Midway through this gem of an album, Skyscraper Stan is spitting staccato lyrics over the thundering freight-train backing of The Commission Flats. He channels the bastard child of Augie March and Nick Cave while reminding us that for just one […]
At first glance a war is one giant campaign. People will shake their heads and speak of either its pointlessness or its glory. But look deeper, look closer and the war reveals itself to be a series of battles, some […]
Every six months I compile a list of what I consider are the top ten songs and top ten albums released in that period. Each June and December I tend to write something fairly in depth about what I consider the best album […]
My top three album picks for the first half of 2015 could have looked very different if I’d found this self-titled album by Marlon Williams sooner. Among the releases from January to June, DC Cardwell’s ‘Pop Art’ and Brian Wilson’s ‘No […]
