Plague Pit appear to be one of their bands who don’t want people to know who is involved, as even the press release says the line-up is unknown and the bible which is Encyclopaedia Metallum doesn’t list anyone eit […]

Back in 1959 a young Anne Phillips released her debut album, ‘Born to be Blue’ on Roulette Records, following it up a mere 41 years later with her next album, ‘Gonna Lay My Heart On The Line’. This live album w […]

If ever an album was the antithesis of the modern plastic consumable repeatable computer-driven and studio “fixing” autotune banality of the modern music scene, it is this. Here we find Tod with a 1956 Guild F-2 […]

Cold Weather Company is a New Jersey-based alternative folk band based around Brian Curry, Jeff Petescia, and Steve Shimchick. ‘Find Light’ is their third album, and for this one they brought in a number of fri […]

I like to think of this review as being fully prepared for 2020 and getting in early with Christmas album reviews, as opposed to completely messing up my reviewing towards the end of last year and forgetting that […]

The person behind the Jazz Marathon series is producer Don Thomson who occasionally would bring together two rhythm sections and some horn players for jazz marathons which could last for hours. After he moved to […]

When I reviewed Holly’s third album, ‘Stretching The Sky’, I came up with a list of words I was trying to use to describe the album, delicious, seductive, compelling, beautiful, indispensable, folky, wonde […]

Electric Cake Salad have an unusual line-up in that they are a rocking band who are using programs while they play, which perhaps isn’t surprising seen they are as influenced by classic electro and techno as m […]

Takada now lives back in Tokyo but has spent considerable time in the States learning her craft, coming initially from a classical background. On this album of standards, she is joined by Michael Kanan (piano), […]

It has been quite a while since I last heard American deathcore act Fit For An Autopsy, and it looks as if it is only guitarists Will Putney and Pat Sheridan who have stayed the course since 2011’s debut ‘The Pro […]

Named of course after the Black Sabbath album, in some ways it is strange to think that Mob Rules have now been going for more than 20 years, with ‘Savage Land’ coming out in 1999. Recorded on the ‘Beast Rebor […]

Formed back in 1988 by guitarist and singer Rob “The Witch”, over the years Necronomicon have been through quite a few other musicians. That appears to be the case again here, as the information I have for thi […]

Everything about this release, from the band name through the album title and then artwork leads the listener to one conclusion about the style of music they are going to hear long before it gets to the player, […]

I think this may actually be the first death metal album I have come across from Holland, not an area I would normally consider to be a hotbed for this style of music. The riffs are tight and complex, but there is […]

Ray Blue has been an important saxophonist for the past 20 years, releasing material as a bandleader for most of that time. Over the years he has worked with the likes John Gilmore, Art Davis, Benny Powell, Eddie […]

I live in New Zealand, a country with incredible landscapes and wonderful people, which in terms of geothermic activity is also fairly active. All kiwis enjoy going to the multiple places where it is possible to […]

This five-track EP was originally released under the name of Stargrace, but due to another band also using that name it has now been reissued under Marianne’s own. Here she provides lyrics and music, while G […]

UFO guitarist Vinnie Moore is back with his ninth solo album, which features guest appearances by Rudy Sarzo and Jordan Rudess, with Richie Monica on drums, Michael Bean on bass, John Cassidy (keyboards), and John […]

I must be honest; I wasn’t excited when I realised there was a new album available from Wednesday 13. While I quite liked what he did in Murderdolls, his horror glam shtick has been done by other people much b […]

Released in 2016, this 53-minute-long 10 track instrumental album by Martin Eve was originally his major project on his BA (Hons) Music Technology degree at Falmouth University. He recorded various sounds, […]