALBUM: The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster – Blood and Fire
-
ALBUM: Airship – Algebra EP
-
ALBUM: Monkey Poet – Welcome to the UK
-

LIVE: ROLO TOMASSI – 12/04/2010
-

EP: We were Promised Jetpacks – The Last Place You’ll Look
-

Ricky Martin – A Reaction
-

LIVE: THE ALBUM LEAF – 22/03/2010
-

The Seven Deadly Sins Of Music Performance
-

LIVE: KONG – 28/02/2010
-
ALBUM: Motion Picture Soundtrack – The Shapes We Fear Are Of Our Own
-

LIVE: YEASAYER/JAVELIN – 21/02/2010
-
LIVE: GABRIEL MINNIKIN/BLIND ATLAS/JO ROSE – 16/02/2010
-
SINGLE: Creed – Rain
-
ALBUM: The Who – Greatest Hits and More
-
LIVE: OCEANSIZE/VESSELS/AS I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR – 02/02/2010
-
SINGLE: Placebo – Bright Lights
-
LIVE: REEL BIG FISH/SONIC BOOM SIX – 22/01/2010
-
LIVE: ZICO CHAIN/TO THE BONES – 24/01/2010
-
SINGLE: Ash – Space Shot
-
LIVE: DAYWALKERS – 15/12/2009
-
LIVE: NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION – 10/12/2009
-
Rage Against The ‘Money Making’ Machine
-
LIVE: ALICE IN CHAINS – 14/11/2009
-
ALBUM: Hey Rosetta! – Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood)


