NWOBHM THUNDER – The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal: 1978-1986
The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal has acquired a legendary status amongst music lovers. Not only was it a highly influential movement (without the…
Reviews – Audio
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…
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…