Budgie: Running From My Soul, The MCA Years reviewed
It'd probably be true to say Welsh rock band Budgie hold a special place in the hearts of many rock fans who grew up...
Holding Absence review: Modern Life Is Lonely
Holding Absence enter a brand new era on Modern Life Is Lonely. The arrival of mascot Y4-BB0 accompanies their most dramatic sonic shift yet,...
Robin Trower’s Shine: Late-Career Blues Brilliance
Robin Trower is definitely going through a late-career burst of creativity as, for a man of a certain age … okay, he's 81 …...
Francis Rossi’s Vol. 2: Quo Riffs in the Raw
Whether or not Status Quo are, Francis Rossi is a 'national treasure'. He's put in more than sixty years at the rockface and, as...
Bruce Watson’s Eastworld: A Big Country Labour of Love
Eastworld's an album consisting of ten recordings of Big Country songs, which'd previously only been known to diehard fans of the band from either...
Trine Duesund: Under Overflaten review
This wonderful little gem by the talented Trine Duesund is a great addition to the varied Apollon Records roster and a brilliant piece of...
Sex Magick Wizards: Suola Ja Noaidi review
Leave it to the inimitable Is It Jazz? Records to release something as unique-sounding, musically adventurous, and relentlessly experimental as Suola Ja Noaidi by...
Ozric Tentacles Return With Harmonic Mind
There are very few bands who've created their own universe… Hawkwind, Gong and Tangerine Dream come to mind… and the Ozric Tentacles have been...
Arthur Brown’s Nature: God of Hellfire’s Bravest LP
Arthur Brown is so many things to so many different groups of people… he's an innovator, a prog rock legend, a rock intellectual (he...
Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour reviewed
Not too many people start a new band just after they turn 80, particularly when they're already known as a stellar guitarist, rated in...
