Category Archives: Review

Empty Guns, Full On Rock Empty Guns have come to kick your door down with their own take on grunge rock.  Hailing from Greece, the band display power and poise on their new single ‘Lick the Devil’s Horns’.  Singer Stacy Mousakian is sassy confident on this belter of a song, which shows off her CourtneyContinue reading “Empty Guns – Lick the Devil’s Horns”

Anything But Disappointing To be honest I can’t say I was thrilled at the thought of reviewing a song by a band with the name of Sadness & Complete Disappointment.  Even less so when I read that they “found inspiration.……from the most miserable corners of our reality”.  Surely life’s miserable enough right now? Then IContinue reading “Sadness and Complete Disappointment”

Haven’t Got a CLEWS? Here in the UK it’s cold, dark and wet.  The vibrant colours of autumn have given way to cigarette ash grey skies, a beige landscape, mud and lockdown.   Covid is running through the country faster than Usain Bolt, and there’s no chance of seeing live music in a pub near youContinue reading “CLEWS”

Georgia Thursting is something of a phenomenon.   Part Amy Winehouse, part Norah Jones, but every inch her own woman.  I was recently asked to sum up Georgia’s voice.  Well……you know that feeling when you burrow into a warm clean duvet on a cold winter’s night?  That’s it. Then there’s the songs.  Georgia captures the bitterContinue reading “Georgia Thursting – Midnight Games”

Stanford is the second single from Nottingham alt rock band ‘Babe Punch’.  Molly Godber has an impressive vocal range in this catchiest of rock songs with angst ridden lyrics.  The music sits astride a 4-cylinder rock engine of Abbie Roberts (bass), Adam Fletcher (drums), Carys Jones and Katherine Pennington (guitars).  The intro rumbles along withContinue reading “Babe Punch – Stanford”

On the face of it it’s not a great time to be a classic rock fan.  Greg Lake, of Emerson Lake and Palmer, passed away in December, Led Zeppelin are still defending ‘Stairway to Heaven’ against accusations of plagiarism and Black Sabbath have hung up their guitars for good.  It seems we are all satContinue reading “Minatore – Top Down”

In 1992 Kurt Cobain wore a t-shirt saying ‘grunge is dead’.  It was a prophetic sign of things to come.  By 1994 the Nirvana front man was dead, and Seattle’s other big three grunge bands (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains) were struggling to cope with their success and/or the effects of drink and drugs. Continue reading “Milk Teeth – Vile Child”

Ok, I’d like to begin with an experiment.  Close your eyes (no peeking now) and tell me what comes to mind when I say the words: “Japanese Jazz”? Hmmm.  Very interesting.  Assuming you’re not a disgraced politician, then hopefully you conjured up an image similar to Hiromi. At 37 this petit dynamo of a composer/pianistContinue reading “Hiromi – Alive”

When was the last time you saw nearly 50 people listening to a busker?  Not for a while I guess.  But that was the case recently in Grafton Street, Dublin.  They were gathered around Malachy O’Connor, who was debuting the latest EP from Oisin & Malachy (pronounced O-sheen and Mal-a-key). Despite their name the bandContinue reading “Oisin and Malachy – En Route”

White Miles have been through a lot in the last 5 months.  They’ve toured with Blues Pills, done their first gig in the USA and supported Eagles of Death Metal on both legs of their European tour.  This album was recorded before the fateful events at the Bataclan on 13th November 2015, but it’s theContinue reading “White Miles – The Duel”