Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey are the two surviving members of British institution The Who, and 13 years since they gave us Endless Wire, which in turn was after a 24-year gap, there is a new album. WHO misses out…
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Nerve – Music For Sharks
Recently I reviewed the new compilation album from K+K-tactics. The duo described their music as drum and bass, but this is literally a description of the two main instruments, and usually sole instruments, played. That said, I was still able…
View More Nerve – Music For SharksMaquinas – O Cão de Toda Noite
Well that was interesting. I had to check I was listening to the right thing, so much has the sound of Maquinas changed since last I heard them on 2016’s Lado Turvo, Lugares Inquietos. The band did release a collaboration…
View More Maquinas – O Cão de Toda NoiteIan Anderson
Ian Anderson Looks Back Over 50 Years Of Jethro Tull – And How Time Have Changed… Fans of prog rock icons Jethro Tull have a treat in store with two live tours in 2020. Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson will…
View More Ian AndersonAadal – Silver
Aadal are an instrumental jazz band from Norway who, according to the PR sheet which accompanied the album, have clear references to Americana. This was a description that didn’t sound particularly appealing to me, and it was the addition of…
View More Aadal – SilverPendragon – Love Over Fear
Back in 2017, Nick Barrett posted a blog entry about the process of writing and how a deep personal engagement with his material meant he couldn’t simply churn out albums to order. Reflecting on the recent passing of his father,…
View More Pendragon – Love Over FearPee Bee – Or Not to Be
For a band from France, the new album from jazz collective Pee Bee is as British as the red telephone box on the cover. Maybe not surprising given that co-founder and bassist Gary Brunton is an ex-pat Burnley boy and…
View More Pee Bee – Or Not to BeNiall MacRae – VASA
VASA. Who are VASA? That’s a question I couldn’t have answered until earlier this year. The PR blurb for VASA states that they have an “unrelentingly upbeat and joyful approach to the occasionally tawdry world of post-rock”, and that new…
View More Niall MacRae – VASAKim Wilde – Kim Wilde / Select / Catch as Catch Can
The classic pop division of Cherry Red Records have recently released this trio of classic Kim Wilde albums, spanning her self-titled debut album from 1981, Select from 1982 and Catch as Catch Can from 1983. Now, I know this page…
View More Kim Wilde – Kim Wilde / Select / Catch as Catch CanLowrider – Refractions
I have never been a great lover of the stoner rock scene that came out of the Californian desert. If I had, I might have heard of Swedish stoners Lowrider. I assumed this year’s Refractions was a debut, but it…
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