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From Wednesday 22 March 2017

Vukovi – ‘Vukovi’

Scotland’s greatest exports are arguably oil and whisky, but if this album from Vukovi is anything to go by then the Troon quartet could join the list. Key to this impending world domination is their sound: simply put this is a band that are like nothing else out there.

Friday 17 March 2017

She Must Burn – Grimoire

Putting out music that challenges the listener is always a risk. The chance of success is more likely to be dwarfed by the near certainty of some kind of failure. When She Must Burn released their self titled EP a while back they gambled on people liking their mix

Sunday 15 January 2017

Tequila Mockingbyrd – ‘Fight And Flight’

You have to tip your hat in admiration to the Tequila Mockingbyrd girls: firstly, for coming up with such a great name for a band and, secondly, for throwing in the substitute Y so they can be found easily on the internet. The Aussie trio also recently sold up everything

Friday 16 December 2016

Headstone Horrors – Tales From The Murder House

We know what happened when corpse paint met metal.  Some people took things way too seriously and a few Scandinavians even decided to start a church reduction campaign. Thankfully things have calmed down a bit now and we have the splendidly tongue in cheek Evil Scarecrow singing about cyborg

Thursday 24 November 2016

The Simpletone – ‘Angels’ Share’

It’s always pleasing when you see a band you’ve rated for a while progress when they release a new set of songs.  When The Simpletone put out ‘Dark Matter’ a couple of years ago it deserved far more recognition than it got.  Sometimes little nuggets like that one go

Thursday 17 November 2016

The Empty Page – ‘Unfolding’

Going on a nice relaxing holiday can do wonders for the mind and body. No surprise then that when former Obsessive Compulsive duo Kelii and Giz returned from an extended walkabout they immediately set about forming a new band with creative juices at dam bursting levels. The result is