THE HU: The Gereg (Eleven Seven Music 2019)
Debut album from Mongolia’s premiere folk metal outfit. Mixing traditional Mongolian instruments and vocal style with a heavy sound and western biker chic, The Hu […]
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GENUINE JACKS: Turning Monochrome (Self Released – 2019)
Slovakian garage punk tinged with a sixties psychedelic sensibility. Some vibes transcend time and place. When the psychedelic garage sound first emerged in San Francisco, […]
THE HOLLYWOOD BRATS: Sick on You (1973 (2016 Re-issue) – Cherry Red)
Reissue of long lost 1973 album by the Hollywood Brats. ‘Ahead of their time’ is a cliché, but like all cliché’s, it’s true. Certainly in […]
SICK ON YOU (The Book): The Disastrous Story of the Hollywood Brats, the Greatest Band You’ve Never Heard of
The story of the Hollywood Brats, the missing link between glam and punk. The Hollywood Brats wrote and recorded one of the greatest punk tunes […]
THE SENIOR ALLSTARS: Soul From Dubdown – Darker Than Blue (Echo Beach 2019)
Third chapter of Darker Than Blue adventure. Reggae has, pretty much from its inception, always reinvented itself, deconstructing, reconstructing and recycling everything. Nothing goes to […]
LIVE REVIEW: Public Service Broadcasting @ Caerphilly Castle
Public Service Broadcasting put on spectacular show in the grounds of Caerphilly Castle. Caerphilly Castle is a magnificent monument to how communities rise, fall and […]
BEANS ON TOAST: Live Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff 30/01/19
Beans on Toast opens up his ‘A Bird in the Hand’ tour in Cardiff’s legendary Clwb Ifor Bach. Performers tend to attract like minded people […]
CABINET OF MILLIONAIRES: Theresa (December 2018)
Cabinet of Millionaires are back, with a dig at Theresa Mayhem. Poor old Theresa. She is having a rough time of it. Not only is […]
PHOENIX CITY ALLSTARS: Clash Version Rockers (December 2018)
The Clash get the Phoenix City All-stars treatment. Dub Stylee. Cover versions are a part and parcel of the landscape of contemporary music. Reggae in […]
RADICAL DANCE FACTION: Daydream Dystopia (2018)
Radical Dance Faction meets Youth. The most anticipated album of the decade finally hits the decks. Will it meet up to expectations? First off – […]
PINEAPPLE THIEF: Dissolution (KScope Records 2018)
Twelfth studio album from The Pineapple Thief, proving that, forty years on from punk rock, ‘prog’ does not have to be a dirty word. This […]
EARTHLESS: Black Heaven (Nuclear Blast Records 2018)
Fourth studio album from San Diego Based power trio Earthless. Earthless are slightly self-indulgent. And we don’t mean they play music only they enjoy, we […]
SLOW FACTION: The Blank Generation Demos (Demo 2018)
Not letting the grass grow under their feet, Slow Faction knock out three more tunes following their, not one, but two albums released last year. […]
MAMMOTH WEED WIZARD BASTARD/SLOMATICS (SPLIT 12”): Totems (New Heavy Sounds 2018)
Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard pretty much sound like the name on the tin. Which is a good thing. Right? And Slomatics, who also feature on […]
THE BAR STOOL PREACHERS: Grazie Governo (August 2018)
The Bar Stool Preachers return with their second album, aiming to prove that the first was not a fluke. Bands that can make foot stomping […]
SLAVES: Acts of Fear and Love (Virgin 2018)
This third album from Slaves, Kent’s number one punk outfit, is a full frontal dose of sass and attitude. As we have come to expect. […]
DEAD AT 27: Bring in the lights (Self Released August 2018)
Dead at 27 drop ten new tracks to (hopefully) prove that you don’t have to be dead to be appreciated. Eighty years to the day […]
NINJAH: Keep Britain Lively (Tantrum Records 2018)
New album from one of Cardiff’s most eccentric artists, on Tantrum Records It’s quite possible that many of you will have seen Ninjah perform live […]
CLUSTERFUCK: Pesticide (Tantrum Records 2018)
Question: What do you get when you put a shed load of Cardiff’s most unhinged creative types in a room together? Answer: Clusterfuck. And this […]
KILLDREN: Overkill is Underrated ep (Self released, 2018)
One day, in the dim and distant future, Efa Supertramp will sit down, take a breather, or even possibly sleep. Until then, she is gonna […]
THE BREWER’S DAUGHTER: Make Believe (Self Released 2016)
John Baine (AKA Attila) is not really a Stockbroker. Ray Burns is neither a Captain, nor Sensible. Rhiannon Crutchley, however, really is a Brewer’s Daughter. […]
HEADNOISE Special Effects Improves The Defects (Self released 2017)
South Wales based electro pop band HEAD NOISE with their fourth release; a six track mini album – ep – ish – thing. This has […]
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING: Every Valley (PIAS Recordings 2017)
With their third album, Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) remind us that concept albums do not need to be about Topographic Oceans or operas about pubescent […]
BANKRUPT PUG: I Can’t Believe I Ate The Whole Thing (self-released 2017)
Anyone that is stupid enough to let a dog have a bank account is in no place to complain when the dog goes bankrupt. And […]
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Surplus Fest Sampler Volume 1 (Surplus 2017)
Can’t wait for the festival season to start? Fear not, this fifteen track sampler from the Surplus Crew will help blow those winter blues away. […]
REMEMBERING ABERFAN – Charity Single
There are only a handful of towns and cities in the world, whose name is so intrinsically linked with an event so tragic that it […]
DAMIDGE: Limitation
DAMIDGE: Limitation (Self released 2016) This four track EP is the missing link between the UK festival scene and the New York CBGBs scene of […]
THEE FACTION: Reading Writing Revolution (2015)
THEE FACTION: Reading Writing Revolution (2015) The collected works of Karl Marx, trade union solidarity, protest marches – these don’t exactly sound like good subject […]
BEWARE OF MR BAKER
BEWARE OF MR BAKER (2012) Ginger Baker is often cited as the best rock drummer in history. This a description that sends Mr Baker into […]
THE GREAT HIP HOP HOAX
THE GREAT HIP HOP HOAX (2013) This is the true story of two Scottish rappers, Silibil ‘n’ Brains, tired of the music industry not taking […]