Who Da Funk featuring Terra Deva – Sting Me Red
Single Review by EDF The follow-up to SHINY DISCO BALLS features Terra Deva, the voice on the Shakedown track AT NIGHT. Here Terra’s vocals sound remarkably like John Lydon that … Continue reading >>
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Tyrone Houston – No Boundaries
Album Review by EDF When I read the bio notes that Tyrone Houston is a rap artist, it is hard not to compare him to other rap artists. Listening through … Continue reading >>
The Twilight Singers – Powder Burns
Album Review by Mark Bayross POWDER BURNS sees The Twilight Singers fulfil the potential they have always promised as Greg Dulli, wounded and incensed by the tragedy that befell his … Continue reading >>
The Twilight Singers – I’m Ready
Music Review by Nigel A. Messenger This is the Joseph Arthur-enhanced opener from the excellent new album POWDER BURNS and sees Greg Dulli and his charges on furious form, although … Continue reading >>
The Twilight Singers – Blackberry Belle
Album Review by Mark Bayross The Twilight Singers is Greg Dulli, formerly lead crooner with (and arguably the heart and soul of) Cincinnati-via-Seattle’s legendary Afghan Whigs, essentially a solo project … Continue reading >>
23 Skidoo – 23 Skidoo
Album Review by Mark Bayross The legendary 23 Skidoo, contemporaries of early post-punk industrialists like Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle, are little known these days. Fusing tribal rhythms and Einsturzende … Continue reading >>
28 Days – Up Style Down
Album Review by Mark Bayross At last the Australians’ number one album gets a release in the UK, and, given the recent upsurge of rock acts in the Charts, the … Continue reading >>
28 Days – Sucker
Single Review by Mark Bayross Having originally appeared on last year’s KID INDESTRUCTIBLE EP, the infectiously catchy SUCKER has been given a single release of its own. Like previous single … Continue reading >>
28 Days – Rip It Up
Single Review by Mark Bayross As 28 Days singer Jay Dunne told me in a recent PHASE9 interview, RIP IT UP is about “fuck all”. Well, lyrically that may be … Continue reading >>
28 Days – Kid Indestructible
EP Review by Mark Bayross Melbourne five piece 28 Days have been winning over our antipodean cousins since their birth in 1998, so much so that their debut album UPSTYLEDOWN … Continue reading >>