TRUE FAITH – Is ‘Wild God’ Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds’ Most Religious Album Yet? August 29, 2024 The first thing you notice about Nick Cave and the The Bad Seeds’ 18th studio album is just how bloody BIG it sounds. After… Like this:Like Loading...
LIVING COLOUR- Brian Jonestown Massacre’s 20th Album ‘The Future Is Your Past’ Review January 31, 2023 Emerging from the same post-writer’s block flurry as 2022’s Fire Doesn’t Grow On Trees, Brian Jonestown Massacre’s 20th album comes with a pack of… Like this:Like Loading...
FEMME FATALE – Revolting Cocks’ Chris Connelly Sets The Life of Velvet Underground Chanteuse Nico To Music On ‘Eulogy To Christa’ Album November 23, 2022 ‘A considerable creative achievement’ Like this:Like Loading...
DARK CABARET – New York’s London Plane Land Goth-Tinged Sophomore Album ‘Bright Black’ June 30, 2022 Dark passions, personal grief and the rise of right-wing populism provide the fuel for Black Bright, the new release by goth/post-punk rockers London Plane…. Like this:Like Loading...
ALL WRITE NOW – THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS PUMP UP THE VOLUME ON NEW ALBUM ‘BOOK’ October 5, 2021 There are few things you can rely on in life so much as a They Might Be Giants album. They come along frequently, BOOK is the… Like this:Like Loading...
CONCEPTUAL ART – Professor And The Madman Resurrect Prog-Rock On New Album ‘Seance’ November 13, 2020 Professor and the Madman are not a band you could accuse of lacking ambition. Seance, their fourth album and second to feature the much… Like this:Like Loading...
SULTAN OF SWING – Ohio Rocker Lizard McGee Tees Up Appearance On ABC’s Extreme Golf Show ‘Holey Moley’ May 24, 2020 Until recently the game of golf was not considered the sport of choice of your average underground rocker. Roughly on a par with crotchet… Like this:Like Loading...
ALONE AGAIN OR – Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli Flies Solo On New Album Random Desire March 12, 2020 As he enters the latter part of his career Afghan Whigs’ mainman Greg Dulli seems to be tapping into a rich vein of creativity. Like this:Like Loading...
Alt Rock Artist Passaro Drops New EP ‘Anguish’ January 16, 2019 Alternative rock artist Passaro did the reverse of what a lot of artists do, and moved away from his hometown of Los Angeles, to make his base in Birmingham, Alabama. His first release under the Passaro name, ‘Anguish’ is a 6 track EP, and was released on January 12. Like this:Like Loading...
HEADLINE STRESS DISORDER – Mudhoney Satirise Social Media And The 24-Hour News Cycle On Caustic 10th Album ‘Digital Garbage’ December 3, 2018 Fuelled by scathing fury and a seemingly inexhaustible supply of scuzzy riffs, Digital Garbage sees Mudhoney frontman Mark Arm set his sights on post-truth… Like this:Like Loading...
UP ON THE STAND – MC50 Kick Out The Jams At The Shepherd’s Bush Empire November 23, 2018 Anniversary tours are always tricky, especially for a band with the cachet of the MC5. Reputations can be destroyed, legacies tarnished and there’s always the risk of being accused of “selling out”. Wayne Kramer has faced such a backlash before having previously reformed the band for a one-off show in 2003 with two surviving members as part of a Levi’s ad campaign. Like this:Like Loading...
MONSTER MASH – Jon Spencer and The Melvins Haunt The Camden KOKO Over Halloween November 11, 2018 The suitably vampiric surroundings of Camden’s KOKO provides the perfect ambience for a diabolical double header, with Jon Spencer and The Melvins ghosting in for Halloween. Up… Like this:Like Loading...
