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Released: 28th March 2020 Rating: 5/5 What more fitting band could there be to listen to in self-isolation than Scottish Highlanders Isolates? Forces follows on from their debut single, Frost, which was released in December, and is a monumental piece of work. Forces incorporates all the best features of Frost, including the vast, chilling atmosphere,... Continue Reading →
Released - 27th March 2020 Rating - 5/5 Local Honey is the third solo album from Brian Fallon, the lead singer of the Gaslight Anthem. For those unfamiliar with Brian’s vocal sound, it's a jarring mixture of Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. Jarring because one second you think you’re listening to Dylan, the next Springsteen.... Continue Reading →
What happens when the power goes out? When there’s no electricity to the instruments but the creativity still sparks? If you write an album acoustically you don’t take that material and try and amp it up. You let its soul ride out whole and pure. Risky business for most bands but when you are Led... Continue Reading →
Rating - 4.5/5 Deep City releases their aptly named single, ‘Joyride’; a shimmering, chorus-laden excursion that manages to capture a sweet, nostalgic vibe with its slick musicianship and an infectiously catchy sound. For fans of jangly, dream-pop look no further; the track is drenched in soul-soothing reverb, tasteful guitar hooks and a sparse, but effective,... Continue Reading →
Released - 13th March 2020 Rating - 3/5 The Dears have been a band since 1995, and during that time have had numerous lineup changes and consisted of 20 different members. The two core members are husband and wife Murray Lightburn (vocals and guitar) and Natalia Yanchak (keyboard and vocals) Describing themselves as “The original... Continue Reading →
It is 1976. 4th of June. On Peter Street, in the Lesser Free Trade Hall, there’s a gig going on. It’s not exactly well attended, its roughly two thirds empty, but this one gig becomes so famous that the attendance figures rise and rise over the years of retelling. If you believed every soul that... Continue Reading →
“Alright now wasn’t that fun, let’s try something else” Nu metal, the much lampooned, derided, underrated and mocked medium that developed and formulated through the late 80’s and 90’s, hit its stride in the year 2000. Sure, there were predecessors that led the way and influenced those that were to follow. Rick Rubin pioneered the... Continue Reading →
Germany is the home of the largest fanbase for heavy music. So starting a new band means there is a tough crowd to impress. Venues have done exactly. With a period of having no vocalist the band have seen some tough times recently have but a newfound frontwoman Venues are sure to take 2020 by... Continue Reading →
Rating - 3/5 After a break of almost a decade, we have another solo album from the Prince of Darkness himself. Ironically called “Ordinary Man” from the one and only Ozzy Osbourne, who couldn’t have been called such at any point in his life. This is a man who would walk the streets barefoot, wearing... Continue Reading →
A quietly melodic Spanish guitar plays out a nice little tune, nothing too special, nice, sedate and calming. Then in a mere 38 seconds, the world comes crashing down into a fiery world of guitars, drums, noise and the cacophony of thrash. It’s track one, side one of Master of Puppets. Battery. Metallica. The old... Continue Reading →
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