Yuppie and Florentenes Reviewed
February 5, 2026
Yuppie – A Place To Call My Own
It was inevitable that this was going to happen. The moment that country music replaced the blues in American pop songwriters’ repertoires, eventually, melancholy was going to have a Southern twang to it.
This wasn’t…
RUDY and Odd Marshall Reviewed
January 23, 2026
RUDY – Honey Dripper
Practice your instrument and live enough so that you can acquire some soul, and you’re going to find yourself in a pretty lonesome place. Sure, when it comes to Western rock music, the blues sits at the heart of everything, but the vast…
Jesse Creatchman and The Painted Roses Reviewed
January 23, 2026
Jesse Creatchman – Fortress
Nowadays, bands that have been doing it for a while, for the most part, don’t even bother putting out new music. And the ones that are ambitious enough to record whole concept records every couple of years, don’t bother playing more…
Squeaky Feet and Crab Reviewed
January 9, 2026
Squeaky Feet – Brainrot
There’s been a competition for superiority within rock musical styles ever since someone figured you could either play fewer notes of “Johnny B. Goode,” and add distorsion calling it “hard-rock,” or add more notes, take the volume…
Joshua Jamison And jesus is the path to heaven Reviewed
January 4, 2026
Joshua Jamison – Fifteen
There’s a famous incident, dragged over a few months of touring, when the David Bowie opted to play keyboards behind the Iggy Pop and hidden away from the public in a gruesome-looking hat. I mention this because the Church ought hear about…
Jon-Olov Woxlin - “One-way Ticket from Earth” Review
December 10, 2025
If you’re a typical music fan, in recent months you’ve likely been bombarded with alarmist news about how the very future of pop music is, at the moment, hanging in the balance. What’s the reason for this panic all of a sudden? If you trust some of the YouTube…
People in a room negotiating how much noise each of them can make is something that simply cannot be beat. But it’s not like many haven’t tried. Since the dawn of rock n’ roll, those in the business of selling music have tried to find easier-to-control, cheaper…
Dylan Rockwell and Oceans Of Mercury Reviewed
December 1, 2025
Dylan Rockwell – Born Ready
Bad news is the easiest to sell. I should start a website simply criticising every piece of media that I come upon if I hope to become wealthy and influential. In fact, I’m confident that if I were to turn to this dastardly plan, I…
Sean Griffin and Dennis Hauck Reviewed
November 13, 2025
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…