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Diminishing: The Unnamable (2023) I am offered more music to review each week than would be humanly possible for a single individual to get through, so I tend to make decisions really […]

Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables [2022 Mix] (2022) This is the Cherry Red reissue of the 2022 remix (by Grammy winning producer Chris Lord-Alge) of the 1980 debut from San Francisco’s Dead Kennedys, w […]

Hannah Juanita: The Magnolia Sessions (2026) Juanita’s debut record ‘Hardliner’ established her reputation as a full-hearted, free-spirited, and irresistibly genuine honky-tonk angel while her secon […]

Steve Austin: The Magnolia Sessions (2026) There are eight songs on this set which have been taken from ‘Marked Cards And Loaded Dice’, but here they sound very different indeed. Honest and rea […]

Steve Austin: Marked Cards and Loaded Dice (2026) This is the debut album from Steve Austin in his new form of classic outlaw country/bluegrass, yet he has been on the music scene for more than 30 years […]

Martyrs Saint: From Strength To Strength (2026) This is the debut four-track EP from Bristol-based metalheads Martyrs Saint and comprise Brandon Goodair (guitar/vocals), Amaré Hurley (lead […]

Rahul Mukerji: Mridhangit (2026) What we have here is an absolutely fascinating album which makes me want to go out and discover more music by Rahul, as somehow, he has managed to […]

Triumph: The Best of Triumph (2026) Unless you have been under a rock somewhere you will know that Rush are not the only Canadians making an unexpected comeback in 2026, as the original […]

Maxwell Hutchinson & Judge Smith: The Kibbo Kift [The 1976 Rock Musical] (2026) After Judge Smith left Van Der Graaf Generator he formed Heebalob with his friend Maxwell Hutchinson, which also included future VDGG saxophonist David […]

The Guildmaster: Gathering Of Souls (2025) This is the third album from a band who are in many ways an offshoot of The Samurai of Prog, and their second since the departure of keyboard player Ton […]

Jordsjö & Breidablik: Kontraster (2025) This is not the first time that Jordsjø and Breidablik have released an album together, as back in 2016 there was ‘Songs From The Northern Wa […]

Jonathan Segel: Puzzle World (2026) Jonathan Segel is a prolific musician who has now been playing in Camper van Beethoven for more than 35 years as well as releasing solo albums, but I […]

Ismay: Half Truth (2026) This is the first time I have come across rancher, alt-country musician and dreamer Avery Hellman, but I certainly hope it will not be the last. In 2023, […]

The Hollywood Stars: Hey! LA! (2026) The Hollywood Stars are back with their next album following on from 2024’s comeback, ‘Starstruck’. The line-up is the same as on that album, namel […]

Gus G: Steel Burner (2026) There is no doubt that Konstantinos Karamitroudis (Gus G.) has come a long way since picking up a guitar after hearing ‘Frampton Comes Alive’ when he was […]

Vøvk: Litera (2025) It never ceases to amaze me that there is still a music scene within Ukraine, and that musicians still manage to find a way of getting their music and […]

The Young Lions: The Young Lions [Remastered] (1961) This interesting album was recorded in April 1960 then released the following year on Vee-Jay, and in the liner notes it was argued by saxophonist […]

Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Alone in San Francisco [Remastered] (1959) The latest in the Craft Recordings/Concord reissue series of Thelonious Monk is his third solo album, originally released on Riverside, which captures […]

Eveale: Enter the Woodland Realm (2026) Formed in 2025 by two musicians on different sides of the Atlantic, they initially operated under the pseudonyms of The Monarch of the Hillside (MOTH) […]

Godthrymm: Projections (2026) This is the third album from British doom act Godthrymm, completing the ‘Visions’ trilogy which started with 2020’s ‘Reflections’. Formed by guitarist […]