Reviews
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Eight Rounds Rapid – Writeabout / Steve – reviewed by Scenester
‘Writeabout’ hits the ground running somewhere on the Thames Delta, with the driving guitars of The Stooges and a Mark…
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Cherry Red Album Reviews – July 2013 by Scenester
The current upsurge of interest in the 1980’s does have a saving grace. The decade that is almost universally loathed…
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Scared To Get Happy: A Story Of Indie Pop 1980-1989
Last night saw Cherry Red Records launch the ‘Scared To Get Happy’ compilation in fine style at London’s ‘The Venue’…
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Cherry Red Album Reviews – June 2013 by Scenester
Serge Gainsbourg Intoxicated Man – Serge Gainsbourg (El Double) CD ACMEMD2 46CD Those generous folk at El Records and Cherry Red…
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Cherry Red Album Reviews – May 2013 by Colin Bryce
The Isley Brothers Isley Brothers – Winner Takes All (BBR/Cherry Red) This is funk/soul legends the Isley Brothers 1979 release…
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Ace Album Reviews – May 2013 by Colin Bryce
The Ace (USA) Story The Ace (USA) Story – Volume 5 (Ace) Here we are at fifth and final volume of Ace…
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Cherry Red Album Reviews – May 2013 by Scenester
The Armoury Show Waiting for the Floods – The Armoury Show (Cherry Red 564) A welcome CD re-release of The…
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Chris Phillips – Keep Movin’ On – reviewed by Michelle Coomber
Chris Phillips is a singer/songwriter from South Wales who took a break from the music business for over a decade.…
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The Chapman Family at Surya Bar 20/2/13
Torn between watching the Brit Awards on the idiot box, and a night at Surya with The Chapman Family, it…
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Album Reviews – Nov 2012 by Colin Bryce
I cannot believe it has been thirty-plus years since Secret Affair released their debut LP Glory Boys. That record impressed…
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Book Reviews – Nov 2012 by Colin Bryce
It would appear that now is the time to have a look back at all things punk and that is…
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The Action: In the Lap of the Mods by Scenester
he Action may never have another book written about them, but this bright, affectionately written tome would make future projects…
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