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.
Slightly Out of Focus – Brendan Ranney (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Everyone needs a breather now and then, a bit of a rest to come back recharged, refreshed, and ready for the fray. But come...
Single Premiere: Do As You Please (Live & Unplugged at the...
In the creative world, with the technology available in a modern studio, even a small setup in the corner of a bedroom makes it...
Spill My Guts – Jess Yaffa (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Although ‘Spill My Guts’ is quite a graphic-sounding title, what follows is a dreamy and drifting pop song, one built of deft lines and...
I Could Love You – Midniter (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
This fourth and final single, which paves the way for the release of Midniter’s debut album, Xeno, is not only a gorgeous slice of alt-pop; it’s...
RUBBERNECK – Robyn Maddox (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It’s not so much that ‘RUBBERNECK’ sounds timeless in the way that you would usually use the word – beyond generic chronological categorisation –...
Time Blindness – GU-RU (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The GU-RU is back…hurrah… and ‘Time Blindness’ is a real winner of a tune…hurrah again. If you are looking for a bit of an escape from...
Hindsight – CA in LA (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Timing is everything. We all know that. Never more true than in the musical world. Stories abound of records which only caught the public...
Medication – The Buttons (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
There is nothing new under the sun. We all know that. But that doesn’t mean you have to do or make the same things...
Cry – Strange DNA (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
‘Cry,’ the latest single from Strange DNA, is part of an ongoing project to explore issues of identity and perception, self-discovery and new beginnings. Obviously very...
Bride in Waiting – Divine Martyr (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Divine Martyr has always made a big sound. No bigger than that...bigger...keep going. Okay, it might be bigger than you can imagine; maybe you...
You’re Not Listening – Mister Chorister (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Taking a break from music is an understandable option for an artist: time to recharge, rethink, reevaluate, and do whatever you need to do....
Sola: The Tape Recordings – The Rotor Delta (reviewed by Dave...
Nostalgia and memory play a big part in music. Over time, the boring bits get edited out, and what remains often becomes a heightened...
Solitude – CANNING (Reviewed b y Dave Franklin)
CANNING feel like a band out of step with the modern age, and I mean that as the highest compliment. Fad and fashion don’t interest...
Beat the System – Holland Izz & Tayo Fetti (reviewed by...
Although the title might sound like the sort of track fellow Compton -ites, NWA would have gone for, things have changed in the 35 or so years since...
The Fiddle Player Stays – Rebekah Snyder (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The best inspiration for any art comes from real-world experiences, and that is certainly true of the latest release from Rebekah Snyder. Artists poaching the...
To Live Unaffected – Christ and The Machines (reviewed by Dave...
It is a reminder of just how powerful music can be when you delve into songs like ‘To Live Unaffected,’ the new single from Christ...
Girl I Seen – Darrell Kelley (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Although we have travelled with Darryl Kelley through some deeper and more thoughtful subjects in the past, explored social tensions, and delved into poignant...
Out of Camo – Ken Tran (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Poetry and music have always made for easy bedfellows. After all, what are lyrics if not just a layer of poetry running across the...
Walk Through The Fire – Criminal Hero (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Just because music genres move on doesn’t mean there isn’t still a rich seam to be ploughed through old inspirations, influences, and especially old...
Constellations Strange – FarFarAway (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Ever since Dylan went electric and a lone voice in the crowd shouted that forever-misquoted line, ‘Do you know any Judas Priest,’ and thus rock music was born,...
Part-Time Preacher – Lisa Michelle Anderson (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
With her latest album, Spend A Little Time, just around the corner, Lisa Michelle Anderson’s new single lands with perfect timing to remind us of what makes...
Surrender – August Benjamin (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
You could say that, though the very act of making music, August Benjamin has inherited the family business. Having spent his formative years soaking up the...
Rain Steam Speed – Nils Lassen (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Three words that say so much. Anyone who has even the slightest appreciation of Western art will read that title and immediately picture J. M....
Conversations With My Heart – E.J. (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
They say you should write about what you know, and that relatability and authenticity matter as much as the actual sonic moves of the...
Livin’ – Son of Jacob (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I know the term ‘Beatle-esque’ gets bandied about a lot- too much, really and is usually wrongly applied to music that falls well below...
Mariana Trench – Paul Garside (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The ‘Mariana Trench’ is, of course, a metaphor: this place where warm Pacific waters plunge into the deepest, darkest, most remote, and near-lifeless depths...
You Are So Real – Jon Scott (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Undeniable echoes of the golden age of soul cascade through this new one from Jon Scott: those lush, warm and nostalgic sounds of liquid piano...
Old Blighty – Last Night Watchman (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Even before you get to the music, there is something quintessentially English about the themes that run through Last Night Watchman’s music – everything from...
Far Away – Ron-Ian Cottam and Hotdog4theMoon (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
‘Far Away’ feels like a song that has fallen into the present from some sort of psychedelic-pop, dayglo, paisley-patterned past, a place that is...
Inches From Sin – Sometimes (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Sometimes a song can make an impression on its own; in fact, the main job of any song released as a single is to...
