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…
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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…
Laura Branigan – Self-Control: Expanded Edition
Self-Control was one of the defining hits of the 80s, and is a fine pop song in any era. But, the album that featured it…
Pere Ubu – By Order of Mayor Pawlicki
Pere Ubu are justifiably famed for their live albums (eight prior to this I believe). This album features early songs from the period 1975-1982 and…
The Residents – It’s Metal, Meat & Bone: The Songs Of Dyin’ Dog
I was watching an episode of Cities of the Underworld yesterday evening, set in (or to be more accurate-under) San Francisco. It made me think…
Dirty Vicar – Plague of Demons
Bred out of the pandemic and isolation, Dirty Vicar comes screaming from the depths of hell like a choir of tortured souls led by…
Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks…
The problematic thing about albums which come to be regarded as “culturally significant” is that, after it has been released and that cultural significance…