The Beautiful South
Friday 29th August I set off to see the last ever live performance of UK doom legends My Silent Wake. It was taking place the following day at the One For Sorrow festival @ the Junction, Plymouth.
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Scarebears’ ‘Scapegoat’: the scorching debut single reviewed
Scarebears debut single ‘Scapegoat’ opens with stern spoken word that acts as launch pad for an audio OOF! factor ten take-off, each note from there unleashing like a tightly coiled spring so embroiled are they in the energy and conviction of the lyrical message; one that takes serious issue with the idea of the far right actually having Continue reading
Sock Drawer
My sock drawer
Isn’t so important
As I think Continue reading
Rites of Hadda / Hermeticus live @ Café Kino, Bristol: plus Inevitable Machete album review
I first caught Rites of Hadda at the Easton Punk Festival, 2024.
During the set singer Wasperella jumped into the crowd to embrace members of the audience; in the process, I was lucky enough to be recipient of a juicy Continue reading
vengacats: bosscat – an electro punk cat’s whiskers
vengacats’ bosscat makes for compelling listening across its six tracks.
Always punk, the album can be Strawberry Switchblade poppy to having a dark sinister, yet playful, edge similar to that of the legendary Continue reading
BELZEBONG: The End Is High EP Incoming
The 20th February, 2026, will see the release of BELZEBONG’s The End Is High EP; in the meantime track ‘420 Horseman’ is available for a listen and to download for pre-orders. Continue reading
Poem #637
How did it . . .
Where did things . . .
How did things get . . . Continue reading
That’s Interesting (hand-in-hand)
Let us go
Hand in hand
Around halls
Warm in winter
Sheltered in summer
While calling the things Continue reading
It’s Possible If
It’s possible that:
there’s a lovely day behind those grey clouds;
a shy snout is stifled by the bravado of snarling; Continue reading
Igarka’s Dopamine Ocean is a debut E.P. drenched in excellence
‘Hider’ entices the listener along a path leading towards an enchanted forest; the opening vocals and guitar the deep green vines that intertwine all across the way. The trees can be seen, but are behind a translucent veil that hangs like white candy floss and sparks here and there with specks of gold. When the veil is reached and passed through Continue reading