Album Reviews
Album Review: Bloc Party – Hymns
Bloc Party burst on to the scene way back in 2005 with the superb album Silent Alarm and since then it’s fair to say the band has been through some…. changes. A Weekend in the City didn’t do as critically well as its predecessor, while Intimacy took the band in some frankly weird directions. Their …
Album Review: Milk Teeth – Vile Child
Milk teeth are the band you’re going to be spending the next few weeks struggling to get out of your head. With the release of their debut full length album, Vile Child, the Stroud four piece bring a record dripping in distortion soaked melodies and contagiously catchy choruses to your eagerly awaiting ear drums. After …
Say Psych: Album Review, Spectral Laundromat by Shooting Guns
Every so often I hear a record which just stops me in my tracks, the sort of record that even though I’m hearing for the the first time I just have to say to myself “fuck me that’s good!”. Spectral Laundromat by Shooting Guns is one such record. Were that not enough, this album is …
Say Psych: Album Review, Born To Deal In Magic: 1952-1976 by Shooting Guns
If ever there was an album overdue for a re-issue it’s ‘Born To Deal In Magic: 1952-1976’ (BTDIM), the debut from Shooting Guns, originally released in 2011, is it. In fact Captcha Records/ Cardinal Fuzz are doing just that in a fantastic double whammy for fans of the band with this and a new album …
Say Psych: Album Review, Sun by Dreamtime
Captcha Records/ Cardinal Fuzz are taking on a real public service function here by repressing the first two albums by Australian spiritual psych rockers Dreamtime. While the band’s eponymously titled debut is reviewed elsewhere, here I’m having a look at the second album ,’Sun’, which is a considerable development from that already accomplished first album. ‘Sun’ …
Say Psych: Album Review, Dreamtime by Dreamtime
Dreamtime is not a band I have come across before and, as far as I know, the band’s albums have had very limited Australian releases. All that is about to change, however, with Captcha Records/ Cardinal Fuzz launching represses of the band’s first two albums (see a review of second album, Sun, here). The debut, eponymously …
Say Psych: Album Review, Forever Driftin’ by Foul Tip
Drum and bass isn’t something that you would normally associate with Cardinal Fuzz or Captcha Records. That’s because Foul Tip aren’t what you would normally associate with that genre, even though they are a Ed Bornstein (Drums & Vocals) and Adam Luksetich (Bass & Vocals). Foul Tip are actually an interesting duo who manage to coax more …
Album Review: Night Beats – Who Sold My Generation
Night Beats have always put out music that sounded as if it had been locked away into a time capsule back in 1969 and had been recently unearthed for all to behold. Their new album, Who Sold My Generation, doesn’t change that formula. Instead, they’ve tweaked their strange trip to include some Philly soul leanings and …
Album review: Ashford & Simpson – Gimme Me Something Real (expanded edition)
Ashford & Simpson made their name knocking out tunes for Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Aretha, Diana Ross and Chaka Khan before joining a long list of songwriters who one day decided to put their own names on the sleeves. Their debut album from this husband and wife team takes its cue from the pop …
Album review: The Long Ryders – Final Wild Songs
If the Flying Burritos invented country rock then the Long Ryders pretty much created Americana so it was always bizarre there was no decent retrospective of their impressive back catalogue. Now they have courtesy of Cherry Red who have pulled together a four CD box set with tracks selected by singer/guitarist Sid Griffin and bassist …