Author: Andy Thorley

REVIEW: MIDNIGHT – HELLISH EXPECTATIONS (2024)

It's weird when you start liking heavy metal as a kid. In the late 80s, I was listening to Tommy Vance on the Friday...

REVIEW: KMFDM – LET’S GO (2024)

I love doing this website and here’s why: I’ve spent much of my life seeking out obscure music, and occasionally something comes along that...

REVIEW: MINISTRY- HOPEIUMFORTHEMASSES (2024)

The reality of this is simple. If ever there was a band that could make sense of the chaos of 2024, then its Ministry....

REVIEW: THESE WICKED RIVERS – FORCE OF NATURE (2024)

I don't want to blame These Wicked Rivers for a global pandemic, but the first time I saw them was the 8th March 2020....

LUCINDA WILLIAMS, L.A EDWARDS @ TOWN HALL, BIRMINGHAM 01/03/2024

“You took my joy, I want it back”. So sings Lucinda Williams as her last song. You do not need to be a professional psychologist...

BEANS ON TOAST @ HARE AND HOUNDS, BIRMINGHAM 29/02/2024

It is, more than decent of Beans On Toast to bookend the set with all you need to write the review. The first one he...

REVIEW: GREEN DAY – SAVIORS

I started work in 1994. With my first month's wages, I bought "Dookie" by Green Day and a football ticket for a game away...

WARD THOMAS, KEZIA GILL @ WULFUN HALL, WOLVERHAMPTON 28/02/2024

I don't know whether Kezia Gill makes a habit of opening for hotly tipped UK country bands, but I can tell you that the...

REVIEW: CORB LUND- EL VIEJO (2024)

Not being able to take things seriously is a bit of a problem sometimes. Corb Lund's "El Viejo" is his first album of original...

CRAIG FINN, SCOTT LAVENE @ THE RAINBOW, BIRMINGHAM 27/02/2024

In the 33 years I've been going to gigs, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything quite like Scott Lavene. That might be a...

REVIEW: SONS OF LIBERTY- THE DETAIL IS IN THE DEVIL (2024)

When I saw Sons Of Liberty last Autumn, I wrote this: “It’s not that the Bristol mob are doing anything earth-shattering new; in fact,...

REVIEW: WALTER TROUT – BROKEN (2024)

I'm often asked why I never write reviews about records I don't like. The answer is in these words: "Play your harmonica son", which Walter...

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