8.3
Mike B & the Universe and Famous Friend Reviewed
January 22, 2025
Mike B & the Universe – The Alamo
Do you talk all the way through listening to your favourite song? Do you call people on the phone and have full conversations while watching a great movie? And, I bet you don’t think about your grocery list in the moments when…
Psych-O-Positive and Strawberry Lace Reviewed
January 22, 2025
Psych-O-Positive x Tomoyuki Tanaka x Shinichi Sekizawa x Ishiro Honda – Mothra!
The greatest thing that you can do to entertain an audience is to surprise them. That’s also the hardest thing to do. And, knowing this, all of the record labels and music studios…
VIDA and Stale Reviewed
January 22, 2025
VIDA – Jump in Whole
There’s a kid right now in a bedroom somewhere that’s just created a barricade around the front door. Whenever that kid’s able to keep the mom and dad from entering by brute force, whenever they’re able to avoid doing homework, eating…
Lost Legion and HIGHTEENS Revieweed
January 22, 2025
Lost Legion – The Animals We Used To Be
Engineers and programmers have cleverly built most of the attractions of the modern world. There are all sorts of ways to be entertained the whole day and night through by the things that you like the most. There are all kinds…
Always Grounded and The Junior Varsity Reviewed
January 22, 2025
Always Grounded – Midnight Drive
Everything is fair in love, war and pop music of any variety. The latter, by far, includes some of the worst crimes. But you’re unlikely to hear about them when the pop star is out doing a promotional tour and trying to entertain…
Widows Gold and Rosie Frost Reviewed
January 22, 2025
Widows Gold – Thoughts & Prayers
If you really think that you can become a yogi, it’s not necessary to walk through the fire, step on broken glass, or hypnotise a cobra. The one thing that will really get you respected in the yogic community is if you can…
The Taxpayers and Doctor Steevo Reviewed
January 22, 2025
The Taxpayers – Evil Everywhere
“Bastards!” That’s the way that fabulous folk-punk turned pop-rock bands The Taxpayers have been portraying themselves since their earliest recordings. But there are types and types of bastards. There are those who smoke a…
Castle Finn - “On The Vine” Review
January 17, 2025
Life can be a tragedy or the continuation of an endlessly repetitive story. Each young artist and each new generation has to believe that they are inventing languages with which to talk about life. They need to trust that every new detail that they come across is their…
Frank-Einstein and Skinner Reviewed
January 17, 2025
Frank-Einstein – Dolphin Trainer
Many of the people who ended up in successful rock bands lead double lives. They were regular guys who liked eating chocolate biscuits and were willing to stomach their broccoli when at home. But they were leather-dressed…