Album review: Shorty ‘The Northampton Underground’
SHORTY The Northampton Underground [ShoeTown Records] Northampton singer-songwriter Shorty [aka Chris White] has quickly followed up his enticing 2017 album Abington Park... Read More
Album review: Ecco Pine
ECCO PINE ECCO PINE [self-released] Hailing from our very own ShoeTown are brand new alternative/electro-rock trio Ecco Pine – aka Adam [guitar... Read More
Album review: S.G. Wolfgang
S.G. Wolfgang The Shadows Are Lengthening [Fierce Panda Records] Milton Keynes/Northampton foursome – Sean Grant (guitar/vocals), Steve Fiske (guitar/vocals), Phil Andreas (keyboards) and... Read More
Record review: The Hurricanes
THE HURRICANES Let’s Go! [self-released] Recorded in their practice room, Northampton quartet The Hurricanes – aka Robert Jones [singing/guitar], Dammo Clarke [guitar], Neil Robinson... Read More
Record review: Paul Weller ‘True Meanings’
PAUL WELLER True Meanings [Parlophone] He’s always been a hard worker, but still: these feel like prolific times for Weller. Working in... Read More
Album review: Gerald Claridge
GERALD CLARIDGE Frisson [self-released] Claridge is a prominent face of the Northants folk scene, who has played with many cohorts in many... Read More
Book review: Have Guitars…Will Travel Vol 4.
HAVE GUITARS…WILL TRAVEL VOL. 4 [A journey through the music scene in Northampton 1988-96] Derrick A. Thompson [Whyte Tiger Publications] First of... Read More
Record review: P-Hex ‘Quantum Funkanics’
P-HEX QUANTUM FUNKANICS [King Genius Records] Fuck me, these lot like a good swear, don’t they? Northampton’s baggy-funk conglomerate first emerged from... Read More
Record review: Greg Coulson
GREG COULSON What’s New [self-released] Coulson is still only in his mid-20s but he’s crammed an awful lot in so far. He... Read More