Glenn Hughes – The Official Bootleg Set Volume Three: 1985-2010
Back in the happy pre-pandemic days when one could go to a gig, seeing Glenn Hughes at the Olympia in Dublin was one of the…
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No Future – Complete Singles Collection
No Future was a seminal punk record label, and this well compiled collection gathers together every single A and B side released by them, the…
Circle Jerks – Wonderful
Easily the most underrated hardcore band since the genre’s inception in the early Eighties has been the Circle Jerks. The reason that claim is so…
The Slackers – Nobody’s Listening / Sleep Outside
A deeper look at the grooves pressed into The Slackers’ 12″ UV digitally printed vinyl single. Ignoring the, “Gee whiz!” quality of The Slackers’ new…
Jason Isbell – Sirens of the Ditch
It’s pretty uncommon for me to wonder where I was when I review a reissue of an album which was originally released after 2002…
Shellshock Rock: Alternative Blasts From Northern Ireland 1977-1984
This is an important release that covers the punk and post-punk music scene of Northern Ireland in the years between 1977 and 1984. This was…
Lion’s Law – The Pain, The Blood and The Sword
There’s a certain comfort which can be found in a record which, while new, sounds familiar. As albums like that play, it can be…
Fruupp: Maid in Ireland – The Best of Fruupp
One of the things that’s fascinating about the early 70s is just how many innovative bands were formed. Such a band were Irish progressive rockers…
Houston and the Dirty Rats – Songs! From the Bathroom Stall?
More than the other things that Songs! From The Bathroom Stall? certainly represents for Houston and the Dirty Rats, the most important rule to…
Sir Lord Baltimore: Complete Recordings 1970-2006
Hailing from New York, the splendidly-named Sir Lord Baltimore are one of those legendary proto-metal bands; a band that are much more listened to and…