Ty Segall - Harmonizer

ALBUM REVIEW: TY SEGALL – HARMONIZER

A new Ty Segall album is always a cause for celebration around these parts. Often lumped in with the Californian garage rock scene, Segall’s music has always delved into other musical realms, and if you thought you knew what Ty Segall was all about, think again. ‘Harmonizer’ is Ty’s thirteenth studio solo album, and this […]
Blasting out of the speakers at a hundred miles an hour, Chubby And The Gang manage to combine the best bits of UK hardcore with a hefty dash of Motorhead style rock, and it’s a recipe that’s conjured up one of the most exciting albums of the year. There’s also a hefty swagger to their […]

ALBUM REVIEW: CHUBBY AND THE GANG – THE MUTT’S NUTS

ALBUM REVIEW: THALIA ZEDEK BAND – PERFECT VISION

I first discovered the music of Thalia Zedek via her previous band Come, who in the 90’s released a string of brilliant albums which although rooted in US alt rock, always seemed to push the boundaries of what melodic guitar music could do. Now more than twenty years into a solo career Zedek releases her […]
Effortlessly combining great melodies with blistering riffs, Fake Names’ new EP is further evidence of their great rock heritage. The band consists of former members of Fugazi, Minor Threat, Bad Religion, Girls Against Boys, Refused, S.O.A. and if that’s not enough to whet your appetite, you need your ears retuning! ‘It Will Take A Lifetime’ […]

EP REVIEW: FAKE NAMES – FAKE NAMES EP

ALBUM REVIEW: EVAN WRIGHT – SOUND FROM OUT THE WINDOW

Conjuring up the spirit of Elliot Smith with a sprinkling of Tame Impala on top, Evan Wright’s songs float effortlessly into your eardrums. Yes he may be destined for those awfully titled ‘chill wave’ or ‘sit on your bum and do nothing for a bit’ kind of playlists, but delve deeper and there’s much more […]
It’s 6am, the alarm’s just gone off. You hit snooze, you hit it again, you start to contemplate how you can blag a day off. Then you remember that You’re In It For The Money, by the time you open the front door, get some fresh air, and the Sun Hits the Sky you’re ready […]

ALBUM REVIEW: SUPERGRASS – IN IT FOR THE MONEY (REMASTERED EXPANDED EDITION)

ALBUM REVIEW: JOON – DREAM AGAIN

Maltese musician and producer Joon has been leading the way in her country when it comes to electronica.  Growing up in Malta without any other Maltese musical role models, Joon (real name Yasmin Kuymizakis), started mucking around on stylaphones and a beatbox, and the spark was lit.  Embarking on a production course in London, a serious […]
‘Watch Me Break Apart’ is the brilliant debut album from Dead Nature, the new musical project of former Spring King man Tarek Musa. It’s a shimmering indie-pop album brimming with fuzzed up melodies and a firm DIY ethos, produced in Tarek’s own Musa Studio in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. We caught up with him to discuss […]

INTERVIEW: DEAD NATURE – FORMER SPRING KING BAND MEMBER TAREK MUSA IS BACK WITH ASTOUNDING DEBUT ALBUM

INTERVIEW: OH BABY – MANCHESTER/LONDON ELECTRO DUO WITH NEW ALBUM INSPIRED BY OMD, GARY NUMAN, HUMAN LEAGUE BUT WITH A MODERN TWIST ALL OF THEIR OWN

You hear about bands who have met at work, college, school etc, but not so much ones who met at a distant relatives funeral! That’s how Rick and Jen, distant cousins with musical aspirations, first began the electro powerhouse that would become Oh Baby. Now with the brilliant new album ‘Hey Genius’ out, we caught […]
Is the association of jazz with heroin a fairly universal thing or have I inherited this unrealistic stereotype based on mid-20th-century cinema’s lazy caricaturing of counter-culture and “hippy music”? It would seem there is more “substance” to it, both in the supremely talented opiate-using US jazz maestros Miles Davis and Charlie Parker and in a […]

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