Hiele Martens – “Lips” (2017) review
Hiele Martens - Lips (Ultra Eczema, 2017) Dennis Tyfus must have a short concentration span because the best Ultra Eczema releases are the single sided LPs: Marcel Van...
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The War on Drugs – ‘A Deeper Understanding’ (2017)
With summer winding down there’s nothing like something exceptional to move you into the fall, and carry a bit of that August warmth through the winter … hence...
Bad Liquor Pond – “Let the River Come” / “Electric Splash” (2009) review
Released in 2009, “Let The River Come” is the only bit of wax you’re ever going to get from the now defunct Bad Liquor Pond, which is still...
Humble Pie – “Official Bootleg Box Set Volume 1” (2017) review
“A great document of a great band at its very best: LIVE” Humble Pie “Official Bootleg Box Set Volume 1” (Cherry Red Records, 2017) Gathered from various sources...
Heirs Of Fortune – “Circus Of Mirth” (2017) review
Heirs Of Fortune - Circus Of Mirth (Counterfeit Records, 2017) Prior to the birth of Heirs Of Fortune, Terry Carolan (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums) and Robert Woodrich...
New Moon Rising – “Bohemia Nervosa” (2014) review
New Moon Rising - Bohemia Nervosa (2014) https://newmoonrising.bandcamp.com/releases Literally stumbling across New Moon Rising’s song “Child Of The Moon”, I was instantly rocked back by this gracious little...
MSB – “Nope” (2017) review
MSB - Nope (2017) https://brownbass.bandcamp.com/album/nope The appearance of jazz in the early 1900s – with its inconsistency-as-structure whereby uncertain melodic propositions are driven to ideal resolution via brave...
Jamie & Steve – “Sub Textural” (2017) review
Jamie & Steve - Sub Textural (Loaded Goat Records 2017) Although most people know Jamie Hoover and Steve Stoeckel as one-half of the Spongetones, they also record as...
Soft as Fire in The House of Love (2016) review
“Soft as Fire in The House of Love” (Blog That Celebrates Itself, 2016) https://theblogthatcelebratesitself.bandcamp.com/album/va-soft-as-fire-in-the-house-of-love House of Love are one of those bands who’s music entered this galaxy with...
From The Vault: The Optic Nerve – “Lotta Nerve” (1994)
A great band too many folks have never heard of ... For more reasons than I can count, it’s nearly impossible to realize that this album burst on...