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EP review: CLUB PARADISE – Life On TV

Facebook [Release date 11.10.24] Club Paradise is made up of school friends Ryan Young (vocals/guitar), Jackson Vert (lead guitar), Harry Webb (bass) and Nathan Hogg (drums). They have been together for over a decade and it shows in that they have a tight sound/decent production values. The EP features … Continue reading
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Tagged Club Paradise, EP, indie, indie pop, indie rock, Life On TV, melodic, pop rock, review
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Album review: FURBABY & THE TIGHT SPACES – S/T

Cargo Records [Release date 15.10.21] Furbaby & the Tight Spaces was initially a lockdown project for Chicago based guitarist Adam Arling (The Last Vegas), and was originally intended to release a series of singles, as it happens there are eight … Continue reading
Album review: MAXIMO PARK – Nature Always Wins

PIAS, Prolifica [Release date 26.02.21] Maximo Park have been around since 2001, now releasing their seventh album ‘Nature Always Wins’. Although I had heard of Maximo Park I had not heard much by them and that I have swiftly rectified … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, indie pop, indie rock, Maximo Park, Nature Always Win, review
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Quick plays: IVY GOLD, BLACK PISTOL FIRE

IVY GOLD Six Dusty Winds A1 Records/Golden Ivy Records [Release date 12.03.21] Ivy Gold is built around singer Manou and guitarist Sebastian Eder (Avalon). Rounding out Ivy Gold are drummer Tal Bergman (Joe Bonamassa, Billy Idol, Rod Stewart, Simple Minds, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, Black Pistol Fire, blues rock, indie rock, Ivy Gold, Look Alive, review, rock, Six Dusty Winds, soul
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Album review: THE HOLD STEADY – Open Door Policy

Thirty Tigers [Release date 19.02.21] The Hold Steady return to action with eighth album which as vocalist Craig Fin explains – “This album was written and almost entirely recorded before the pandemic started, but the songs and stories explore power, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt pop, alt rock, Craig Finn, indie rock, Open Door Policy, review, rock, the Hold Steady
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EP review: THE LICKERISH QUARTET – Threesome Vol. 2

Stranger Danger [Release date 15.01.21] The Lickerish Quartet return with their second four song EP. The band comprise ex-Jellyfish members Roger Joseph Manning Jr, Tim Smith and Eric Dover and like the much missed Jellyfish, they carry on that band’s … Continue reading
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Tagged EP, indie pop, indie rock, Jellyfish, melodic, pop rock, power pop, review, the Lickerish Quartet, Threesome Vol 2
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Album review: PICTUREHOUSE – 1999 Live in Dublin

Website [Release date 27.11.20] Ahhh live music we miss you so and even someone like me who isn’t normally a big fan of live albums has been playing a lot of live tracks this year. So when of the many … Continue reading
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Tagged 1999 Live in Dublin, album, David Browne, indie pop, indie rock, melodic, PictureHouse, pop, pop rock, power pop, review
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Album review: PARA LIA – Gone With The Flow

Independent [Release date 02.10.20] German husband and wife team, Rene and Cindy Methner are Para Lia, now on their second album. Pop, Electronica, Indie Rock, alt.rock, alt.pop, Dark Wave, New Wave, Old Wave? In fact, it’s all of the above. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt pop, alt rock, Dark Wave, electronica, Gone With The Flow, indie rock, New Wave, Para Lia, pop, review
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EP review: KAROBELA – Karobela

Facebook [Release date 05.06.20] The Avengers are no more, scattered to the winds and the world needs saviours. Who will fill the huge gap? The cry goes up and an answer comes as four remarkable individuals rise and meet, put … Continue reading
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Tagged EP, indie rock, Joan Jett, Karobela, melodic, review, rock, self-titled
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Gig review: THE DIVINE COMEDY – O2 Academy, Oxford, 13 October 2019

Seeing the Divine Comedy live has been top of my bands to see list and I was very happy to be able to finally see them at a sold out show at the Academy (or the Zodiac as it was … Continue reading
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Tagged chamber pop, gig, indie pop, indie rock, Neil Hannon, Office Politics, pop, quirky pop, review, The Divine Comedy
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EP review: THIRD LUNG – Sooner Or Later

These Bloody Thieves Records [Release date 01.03.19] Third Lung hail from Reading and in their four years to date have picked up rave reviews including BBC 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq. Third Lung consist of Tom Farrelly (vocals, guitars), Camilla Jurasek … Continue reading
Quick plays – MONTANA, DEER TICK, JOHNNY GIOELI

MONTANA Change In The Weather Angel Air [Release date 18.01.19] Montana formed out of the Mission Mountain Wood Band (M2WB), when that band broke-up in 1981. ‘Change In The Weather’ was the debut album under the Montana name and featured … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, alternative, Change In The Weather, country, country rock, Deer Tick, Hardline, indie rock, Johnny Gioeli, Mayonnaise, melodic, melodic rock, Mighty Quinn & The Oakland Ronin, Montana, reviews, rock
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Quick plays: TAMI, ATLAS, LUNA KISS

TAMI Velvet & Steel Man In The Moon [Release date 12.10.18] Tami (Tami Jones Andrews) is an American singer who debuted on the Nashville back in the 1990′s, however major life changing events came along, which Tami channels into her singing on this her … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, alternative, AOR, Atlas, blues, country, Dee Snider, disco, Hungryheart, indie rock, Joe Bonamassa, live album, Luna Kiss, melodic, melodic rock, review, Saints Of Sin, Tami, Twisted Sister
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Album review: DOME DWELLERS – Maybe I Should Have Some Pride

MondoTunes [Release date 15.01.14] Dome Dwellers are an indie rock trio from Denton,Texas, with art rock elements and free form pretensions. The band is very much the sum of its idiosyncratic parts, as all three players spiral into different directions … Continue reading