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Billy Caveman and Fred Waves Reviewed
April 3, 2026
Billy Caveman – Ariel Cyclone
I try to picture what the people who write the hits are wearing when they do. Nah, I’m not talking about Lennon or Mercury writing theirs. I’m particularly interested in the sartorial sense of the folks penning the modern…
Griffin Benton and Peppermint Moon Reviewed
March 30, 2026
Griffin Benton – Biscuits and Jam
The vast majority of rock n’ roll is, of course, just naive escapism. The whole style of music was developed by people who realised they could make a living by writing songs about cars and girls.
There’s only a real…
Moon Machine and IKAD! Reviewed
March 30, 2026
Moon Machine – Happy To Be Here
Seems like there are two kinds of people left in this modern, confusing world of ours. There’s the vast majority that’s busy all day long trying to climb to the top and getting blood on their shirts each time that they need to…
The moment that everybody finally succumbs to the tension of this modern world, a giant chorus of laughter will be heard ringing around the world. It’s just too bad that everyone will join in, and that there’ll be nobody left to analyse why and how it happened, and what…
Mike Marlin and Orange Doors Reviewed
March 27, 2026
Mike Marlin – Whale Hill
Beautiful things are always made more interesting by some terrible event that has rendered them useless. Would you rather visit a palace that’s still being haunted by royalty, or one in the desert, near Kabul, that’s had holes planted in…
Telos vision and BLKE Reviewed
March 27, 2026
Telos vision – Walk Away (feat. Goatman)
People who study music for a living are convinced that all the songs that could have been written have been written. These professors are dull and uninspired, but they have the ears of the world. They’ll show up on…
Mark Crozer and Bossanova Frankenstein Reviewed
March 27, 2026
Mark Crozer – You and Me on the Astral Plane
There are some who look at pop music, and art in general, for that matter, for guidance. They want to know what books they should read, how many steps to take each day, what to eat, and who to vote for in the upcoming…
public access park and Noir Addiction Reviewed
March 26, 2026
public access park – freezing
Just watch a tutorial about how to arrange a modern pop song, and you’ll instantly have to get your notebook out and start writing. There’s simply too much information for you to memorise otherwise.
The fact of the matter…
Herr Nilsson Tory Silver Reviewed
March 24, 2026
Herr Nilsson – Sensational
Can you imagine what it must’ve been like to hear, and especially to see, the first Beat groups of the 1960s on television? No, it wasn’t just the fact that they had great tunes and even better haircuts. It was something…