Good things are coming our way from producer/multi-instrumentalist Adam Gibbons (Lack of Afro). BBC6 Music recently previewed “You Could Do Better” a slow soul burner (featuring Camila Recchio and Wax). Now he’s upped the tempo and dropped ‘Bad Ass Self’ as a new single.“I think Kennzo got his groove back”. New York rapper Kennzo slaps […]
If you have never heard of maestro saxophonist Maceo Parker then you have some learning to do, but the good news is that learning will never be this much fun. Start with his on again off again James Brown connections throughout the 1960s and beyond. Then jump aboard the Mothership Connection with Parliament-Funkadelic, then his […]
Marine life, and the conservation of it, has always fascinated me since I first watched (and absolutely loved) Marine Boy as a child. Hence it was an absolute pleasure to watch and review the documentaries Blue and Sharkwater Extinction last year for our website. So when a PS4 review code of Beyond Blue was kindly emailed […]
If Bahama Soul Club’s new album is as cool as the tracks they are dropping, then you won’t need a fridge this summer. The German outfit are using some classic samples to create late night, laid back, ultra-cool-as-fuck soul-jazz. On “Never Roam No More ” John Lee Hooker’s growling lament from his 1946 “My First […]
DVD: Save Me Too (2020) After being gripped by Save Me back in 2018, it was with great anticipation that I sat down to watch the latest developments in the life of Nelly (Lennie James) in Save Me Too. Starting 17 months after Save Me concluded (with an ending that had a lot of viewers […]
If ‘Felony’ was the start of Summer, then The Allergies have turned up the heat up with the release of ‘Let Them Know’. Letting the Cuban Brothers loose on vocals ensures that the fun starts within seconds and never stops till it’s all over. The Bristol hombres have served up a spicy mix with a […]
Blu-ray: The Secret of My Success (1987) Thanks to our good friends at Fabulous Films (hello Isabel), I was sent some Blu-ray releases from their back catalogue that I hadn’t watched since the days of VHS! So to begin, here’s what I thought about revisiting The Secret of My Success. This movie is so 1980s! […]
Blu-ray: The New Kids (1985)Directed by Wes Craven’s mate and horror producer/director/writer Sean S. Cunningham, The New Kids is a quintessentially 80’s film. When Abby (Lori Loughlin) and Loren McWilliams (Shannon Presby) parents (a very brief appearance fromTom Atkins) are killed in an accident, they are forced to move in with their uncle who runs a petrol […]
Blu-ray: Force 10 From Navarone (1978)After a gap of 17 years Force 10 from Navarone is the sequel to The Guns of Navarone, both based on a fictional Greek island in Alistair MacLean novels. The original stars of Mallory (Gregory Peck) and Miller (David Niven) are now played by (Mallory) Robert Shaw, who died before the […]
“Ouch!” this one smacks you around the head and makes you sit up and take notice. Kim Dawson gives this 3 minute, deep slice of funk, plenty of attitude. Comparisons with Aretha and the late great Betty Wright are inevitable as Alan Evans’s production has added on some classic southern soul. As writer/producer/multi-instrumentalist and founder […]