There must be something in the water in Austin, Texas. Female three-piece Suspirians are here to dispel the theory that the lone star state is all about ranches, cook outs, and good ol’ style Southern rock and boogie. Rather, the band appear to be oblivious to their surroundings, instead swimming in the same murky, future … Continue reading Review: Suspirians – Ti Bon Ange
Author: Danny Ray
Guitarshoutything with Deny All ROBOTS, ant, husband, cookie enthusiast. Often think I'm smiling but apparently not. Tall.
It's been a funny old decade or so for Peter Hook. Newly sober, he found himself pushed (or did he jump?) from New Order, the group he launched from the ashes of Joy Division with the remaining , and he also became an accomplished author. He's also spent the last handful of years revisiting the early … Continue reading Review: Peter Hook & The Light – Closer/Movement/Power Corruption and Lies/Unknown Pleasures live album series
In their almost three decade long career, Oxbow have by and large veered towards an avant garde style which has gradually morphed into a sound that's very much their own. As early as 1989 debut Fuckfest, Oxbow have been uncompromising in their delivery, the stabs of hardcore chaos hitting just as hard as the jazz ages and unsettling … Continue reading Review: Oxbow – Thin Black Duke
What is one to do when you have a stoner band and all the weed/leaf/smoke dubbed names have been taken? You go completely the other way of course and with the field wide open you surely deserve a medal for plucking Closet Disco Queen out of the ether. The name alone pulled me in, anyway. Hailing … Continue reading Review: Closet Disco Queen – Sexy Audio Deviance For Punk Bums
We Brits have originated or replicated just about every musical genre: be it rock n roll; blues; pop; folk; rap; ... But country music is one we don't seem to 'get'. We generally don't hitch rides on big ol' freight trains across great swathes of open land (the early morning cross country from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Euston doesn't have … Continue reading Review: DocFell & Co – Dustbowl Heart