It’s a weird thing, innit, how the young ‘uns take the sounds from days of yore and then act they invented it. Yes, I’m aiming
Read moreThe Briefs – Platinum Rats (Damaged Goods, 2019)
It’s been a long time since I’d thought about The Briefs. I think probably since Steal Yer Heart dropped in 2005. I played that bastard
Read moreSweet Jonny – s/t (self-released, 2018)
Sweet Jonny contacted me through Facebook sometime ago for a review of their s/t album. Apologies to Sweet Jonny – it’s taken me a good
Read moreDark Thoughts – At Work (Drunken Sailor Records, 2018)
It seems like so long ago now that I reviewed the first Dark Thoughts LP (also released through Drunken Sailor – you can read the
Read moreAFI – AFI (The Blood) (Concord Records, 2017)
There was a time when A Fire Inside, or AFI as they are more commonly known, actually had a fire inside, and were a band
Read moreIntroduction to Drunken Sailor Records (part 4)
OK, here we are, it’s now 2017. I’m 40 this year. How the fuck did this even happen? In an effort to snap myself out
Read moreDrunken Sailor Records (Stoke) – an introduction, part 1
Bon soir, mon petit pois (as a French fellow might address his vegetables of an evening). This is part one of an introductory feature on
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