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.
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....
The Inner Temple (Songs of Transformation) – Monique Grimme (reviewed by...
It has been fascinating to watch Monique Grimme's music gradually move from the more mainstream, rock-leaning territory of her earlier work into something increasingly...
Losing (The Only Game In Town) – The Scarlet Goodbye (reviewed...
Not that you can ever pin down The Scarlet Goodbye as they creatively careen and sonically skid all over the musical map, or at least the...
The Noise Is Ours – Seasurfer (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
As the chiming, crystalline vocals of ‘Flurry Glory’ give way to equally chiming and crystalline, yet dark and dense shoegaze textures, we find Seasurfer leading us...
Coming Home – The Real Anthem (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Sitting in a space that touches the generic fringes of all the sounds that have been a constant in my life – post-punk, alt-rock,...
Bird That Used To Sing – The Sunmills (reviewed by Dave...
The Sunmills have, over the last couple of years, built a reputation for delivering a lively collision of indie rock and energetic funk, a sound...
Mondo Judex – Judex (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
When you read through the annals of music history, it is never the big success stories and multi-platinum-selling bands, the artists that make enough...
Parakeets – Oaken Wires (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I really enjoyed Oaken Lee’s run of spacious, modern-folk singles that drifted into the review pile last year, but this latest release, which sees him...
Practiced Lines – French Inhaler (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It is fair to say that recent singles from French Inhaler, namely ‘TV Love’ and ‘Plastic Ocean’, piqued my interest in this Chicago trio, and after all,...
Farewell The World – Carlos Grassot (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Some people keep a record of their life through a journal, a place where they can write down their intimate thoughts and muse on...
not with me – Sophia Casson-Smith (ft. George Mercer)
‘not with me’ is music from the Deep South…Hampshire, UK, to be exact. But it is flavored with sounds recognizably from below the Mason-...
Down For The Ride – Tristan Roberson (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The opening, title track tells you everything you need to know about why Tristan Roberson is becoming known as the poster boy of the modern...
Ben Lester – Ben Lester (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Ben Lester has been forging his own signature sound from an early age, combining intricate melodies, ambitious arrangements and a fascination with studio potential. Like...
Fly Away – Steve Stinson (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Travel might broaden the mind, but there comes a point where you find yourself so far out, so far from home, so ready to...
