Tag Archives: pop-rock

NICK FRATER – Oh Contraire!

April 10, 2025

Think Like A Key 2025 Riding on creative contradictions, Croydon crooner takes his audience on a temporally crooked trip. Mapping his psyche on aural landscapes has been this English musician’s modus operandi for a dozen years now, an effort reflected … Continue reading →

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JEFF CHRISTIE – Here & Now

February 10, 2025

MTS 2024 Staying within his outer limits, British master of pop tune reaches for sentimental core of his listener’s psyche. It may seem unfair to let be defined by “Yellow River” – his band CHRISTIE’s hit that, over the decades, … Continue reading →

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AL STEELE & FRIENDS – ALienated Nations

January 27, 2025

The Korgis 2024 Dancing to his own tune, Caerphilly polymath corrals kindred spirits into a life-affirming swirl. It was the plan all along: to follow-up THE KORGIS’ with what became known as “ALienated Nation” which allowed one of the English … Continue reading →

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THE MARTIAL ARTS – In There Like Swimwear

January 23, 2025

Where It’s At Is Where You Are 2024 Glaswegian polymath plumbs the depths of all seasons through summery grooves and chilling tunes. Hurrying things up has never been Paul Kelly’s forte, what with the Scottish artist’s strength lying in his … Continue reading →

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SPARKLE*JETS U.K. – Box Of Letters

January 5, 2025

Big Stir 2024 When time collapses, acclaimed Los Angelenos take stock and make their flock rock – and roll with the punches. This band didn’t really plan to suspend their trip back in 2002, only a few years after it … Continue reading →

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