Review: Bahama Soul Club – “Ain’t Nobody’s Business feat. Billie Holiday”. “Never Roam No More feat. John Lee Hooker”
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 […]
Review: Save Me Too
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 […]
Review: The Allergies – Let Them Know (feat. The Cuban Brothers)
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 […]
Review: The Secret of My Success
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! […]
Review: The New Kids
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 […]
Review: Force 10 From Navarone
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 […]
Review: Crushed Velvet & the Velveteers – “Good Thang feat. Kim Dawson”
“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 […]
Review: Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway
Digital HD: Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (2019)Trying to clearly articulate what Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway is all about is akin to trying to herd cats…blindfolded…while drunk.It is a mis-mash of genres and visual styles, with a narrative that happily makes abrupt tangents and asks you to hold […]
Review: Britannia Hospital
Blu-ray: Britannia Hospital (1982)Britannia Hospital is the final part of Lindsay Andersons’ trilogy about how weird and shit Britain was/is. It features Anderson’s ‘everyman’ character Mick Travis, and to really get a grip on Britannia Hospital it helps to know about Mick and the films that came before.Mick is played by Malcolm McDowell and features in […]
Review: Flevans – Realisation (feat. Laura Vane) Remixes
Taken from the excellent Accumulate album (see 60 Minutes With review) with 4 banging (as no one says anymore) mixes from likes of Re-Tide, Lonely Boy and Supermini. Good to see they have all left Laura Vane’s excellent vocals still shining through. The mixes are all absolutely danceable with Supermini’s just edging it, though I was […]