Uniform Choice – Screaming For Change : indulge your inner Henry Rollins with some 80s hardcore punk January 11, 2017 Ross McGibbon SOUTHERN LORD 20 January 2017 Even though I drifted through the eighties, unaware of...
55 Cancri e – Att Lamna Tellus is beautifully relaxed and otherworldly. December 15, 2016 Ross McGibbon MUSIC FOR DREAMS RECORDS 9th December 2016 Gloriously strange, otherworldly and drawn from the...
Mikko Joensuu – Amen 2 moves the gloomy Finn to a plane of redemption December 14, 2016 Ross McGibbon SVART RECORDS December 9th 2016 For those unfamiliar with the work of Mikko Joensuu...
Rumer inspires rapt attention at The Church in Leeds December 7, 2016 Ross McGibbon 25th November 2016 It’s cold tonight in The Church, just down the road from...
Glenn Tilbrook – plays a million hits live at The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds December 7, 2016 Ross McGibbon 6th December 2016 Blimey. Thirty-six dates in two months; this is someone who is...
Jon Boden puts on a formidable show in Saltaire November 20, 2016 Ross McGibbon Live at the Victoria Hall, Saltaire 18th November 2016 It’s a long way from...
TaxiWars – “Fever” is a cool and grooving jazz triumph. November 16, 2016 Ross McGibbon UNIVERSAL JAZZ 18/11/2016 A honking horn, a hanging but swinging back-beat and hurried spoken...
loscil – Monument Builders is a journey in distance and Krautrock atmospheres November 16, 2016 Ross McGibbon KRANKY RECORDS 11/11/2016 The best non-German Krautrock album of the year. Carrying that repetitive...
The Wave Pictures show how to be a cult band – live at Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club 9th November 2016 November 14, 2016 Ross McGibbon Despite having a ten year-plus history, I have only just discovered The Wave Pictures...
The Wave Pictures – Bamboo Diner is perfect English garage rock November 2, 2016 Ross McGibbon MOSHI MOSHI RECORDS 11th November, 2016 How can this band possibly be from England...