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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…
Ceylon Sailor and Moon Mother Reviewed
January 9, 2026
Ceylon Sailor – Sold Me Down
The worst thing that you can do with any kind of trauma is to simply keep it in your head. As it turns out, the Hollywood model of the strong, silent hero that never complains about anything and doesn’t rely on anyone to solve their…
The Iddy Biddies - "The World Inside" Review
January 4, 2026
You inevitably find yourself looking at images of the great martyrs of modern pop music, your Kurt Cobains and Elliott Smiths, and can’t help but feel a bit responsible. Weren’t your cheers, and everyone else’s, partly responsible for making them think that all they…
Steel & Velvet - “People just float” Review
December 10, 2025
Oh, you’re going to suffer. And, on your journey, however long or short that may be, you’re going to meet other people who are suffering worse than you. While this is an irrefutable truth, I think you’ll agree, it doesn’t make for great copy when you’re trying to…
Hélianthème and Rebecca Sykes Reviewed
December 1, 2025
Hélianthème – Le Pêcheur & Le Dôme De Verre
There’s a prevailing theory that not only have the greatest stories already been written, but practically all stories. Every truth that has ever needed to be told to future generations has already been locked up…
Charm Bracelet and Mister Zach Reviewed
November 25, 2025
Charm Bracelet – Your Ad Here!
Making the entertainment of strangers your hobby or profession must, to most people, feel like an insane thing, especially in this day and age. How dare you stop people who are busy on their way to work or the supermarket to ask them…
Night Teacher and Larry Beckett Reviewed
November 18, 2025
Night Teacher – World Too Close
As always, Dylan was right. Those not busy being born are busy dying. And you don’t get a better sense of that than from reading the biographies of old rock stars, something that I tend to do as much because of job requirements as…
Common Jack - “It Would Be Enough” Review
November 17, 2025
Are modern musicians still trying to fix something within themselves? Or, are they simply trying to fix something within their budget and trying to deal with the anxiety of hardly ever doing it enough to make ends meet? A quick listen to the charts, to songs that feel like…
Jonivan Jones and Afton Wolfe Reviewed
November 12, 2025
Jonivan Jones – Midnight Mosey
There’s more that regular people admire about the true bohemians, other than their colourful scarves, their filterless cigarettes, and their ability to follow their own muse wherever that may take them.
Yeah, those things…