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REVIEW: MDNA by Madonna
Madonna deserves to have the good come before the bad. Since, MDNA is an up and down, inconsistent affair a song by song review prevails as the best way to take it in. GOOD GIRL: The opening spoken … [Read On...]
Album Review: Torches by Foster the People
Impulse buys don't always work out. Foster the People was featured for as an iTunes free download. I'd heard the band was burning up the road getting seen and heard. I listened to "Helena Beat" for about … [Read On...]
REVIEW: “It’s A Good Thing” and more by Choo Choo
If it wasn't for one thing, I would think this band represents the second coming of Jesus. Well, his support band. "It's A Good Thing" has an insanely catchy opening riff, that instantly sends your … [Read On...]
Letters from England
Touchstone, Islington Academy2, 5th March 2011
Photo © Roger Allen Islington O2 Academy saw the final night of the "Prog 2.0 tour" come to London, with rising stars Touchstone topping the bill. On record at least, openers Enochian Theory are a prog-metal act with a nice line in atmospherics, and have been compared with the mighty Opeth. But tonight's performance suffered from a very poor … [Read on...]
Mostly Autumn, The Globe, Cardiff, 14-Nov-2010
Mostly Autumn are a band who have undergone a major change in the past year, with the departure of much-loved lead singer Heather Findlay and her replacement by former backing singer Olivia Sparnenn. The new incarnation had already won over a large proportion of their fanbase when they toured earlier in the year playing a set of existing material. … [Read on...]
The Reasoning, The Fleece and Firkin, Bristol, 12-Nov-2010
"And then there were five", said Rachel Cohen at the start of The Reasoning's gig at The Fleece and Firkin in Bristol, England. The departure of guitarist, vocalist and founder member Dylan Thompson on the eve of the tour came as something as a shock. The band's decision to rehearse and tour as a five-piece rather than postpone the tour was a brave … [Read on...]