Those Damn Crows – Point of No Return (Earache Records)
It’s a been a fair few years since TDC released their first album Murder and the Motive (2016 – re-released by Earache in 2018) but the lads from the South Wales Valleys haven’t been resting…
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Video Nasties – Dominion (APF Records)
As soon as their obsessions with horror auteur and composer John Carpenter and all things dark and gloomy became glaringly apparent, Video Nasties had me. Sharing a similar worldview and interest in life’s more stygian…
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Archie at Riverdale High – Frank Doyle, George Gladir, Bob Bolling, Harry Lucey, Dan DeCarlo, Stan Goldberg, Rudy Lapick & Chic Stone (Archie Comics)
Fun fact folks, the very first issue of Archie at Riverdale High hit the newsstands the same week I was born, which makes me, and Archie’s adventures in High School, kind of old. While I’m…
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Bad Sam – Alcoholic 7” (Armistice Records)
Long overdue three track release from South Wales’ resident reprobates and despite their hiatus, it’s a top notch bit of tuneage. The title track and it’s ‘A’ side neighbour Tag are at the speedier punk…
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Scare City – Paul Jenkin & Fred Pham Chuong (Big/Humanoids)
At first glance I thought this was a Scooby-Doo annual. I honestly did. Only after closer inspection did I realise what I had was not Scoob and the gang but something that in logo, cover…
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Nasty Nyssa? Doctor Who\’s Sarah Sutton joins the cast of Timeslip
In May 2020, in the year of the series’ 50th anniversary, Timeslip returns, along with its original leads, Spencer Banks and Cheryl Burfield, in two brand new feature-length audio adventures. Joining the cast in the first story, The…
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The 501s – Scars 7” (Self)
Despite a significantly revamped line-up from the bands High In Hollywood EP (with only guitarist and vocalist Shane Grist remaining), The 501s have retained their soaring alternative rock sound on these two tracks with Scars…
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BullyBones – She Pays The Rent 7” (Spinout Nuggets)
I first came across this Bristolian four piece supporting ‘70s Bovver Rock Bad Boys Giuda on their recent tour and promptly pre-ordered this 7”, such was the impression they made as opening band. Four tracks…
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Gilby Clarke – Rock ‘N’ Roll is Getting Louder (Golden Robot Records)
I have this mate called Aardvark and he owned 1994’s Pawnshop Guitars, the debut album from Gilby Clarke. Man, he played that disc to death as we drank and smoked ourselves silly in his bedroom….
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Announcing the First Hellboy Statue Based on Mantic Games\’s Bestselling Hellboy: The Board Game Miniature
Legendary HELLBOY creator Mike Mignola, Dark Horse Direct and Mantic Games are announcing the first Hellboy Statue Based on Mantic Games’s bestselling Hellboy: The Board Game miniature. Limited to 500 and available now for pre-order, the…
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Sir Michael Palin joins Torchwood
April’s audio adventure with the Torchwood team takes the form of a spoken word relaxation tape. But the last thing it will do is provide release from stress or anxiety. In a remarkable change to…
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Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Return of Effie Kolb #1 – Mike Mignola, Zach Howard & Dave Stewart (Dark Horse Comics)
You remember Effie Kolb don\’t you? Sure you do. She was in it up to her neck in that whole thing in the Appalachian Mountains along with poor Tom Ferrell, who fell under her spell,…
