Basement....Beside Myself Posted January 03, 2019 Albums Basement....Beside Myself Music Review Basement sound like they’re from California but this slick emo / rock band are actually from Ipswich. Their music is a commercial take on th... Read more
The Trials of Cato....Hide and Heir Posted January 03, 2019 Albums Music Review The Trials of Cato....Hide and Heir If you like folk and you’ve not heard of The Trials of Cato, we suspect this will change before the year is out. They produce folk that is r... Read more
Neneh Cherry....Broken Politics Posted January 03, 2019 Albums Music Neneh Cherry....Broken Politics Review Cherry’s fifth album in 30 years take some appreciating, but after a number of plays, we like it a lot. It takes those repeated plays to get ... Read more
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band....Poor Until Payday Posted December 27, 2018 Albums Music Review The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band....Poor Until Payday The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band do one thing and do it well, playing their old-fashioned country blues at 250 gigs a year from bars to fe... Read more
Tea Street Band....Frequency Posted December 27, 2018 Albums Music Review Tea Street Band....Frequency The Press release for this claims the band follows in the wake of “tunefully idiosyncratic” Liverpool bands like The Coral (partly true... Read more
Ray Cooper....Between The Golden Age and The Promised Land Posted December 27, 2018 Albums Music Ray Cooper....Between The Golden Age and The Promised Land Review Cooper is known to folk fans as Chopper: he joined Oysterband in 1987 after bassist Ian Kearey left, himself leaving the band at the end of the Rag... Read more
Emily Lockett....My Imagination Posted December 27, 2018 Albums Emily Lockett....My Imagination Music Review Lockett is a local teenage singer and this is her new album, but she gets the same scrutiny as the signed bands we review … and comes up pre... Read more
Shred Kelly....Archipelago Posted December 27, 2018 Albums Music Review Shred Kelly....Archipelago Shred Kelly should be bigger, if they could only get some more variety. They blend folk and rock — almost prog in places — that makes i... Read more