Charlie Cawood (Pronounced “Kay-Wood”) has been working on this album for many years. Has his hard work paid off? It is always good to hear an album that feels meticulously presented. From the opening sustained bass note and apparent sitar…
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When is an album a homage to the seventies, or a retro copy of that era? That is the difficult question, one which polarises opinion between listeners. Wobbler unashamedly provide music with a retro feel, now this appeals to some…
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“through your stormy waves through your crumbled walls through your broken sky through your fractured soul” Nothing truly prepares you for the death of a parent. The agonising numbness. The despair of grief. Cloying guilt and suffocating remorse. The unwelcome…
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I came across this Oklahoma City band on CD Baby.com, which I find better than iTunes or most other places to sample new talented and unique sounding bands. I have discovered several bands this way, the site being continuously updated…
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I will admit I’m a late-comer to Enslaved; my interest initially piqued by a reference in a Mikael Åkerfeldt interview some years back. Once I started exploring their enviably consistent discography I realized that unlike most bands that have been…
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Get Ready for a a very emotional trip through the workings of Daniel Cavanagh’s mind as he explores events and situations that have had a major impact on him over the years, but don’t worry, this is an album of…
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Album title of the year? Most probably. Salford noisy urchins Trojan Horse arrive at a canter with their second album, Fukushima Surfer Boys, announcing an eerie electronic intent with opener GRAD, an inspection of the hull of the craft while…
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I can still remember that voyage of discovery, when as a young teenager, I started to unearth the world of music. Excitedly travelling each Saturday morning to the, then plentiful record shops to buy one album, but which one was…
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From the Deepest, Darkest Depths of Olde London Town, the first release of new material from the 16-limbed beast of depravity that is Thumpermonkey emerges blinking into the light. Has it really been 5 years since Sleep Furiously? It has.…
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Godsticks return with their fourth album, Faced With Rage. Formed in Cardiff during 2008, after a debut EP they released their first album, Spiral Vendetta, in 2010. I have followed Godsticks since their tentative and rather nervous set at the…
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