The Rising Storm - “Calm Before…” review / interview
US group The Rising Storm emanated from out of a small, but isolated scene outside of the main commercial rock circuit that was happening in and around the...
Lenny Helsing
Television Personalities – “Beautiful Despair” (2018) review
Television Personalities - Beautiful Despair (Fire Records, 2018) https://televisionpersonalities.bandcamp.com/album/beautiful-despair With Beautiful Despair the world now has what is essentially a brand new Television Personalities album bestowed upon them;...
The Travis Edward Pike Story
The Travis Edward Pike Story … by Lenny Helsing Pike’s story begins sometime during the early 1960s when the Boston, Massachusetts based youngster – who would grow up...
“Rock St. Trop” – Lenny Helsing in conversation with Wally Waller of The Pretty Things
Lenny Helsing talks to The Pretty Things’ Wally Waller about the exciting remastering project that now gives us a brand new restorative re-release of the album 'Rock St....
The Greek Theatre – “Broken Circle” (2017) review / interview
The Greek Theatre - Broken Circle (Sugarbush Records) https://thegreektheatre1.bandcamp.com/album/broken-circle After only a few plays it’s pretty clear that the Greek Theatre’s brand new LP for the Sugarbush label, Broken...
Greg “Stackhouse” Prevost – Universal Vagrant (2016) review
Greg “Stackhouse” Prevost - Universal Vagrant (Mean Disposition CD/LP, 2016) https://gregstackhouseprevost.bandcamp.com/album/universal-vagrant Just to give some context for those who may still perhaps be unfamiliar with this one-of-a-kind artist,...
Marvin Gardens – ‘1968’ (2016) review
Marvin Gardens - 1968 (High Moon CD/2xLP) I’m sure I’ve said this before but it’s something worth repeating ... don’t you just love it when you’ve been hit...
Trappist Afterland – ‘God’s Good Earth’ (2016)
It’s always rather difficult to pinpoint just where some groups fit into the grand musical tapestry of modern life. This is especially so with regard to Australian folk-drenched...
Robert King – Super8 (2016) review
Robert King - Super8 (Rubber Taxi, 2016) From the first few seconds of tuning into this brand new recording by Robert King, erstwhile lead vocalist for legendary late...
Junkboy – Azimuth Co-ordinator: Fulfil b/w Streets Of Dobuita (2016) review
Junkboy - Reinterprets Azimuth Co-ordinator: Fulfil b/w Streets Of Dobuita - 454545-42 (Three Forty Five Records, 2016) Brighton based maverick dream-scape schemers Junkboy: Rich and Mik Hanscomb, and Ryan...