The world of music journalism is currently dominated by chatter of the ‘promised land of AI’ and it’s really quite simple to produce an article about a band. AI generators grab the details of your entered keywords from millions of sources and compile something very quickly indeed!  Frightening – so why bother going through all the research, listening to downloaded albums and spend hours thinking what you want to say in a review? I like to respond with “to avoid the clinical, to add soul and to try and give real credit where it’s due – the musician”. Read More

Legends of rock, The Darkness, have returned to bedazzle and amaze once more as they serve up their eighth studio album ‘Dreams On Toast’ via Cooking Vinyl in March 2025. Read More