Nathan Mallon

Hot Nuns – Rude, Dumb & Anxious (Loyal Blood Records, 2020)

Can I shock you? I like Hot Nuns: a Norwegian duo (drums / bass guitar) who have set out to record with a simple rule

Timo and Tony sound like the names of a couple of retired Italian mobsters who spend their days gormandising endless streams of spaghetti at the

When I’m at my most reflective – long soaks in the bath, languorous country walks in the summer – I often think of the south-west

The term, ‘lo-fi’ is banded about quite a lot and, sometimes is just a euphemistic synonym for ‘shite’. I can think of a few records,

0 – 60 in no time at all, ‘As I Bleed’ caves your face in with massive warm chords, satisfyingly determined lead vocals and lovely

When she’s not rocking out with her doomy, droney metal outfit, King Woman, Kristin Esfandiari is Miserable. It didn’t take me that long to sink

Matt Pike and co. now have eight albums floating around in the doomy thrash ether, all of which still stand up. They can also boast

The irony does not escape one when one reads the spiel that comes with the music that the not-so-shy Shy Boys provide. It read more

These lads have been ‘round the block many times, often tinkering with each other along the way. Garwood played on the last two Lanegan solo

Six years between major releases is a long time in the music world so I made myself listen to the Birds In Row debut before