Broads Vacancy Independent One of the joys of reviewing music is stumbling upon artists that you might not otherwise know much about or have to opportunity to hear. This band is a wonderful discovery for me. Broads is a Melbourne based band, [...]
Mick Thomas – These Are The Days: Stories And Songs Melbourne Books – March 3, 2017 ISBN – 978-1-925-55605-6 Book Review By Aaron Badgley To be very honest, this book is long overdue. One of Mick Thomas’s many talents is his [...]
Emilia Up Current Records Emilia made her music debut in 2013. Since then, she has completed a full length album, and followed it up with an EP. During this time, while creating her music, she has also found time to complete her studies in York [...]
George Harrison The Vinyl Collection Universal Music Canada George Harrison…the quiet one, the spiritual one, the guitarist, The Beatles. I have always felt bad for John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and yes George Harrison because [...]
Asia Symfonia – Live In Bulgaria 2013 Frontiers Music SRL Asia formed in 1981 and was the supergroup for prog rock. But this was ‘pop’ prog rock, short(ish) songs full of hooks, strong melodies, harmonies and the occasional solos. Well [...]
LITTLE FICTIONS AN INTERVIEW WITH MARK POTTER OF ELBOW “We are buzzing at the moment”, Mark Potter states as I settle in and talk with the band’s guitarist about all things Elbow. “Yeah, the nice thing about being number one is that it [...]
Los Campesinos! Sick Scenes Wichita Recordings These guys are from Wales? Really? There is no way you would pick up on that fact listening to this, their latest album. This is their sixth album (for those keeping count) and their first [...]
Martha And The Muffins The World Is A Ball – 30th Anniversary Edition Independent Originally released in 1986, The World Is A Ball would prove to be the last Martha and the Muffins album for six years, until their return in 1992 with [...]
George Morris George Morris Independent Wow, what a year so far for music. This is George Morris’ third solo release since leaving Satin Peaches, and it is clear that he keeps learning from each album. As a result, we have an album close to [...]
LOSS, GROWING OLD, SURVIVING, AND CELEBRATING LIFE AN INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE MORRIS There are two things you need to know about Mr. George Morris: one, he is a brilliant artist, and two; he is an avid hockey fan/scholar. “I don’t like your hockey [...]
Communions Blue Fat Possum Records Hailing from Copenhagen, Communions have finally released their debut album. This is one highly anticipated release. The band features brothers Martin (vocal and guitar) and Mads Rehof (on bass), as well as [...]
Elbow Little Fictions Polydor Records/Concord Music Group I am going to be honest; I was a bit nervous when I heard that Elbow was recording a new album. Their last album, 2014’s The Take Off and Landing of Everything, was so strong and nearly [...]
Nash The Slash And You Thought You Were Normal Artoffact Records Originally released in 1982 as the follow-up to 1981’s Decomposing, Nash went a bit more commercial with this release. However, that aspect is not reflected with this reissue, and [...]
Nash The Slash Decomposing Artoffact Records Originally released in 1981 (at the height of New Wave and the Eurobeat), Nash The Slash went back to his roots and recorded instrumental music, and created a most unusual EP/Album. Let me explain: it [...]
Tobin Sprout The Universe And Me Burger Records This is Tobin Sprout’s sixth solo album and first album in seven years. The Guided By Voices guitarist found his voice by going solo. Although he does reunite with GBV periodically, he seems to be [...]
Louise Burns Young Mopes Light Organ Records Louise Burns is a 30 year-old singer/songwriter, and she has been a professional musician for 20 years. At age the incredibly young age of 11, she made her debut with the band Lillix. Over the last 20 [...]
Corroncho Corroncho 2 Expression Records Corroncho is made up of artists Lucho Brieva and Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music fame. But Manzanera is much more than just Roxy Music. Over the past four decades, he has produced a huge catalog of solo [...]
Julian Cope Drunken Songs Head Heritage Author, activist, historian, musician, writer, father, LSD expert, antiquarian, and more: that is Julian Cope. He has released over 40 solo albums since the demise of Teardrop Explodes, an English [...]
THE WORLD IS A BALL AN INTERVIEW WITH MARTHA JOHNSON & MARK GANE OF MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS The first things you notice when you sit down with Martha Johnson and Mark Gane (the core of Martha and The Muffins) is that they are warm, polite, [...]
The Darts The Darts Dirty Water Records First, let us be clear, this is NOT the nine piece doo-wop band who were huge in the UK in the late 1970’s. That was Darts, there is no ‘the’. The Darts are the polar opposite. This is a four piece band [...]
INTROSPECTION AND WHISKEY AN INTERVIEW WITH JULIE DOIRON AND MIKE PETERS OF JULIE & THE WRONG GUYS “I was invited to do a show at the Garrison, and I didn’t have a band”, Julie Doiron recalls during a recent telephone conversation. “A friend [...]
Karl Hyde – I Am Dogboy Faber & Faber – December 13, 2016 ISBN – 978-0-571-32865-9 Book Review By Aaron Badgley This book is not an autobiography. Karl Hyde would never do anything that straightforward. Karl Hyde is the [...]
Astrocolor Astrocolor EP Last Gang Records Hailing from Victoria, B.C, the electronic band Astrocolor have begun to make some very interesting and unique music, in contrast to their previously released and critically acclaimed Christmas album. [...]
Erasure From Moscow To Mars Mute Records To celebrate their 30th anniversary, Vince Clarke and Andy Bell (known to us all as Erasure) thought they should put together something retrospective: a 12 CD plus one DVD boxset. 13 discs in total. This [...]
