Album Review: BOB Independence Days

Steve Reynolds BOB always meant a lot to me as a band. I can’t for the life of me remember why I got into em, it was probably from one of my old mates. My first encounter with them goes back to Shrewsbury Fridge in 1989 at the tender age of 21. One hour and a bit...

ALBUM REVIEW – The Shop Window ‘The State of Being Human’

Sometimes you're lucky and catch something just at the start and from there you can't wait to find out what happens next. This has occurred numerous times over the years - music, TV shows, comedians, writers, magazines - you chance on something new and watch how it...

REVIEW – Milk Bottle Sympathy ‘Eponymous Extended Play’ and ‘Standard Second Release’

A disclaimer: I came to these EPs already knowing the solo work of Si, Johny and Rob who make up Milk Bottle Sympathy. And already knowing them to chat to on the socials. I've even met one of them IRL twice, which I only mention because it's more physical contact than...

A View From The Stage – Jim Shepherd (The Jasmine Minks)

We love music, we love the people who love music and naturally we love the people that make music. So what about those people that make music? What sort of people are they? They like music as well, right? What were they into as kids? Was it the same sort of music we...

A View From The Stage – David Newton (The Mighty Lemon Drops, Thee Mighty Angels)

We love music, we love the people who love music and naturally we love the people that make music. So what about those people that make music? What sort of people are they? They like music as well, right? What were they into as kids? Was it the same sort of music we...

A View From The Stage – Johny Brown (Band of Holy Joy)

We love music, we love the people who love music and naturally we love the people that make music. So what about those people that make music? What sort of people are they? They like music as well, right? What were they into as kids? Was it the same sort of music we...

BOB – You Can Stop That For A Start album review

Close your eyes. Cast your mind back to 1992. The younger you is reading the NME, Melody Maker, Sounds: full of articles about, and interviews with, the likes of Suede, Lemonheads and Manic Street Preachers, and you can’t go anywhere without hearing ‘Everybody Hurts’...

A View From The Stage – Bob Collins (The Dentists, Treasures of Mexico)

We love music, we love the people who love music and naturally we love the people that make music. So what about those people that make music? What sort of people are they? They like music as well, right? What were they into as kids? Was it the same sort of music we...