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. […]
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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 (Self released 2016)
This four track EP is the missing link between the UK festival scene and the New York CBGBs scene of the early 1970s. High energy […]
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 […]
OTWAY: THE MOVIE
OTWAY THE MOVIE: ROCK AND ROLL’S GREATEST FAILURE (2013) Those not familiar with John Otway – which let’s face it, is most of the population […]
REACH OUT: WELSH ROCK FOR REFUGEES
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Welsh Rock for Refugees When the going gets tough, the tough get rockin’. In response to the refugee crisis that is being played […]
THE SICK LIVERS: MID LIVER CRISIS
SICK LIVERS: Mid Liver Crisis (Glunk Records + Baldy Longhair Records 2015) Ever since Chuck Berry first picked up his guitar the term rock ‘n […]