
Review: Haggard Cat – Common Sense Holiday
Haggard Cat. You like them, don’t you? Sure you do. If you’re browsing these pages through choice then of course you like Haggard Cat.
More…Haggard Cat. You like them, don’t you? Sure you do. If you’re browsing these pages through choice then of course you like Haggard Cat.
More…If ever you wanted a case study for how the internet has changed how we discover cult bands in 2020, Spanish Love Songs could well be it.
More…Anybody for the second half of my Albums Of The Year hit-parade? Good.
More…The end of the year means end-of-year lists. Here’s the start of my Albums Of The Year.
More…Some record labels become synonymous with quality. They build a back catalogue so strong that, when they put something new out, you trust that it will hit the spot. Think Roadrunner Records in the 1990s.
More…Most bands, no matter who they are, end up putting out a record somewhere along the line that doesn’t quite hit the mark. When it comes to Slipknot, that record is All Hope Is Gone.
More…Slipknot’s second major label release, which turns 18 in a few weeks, is like nothing else the band has released its whole career. It wasn’t back in 2001 and it still isn’t now.
More…The band themselves only see it as a demo. Some of the songs re-appeared in a more refined form on later albums. Only half the Slipknot line-up we know and love actually played on it.
More…When one of the best festivals around puts a good chunk of your favourite bands together on one day, there’s only one thing for it. You jump in the car and have yourself a day trip.
More…I guess you could call me a St Anger apologist, but it’s not a term I use myself. Why? Because it suggests Metallica has something to apologise for on this record.
More…Fucking hell, The Victoria is a sweatbox. It’s not even at capacity for the visit of Ithaca and it’s not even that warm outside, but that hasn’t stopped the mercury rising to uncomfortably sticky levels inside the tiny room above a not-particularly-large pub in the second city.
More…If you were picking one band to tackle the clusterfuck that is planet earth in 2019, Petrol Girls would be more than a solid shout.
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