Album, Single, EP and Live Reviews

Albums: Stereolab: Instant Holograms On Metal Film (Duophonic UHF / Warp)
Hugely influential art pop experimentalists return
Posted on Jun 12th, 2025
Albums: Healthy Junkies: Listen to the Mad (Banana Castle Records)
London alt. rock stalwarts return with sixth album
Posted on Jun 10th, 2025
Albums: Le Volume Courbe: Planet Ping Pong (Duophonic Super 45s)
Offbeat French - Anglo alt. pop from feted cult singer
Posted on May 21st, 2025
Live Reviews: Death Valley Girls @ YES, Manchester, 10.05.25
LA garage rockers' dependably excellent tour arrives in Manchester, Bella And The Bizarre supply solid support
Posted on May 19th, 2025
Live Reviews: Mark Fry @ Stone Nest, London, 16.05.25
Over fifty years since cult psych-folk opus Dreaming with Alice, urbane Renaissance man puts down his brushes and returns from his Normandy hideout to showcase new songs and old faves
Posted on May 16th, 2025
Albums: Bright Young Things: The Art and philosophy of El Records by Mark Goodall (Ventil Verlag)
Why live in the real world when you can dream up something better? Say hello to the most influential label you've never heard of...
Posted on Apr 18th, 2025
Albums: The Rubens Room: el Records: In Camera (Tapete Records)
Indie mavericks swam against the tide of 80s pop to create a beguiling alternative world
Posted on Apr 7th, 2025
Albums: Taffy: lull (Club AC30)
Fifth album from Tokyo dream pop weavers maintains the quality
Posted on Apr 3rd, 2025
Live Reviews: The Primitives @ The Horn, St. Albans 27.03.25
Matchless power pop delivered with maximum zeal
Posted on Apr 1st, 2025
Live Reviews: Healthy Junkies @ Dingwalls 2, London, 26.03.2025
London rock n’ roll mainstays on commanding form on home turf
Posted on Mar 30th, 2025
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