Reviews

With appropriate fanfare Morrissey has released his first recording in five years.  Following 2008’s ‘Years of Refusal’, with his latest dose of sardonic wit and despair. ‘World Peace Is None of Your Business’ was produced […]

I missed seeing Husker Du, Bob Mould’s original band, by a whisker in 1988; the band was on a college tour for their excellent disc “Candy Apple Grey”.  The suicide of manager David Savoy and […]

Following up a recording as phenomenally successful as their sixth disc El Camino, could not have been an easy task for Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, the duo that makes up The Black Keys. The […]

For those of you unfamiliar with the multi-instrumentalist super composer Kaoru Ishibashi, this is his 2nd album, released on Joyful Noise Records. Hailing from Seattle WA USA, a classically trained violinist who has toured with […]

Ultraviolence is the third studio album from New York’s queen of sadcore – Lana Del Rey. Despite the success of Born To Die, Lana Del Rey hinted that there wouldn’t be a follow up album at […]

Based in Toledo, OH, Citizen, who has already amassed a good following in the US’s Alt-rock and underground punk scene, are ready to take on the world with their post/alt-rock Debut album “Youth”. I think […]

Damon Albarn, front man for Blur, Gorillaz, and numerous other permutations and groups, has released his first solo recording. Albarn has always come across as the friend you know who is never busy, yet does […]

Relaxing on the Sunset strip in San Antonio waiting for that glorious moment when the Mediterranean swallows up that white hot ball of fire in the Ibiza sky, all the while eclectic beats emanate from […]

Hailing from the Do It Yourself music culture of Seattle, Washington, via Philadelphia PA, the band Neighbors has released a new album titled, Will You Please Be Quiet,Please?, with hat tip to author Raymond Carver providing […]

First a disclaimer, I am a total Pixies fan. I admit to being old enough to remember the original releases of all the Pixies discs and confess to buying all of them and playing them until […]

Music fans were divided when Kasabian were announced to close the legendary Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm on the Sunday night. When Metallica were announced to headline the penultimate show on the Saturday night, the […]

Echo and The Bunnymen return with their 12th studio album Meteorites and their first since The Fountain five years ago. In the downtime between Bunnymen duties, Ian McCulloch released his acclaimed fourth solo album Pro […]