Joanna Gruesome – Peanut Butter (Fortuna POP!)
By Stephanie Phillips Despite what many a cantankerous punk will tell you it really doesn’t take too much to start a DIY band. It’s easy enough to find like minded, rough and ready members with a similar disliking for authority; it’s easy to put a middle finger up to the concept of the music business […]
Evans The Death – Expect Delays (Fortuna POP!)
By Trev Odd Box Evans The Death return with their second LP ‘Expect Delays’. The record constantly shifts focus from sprightly jangle pop to something much darker – often jumping between the two at a moment’s notice. The song writing is now shared between Moss brothers Dan and Olly and this makes the record less […]
A plug for a show I will never see. You bastards.
It’s like they threw an Everett True party and deliberately didn’t invite me.
Song of the day – 317: Comet Gain (a mini-review)
More broken songs of hope and self-belief played on broken record players.
Song of the day – 124: Allo Darlin’
Don’t be put off by 1) the name, or 2) the beards, or 3) the cardigans. This is twee pop par excellence. Oh, don’t be put off by 4) the use of the word ‘twee’ in these circumstances either. I too despise it with a vengeance, but sometimes it’s easier just to bow gracefully and […]
