Song reviews


  Mysteries in Fire by Poison Point


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Hypnotic

You can’t go far wrong overdosing on brooding synthesiser riffs and bleak, reverb laden, vocals and Poison Point duly sets his sequencer on stun and shoots up the shadows like a man who only wears black would do. Hypnotic, nonetheless.


Review date:  January 20 2024
  www.facebook.com/Ppointband

  Practical Magic by Her Skin


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Literate

Angst powers “Practical Magic” and drives the song onwards on the journey to your inner ear and possibly your inner self. Literate lyrics always help to make the time pass easily and Her Skin has those too and is therefore judged worthy.


Review date:  January 20 2024
  www.herskinmusic.com

  Don’t Get Sad by The Kowloons


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Robust

“Don’t Get Sad” by The Kowloons is undoubtedly a robust song in the best indie rock tradition with much in the way of strident guitars and thudding drums to take it to the proverbial bridge. I liked it even more after the third beer.


Review date:  January 20 2024
  www.instagram.com/the_kowloons

  Bloody White Horses by Grandios Sensibel


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Classy

Some might call the song quirky but, when you get charm and complexity combined as is the case with “Bloody White Horses” by Grandios Sensibel, your ears will surely take you on to a better place. I feel a sigh coming on.


Review date:  January 12 2024
  www.grandios-sensibel.de

  Blind Spots by Bony Macaroni


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Retro

Keeping on their retro power pop track, Bony Macaroni riff their way through their three minutes of nihilism just like it was 1995. It is the kind of song that makes you want to set fire to a shopping mall so play loud and burn!


  Feel The Weight by Kilgour


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Intense

“Feel The Weight” by Kilgour is indeed a song with weight with many kilos of guitars keeping this Glasgow band on track over their three and a half minutes of emotional neo catharsis. I’ll take substance over style any day.


Review date:  January 12 2024
  www.facebook.com/kilgourtheband

  My Queen Has Lost Her Crown by James King and The Lonewolves


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Dark

Never thought I would get to review a James King and The Lonewolves song yet along came “My Queen Has Lost Her Crown”. It might not be a Texas lullaby but they still sound just like they did back in the day. Fans will no doubt rejoice.


  Only When It Rains by The Hedrons


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Lively

I do actually remember the Hedrons and, in a sure and certain case of you can’t keep a good band down, “Only When It Rains” rocks with the same attitude that the band had when the guitar was God in Glasgow. Praise be!


Review date:  January 12 2024
  thehedrons.com

  Slowly, Then All At Once by Wojtek The Bear


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Trendy

Mellow is as mellow does and, in the best indie pop tradition, Wojtek The Bear emote their way through “Slowly, Then All At Once” as if ordering the last cappuccino in the world with the chorus and a bit of fiddle adding the essential foam.


  Soapbox! by Billy Reeves


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Rant

I am of the opinion that I should know who Billy Reeves is but, no matter, for “Soapbox!” is powered by enough retro synth pop minimalism and repetitive ranting to make you wish it was the past again. Beep beep boom.


  Who Do You Love by Asaf Ashkenazy


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Mellow

There is plenty of laid back elegance to be found in “Who Do You Love” by Asaf Ashkenazy. It’s a mellow love song, of course, and the world needs plenty of those so, easy on the ear and soothing to the heart, this song works for me.


Review date:  January 12 2024
  www.asahashkenazy.com

  Lift Me Up by Cadet Carter


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Energetic

Endearingly retro, Cadet Carter dance their way through their emo seasoned power punk song “Lift Me Up” with all those guitars and choruses making you wish you were back in the day when going to the shopping mall was the thing to do.


Review date:  December 8 2023
  www.facebook.com/cadetcarterband


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