As so many within the media are contemplating even revealing their best of the year lists, some deciding even before December opens its eyes let alone before its last embers die out, we say hold the press and keep those… Read More ›
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The Tuesday Club – Redemption Song
Though its members have continued to be creatively busy with their various projects even as Covid took hold, it feels like a lifetime since we stomped around with new incitement from The Tuesday Club for company. But as strains of… Read More ›
Lung – Come Clean Right Now
Though it is obvious, as with life itself, the Covid pandemic brought so many things to a standstill it could not defeat the creativity across the world as proven by music alone where the past eighteen months has given us… Read More ›
Anton Barbeau – Manbird
Providing a feast which is as likely to have the body bouncing as the imagination flying, both simultaneously more often than not, Manbird is the new album from indie psych-pop artist Anton Barbeau. A double CD parading a cast of… Read More ›
Young Knives – Barbarians
Since unveiling mini-album, The Young Knives…Are Dead, back in 2002, Young Knives have continually stretched their sounds and imaginations which in turn has just as dramatically stretched the equivalent of their fans. Across four subsequent full-lengths, the trio has preyed… Read More ›
Threatmantics – Shadow On Your Heart
As we have suggested before, originality can be found in numerously various places within music but uniqueness is more of a holy grail as each decade passes. One band which radiates the latter is Welsh outfit Threatmantics; well certainly their… Read More ›
Matt Finucane – Disquiet EP
Following the release of Ugly Scene this past May, an “abrasive, noise-heavy protest” of an encounter, British alt rock troubadour Matt Finucane has its successor, Disquiet, poised for unveiling. Living up to its name, the EP is a collection of… Read More ›
Death & The Penguin – Anomie
Four years ago contemplating and feasting on their introduction via the Accidents Happen EP, we readily declared it “one of the most exciting entrances in a long time”, further intimating that “Death and the Penguin is the next big and… Read More ›
The Chewers – Downhill Calendar
Defying the claws of pigeonholes and predictability with even greater relish and mischief, US duo The Chewers release their new album in the devilish shape of Downhill Calendar. Off kilter rock is pretty much what the band calls its sound… Read More ›
Das Fluff – Ringmaster
As writers, we are constantly inspired by the sounds and records we cover; words sparked and imagination stoked by the craft and invention of others. It is a rare honour to return the favour but that is exactly what we… Read More ›
The RingMaster Review 