ALBUM REVIEW – HIROSHI YOSHIMURA: QUIET FOREST

The Japanese ambient music scene is one that stretches back decades, with many TV adverts making use of this relaxing and peaceful sound in the 80s and 90s. This album was originally recorded in 1993, so it fits right into the time period. Hiroshi Yoshimura based these songs off his visit to Hoh Rain Forest […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 13 NOVEMBER 2026

A slight change to this week’s round up as amongst its multitude of releases is a bumper package from the hermetically sealed Medway scene which gets its own sub-section. Thee Headcoats            Children of the Sect    Thee Headcoatees       Ev’rybody’s Gonna Be Happy Ludella Black  No One Makes A Fool Out Of Me          Armitage Shanks           Charge of […]

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LIVE REVIEW – THE SCRIPT: CO-OP LIVE – 7 NOVEMBER 2026

Danny O’Donoghue – perhaps the ‘Man in the Arena’ of this tour’s name – is not only in the Co-Op Arena but in the crowd, singing and dancing with the fans. A disciple of the magical melee of the live music experience, O’Donoghue is a hard-working showman with a neat line in spinning around on […]

EP REVIEW – CRAWLERS: LIVE WITH THIS

Three short months after TURN OFF THE TV, Crawlers are already back with another new EP, LIVE WITH THIS. Ensuring people stay talking about them with such a small gap between releases is a smart move, and they have the music to back the discussion up. Opening the EP is BIRTHDAY, a definite change in […]

ALBUM REVIEW – DAINE: IN ENDLESS AWE & AGONY

“I’m wrapped in the passion, hopelessly attaching” Every now and then, the usually vapid and borderline toxic social media algorithms will throw up something so unlike itself. Something full of wonderful personality, of life, of individualistic nature. The song had barely began playing, but whilst the guitarist was revving up that iconic riff from Martin […]

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

NEWS – LOUDER THAN WORDS STARTS ON FRIDAY

The leading music literary festival, Louder Than Words, returns for its 2026 edition to The Innside, Manchester from 13 – 15 November. It provides a winning combination of in conversations, topical panel discussions, workshops, writing surgeries, live performances, book stalls and opportunities for networking and socialising. Among the highlights, a number of musicians will be […]

ALBUM REVIEW – RADIE PEAT: NO HUMAN TONGUE CAN TELL

For the third time in four weeks, I find myself sat reviewing an album containing a version of ‘Hares on the Mountain’. Following its appearance on new releases from Flora Hibberd, and Johnny and Lillie Flynn, it now appears on the debut album from Radie Peat, the vocalist with Lankum. It is an almighty coincidence […]

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ALBUM REVIEW – HIROSHI YOSHIMURA: QUIET FOREST

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 13 NOVEMBER 2026

LIVE REVIEW – THE SCRIPT: CO-OP LIVE – 7 NOVEMBER 2026

EP REVIEW – CRAWLERS: LIVE WITH THIS

ALBUM REVIEW – MICHAEL KIWANUKA: FUDGE

“We’re nowhere if we never sing” When I first heard about the latest Michael Kiwanuka album due to come out, entitled “FUDGE”, I was. Taken aback to say the least. By everything. The name was atypical. All caps, like it was shouting out at me, and a name that didn’t seem fitting for a Kiwanuka […]

ALBUM REVIEW – DAINE: IN ENDLESS AWE & AGONY

NEWS – LOUDER THAN WORDS STARTS ON FRIDAY

ALBUM REVIEW – RADIE PEAT: NO HUMAN TONGUE CAN TELL

LIVE REVIEW – BASHT.: GORILLA, MANCHESTER – 29/10/2026

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 6 NOVEMBER 2026

Yoo Doo Right                 Build and Rest by the Shepherd’s Light           For the latest chapter of their sonic manifesto, Yoo Doo Right engage with deep sonic exploration, purposeful looping motifs, and dynamic walls of sound, reigniting their unwavering connection to experimental music. Party Dozen      21 Bum Salute Sydney experimental psych-noise-pop duo consisting of Kirsty Tickle […]

SINGLE REVIEW – PIPPA BLUNDELL (FEATURING FERGUS MCCREADIE): DURISDEER

The magnificent new standalone single from Pippa Blundell is a one-off in many ways. It sees her joined for the first time by Mercury Prize nominated jazz pianist, Fergus McCreadie, for a reimagining of a traditional Scots song composed by Lady Jane Scott in the 1800s. Their contemporary reworking sends the song in directions the […]

INTERVIEW: THE TELESCOPES

ALBUM REVIEW – MICHAEL KIWANUKA: FUDGE

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 6 NOVEMBER 2026

SINGLE REVIEW – PIPPA BLUNDELL (FEATURING FERGUS MCCREADIE): DURISDEER

EP REVIEW – BRICKNASTY: FOREVER

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