by Craig O'Shea | Jan 15, 2016 | Gig Photography and gig reviews, Music reviews and news
Yorkshire is a land all of its own. “God’s own county” is as diverse as diverse can be. It blends cultures and creeds amid a landscape which is as warm and welcoming as it is harsh and industrial upon descending its wild moors and entering suburban...
by Craig O'Shea | Dec 21, 2015 | Music reviews and news
Daniel Pujol, Nashville’s self professed pop-poet, returns with his generously proportioned Kisses EP – the eagerly awaited follow-up to 2014’s Kludge. This eight track collection is by no means a stop gap between LPs and is as varied as they come,...
by Craig O'Shea | Dec 17, 2015 | Music reviews and news
Energy, tempo, bad language and raw scuzz – all the ingredients necessary for a pure and proper punk LP – and No Place Else has it in bucket loads! The Brainstems en fuse a seemingly carefree attitude with a deeply artistic flip-side. The Saint Louis...
by Craig O'Shea | Sep 30, 2015 | Music reviews and news
This is proving to be a busy year for Menace Beach. Following on from the January release of debut album Ratworld, the fizzing five-piece have toured with the likes of Drenge and the Cribs, elevating their profile to a seemingly towering status – that of one of...
by Craig O'Shea | Sep 22, 2015 | Music reviews and news
Windhand know their way around the doom metal scene as well as anyone. Their third full length album arrives with a confident swagger and a sound which has been refined to a point at which it may be called their own. Hitting play on Grief’s Infernal Flower is...