Black Honey – Black Honey
Black Honey – Black Honey Review It’s been a long time coming but Brighton four piece Black Honey’s debut album finally arrives after being tipped as ‘the band most likely to ‘ for a
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Album Of The Month – Juanita Stein – America
Juanita Stein – America It’s hardly a huge surprise to discover that Howling Bells singer songwriter and guitarist Juanita Stein‘s debut solo album has distinct alt- country flavour running throughout. It’s a genre that’s been
The Jesus And Mary Chain – Damage And Joy
If ‘Munki’ was the Jesus And Mary Chain‘s break up album then ‘Damage And Joy’ is the album that finally saw quarrelling brothers William and Jim Reid, bury the hatchet. The album title could be
ALBUM REVIEW : Minor Victories – Minor Victories
The remarkable thing about Minor Victories self-titled debut album isn’t just the astonishing quality of the music produced but also the fact that the band members, as the sleeve notes point out – ‘never shared
KATE JACKSON – British Road Movies – Review and Interview
Kate Jackson’s debut solo album ‘British Road Movies,‘ has been a long time coming (‘on the drag’ in fact) although according to Kevin Shield’s clock eight years is but a mere wrinkle in time. There
COVES – ‘Peel’ Album Review and Interview
On April 1st the wonderful Coves release their second album Peel, the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut Soft Friday. Peel is arguably a more ambitious and certainly a more confident sounding affair than their
ALBUM REVIEW : JENNIE VEE – Spying
Jennie Vee was one of our tips for 2015 and her debut solo album ‘Spying’ certainly doesn’t disappoint, in fact it plays like a greatest hits album. This is due in no small part to the
ALBUM REVIEW – SHINIES – ‘Nothing Like Something Happens Anywhere’
A couple of years back Manchester band Shinies became something of a bête noire to the Daily Mail’s ‘we demand to be offended by EVERYTHING brigade.’ This was in the wake of a video that
REVIEW – Dark Horses – ‘Hail Lucid State’
Brighton art rockers Dark Horses expand their sultry fusion of kraut rock and imperious avant-garde new wave by adding flourishes of proto punk, psychedelia, and even a touch of glam rock to deliver a triumphant
ALBUM REVIEW : Field Mouse – ‘Hold Still Life’
2014 has been an exceptional year for debut albums proving that those who thinks new music isn’t delivering have obviously been looking in all the wrong places. And we’ll certainly be adding NYC/Philly band Field
Coves – ‘Soft Friday’ Review
We’ve been tipping Leamington Spa duo Coves for big things for a few years now after falling under John Ridgard and Rebekah Wood’s beguiling cinematic psyche pop spell. Finally, after a series of critically acclaimed
Dum Dum Girls – ‘Too True’ Album Review
There is often talk in the music industry of a “third album syndrome” in which an artist is faced with a number of creative dilemmas: To experiment and try a new direction, to play it