The Fat Angel Sings

New York’s The Bobby Lees have built their reputation the long way round, through relentless touring and a catalogue that feels more scraped together than carefully assembled, which is precisely the appeal. A fourth album, and a first for a bigger label, might suggest a smoothing-out of those rough edges. It doesn’t really happen. ‘Napoleon’

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats return with ‘Don’t Let It Control You’, issued via Killer Candy Records. Built from fuzzed-out guitars, pounding piano and warped harmonies, the track barrels forward with a raw, unhinged energy, wrapped in the band’s trademark horror-tinged lyricism.

On the flip,...

Margaret Glaspy’s fourth album, “I Am Both“, emerged from a conscious step away from distraction and a renewed focus on songwriting. After leaving social media behind, Glaspy found a fresh sense of purpose that fuelled a prolific creative period, writing lyrics by hand before refining them on a typewriter.

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Originally signed to the Moody Blues’ Threshold liable, Trapeze are best remembered today for giving the world future Deep Purple bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes. They certainly laid the founda...

Pagan folk-rockers Comus are now lauded by everyone from metalheads (Mikael Akefeldt of Opeth is a huge fan) to hipsters, but back in the early seventies they couldn’t get arrested. Indeed, they were part of the Dawn Records Peeny Tour, which, as the name implies, cost a princely one (old) penny to get in.

Their brilliant debut ...