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Bernardo and Birdie Swann Sisters & King Black Acid Reviewed
October 1, 2025
Bernardo – Bobby’s Song
Jumping, say, from the “Soul” section of the old-school music store into “Rock” or “Country” used to be more difficult than making the leap past the Berlin Wall or swimming a river through the middle of the night in order to…
CATBEAR and Talk To Her Reviewed
September 25, 2025
CATBEAR – Darkness
I’m increasingly disturbed by the sighting of rock stars inside their local supermarkets during waking hours. Gruesome pictures of ordinary-looking people dressed in funny shirts that you recognise from, at some point, commanding the biggest…
Violet UltraRay and Scoobert Doobert Reviewed
September 25, 2025
Violet UltraRay – ride
Just as the most beautiful places in the world are this way because they contrast with the rest of what’s around them, some of the greatest songs work by providing you with great hooks and threatening to take them away.
If you want…
Shabason, Krgovich, Tenniscoats and biatlón Reviewed
August 31, 2025
Shabason, Krgovich, Tenniscoats – Departed Bird
The news only gets told to the world by news reporters and people who somehow happened to be there and have a big enough social media account so that people will take notice. That’s an awful shame.
It used…
Bird Streets and TEF Reviewed
August 28, 2025
Bird Streets – It’s A Start
It’s quite likely that the worst thing that can happen for our fragile psyches is for everything to work out in the end. That’ll be so tragic, in fact, that none of it will receive any coverage, let alone parades out in the…
Gia Ransome and Blankslate Reviewed
August 28, 2025
Gia Ransome – Belladonna
Love’s a terrible thing and for most people unavoidable. It will creep out from behind and leave folks with nothing to their name, not even their dignity. It will make them swear off love forever, only to eventually be proven incapable of…
Living Set and Aaron Orbit Reviewed
August 22, 2025
Living Set – Last Wave
People aren’t afraid of musicians anymore, and that’s a real shame and something that ought to be corrected. The worst kind of panic that rock musicians can illicit nowadays is that they’ll skip on the bill once they’re done dining…
Billy Raffoul - “When I Cross The River” Review
August 19, 2025
There’s a secret language that people communicate through. Most of us aren’t taught how to use it and, perhaps, for good reason. It’s powerful. It makes people change their minds about the most important subjects. And, it can turn the people who can speak it fluently…
Packaging and Bonus Room Reviewed
August 17, 2025
Packaging – Always Calling
The future of music might just belong to those who are still able to remember the music of the past and/or those who will still own old vinyl records and a record player.
That’s because the world is changing quickly, usually for…