Category Archives: Review

Pop quiz hotshots!  Name a Swiss rock band?…………………..Krokus. Well done.  Yep, that’s about it though.  It’s not that there aren’t more Swiss rock bands, it’s just they’ve not achieved international fame.  Well that could all be about to change with Dead Venus.  This awesome trio consists of Seraina Telli (vocals and just about any instrumentContinue reading “Dead Venus – Lily of the Valley”

Living in Lala Land Question:  What would you get if you mixed ‘Beck’ with ‘Radiohead’, added ‘Suzanne Vega’ and then sprinkled some magic on top?  Answer:  Lala Lala. Lala Lala (aka Lillie West) is one of the most captivating artists on the music scene today.  The Chicago based singer and guitarist creates songs that areContinue reading “Lala Lala – DIVER”

I’m from Leeds, England.  Born and raised.  However, musical interests have taken me to recording studios from the Bahamas to Memphis, and I’ve seen bands play live from Berlin to New Orleans.  As for music festivals, well let’s just say I’ve stood in more muddy fields than a Yorkshire farmer.  Oh, and Bryan Adams onceContinue reading “The Elephant Trees”

Lily and Grace are back with a belter of an EP CLEWS (aka Lily and Grace Richardson) are the most consistently illuminating songwriters on romantic culture.  Their highly observant lyrics capture the detail of life in all its murky colour.  They shine a light on the emotional turmoil of love and love lost.  If theContinue reading “CLEWS – Loveluck Omens”

There’s an old saying “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade”.  It’s used when people are trying to make the best of a bad situation.  Lemon Drink’s debut single ‘A Song For You’ focused on making the best out of a bad dating experience.  See what I mean, “when life gives you lemons…..”   LemonContinue reading “Lemon Drink – Demon Child”

It’s Sunday morning and the coffee machine is brewing my first cappuccino of the day.  The sun is shining through the angled shutters at my beach house here in Malibu, and there’s the smell of Pain-au-chocolat baking in the oven.  Actually, none of that is true.  It’s Tuesday afternoon, the rain is beating against theContinue reading “FRASE – Our Utopia”

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”