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Gozer and Sipul Reviewed
June 24, 2026
Gozer – Time Walk
There are certain pleasures that, try as I might to explain to you, I am destined to fail. No, it’s not like my powers of description have declined. Quite the contrary! And it’s not that I suppose that your ability to use your imagination will…
Mia Mera and Your Friend, Death Reviewed
June 23, 2026
Mia Mera – Wanted On Both Sides
There’s rock n’ roll, and there’s every other kind of music. And everything else that is not rock n’ roll gets to concern itself with the qualities of the musicians involved in playing the songs, the purity of the production…
Trabants and Rei Mart Reviewed
June 16, 2026
Trabants – Hot Brew
Audiences have been told that if they’re to stay hip, young and connected to what’s going on in the cool scenes, they gotta switch allegiances every few months or so.
If they fail to do that, it’s been explained to them, they will…
TIFFY and a-tota-so Reviewed
June 9, 2026
TIFFY – IRB
It was the best of times; it was the most tiring of times. Sure, every enlightened adult, from your school counsellor to your therapist, will advise you to lean heavily on a hobby. They’ll tell you that this is the thing that will balance out your…
Good Reverend and Grand Mojo Reviewed
June 7, 2026
Good Reverend – Damn Good Time
Rock n’ roll is full of examples of people so charmingly out of control that, should you try and follow their example, you’d die within just a few days. Yet, there they are on posters and book jackets everywhere.
All the…
St. Julien and Billy and the Dreamboats Reviewed
May 27, 2026
St. Julien – I Know You
I suppose that the people who can play bebop jazz are pretty smug with themselves. Here they are playing music that took decades to learn and that only others with the same kind of experience can even comprehend.
Yeah, and I’m sure…
Karaboudjan and Low Cut Connie Reviewed
May 13, 2026
Karaboudjan – Mitroglou
Fight your way up to the top with enough vigour for enough time, and you will both reach your goal and find yourself exhausted. Get yourself up there, and the moment that you realise just what you’ve managed to achieve, you’re likely to…
Daphne Parker Powell – In the Soup Till the Pot Rots
You might’ve heard about the greatness of old poets and about the beauty of their work. But reading through them always gives you a headache. Listening to the music tied to their rhymes never gives you much of a…
Jake the Dog and Used to Be Young Reviewed
May 6, 2026
Jake the Dog – BackBurner
Psychologists just go ahead and play with your mind if they really want to. It’s no wonder that many of them eventually decide to quit the daily grind and start their own cults. They simply know which buttons to push and what power this…