Ross Palmer

I’ve been under the weather lately, and haven’t been sleeping more than a few hours per night, so a lot of the reviews were written during late night writing sessions – apologies if it shows. Hopefully I’ll get my shit together in the next few days, and if you’d like to send anything for consideration… Read More Music Submissions 11: Sunken Monkey / Drawback / Blis. / The Gallerist / Sleep Cycles / Dicepeople / Ross Palmer

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July 31, 2014August 13, 2014 craigreviewsmusicLeave a comment

Basement – Further Sky EP (Review)

All it took was a single tweet of ‘Hi’ back in January to send the internet into frenzy – could Basement really be back? The answer was a resounding yes, and now six months later the band are releasing their first material since 2012’s exceptional Colourmeinkindness, and that material comes in the form of EP Further… Read More Basement – Further Sky EP (Review)

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July 26, 2014 craigreviewsmusicLeave a comment

Charlie Simpson – Long Road Home (Review)

When I think of Charlie Simpson as a musician I always think of him as Charlie Simpson of Fightstar, not necessarily Charlie Simpson the solo artist or Charlie Simpson of Busted. It would’ve been even harder to think of him as Charlie Simpson of McBusted, so thankfully he kept his musical integrity and promptly declined… Read More Charlie Simpson – Long Road Home (Review)

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July 25, 2014July 24, 2014 craigreviewsmusicLeave a comment

Real Friends – Maybe This Place Is The Same And We’re Just Changing (Review)

It’s hard to believe that Maybe This Place Is The Same And We’re Just Changing is Real Friends’ debut record. Over the last few years they’ve become one of the most popular young bands in pop-punk, and listening to their debut it’s easy enough to see why, but it’s also clear that they still have… Read More Real Friends – Maybe This Place Is The Same And We’re Just Changing (Review)

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July 21, 2014 craigreviewsmusic1 Comment

Music I’ve Been Listening To (19/07)

McCafferty – McCafferty Is Dead (2012-2014) I’ve a lot of love for McCafferty. The band’s debut full-length record BeachBoy was the first release I got around to reviewing this year, and I still listen to it frequently seven months on. When the band announced their split via Facebook last night I was understandably sad, moreso when I found out that… Read More Music I’ve Been Listening To (19/07)

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July 19, 2014 craigreviewsmusicLeave a comment

Dikembe – Mediumship (Review)

‘It’s been a long time coming / I spent a long time rotting before I got going’ A few months back Dikembe sent out a tweet instructing critics to refer to their new record as ‘feebleviolence’. Being some kind of critic I thought ‘Okay, I’ll roll with it’, and now that I’ve listened to the… Read More Dikembe – Mediumship (Review)

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July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 craigreviewsmusicLeave a comment

Music Submissions 10: Mathien / The Guru / Get Up Go / Wet Petals / Murk Daddy Flex / Ava Marie / Speaking In Shadows

I’ve been away for the last two weeks, so I’ve developed a bit of a backlog of submissions, and I’ve featured a bunch of them below. If you’d like to send anything my way then please feel free, there are several ways to do so on my contact page. Mathien – Unique Man (Album) I… Read More Music Submissions 10: Mathien / The Guru / Get Up Go / Wet Petals / Murk Daddy Flex / Ava Marie / Speaking In Shadows

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July 15, 2014 craigreviewsmusic1 Comment

5 Seconds Of Summer On The Cover Of Rocksound? Hmmm…

So, I’ve been on holiday for the last week. I won’t bore you with the details, but I came home to something and I’ll bore you with that instead. This afternoon I opened my door and found the latest issue of Rocksound siting behind it, and I noticed that Australian band / group / pop-rock sensation(alism) 5 Seconds Of Summer are… Read More 5 Seconds Of Summer On The Cover Of Rocksound? Hmmm…

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Music I’ve Been Listening To (06/07)

Nouns – Still Bummed Seeing as we just entered the second half of 2014 I was considering compiling a ‘Best Of The Year So Far…’ list, in a way that blogs like mine tend to, but decided against it. If I had put together said list then Nouns’ second record Still would’ve topped it – I’ve yet to… Read More Music I’ve Been Listening To (06/07)

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Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties – We Don’t Have Each Other (Review)

When was the last time you listened to a record and really became absorbed by the lyrical content of said record? Maybe it was last year’s The Greatest Generation, which was released by Dan ‘Soupy’ Campbell’s main project The Wonder Years? Perhaps it wasn’t, but it doesn’t really matter because there’s a good chance We… Read More Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties – We Don’t Have Each Other (Review)