Pip Blom – Welcome Break
Dutch indie popsters Pip Blom stick to a winning formula with their second album release. Continue reading
Album Reviews
John Howard – Dreaming I Am Waking, Piano Music For My Father
There’s a standard introduction for an alternative and indie music reviewer when reviewing a collection of piano music, such as John Howard’s Dreaming I Am Waking, Piano Music For My Father. “This is out of my comfort zone.” But is… Continue reading
The Bevis Frond – Little Eden
Long running and much loved band, Bevis Frond, which is spearheaded by ‘guirarist’s guitarist’ Nick Saloman, are back. Continue reading
The Go! Team – Get Up Sequences Part One
The Brighton band return with an album that could well be the soundtrack to the Summer Continue reading
The Mountain Goats – Dark in Here
Third pandemic release from the band. This time recorded after being ‘quarantined’ at the legendary FAME Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Continue reading
Collected – The Best of John Howard
Decades spanning retrospective of 1970s singer songwriter turned fiercely independent 21st century artist John Howard. Continue reading
Field Music – Flat White Moon
The Sunderland band have a new album out. And its among their best yet. Continue reading
The B-52s – Funplex (2008)
After 1992’s Good Stuff, 16 years were to pass before the B-52s next and as it has transpired, most recent album release, Funplex. Continue reading
The B-52’s – Cosmic Thing (1989) and Good Stuff (1992)
We resume our album-by-album The B-52’s retrospective with a look at their 1989 and 1992 albums Cosmic Thing and Good Stuff. Continue reading
The B-52’s – Bouncing off the Satellites (1986)
Here’s the sad part in our look at The B-52’s releases. Not the album. That’s full of excellent tracks. It’s the story behind it. Continue reading