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Plastic Nancy and Babe Rainbow Reviewed
July 1, 2026
Plastic Nancy – Beware of the Dog
Congratulations! You’re capable of teaching your brain to perform extraordinary tricks. One of them, if you’ve managed to keep yourself from going completely insane, is to phase out the colourful images and drown out the loud…
Johnny Quintero and Moondrive Reviewed
July 1, 2026
Johnny Quintero – Can I Tell Her?
Believe it or not, there was a time when some of the world’s best-trained and most successful pop-rock musicians were treated with disdain by music critics. I know that it’s a little late, but I apologise. I hope that you will…
Dos Santos and Babe Rainbow Reviewed
June 30, 2026
Dos Santos – Money Gun
Each day, somebody writes a novel or a lengthy blog post about how, through the power of hypnosis, they were able to reconnect to some of their past lives and, wouldn’t you know it, all these people, in all their lives, were kings, artists…
MR. BiG WiRE and greedyfeedr Reviewed
June 30, 2026
MR. BiG WiRE – Spaceship
Rock n’ roll isn’t supposed to tell you the truth. It doesn’t owe you that much. It’s merely supposed to make you feel like possibilities are endless and that you’ll be able to boogie onto the next set of opportunities without…
Hartman, John – Stuck
When the world’s not moving forward, it’s falling backwards, and when it’s falling backwards, people get clubs or guns, or whatever they can get their fists on, and start bludgeoning each other to death. And, if more of that happens soon…
Perennial and jack morrison Reviewed
June 24, 2026
Perennial – What’s New On The Beat Scene
Secretly, everyone in a rock band hopes that one day, while their band is practising, the police will knock on the door, show them a pair of handcuffs, and ask them to stroll over to the van. Yeah, everyone’s hoping…
Harper and Lord Jane Reviewed
June 24, 2026
Harper – Breach
I know nothing about Kevin Shields. But I can only assume that he possessed neither a steady girlfriend nor the keys to a third-storey office while making My Bloody Valentine’s “Loveless.” Can you imagine Mr Shields having to wake up at 7 in…
Forget all about the Hollywood movies where a prodigious talent touches a musical instrument for the first time and beautiful, logical, perfectly performed sounds just spring out. Let’s get one thing straight here! Playing music requires not just talent, but time and a…
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…