Local guitarist has all the ingredients for a great debut, but it comes out of the pan deeply flawed.
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Jonathan Crayford – Dark Light (Rattle Jazz) ALBUM REVIEW
Just when you weren’t expecting it: a jazz trio album that really does deserve your attention.
The Nomad – 7 (Nomad Music) ALBUM REVIEW
Gary Steel finds The Nomad’s new album a frustratingly hot and cold experience.
ASUS N Series Notebook REVIEW
The ASUS N750 multimedia notebook claims to offer cinema quality sound. It’s powered by a Bang & Olufsen ICEpower module and comes with a subwoofer. Ashley Kramer reviews one to see if the audio lives up to the claims.
Bill Pritchard – Three Months, Three Weeks & Two Days (Nettwork) ALBUM REVIEW
In this new series, Unknown Pleasures, Gary Steel makes his case for worthy but under-recognised albums and artists. Bill Pritchard isn’t a name that drips off the tongue, but this hardly known English singer-songwriter is worth writing home about.
Status Quo – The Frantic Four Reunion 2013 (Fourth Chord) CD REVIEW
An indifferent live double by an aging troupe of ham-fisted boogie merchants. What’s not to like? Um, quite a bit writes Gary Steel.
Awolnation – Megalithic Symphony Deluxe Edition (Red Bull) CD REVIEW
Sometimes, success is inexplicable. Especially when it’s tarted up in a deluxe package with endless remixes, reckons Gary Steel.
Issue 34 Of f11 Magazine Is Available Now!
The July issue of f11 magazine is live now and ready to download or read online.