cd reviews

Dusty White Roses

Dusty White Roses - The One Way Exchange

By Dave Urwin

Sometimes you can tell who a songwriter’s favourite band are straight away, and that’s not always a bad thing. It doesn’t take a genius to work out that Dusty White Roses are more than partial to the White Stripes ...

Angry Panda

Angry Panda - Welcome To The Fuck

By Dave Urwin

I know such things are a matter of opinion but I’m afraid to say that I have trawled through my memory banks and I’m yet to recall a worse title for an EP that I’ve ever heard. ...

Countryside

Countryside - Summer is Here

By Dave Urwin

Here’s some news for you all, straight from my brain. The countryside is bloody awesome. It pisses all over the town from a great height…..unless perhaps that town is La Paz in Bolivia, the ...

Richie Madisun

Richie Madisun - Forths or Fifths

By Dave Urwin

This new track from intriguing singer/songwriter Richie Madisun displays a greater fragility than I’ve previously heard from him, although the way he barks the odd word of the chorus ensures that it still burns ...

Hiroshi

Hiroshi - Demo

By Dave Urwin

I first met Dan Rickards back in those hazy (and not in a good way) days of 2001. He seemed like such an unassuming character, which is why it’s been such a joy to see him triumphantly ...