Saddle Of Southern Darkness – Saddle Of Southern Darkness (Camper Recordings) CD REVIEW
Finally, a record to creep out the 49-year-old child in Peter Kearns.
Bad Reed – Bad Reed (Bad Reed) CD EP REVIEW
PK encounters a group who sound like they ended up in their practice room via a quirk of fate.
Tomas Doncker – The Mess We Made (True Groove) CD REVIEW
Peter Kearns is wowed by a record that (wait for it!) has something to say. What a change from the me-me-me generation.
THE JUJU JUKEBOX – Bop, Pop, Flop And Liverpool
Peter Kearns goes on a quest to find songs that can boast more than a good riff or a good line or a good
THE JUJU JUKEBOX: Todd Rundgren – Global (Esoteric Antenna)
Peter Kearns mourns the end of one particular kind of wizard, and a true star.
THE JUJU JUKEBOX – Running Playlist
Follow me, follow my playlist, says PETER KEARNS.
THE JUJU JUKEBOX – Prepared For The Last Tango
It’s always accidental when Peter Kearns likes something that other people like, too. But sometimes it happens, like on today’s Juju Jukebox playlist.
THE JUJU JUKEBOX – In Spite Of All The Danger
Does The Beatles’ “lost” material point a way forward for 21st century groups whose each and every fart and chunder ends up polluting the
The HillBenders – Tommy (Compass/Southbound) ALBUM REVIEW
A bluegrass version of The Who's rock opera Tommy? What will Gary Steel make of that?
Mbongwana Star – From Kinshasa (World Circuit/Ode) ALBUM REVIEW
At last, a space-age African hybrid that rivals or even supercedes Adrian Sherwood's 1980s productions.
THE JUJU JUKEBOX – The 95/5 Proposition
Peter Kearns introduces the newly refabricated Juju Jukebox, in which he laments the tiny percentage of good stuff on the current scene, and gives
Daby Touré – Amonafi (Cumbancha/Ode) ALBUM REVIEW
Gary Steel reviews a sophisticated slice of well-marketed world music product that will probably background many barbecues this summer.
Róisín Murphy – Hairless Toys (PIAS) ALBUM REVIEW
It's not so much Róisín Murphy's singing or songwriting that distinguishes her latest, writes Gary Steel, but the sophisticated noir-electronica backing.
Frank Zappa – Dance Me This (Zappa) ALBUM REVIEW
Frank Zappa's final album arrives a mere 22 years after the composer's untimely death. Gary Steel reckons he must have been on drugs.
F.F.S – F.F.S (Domino/EMI) ALBUM REVIEW
Gary Steel reckons there's loads of wit and irony to chuckle at, and heaps of imagination on the smart collaboration between Sparks and Franz
We Like Yellow
Kody Nielson's new project to release new album as delicious vinyl art object.
Juju Jukebox
A regular column in which freaky Peter Kearns casts a spell on a bunch of new album releases! You’ll wake up screaming!
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