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Various: Warchild

By Donny • Mar 17th, 2009 • Category: long players, reviews

It’s difficult to give a critique on a release where the main intention is to bring attention and much needed revenue to a more than worthy organisation, and the War Child efforts have always offered a diverse and eclectic mix for your charitable dollar. The 2009 version is no different in respect of managing to [...]



Finley Quaye

By Donny • Mar 16th, 2009 • Category: gigs

Oh Finley, Where Art Thou? That was the impression raised as the Edinburgh-born artist took to the stage with his ramshackle new backing band. Confidence had been checked in at the door, and in the eleven years Finley Quaye has spent in relative obscurity since bursting onto the scene appeared to be rushing to the [...]



Pete Doherty

By Donny • Feb 26th, 2009 • Category: long players

Pete Doherty must be delighted that tabloid newspaper headline writers have mercifully switched their focus from his recreational activities to the pun-laden Miss Winehouse, allowing him to pursue his musical pursuits a few steps to the left of the limelight.



Ralfe Band

By Donny • Feb 25th, 2009 • Category: short players

Ralfe Band receive kudos on their press release from The Mighty Boosh, which goes some way to defining their off-the-wall and outlandish style of music.



The Simple Carnival

By Donny • Feb 25th, 2009 • Category: short players

As I sift through CDs to review the pile seems weightier than normal. A hefty metal case falls from the pile, and down lands ‘Me and My Arrow’, the four-track EP from American musician The Simple Carnival.