There are moments and encounters which truly ignite our individual imaginations and passions, meetings which spark a new passion, inspiration or maybe an obsession within us all. One which might be the source of many of those eruptions is the… Read More ›
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Glenn Eastoe – Freedom In Isolation
We can probably all agree that the recent lockdowns the world has endured offered few things which could be felt as particularly good but it has inspired the artistic explorations of a great many. UK singer songwriter Glenn Eastoe is… Read More ›
Unknown Era – A State Of Affairs
Let us just cut to the chase, A State Of Affairs is easily one of the best albums this year and maybe destined to be the big favourite of a great many come its end. The massive festival of sound… Read More ›
Norm Elliott – The Acoustic SongSmith Vol 1
Renowned as the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of psychobilly outfit Norm And The Nightmarez, the similarly rocked Mickey & The Mutants before that and numerous other projects over the years, Norm Elliott has just unveiled his new solo album. The… Read More ›
The Mystery Plan – Zsa Zsa
Presenting a host of vibrantly tempting and almost ridiculously infectious escapades, Zsa Zsa is the new album from US outfit, The Mystery Plan. It is a record which flirted with feet, teased ears, and courted the imagination; seducing all with… Read More ›
The Room in The Wood – We’re The Martians, Now
As for most music lovers, our list of all-time favourite singles is quite extensive but one riding high is Things Have Learnt to Walk That Ought to Crawl by UK new wave/post punk outfit The Room. A couple of years… Read More ›
Unhappy Fly – Self Titled
UK hailing Unhappy Fly is described as a post punk and no wave supergroup but trust us that description of their sound is like simply calling the sea blue and vegetation green. As their self-titled debut album quickly reveals, every… Read More ›
Dizraeli – The Unmaster
One of our most enjoyable and invigorating moments within music came a few years back seeing Dizraeli & The Small Gods on stage at The Boileroom in Guildford, every second of their performance pure captivation. Now with his debut solo… Read More ›
River Drivers – Big Oak Road
It is fair to say that at The RR our knowledge, awareness, and subsequently appetite for folk music is on the side of limited compared to other flavours of temptation. Even so a regular courting of folk punk offerings leads… Read More ›
St. Christopher Medal – Hoof!
Hoof! sees the return of a particularly firm captivation going by the name of St. Christopher Medal. It was four years back that the Scotland hailing outfit bewitched attention and praise with debut album Sunny Day Machine and can look… Read More ›