CD Review: Fat Freddy’s Drop – Live At Roundhouse London

Fat Freddy’s Drop self-define their music as reggae or soul or reggae jazz or power funk or …. but ever since a friend turned me onto them a couple of years ago, I’ve just thought of them as wildly weird, with more than a hint of wonderful. This New Zealand group is not easy to [...]

Arizona Bands – CD / EP Release Shows on Animal Planet

You’re about to love you some snake and tiger noise! The Phoenix music scene generally stays underground. Sometimes – as a fan, anyway – it’s better that way since intimacy remains. That, and they stay hungry, bringing the raw and the edge out through voice and instruments. Again better for fans than band members but [...]

Wychwood Festival (UK) Highlights Unsigned Bands

Britain – and all the other facets that bring The Isles to life – still has a place in setting a tone for the shape of music to come. Not just the obvious past of The British Invasions 1, 2 and 3 but through a destined distinctive sound that usually has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do [...]