LIVE REVIEW – PERSONAL TRAINER: BAND ON THE WALL – 22/10/2026

Personal Trainer has established a reputation as one of the best live bands around. Despite loving the band’s three albums, I had not been able to see them perform until their visit to the stalwart of Manchester’s gig itinerary, Band On The Wall. As I took up my vantage point on the venue’s small balcony […]

EP REVIEW – STRANGE PINK: GUEST ROOM

Guest Room is a release that is extremely rough around the edges, but it is certainly not a case of inexperience. Strange Pink seem to be finding a way to carve out their own corner of the alternative scene, and don’t feel the need to make everything neat and easily digestible. Strange Pink are operating […]

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ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 23 OCTOBER 2026

Clara Mann       Wishbone          On her second album, she leans deliberately into the songwriting tradition, reaching for the rough-edged, performance-driven spirit of artists like Fiona Apple and Tom Waits while keeping faith with an older lineage of plainspoken English balladry. Kelley Stoltz     Writing The Thread       Artist who has followed his own path—moving easily between psychedelic pop, […]

ALBUM REVIEW – MANIC STREET PREACHERS: THE HOLY BIBLE LIVE

For those living in their own world of eyeliner, leopard print, boredom and despair, Manic Street Preacher’s ‘The Holy Bible’ is an absolute life source. In 2014, the band marked 20 years since the album’s release and embarked on a sold-out tour, finishing at London’s Roundhouse. Despite lead singer James Dean Bradfield’s bout of flu […]

LIVE REVIEW – COURTNEY BARNETT: AVIVA STUDIOS – 17/10/2026

“Yeah, she opened for Foo Fighters a couple years back. She was very good; she reminded me heavily of Bob Dylan.” These are the words of a very beloved friend of mine, upon asking what I was up to this weekend. To say I didn’t expect those words, in more than one sense would be […]

FEATURE: WHO ARE YA – DREAMWAVE – BRISTOL BAND TAKING INSPIRATION FROM THE LIKES OF OSEES, KING GIZZARD, PINK FLOYD, AND ADDING THEIR OWN MELODIC TWISTS TO CREATE A DAZZLING PSYCH ROCK MINDMELT

INTERVIEW: REGENT

ALBUM REVIEW – ORCHESTRA BAOBAB: MADE IN SENEGAL

My introduction to Orchestra Baobab came with their 2002 album, ‘Specialist in all Styles’. While the more pedantically inclined might be prepared to argue that the band is unlikely to be interested in mastering death metal or drum and bass, and although the title was actually borrowed from a sign outside a barber’s shop, it […]

ALBUM REVIEW – SHOVEL DANCE COLLECTIVE: EVERYTHING IN READINESS

‘Everything in Readiness’ genuinely sounds unlike anything else. Describing Shovel Dance Collective as an ensemble specialising in traditional music might have some truth but does them a disservice as it limits their considerable scope. While they do delve into the archives for ancient folk song, the methods they use to interpret those songs are contemporary, […]

A QUICK CATCH UP WITH HUNNYBEES

LIVE REVIEW – PERSONAL TRAINER: BAND ON THE WALL – 22/10/2026

EP REVIEW – STRANGE PINK: GUEST ROOM

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 23 OCTOBER 2026

ALBUM REVIEW – MANIC STREET PREACHERS: THE HOLY BIBLE LIVE

ALBUM REVIEW – TEENAGE FANCLUB: DO NOT DARE TO DREAM

“I want life without a doubt.” In 2023, Scottish-born band Teenage Fanclub unveiled their 13th studio album, “Nothing Lasts Forever”. It is a solid album, but the thing that stuck out to me about the record was, of all things, the title. Nothing lasts forever. A seemingly definite fact. Life is definite in only one […]

LIVE REVIEW – COURTNEY BARNETT: AVIVA STUDIOS – 17/10/2026

ALBUM REVIEW – ORCHESTRA BAOBAB: MADE IN SENEGAL

ALBUM REVIEW – SHOVEL DANCE COLLECTIVE: EVERYTHING IN READINESS

FEATURE – BEYOND THE MUSIC REPORT

LIVE REVIEW – BLOSSOMS: LIVERPOOL ACADEMY – 14/10/2026

After announcing their huge tour off the back of the release of their insatiably charming 6th album Song From The Wedding Cake, which includes nights at massive venues such as Co-op Live and the iconic Ally Pally, Blossoms suprisingly blessed us with some slightly more intimate album release shows across the country; and safe to […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 16 OCTOBER 2026

@           Autosmile         The band expands the scope of their vision, weaving prog, hyper, and a myriad of experimental influences into indelible harmonies, honouring a long line of freaked-out troubadours including Fairport Convention, Neutral Milk Hotel and Animal Collective. Arborist              Looking For Love           His inventive Americana places us firmly in his hometown of Belfast, allowing it […]

INTERVIEW: THE TELESCOPES

ALBUM REVIEW – TEENAGE FANCLUB: DO NOT DARE TO DREAM

LIVE REVIEW – BLOSSOMS: LIVERPOOL ACADEMY – 14/10/2026

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 16 OCTOBER 2026

ALBUM REVIEW – THE WOW! SCENARIO: STAND IN THE STAR – A VERSE AND A CHORUS

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