★★★★☆ As the hammond organ falls out of sync with a four-to-the-floor kick drum and Mark Arm howls through a megaphone, opening track ‘Untitled’ brings 39 seconds of confusing chaos. Think of it as a fully charged warm up before the welcome relief of a motown beat kicks off ‘No[…]
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ver wondered over to the Rebellion Festival introducing stage, discovered a great new band and had no idea what they were called?
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4/5 ARTIST: STEVE IGNORANT’S SLICE OF LIFE ALBUM: DON’T TURN AWAY LABEL: OVERGROUND Ex-Crass frontman and his gang reach out with heartfelt second album. ‘Don’t Turn Away’ is crammed with belt out punk poetry for older anarchists. The overall sound of the LP is acoustic with rich harmonies, heartfelt piano[…]
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SKA RARITIES: TREASURE ISLE (Trojan) Epically strong collection highlighting the founding fathers of ska. ★★★★★ This 3 CD set with 86 tracks in total includes Duke Reid, Stranger Cole, The Zodiacs, Basil Caral and Derrick Morgan among many others. It comes beautifully packaged in a bright 10-page booklet giving you[…]
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DESERT SESSIONS VOLS. 11 & 12 (Matador) John Homme and all-star guests rip riot. ★★★☆☆ 16 years on from the last volume, Josh Homme and a fresh group of artists have recorded 8 inspired experimental tracks in the Cali desert including Carla Azar, Matt Berry, Les Claypool, Billy Gibbons, Mike[…]
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★★★★☆ ARTIST: THE SIMMERTONES ALBUM: TEN FEET TALL LABEL: WINDRUSH Bring in the summer ska. Madness, Bad Manners and Specials fans will be strapping on their boots and braces for this 13 track album of hearty British ska. The band are tight and singer Glyn belts out the retro tunes[…]
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★★★☆☆ ARTIST: THE WONDER STUFF ALBUM: BETTER BEING LUCKY LABEL: GOOD DEEDS ‘Feet to the Flames’ opens this records with an overwhelmingly exultant and triumphant sound. The track is reminiscent of a Manic Street Preachers ‘90s indie sound and Miles Hunt’s voice is alike James Dean Bradfield’s. Once one of[…]
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ANTI-FLAG 2020 VISION (Spinefarm) Politically charged 12 album of uncompromising pop punk. ★★★☆☆ The four-piece are on their 12th album and its full throttle, guitar fuelled hardcore pop punk. If it was released in 2003 they’d be the biggest band in the world. Honest and engaging with an abrasive vocal[…]
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