Although they’re from Down Under, it’s obvious to me that they’ve spent some time behind a Volvo on the Dutch highways.
The Tears – Here Come The Tears
It’s everything you wanted from this reunion and more
The Duke Spirit – Cuts Across the Land
To be fair to Cuts Across the Land I will say that when the band click, they can be thunderous.
The Coral – the Invisible Invasion
Without doubt it is their best effort to date. It takes the experiments and borrowings of Nightfreak that little bit further, whilst adding a gravitas and richer, more emotive textures to their undoubted song writing ability.
Brakes – Give Blood
Give Blood in some ways is so simple it doesn’t need all the other baggage. To mis-quote Mr Clinton, it’s the songs, stupid. And these songs are incredibly strong.
The Jack Stafford Foundation – Exes
Bury St Edmunds is no place to raise sons they’ll only grow old before time
The Alabama 3 – Outlaw
Outlaw is, by turns, funny, witty, irreverent and a slave to some rather loose-knit, loose-fit rhythms.
Art Brut – Bang Bang Rock & Roll
‘Every girl that I see since, looks just like you when I squint’
Shukhar Collective – Taves Bahtalo!
It is absolutely bonkers, bananas, mad as a pheasant’s wedding.
The Magic Numbers – The Magic Numbers
The perfect antidote to cynical rehashes of 80s music performed by pretty boys and girls styled to within an inch of their lives.