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 […]
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 […]

ALBUM REVIEW – HAWKWIND: PSYCHEDELIC SELECTION

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 […]
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 […]

ALBUM REVIEW – THE VEILS: FRAGILE WORLD

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 […]
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, […]

ALBUM REVIEW – ALISON COTTON: THE GODS LAUGH

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 12 JUNE 2026

Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders – Liquid Donnon         The band continue to evolve their own musical space that overlays dusty folk, cosmic jazz, deep psych, free improv, and even indie rock. This five-track, 40-minute odyssey gives them full reign to dive deep into the realm of the weird and wonderful. Brazzmatazz     Crank Up The […]
As would be expected, ‘The Trumpets of Michel-Ange Volume 2’ is a natural continuation and development of the first instalment released in 2024. Central to the album is the quarter-tone trumpet developed by Ibrahim Maalouf’s father which allows him to move between Western and Arabic tonal systems and gives the music a distinctive quality. The […]

ALBUM REVIEW – IBRAHIM MAALOUF: THE TRUMPETS OF MICHEL-ANGE VOLUME 2

ALBUM REVIEW – ROGER SANCHEZ: SPECTRUM

“If I had another chance tonight…”, most fans of Roger Sanchez (or house music in general) will instantly know that line. Well, if you enjoyed that classic tune the first time round, Sanchez is back for more. His first new studio album in 20 years, a long time in the making. An expert house DJ, […]
“Yet my heart belongs to thee” Oh, to live a quiet life, but what would that quiet life entail? Would I perhaps love to live in the countryside, far away from the big cities of the world, enjoying the natural landscapes that surround me. Maybe I’d love to settle by the seaside, the waves crashing […]

ALBUM REVIEW – CAMILLE CAMILLE: ENCHANTED SEA