music review: big joanie | crooked room
by kris smith If this is an example of the material Big Joanie have been storing up in the relative…
music reviews: the coathangers | nosebleed weekend
by kris smith A fifth album from The Coathangers and I’m not bored yet. I won’t do that journo thing…
live: Slags
A little Christmas treat for those of you who didn’t make it to our 18 November gig – noone should…
lorna draws … rebellion festival
Day 1 – Thursday I caught an early train and came straight from the station to catch Werecats at 2pm…
20 recommended recents
by kris smith Deux Furieuses Tracks of Wire LP (May 2016) Fight Rosa Fight / Little Fists Split EP (Aug…
record reviews by kris smith
Deux Furieuses – Tracks of Wire LP (May, 2016) This is an album that probably can’t be done justice without…
book review: Living Like a Runaway – Lita Ford
review by richard archer ‘Living Like A Runaway’ is Lita Ford’s memoir of her ascent to fame in the male-dominated…
kitchen session: Lilith Ai
I hosted an exclusive acoustic gig with Lilith Ai last week, in my kitchen, with a select audience of Abi…
The A to Z of LOUD WOMEN FEST
The first ever LOUD WOMEN Fest was a ROARING success on 3 Sept. Bob Oram took some neatly organised notes.…
Review: Typical Girls Volume One (Emotional Response Records)
by kris smith 16 tracks here, coming straight from the underground, and a very high hit rate for a compilation.…