Month: August 2002

Here’s a British band whose recorded output almost remained in the vaults, and if you’re an addict of what they call “the thinking men’s pop”, in that case you would never forgive the ones who […]

When it came to the choice of the first release by the Australian part of the American ZIP label, there wasn’t much of a dilemma because The Chevelles earned their place on the Aussie power-pop […]

Having an author like Brian Kassan, this band have no worries about such syndromes like “the second album”, “lack of diversity” or anything else concerning their repertoire. After their self titled debut, full of sophisticated […]

You just can’t ignore a band who call themselves after Astrid Kirchherr, can you?!… and when you realise that there are also some musical Mersey-mutations involved too, you’ll know that you’re into something good. These […]

I’m not sure if this was Rick Gallego’s idea, but if you’d like to describe his music in one simple line, “orange and green and yellow and near” is as perfect as can be. The […]

Scotland proved to be a real nursery garden of talents charged for the revitalisation of the almost forgotten rock’n’roll icons like Alex Chilton or Kim Fowley. Lead by the forerunners of the Glasgow scene and […]

Here’s a perfect model of how should a band sound like, in an attempt to recreate The Beatles’ legacy, and it’s a fact that even the Gallaghers agree with. Of course, this is much more […]

After breaking down some international barriers by being exclusively released ten years ago on the Russian Melodyia label, Dave Rave is finally back home. I must say that it was really worth the wait, because […]