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Yeongene

By Jonathan Muirhead • Jan 31st, 2010 • Category: jralbums, long players

There is a real spark about Yeongene’s debut album, particularly for an album whose first half is exclusively covers.



Jon Gomm

By Jonathan Muirhead • Jan 30th, 2010 • Category: long players

This is one of those rare albums where one can truly say it has been made by A Northern Soul. One almost feels the grit being trodden underfoot.



Snowblood

By Jonathan Muirhead • Jan 30th, 2010 • Category: jralbums, long players

This is a passionate scream of an album. Sounds creep up on you, slamming into your cranium like a pickaxe.



It Dies Today

By Jonathan Muirhead • Jan 29th, 2010 • Category: long players

If this album had to be summed up in two words, it would be power and rawness. The sound positively storms out of the speakers.



Various

By Jonathan Muirhead • Jan 25th, 2010 • Category: jralbums, long players

Live and raging