8.3
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Sean Griffin and Dennis Hauck Reviewed

Sean Griffin – I’m In Love for Christmas Christmas songs are a bit like detective novels or tunes about love. At some point, every writer has to try their hand at one. Just look at the bibliography of your favourite writer and you’re bound to discover a…
Album Reviews

Elly Hopkins - “Animal” Review

How much would you entrust to a person who has been able to write the kind of song with which you’ve spent hours upon lonely hours? What would you let an artist who has hypnotised you with their works get away with? For most people, those who depend on talented, creative…
8.3
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Sophie Gault and Robert LaRoche Reviewed

Sophie Gault – Pocket Change Record store companies, and all the businesses around, plummeted just like the empires – suddenly and with everyone at the top shrugging and saying, “I had no idea that this was about to happen.” Yeah, things don’t last…
Alternative History

Top 10 Songs by Buffalo Springfield

For a man notorious for following his own muse wherever this may take him, Neil Young has been a part of at least two legendary bands. The lesser-discussed, and arguably better, of the two is Buffalo Springfield. Buffalo Springfield sounded good, looked cool, and…
8.3
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The Endless Mountain Derelicts and Joe Rian Reviewed

The Endless Mountain Derelicts – Murder in the Mountains Whatever did the hippies do to all the people who couldn’t trust the peace and love movement enough to wear flowers in their hair? Were they driven out of town on a rail, or merely ignored from all the cool…
7.5
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Nate Currin and The Deltaz Reviewed

Nate Currin – The Crying Wolf Back in the 1960s, European popular culture had been completely taken over by American movie stars, rock musicians and all of their choices of fashion. It was common to see French or Italian actors or directors trying to ape what they…
8.3
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Todd Adelman and Star Moles Reviewed

Todd Adelman – Another Bloody Mary Morning We pay good money for our rock stars to be better than ourselves. We want to see confident people on stage who are able to do and say the things that we cannot. And, we’d prefer them to lead the kinds of lives of which we…
7.8
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Dipsea Flower and Pat Hatt Reviewed

Dipsea Flower – Kiss The Sky Reality’s got a wicked sense of humour and a way of stopping things before their time. The great young athlete gets injured before they can earn a trophy. The preacher who’s going to change the world gets shot by accident. The…