Since the release of 2017’s Flying Microtonal Banana, Australian psych-rockers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have always hinted at further exploration into the world of microtonal tuning. Now studio album number sixteen KG, finally delivers with an amalgamation of microtones and essences of previous albums adding to their ever-present and diverse musical odysseys. Beginning […]
Rising star often gets thrown around a lot, but in the case of Beabadoobee, that title is more than well deserved. Bea Kristi is a 20-year-old singer-songwriter from London who has blown up the internet with viral hit “Coffee,” along with a series of successful EPs and a sample of her vocals being used on […]
I don’t trust people who say they like all types of music. That is a pretty, blanket statement. I like food but it doesn’t mean I like eating all food. There will inevitably be some music that I don’t want to listen to. However, I can see the merits of most music even if I […]
Twisted Ankle’s self-titled debut album is determined to wriggle its way out of any boxes you might want to put it in. Over the course of eleven songs many different musical avenues find themselves explored, though all of them are loud and dirty. Opening song ‘(All My Life I Wanted To Be A) Mortgage’ sets […]
The story of The Green Child is a fascinating one with members Raven Mahon and Mikey Young meeting in California before Raven moved to Australia to work with influential Australian musician Mikey on the Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne. Since the move, The Green Child have already made one album and ‘Shimmering Basset’ is their latest […]
Leeds band Magick Mountain are a new and exciting act that have concocted fuzzy, psychedelic tracks that result in a masterclass enough to make any fan of this genre stop and marvel. Their new album Weird Feelings is set for release on October 23rd and is going to be something special. Immediately, ‘Bart Cobain’, with […]
Scaphoid’s Absent Passages, is an interesting and impressive album –even more so because it’s a solo project arranged for full band with creator Matt Hobart playing every note. Unfortunately, even though I know people who will really enjoy it, most of the observations I can make about Absent Passages are technical and critical, because as […]
“Hello I’m Johnny Cash” sings Bill Callahan as the opening line on ‘Pigeons’ the first track on his new album ‘Gold Record’. Perhaps a cheeky nod to those who have noted that over the years Bill Callahan has slowly transitioned from indie rock quirkiness with his Smog output into more mellowed, yet no less acerbic, […]
Which band can claim to have had The Beastie Boys at their debut NYC gig, Madonna supporting them in the early 80s, and also labelled ‘that jazz band from Wythenshawe’? Welcome back, A Certain Ratio. I used to listen to ACR on the long bus journey from Wythenshawe to Altrincham on my Walkman (yes I […]
The explosive crack of the snare, check. The ferocious drive of the bass, check. The controlled screech of the guitars, check. The snarl of the vocals, check. Yep, this is an Idles record. The band’s first two albums, ‘Brutalism’ and ‘Joy as an Act of Resistance’ have brought lots of success and the winning formula […]
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ALBUM REVIEW - SWEEPING PROMISES: YOU SAY I ROMANTICIZE
EP REVIEW - CRAWLERS: TURN OFF THE TV
ALBUM REVIEW - MAN/WOMAN/CHAINSAW: CANNONBALL
ALBUM REVIEW - KEYSIDE: KEYSIDE
ALBUM REVIEW - THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: DAYS
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 7 AUGUST 2026
ALBUM REVIEW - MARGARET GLASPY: I AM BOTH
ALBUM REVIEW - ARIANA GRANDE: PETAL
ALBUM REVIEW - DEEP PURPLE: SPLAT!
GIG GUIDE - AUGUST 2026
