- Mat Radbourne
Profile
Mat "Gingerbreadman" Radbourne born in Liverpool in the spring of 1971. My passion is listening to and watching bands live. I absolutely love the buzz of going to gigs, buying the new album, getting the tickets and seeing the act live....marvellous!!
My musical interests are really wide, no real set genre, but my main passion, at the moment anyway, are bands like The Long Blondes, The Wedding Present, The Fall, The Kabeedies, Twisted Wheel, The White Stripes, Laura Marling, The National, The Pixies, Nick Cave and The Pocketbooks. I reckon one of the freshest bands at the minute are "Mexican Kids at Home" they are cracking live, young, enthusiastic, vibrant and quirky, really interesting. (I suggest you check them out!!!)
I generally watch bands in Sheffield at The Corporation or The Leadmill, Leicester at The Charlotte or Nottingham at the Rescue Rooms, but there are so many great venues within forty five minuets of home I cant fail. In the last few weeks ive been to the Indie track festival at Butterley, the Summer Sundae at Leicester and also seen bands like The Wave Pictures, Twisted Wheel, I Was A Cub Scout, Lykke Li, and Billy Bragg.
Apart from that I'm a keen Derby County fan, I train for and run two marathons a year and enjoy cycling. I'm currently restoring an old Morris Traveller in whatever spare time I have!!!. That's about me in nutshell!!!!
Reviews:
Anja McCloskey - Italian Song Single Review- Bizarre, very bizarre. No, different, maybe very different. Or maybe just out right brilliant. I love this, I truly think this is outstanding. I reckon this woman is mad as a hatte...
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Bap Kennedy - The Sailors Revenge Album Review- If your CV boasts playing with legends, and legends who seek out and find you that include Steve Earl, Van Morrison and Mark Knopfler, in my eyes you’ve got to be good. In fact I w...
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Rosco Levee - Final Approach To Home Album Review- ‘Final Approach to Home’ is a vibrant, offering from Rosco Levee, a man and his band from Kent. They sing country blues, and have released a foot taper of an album that is sure to ...
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Pinhead Nation - Luck Had Nothing To Do With It Album Review- Where to start?...... They say the best things in life are worth waiting for……with this in mind comes an album that has taken the best part of twenty years to be released. Pinhead ...
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Christiaan Webb - A Man Possessed Album Review- Christiaan Webb was/is apart of the Webb Brothers, a band that I remember from the early part of 2000 which involved his brother Justin and later James and also included a collabo...
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Crowns - Crowns EP Review- A new band from Cornwall introduce their self- titled EP, ‘Crowns’.Now this is proper sea shanty, folk based drinking sing along music of a decent quality. It’s got a bit of a Wate...
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Miles Nielsen and the Rusted Hearts - Presents The Rusted Hearts Album Review- “A bit different and a bit good” was how I described Nielson in my review of his debut album in May 2009. My view has changed slightly with the mellowing of time. He is very clos...
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The Weisstronauts - Nineteen Something Nine Album Review- The Weisstronauts are essentially a collection of three lead guitarists based in Boston, instrumental rock is how they describe themselves.Funky, almost acid jazz grabs my immediat...
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Pearl Handled Revolver - Colossus Album Review- ‘Colossus’ is a brave name for an album title, but my word, it’s the right title. This is impressive.Bedford, downtown Milton Keynes, is the home of this hard-hitting blues-rock fi...
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Rita Hosking - Burn Album Review- The forth album from the reliable country girl from California, it’s a real pleasant encounter of country-folk story telling over a background of easy going banjo playing.Hosking a...
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Earth Prayer - Nine Days Album Review- It’s a nice bit of classic rock from this London four piece led by the voice of Heidi Jo Hines, a name worth remembering.Hines is full on, powerful, meaningful, direct and very ver...
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Mutemath - Odd Soul Album Review- So straight away I’m getting this Jack White, White Stripes sound going off and I’m more than very interested. In fact, I am checking out web pages for gigs and live action before ...
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JT Nero - Mountains/Forests Album Review- The first powerful impression I got of this album is the well-balanced, perfect harmonies of JT Nero and Allison Russell. Although under Nero’s name it is pretty much an album of s...
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Lindi Ortega - Little Red Boots Album Review- As a part of Brandon Flowers backing band who toured around the UK festivals this year, many maybe familiar with Lindi Ortega. She is new to me but after a few blasts of ‘Little Re...
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Brothers of Brazil - Brothers of Brazil Album Review- It’s very rare I feel uncomfortable listening to ’music’ but this CD even pushes Saturday night TV music “competitions” to the limit. The Brothers of Brazil are a “Bossa nova, sam...
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Is Shepherd - Pine Box Single Review- An enigmatic debut from Newcastle new comers, Is Shepherd, jingly indie guitar’s lending themselves to a slightly poppy vibe. Is Shepherd are like a Bon Iver, it’s very atmospheric...
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Awolnation - Megalithic Symphony Album Review- With all its remixes and bonus tracks Awolnation have given us 16 tracks, one even lasting an exhausting 15 minutes, on their new release Megalithic Symphony.A collection of experi...
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Neon Indian - Era Extrana EP Review- More spaced out synths, seems to be the agenda from Neon Indian. This, Era Extrana, is the follow up to the critically acclaimed 2009 debut ‘Psychic Chasms’.In trying to research a...
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New Country Rehab - New Country Rehab Album Review- The first thing that stood out for me, whilst listening to New Country Rehab’s new release, was their version of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘State Trooper’, from his 1982 album ‘Nebraska’...
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I'm Kingfisher - Arctic Album Review- I’m Kingfisher is the Swedish solo underground indie folk artist, Thomas Denver Jonsson. I’m not at all familiar with him or his work, but I’m told this is album number four. He is...
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Letting Up Despite Great Faults - Paper Crush EP Review- I’ve always been a fan of that shoe-gaze 80’s music. And a number of bands are starting to reform and get that sound back. I also reviewed a great band Sad Day for Puppets not long...
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Transfer - Future Selves Album Review- Anthem indie rock debut from San Diego’s newest export. The sound is good with glimpses of Coldplay and probably more so Kings of Leon or perhaps even The Killers. In fact on resea...
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Jointpop - The Longest Kiss Album Review- Blimey when I first played ‘Loveless Street’, the opening track, I thought Joe Strummer had come back, to carry on his great work!!! Unfortunately he hasn't, but in Jointpop we cer...
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North Atlantic Oscillation - Grappling Hooks Album Review- From head to toe, start to finish, I am loving this album which is ‘Grappling Hooks’ by the Scottish trio North Atlantic Oscillation. The sound is a blend of ‘Prog Rock’ stroke ‘el...
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BettySoo,Doug Cox - Across The Borderline: Lie To Me Album Review- BettySoo and Doug Cox have collaborated on this unlikely yet altogether charming set of tracks. ‘Across The Borderline’ is essentially an album of covers. Amongst the set is ‘Be Ca...
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