- Adrian Phillips
Profile
Ex-actor and now arts marketer - I run TunA the Day.com a site that promotes unsigned and small label artists. Broad musical tastes (twangy country and metal aside) I also struggle round a cricket pitch and squash court, drink too much beer and have my hands full keeping my daughter Daisy in check.
Reviews:
The Kabeedies - Soap Album Review- It’s February, it’s freezing and the sun is struggling to make an appearance, but hey, what’s this oozing from my speakers and spreading a Summary vibe throughout the house?It’s on...
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Phantom Limb - The Pines Album Review- For the first few bars of the title track from this debut album by Bristol based Phantom Limb it sounds like the listener is in for an earful of Acid Jazz circa 80s Brand New Heavi...
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Portico Quartet - Portico Quartet Album Review- I’m often asked why I write reviews for AllGigs (well actually I’ve never been asked that, but for the purposes of this preamble I have) – certainly not for the money is my cutting...
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Bombay Bicycle Club - Leave It Single Review- When I first saw the title of this I thought for one terrible minute that “One of Britain’s greatest bands” (The Sunday Times) had decided to cover Yes’ 1984 pop-tastic A Cappella ...
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NavaCross - NavaCross Album Review- The Essex town of Chelmsford probably isn’t one you’d associate with 70s west coast Americana and Rock-a-Billy, but 5-piece band NavaCross have been belting out those kind of sound...
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Iarla O'Lionaird - Foxlight Album Review- Born in West Cork Iarla Ó Lionáird has been the main vocalist, and one of four founding members, with world fusion exponents Afro Celt Sound System for over 15 years, whilst at the...
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Rusty Anderson - Until We Meet Again Album Review- If there was an award going for worst album title, and I’m sure somewhere there is, this would have to be on a short list. Luckily for singer/songwriter and ‘multi-instrumentalist ...
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Dear Reader - Idealistic Animals Album Review- For those of you decrying the dearth of ‘serious’ music in the face of bland X-factor fodder then here’s a New Year tip…get your lug holes round the VERY serious 'Idealistic Animal...
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Mamas Gun - Only One ft. Beverly Knight Single Review- I know it’s supposed to be the season of goodwill to all and that many people have raved about the album from whence this comes, but I’m going to have to don my Scrooge persona whe...
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Madison Violet - The Good In Goodbye Album Review- Canadian roots duo Madison Violet have worked hard to establish themselves in a crowded market; spending eight months a year on the road and releasing three, increasingly popular, ...
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Neil Cowley Trio - The Face of Mount Molehill Album Review- I gave a bit of a critical kickin’ to the last jazz album I reviewed for this site (no names) so it was with a slight air of trepidation that I slipped this into my laptop. I needn...
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Goodluck Jonathan - The Future Got No Love For Us Single Review- I’ll let you into a little secret – sometimes I struggle to meet AllGigs’ minimum word count, especially for singles, and I catch myself thinking ‘did I use that word / phrase / cr...
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Low Level Flight - Through These Walls Album Review- Toronto-based pop/rockers Low Level Flight (or LLF as I shall refer to them from now on) have come up with a polished album to follow on from 2007’s debut ‘Urgency’. If there is on...
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Marlon Roudette - Riding Home EP Review- After the considerable success of 'New Age', his first single as a solo performer, ex-Mattafix frontman Marlon Roudette, confirms his position as an artist of substance with this a...
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The Feeling - Singles (2006 - 2011) Album Review- I’ve never brought into the idea of having ‘guilty pleasures’ – if you like something then you shouldn’t be ashamed about it or keep it hidden. I have no qualms about saying that P...
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Johnny Daukes - A False Parade Album Review- Here’s a question…what do you do if mature sounding rock/pop is your thing, but you don’t want to be ridiculed by your peers for buying the new Coldplay album? Answer…get your hand...
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Owiny Sigoma Band - Here on the Line Single Review- Back in 2009 a London-based collective travelled to Kenya and took part in a number of explorative sessions with Joseph Nyamungu, a phenomenal nyatiti player and Charles Owoko, a d...
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Thea Gilmore,Sandy Denny - Don't Stop Singing Album Review- Folk rock icon Sandy Denny died at the stupidly tender age of 31 having fallen prey to a devastating combination of alcohol and drugs (how history repeats itself). Now 33 years lat...
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- Jake Morley - Freddie Laid The Smack Down Single Review
- On the back of a successful summer album release singer-songwriter Jake Morley liberates his new single safe in the knowledge that he already has a posse of influential fans includ...
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RKC - British Plastic Album Review- Take a bunch of 80s electronica influences including Depeche Mode, mix in some Park Life-era Blur, add a dash of The Beta Band and shake well. The result? ‘British Plastic’ the new...
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Ane Brun - It All Starts With One Album Review- I first heard Ane Brun’s haunting vocals when she supported Peter Gabriel on his ‘Scratch My Back’ tour in 2010. Gabriel has always had on ear for distinctive female vocalists havi...
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Jim Stapley - Live! Album Review- Jim Stapley has a rockin’ blues voice that belies his 25 years and this, his debut album, features ten original tracks recorded live at The Bedford in London earlier this year whic...
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The Deadly Gentlemen - Carry Me To Home Album Review- What with the current explosion of British Americana acts (Ahab, The Epstein, Two Fingers of Firewater, Treetop Flyers…I could go on) it makes a change to review one that actually ...
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Herman Dune - Strange Moosic Album Review- Herman Melville wrote a book about a whale, Herman Munster scared the s*** out for me when I was 6, Herman Dune write catchy folk pop songs and Hermann Goering was a Nazi, but he’s...
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- Kidda - The Whistler Single Review
- Calling a track ‘The Whistler’ is opening you up to dangerous associations with somebody of my age; namely Roger Whittaker. If you don’t get the reference then you are fortunate in...
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