This is a compilation of 32 tracks assembled by Post Tangent. Let’s get this out of the way: It is a charity compilation in aid of Syrian refugees, so this has to be as objective a review as humanly possible.…
View More Various Artists – Post TangentAuthor: Phil Lively
Big Big Train
Kings Place, London 14th August 2015 [No photos of the band in action, by request of both band and venue, so many thanks to Tony “Quick Draw” Colvill for his on-the-hoof sketch, and thanks to BBT for signing it! Band…
View More Big Big TrainMichael Bernier & Ritchie DeCarlo – Bernier-DeCarlo
As anyone who has read my other reviews knows, I’m not one for genre labelling. The songs are described in the properties of the MP3 files I used for the review as “General Jazz”. What an innocuous, and probably inaccurate…
View More Michael Bernier & Ritchie DeCarlo – Bernier-DeCarloEmmett Elvin – Emmettronica 1998 – 2013
We are all travelling through time and space but there’s not enough time and some sort of void in space. By the time you have read this we will have gone a lot further on our journey and you will…
View More Emmett Elvin – Emmettronica 1998 – 2013Tiger Moth Tales – Story Tellers, Part One
Tiger Moth Tales is a solo project from multi-instrumentalist Peter Jones. Many of you will already be familiar with the 2014, Tiger Moth Tales debut album, Cocoon, a charming and often whimsical album. Take a look at the review by…
View More Tiger Moth Tales – Story Tellers, Part OneThe Fierce And The Dead – Magnet (EP)
We are all mere rabbits, tucked up safely in our warren and they are scary, but hopefully benign Bear-Man creatures, capable of destroying all in their path with nothing more than big, scary sound. Whether they intended to be or…
View More The Fierce And The Dead – Magnet (EP)Mollmaskin – Heartbreak In ((Stereo))
A place for everything and everything in its place. I’m listening to Mollmaskin’s debut album. My first and lasting impression is of the attention to detail across every aspect of this album, even the packaging. This double CD comes in…
View More Mollmaskin – Heartbreak In ((Stereo))Tom Slatter – Fit The Fourth
When I first heard of Tammy Slater I thought: “Hmmm”. For most of her day Tammy is high on a cocktail of Baby Bio and diet pills from the 1950s. At night she drags herself by her tentacles through the…
View More Tom Slatter – Fit The Fourth…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – IX
Once again I come to this review with little more knowledge of the band than hearing their name and no knowledge or their previous albums. The album has been out long enough for you to find other reviews so I…
View More …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – IXRhys Marsh – Sentiment
I’m listening to Sentiment by Rhys Marsh. I’m mindful that some people will already be familiar with his work but I was not. Did you read my Mandala review? Perhaps that’s where you’ve heard of Rhys Marsh before. This is…
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