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ALBUM REVIEW: Public Image Limited – End of World

ALBUM REVIEW: Public Image Limited – End of World

Leave your television on for an hour, and you will be greeted with a barrage of world issues. Whether it's…

10 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Dexys – The Feminine Divine

I still recall when Dexys Midnight Runners appeared on Tiswas in 1980. The much-loved Sally James asked where the band…

10 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying

Reinvented. It's an irritating word often thrown around like a dog's old tennis ball. Your coffee reinvented. Booking your holiday…

11 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: The Baseball Project – Grand Salami Time

"Hey, batter, batter, batter, batter, batter! Swing, batter!". Those of a certain age will know this line from John Hughes'…

11 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: James – Be Opened By The Wonderful

I wish to register a complaint. This is not about a dead parrot but concerning the passage of time. It…

12 months ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Dropkick Murphys – Okemah Rising

In 2022, Dropkick Murphys released the album This Machine Still Kills Fascists. The album contained the lyrics of Woody Guthrie,…

1 year ago

ALBUM REVIEW: The Lottery Winners – Anxiety Replacement Therapy

The term' hard-working band' is thrown about quite often. It's become quite the cliché. The Lottery Winners frequently get this…

1 year ago

ALBUM REVIEW: The Selecter – Human Algebra

The 2 Tone Ska revival was short and sweet and left a long-lasting mark on the UK music scene, with…

1 year ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Lankum – False Lankum

Lankum cannot be accused of rapidly spitting out their recorded output. Originally known as Lynched (named after the brothers Ian…

1 year ago

LIVE REVIEW: Stiff Little Fingers  – O2 City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne

You know you are in for an interesting evening when the last song playing before the band’s intro music kicks…

1 year ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Inspiral Carpets – The Complete Singles

The 24th of April 1991 will be a day I’ll never forget. It was my first-ever gig. The band? Inspiral…

1 year ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Sleaford Mods – UK Grim

2023 is still relatively young, yet already it is proving to be a year of challenges. Ongoing war. Crippling inflation.…

1 year ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Shonen Knife – Our Best Place

There are not many bands who have a career so prolonged they can release twenty-two studio albums. There are even…

1 year ago

LIVE REVIEW: Republica  – The Fire Station, Sunderland

My first act after arriving at The Fire Station was to indulge myself in a spot of reminiscing. Back in…

1 year ago

LIVE REVIEW: Dropkick Murphys – O2 City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne

As I wandered towards the O2 City Hall, feeling the cold, January air around my face, I recalled that today…

1 year ago

ALBUM REVIEW: Billy Nomates – CACTI

In 2020, the eponymously titled Billy Nomates album, the first by Bristol-based songwriter Tor Maries, oozed post-punk minimalism with very…

1 year ago

ALBUM REVIEW: IDLES – Five Years of Brutalism

Joe Talbot, frontman of IDLES, once said of the album Brutalism, "It was a last-ditch attempt for us. We didn't…

1 year ago

LIVE REVIEW: Skinny Lister at Newcastle University

The temperature had just dropped to -1° Celcius as I arrived at the venue. A brass monkey wandered across the…

1 year ago

ALBUM REVIEW: The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

In 2002, The Flaming Lips released their tenth studio album, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. A band that has consistently evolved…

1 year ago

LIVE REVIEW: Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott – Globe Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott set a price cap of £30 per ticket for their current tour. They wanted to…

1 year ago