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Album review: Sturgill Simpson – Sound & Fury

Album review: Sturgill Simpson – Sound & Fury

Sturgill Simpson is a 41-year-old native of Jackson, Kentucky who has moved from the pretty straightforward country of his 2013 debut album to somewhere barely reminiscent of country just six years and three albums later… His last album, 2016’s A …read more

Album review: Wilco – Ode to Joy

Album review: Wilco – Ode to Joy

Wilco are an Alternative rock/indie/country band from Chicago that are now in their 25th year. In 2015 they released their 10th studio album ‘Schmilco’ and that’s when I got on their bus, since then acquiring most of their albums from …read more

Album review: Pixies – Beneath The Eyrie

Album review: Pixies – Beneath The Eyrie

A truly legendary band returns once again… Pixies return with Beneath The Eyrie, their seventh full length album and third since reforming in 2003 and eventually resuming their recording career over 10 years later in 2014. A criticism they’ve had …read more

Album review: blink-182 – NINE

Album review: blink-182 – NINE

With their 2016 album California being nominated for a Grammy, will blink-182’s recent shift in musical style lead to more awards three years on? Those familiar with the blink-182 of the late 90’s may not recognise every member of today’s …read more

Album review: Iggy Pop – Free

Album review: Iggy Pop – Free

The legend returns… Iggy Pop is 72. Starting as a drummer in high school bands he’s been making music for 59 of those years, the first album he featured on being released 50 years ago. He’s always been non-compromising, a …read more

Album review: Tool – Fear Inoculum

Album review: Tool – Fear Inoculum

It’s been 13 years since Tool released a studio album so switch off your devices, turn the lights off, lock the door, turn your sound system up and prepare to journey to the edge of your perceptions while you’re in …read more

Album review: Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind

Album review: Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind

Iowa’s band of mask-adorning, stadium-filling, heavy metal lords Slipknot are firmly reinstating their grip on the heavy metal throne with latest release We Are Not Your Kind. After five years of touring sell-out arena shows and headlining some of the …read more