Les Nointers and David moore and the fachans Reviewed
October 17, 2024
Les Nointers – Underneath Silence
People should live beside neighbours if they want to grow up to be upstanding members of society. The ones who grow up with nothing but land between them and the rest of the world can’t help but grow up differently. They end up…
Certain Death and Low Indigos Reviewed
October 17, 2024
Certain Death – Cut
When was the last time that a pop song played on the radio and surprised you? If it did, you haven’t been listening to much pop music, or the song really failed to do its job.
Pop music should just be distinctive enough from all other…
The Libertines - "All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade" Review
October 15, 2024
Life can be harsh. It can give but take away twofold. Few people are given beauty and talent. Fewer still can retain it. The Libertines succumb to the laws of nature on the bombastic but all too obvious collection of songs found on the new album “All Quiet on the…
Zerobridge and Marshal and The Hats Reviewed
October 14, 2024
Zerobridge – Refugee Citizen
We’re all silenced. Worst of all, nobody even has to demand that we shut up, stop publishing, stop posting. We all get the gist. Things work the same way in any environment when someone’s boss is fronting the bills.
A…
Pearl Jam - "Ten" Reviewed and Revisited
October 10, 2024
Pearl Jam’s “Ten” is the undersung juggernaut of grunge rock. Filled with future radio staples, “Ten” courted attention more openly than their Seattle rivals, Nirvana, a group that would never become comfortable with success.
Steve Creep and the Wildcards and Wilson Music Reviewed
October 10, 2024
Steve Creep and the Wildcards – Bottles and Cans
People who keep rock music alive usually do it at great expense to themselves and potentially cause physical harm. It’s not like it used to be. The music and rocker fashion grew slowly in magnitude and, by the…
CrowsVsRavens and Justin Webb & The Noise Reviewed
October 9, 2024
CrowsVsRavens – Revised Reality
Progressive rockers are a breed apart. Part hopeless romantics and part monks with endless supplies of patience and discipline, they are the equivalent of the novelists who write 1000-page tomes dedicated to imagined worlds when they…
Jacuzzi Fire and The Resinators Reviewed
October 9, 2024
Jacuzzi Fire – Why’d You Save Me?
People certainly notice a great haircut. They also compliment snappy dressers and like to have those who can tell good jokes with them at parties. But the clothes, haircuts and jokes all become passe eventually. It’s the…
Mr. Gnome and Razorbill Reviewed
October 4, 2024
Mr. Gnome – Not This Time, Devil
Pop music has many famous stories that have fed its mythology. And it’s this mythology that the artists and those who represent them in business matters are so desperate to keep selling. Blink, and you’ll miss the latest…