X-SLF, FATAL BLOW, DROPPING LIKE FLIES: Live @ Jacs, Aberdare (27/05/22)
X-SLF. As the name suggests, ex members of Stiff Little Fingers, drop by Aberdare. With little bit of help from some local legends. When is […]
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25th MAY: Lenin and McCarthy (Astra/BMG 1992) Thirty Years On
With today being the 25th May, it seems appropriate to reflect on one of rock’s greatest hidden gems, ‘Lenin and McCarthy’, by The 25th May, which is […]
DUBIOZA KOLEKTIV: Live @ Trinity, Bristol (22/05/22)
It might be a Sunday, but the Dubioza Kolektiv have no intention of letting this weekend end with a whimper. Covid 19, Brexit, Pretti Patel’s […]
THE LAZY EYES: Live @ Omera, London (20/05/22) – and other tales from the riverbank.
The Lazy Eyes, a gig review, thoughts on the state of music, the cost-of-drinking crisis and other ponderings. SETTING THE SCENE It was a bit […]
TARANTISM: Live in Newport and Lampeter (12+13/05/22)
One hundred and sixty miles, fourteen musicians, six months of planning, five bands, two venues, one review. A mash up blog post about Tarantism playing […]
CHAINSKA BRASSIKA: live @ Patterns, Brighton (07/05/22)
An evening of brass driven ska from the Chainska Brassika on the south coast. Sometimes it only takes half a song or half a video […]
TARANTISM: Live @ New Cross Inn, London (06/05/22)
Tarantism tour rolls into that there London. Tarantism’s long-awaited album is now out in the world and their tour to promote it is now well […]
EARTHLESS: Live @ The Thekla, Bristol (01/05/22)
Earthless play rare UK show in (or should that be on?) The Thekla, Bristol. We would have snapped up tickets to see Earthless wherever they […]
ALL ROADS FESTIVAL: The King Arthur, Glastonbury (29/04 to 01/05/22)
All Roads lead to Glastonbury for the Beltane weekend. All Roads Festival was a late comer to our party, but was the final piece in […]
NICK MASON’S SAUCERFULL OF SECRETS: Live @ St David’s Hall (27/04/22)
Former Pink Floyd drummer brings his band, Saucerfull of Secrets, to Cardiff to play a set of early (pre Dark Side of the Moon) tunes. I like […]
Groove Armada late Night Show @ Brixton Academy 17/04/22
Groove Armada play a ‘Late Night’ show at the Brixton Academy to a packed audience What is about to follow will probably involve lots of […]
Asian Dub Foundation and Dub Pistols live in Hackney
Asian Dub Foundation and The Dub Pistols play a co-healine gig in a wicked new venue in Hackney Sitting in the North East of London, […]
DACTYL TERRA: Dactyl Terra EP (Self released 2022)
Dactyl Terra‘s debut EP finally hits the decks. These guys have been mooching around for three years now, quietly building a bit of a reputation […]
ONE EYED GOD: A Land Fit For Heroes (Mad Butcher Records 2022)
Long awaited second album by One Eyed God finally sees the light of day. And it’s a corker. St Helens’ One Eyed God have been […]
TARANTISM: A Pill to Purge all Melancholy (self released, 2022)
Long awaited Tarantism seventh studio album is locked and loaded, ready for release in May. Tarantism have been creating dust clouds and mud baths in […]
LIVE REVIEW: Dub War @ Lost Horizon Bristol (16/12/21)
Dub War hit the road for a mini Christmas tour, kicking off in Bristol. Dub War split in 1999, but have been twitching intermittently since […]
LIVE REVIEW: Amyl and the Sniffers, Electric Ballroom, Camden (24/11/21)
Amyl and the Sniffers hit Camden’s Electric Ballroom on their latest UK tour Two years ago, just before the great plague, Australia’s Amyl and the […]
LIVE REVIEW: Gaye Bykers on Acid @ Le Pub, Newport (17/11/21)
A reformed, refurbished, and de-coked Gaye Bykers on Acid (GBOA) play Newport’s Le Pub. Lockdown has been eased for five months now and we have […]
LIVE REVIEW: Peatbog Faeries @ The Garage, Highbury (29/10/21)
Scotland’s number one folk-rave outfit, The Peatbog Faeries, bring their techno-ceilidh to north London We start the evening in The Famous Cock, soaking up noth […]
LIVE REVIEW: South London Punx Picnic, New Cross Inn (21/08/21)
Inner Terrestrials headline a feast of punk rock in the New Cross Inn. The last time we set foot in Fordham Park was for the […]
INNER TERRESTRIALS: Heart of The Free (2021)
Inner Terrestrials, London’s most ‘avin’ it punk band, release their fourth studio album. Early I.T. releases were noted for being intense, in ya face slabs […]
KING’S GAMBIT: Around We Go Again (2021)
New studio album from King’s Gambit, folk outfit from the heart of England. From the opening bars we are struck by the depth of this […]
LIVE REVIEW: Milk + Pigeon Wigs – Loop, Cardiff (14/08/21)
Cardiff’s Supreme Riffmeisters return for first gig in two and a half years, to play Cardiff’s newest grassroots venue. After eighteen months of lockdown, I’d […]
LIVE REVIEW: Tun, Common Spit and Atomic Supermen. Jacs Aberdare (09/07/21)
Exactly fifteen months and three days since our last gig (can you tell we have been counting?), live music is back on the menu at […]
THE SKAPA COLLECTIVE: Happiness (Wales Euro Anthem – in association with Show Racism the Red Card)
The Skapa Collective has today released their Wales Euro 2020 anthem, in association with Show Racism the Red Card. Yes, folks, it is that time […]
LOUD WOMEN: Reclaim These Streets (2021)
Single to raise funds for Women’s Aid as well as boldly and loudly shouting out against male violence against women. LOUD WOMEN have been around […]
THE BREWER’S DAUGHTER: Jara (2019)
Second album from The Brewer’s Daughter, AKA, Rhiannon Crutchley. Rhiannon will be a familiar face to anyone that has been to a half decent festival […]
THE BLUNDERS: Can’t Believe it’s Not Better (Blunders 2021)
Third EP from the South West’s hottest property of the moment, The Blunders. For a few years we have been banging on about the Blunders […]
MAHOUTS: It Might Be Hot Outside, But The Dirt Is Cold (2020)
Forthcoming album from Aberdare based Mahouts. A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper. Usually, a mahout starts as a boy in the family […]
STAY HUMAN: A Film by Michael Franti (2019)
Michael Franti goes in search of humanity and positivity. And finds it. Franti has been around a while now and has been on something of […]