Jamie Lenman – ‘Muscle Memory’ [Review]

As regular readers will know, Jamie Lenman is a big deal where I’m from. My Facebook feed literally blew up with the release of the double-A-side Fizzy Blood/Pretty Please, news of his secret set at The Boileroom in Guildford, and the dates for his Heavy / Mellow Band’s recently completed tour. On top of all that, of course, there is this album. Not just a standard-length LP, but a 70-minute double album that takes in so many styles that I felt compelled to delay this review and let it all sink in and mature for a while. Now, however, it’s ready to go. Read more…

Posted on 07 January 2014

Missiles of October: ‘Hangover EP’ [Review]

Opinion

Although the goal of The Musical Melting Pot is to support and encourage the musicians of the world, sometimes tough love is required. Read more…

Posted on 24 October 2013

Jamie Lenman: ‘Fizzy Blood / Pretty Please’ [Review]

Fiction

The first time I saw her, I was stunned. She is very angular, especially her face. A perfectly diagonal fringe, razor sharp forty-five-degree edge over diamonds of stark white eye shadow.  Precisely defined cheekbones flanking thin, horizontal lips. Black lipstick. A mathematically immaculate kind of beauty – the type that in more primitive times might have been hailed as proof of the existence of some deity or other. Read more…

Posted on 02 October 2013

Acoda: ‘The Future Is Yours To Defend’ [Review]

Moving on from yesterday’s odd pairing of Guildfordian pop divadom and West Virginian freak show excess, we now come face to face with a set of up and coming talents from the UK’s burgeoning metal scene. Read more…

Posted on 02 August 2013