Dave Franklin
Musician, scribbler, historian, gnostic, seeker of enlightenment, asker of the wrong questions, delver into the lost archives, fugitive from the law of averages, blogger, quantum spanner, left footed traveller, music journalist, zenarchist, freelance writer, reviewer and gemini. People have woken up to worse.
Single Premiere: Pink Houses – Lurleen Ladd (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If you are going to write a love letter to Gen X, as Lurleen Ladd’s forthcoming album, Reclamation, is, then it would seem inconceivable that you...
Maybe – Jacob Barrett (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If Jacob Barrett’s previous single, ‘Here I Go Again,’ was a more beat-driven and groovesome affair, this time out, he has given us something whose...
Scenes From a Well Worn Path – Music by Jeremy (reviewed...
Scenes From a Well Worn Path is full of so many interesting facets that it is hard to know where to start. Let’s begin with...
Light of Blue (Sugar Ocean Girl) – The Mess: Age (reviewed...
There is something euphoric that rides along in the music that The Mess: Age makes, something that picks you up and carries you with it, whether...
Going Up (To See Him) – Garrett Anthony Rice (reviewed by...
Loss is a difficult and personal thing to process; it is different for everyone who experiences it, and we all experience it sooner or...
Vienna – Son of Dior (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
All genres follow the same sort of evolutionary flow. Core artists define a sound; others copy it, and over time, those who follow move...
Rule of Three – Goddamn Wolves (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
You have to admire Goddamn Wolves’ ability to wander widely across a variety of sounds and styles without going so far out that they lose...
Desert Air – Sharon Katz & The Peace Train (reviewed by...
World music is a strange and often misapplied term. We seem to use it to describe certain cultural traditions and geographically, and often generically...
Sideways Apocalypse – Kenny Foster (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I love Kenny Foster's ability to wrap up big ideas in the most accessible and infectious sounds. His songs are often gently philosophical, examining...
Músicas para Brincar Ventar e Voar! – Ana Pê (reviewed by...
Due to my lack of language skills (yes, typical lazy Brit), there is a barrier to my fully understanding the songs here, but that,...
Rip ‘n’ Dip – Spin Class (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Spin Class is everything that the rock and roll world needs right now, and the fantastic new single, ‘Rip ‘n’ Dip,’ is a perfect example...
Dream – Hollow Star (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Some music, the best music, certainly, comes close to the act of time travel. Play a record, and sometimes something jumps out at you,...
Black Whole – Paper Nova (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If you want to know exactly what people mean when they talk about post-genre music, you could do a lot worse than listen to Paper...
Another Anyone – Jodi DiPiazza (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Rock music may have made a name for itself for often being raw, rebellious, and riotous, but there are many sides to this broad...
The Restless Few – The Restless Few (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The Restless Few’s eponymous new single is a song in the spirit of all those great stadium anthems that have, through the ages, become the...
Gelino – Satoshi (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If you wanted any further proof that music is a constant force in the world, one that moves and evolves through the ages, changing...
Vitamins – Lucy Frost (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
As ‘Maybe It’s Me’ opens this album, you can’t help but fall for Lucy Frost’s simple, fragile, graceful sound, a feeling as much as it...
I Would Die – Dead Horse (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Love songs don’t have to be all sweetness and light; they don’t have to rhyme “moon” with “June,” and they certainly don’t have to...
Apocalypse Queen – Wormogenic (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
“Out of the mouths of babes”, that’s what they say, don’t they, when describing the innocent honesty that only comes from those not old...
DVD – Anniina (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Not only does Anniina have one of those voices, you know, one of those that stands out from the rest of the pack without you really...
EP3 – Loser Demon (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Some riffs, some songs, sound like instant classics, as if you have been listening to them for half your life, as if you have...
Sabbatical SeaSon – BeaVoys (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
BeaVoys seems to drop new music at a rate more associated with an earlier era, which is quite pertinent given the blissed-out, 60s pop...
Walk of Life – Lurleen Ladd (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
There is an assumption, perhaps held by those outside the creative sphere, that covers are just a way of cashing in on something already...
Signs of Life – Jeff Vidov (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Given Jeff Vidov’s background – a choir conductor, session pianist, film composer, and musical theater director, not to mention making a name for himself as...
Happiness Looks Good on You – George Collins Band (reviewed by...
It is fair to say that George Collins has a great way of cutting to the creative chase, of getting quickly to the point, be it...
The Big Idea – Lottie Gray (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I loved the single ‘Green,’ which was my first taste of Lottie Gray, and I love this fine EP. Once ‘Heads Down/Hands Up’ hits its...
Sugar Drip – Carrington MacDuffie (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
As the title track kicks off this latest album from Carrington MacDuffie, my mind turns to thoughts of Prince. Not because they are necessarily...
Strike to Ignite – Lecia Louise (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The term "Americana," as a music label, is a broad and slippery beast; you might be hard-pressed to find two people who can agree...
Airport Road – Violet Love (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
There is something easy, for want of a better word, about this new single from Violet Love, something effortlessly accessible, something gently infectious, an ability...
Speak to Me – Kathy Sabol (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Although the songs on Speak to Me were written over several years, they took on new meaning following Kathy Sabol's life-threatening illness last year....
