Single review: As the Palaces Burn – “Zodiac”
Coming straight out of the southern Brazilian city of Criciúma in Santa Catarina, the genre-bending outfit As the Palaces Burn have been one of the country’s best-kept secrets, consistently releasing great material. They burst onto the scene with 2019’s End’evour, which has a furious heavy/thrash me
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24 Songs of Xmas 2024 / Single Review: Just Happy to Be Here – Father Christmas
That Just Happy to Be Here, the New Jersey based pop-punk band, has chosen to cover "Father Christmas", a song from the Kinks, is not entirely surprising. The Kinks have influenced many bands and a not unreasonable case can be made th
24 Songs of Xmas / Single Review: Yächtley Crëw – It’s Christmas Time
This band calls themselves Yächtley Crëw (see what they did there?) and they claim to be "Titans of Soft Rock" and from the evidence of this song, I'm not going to argue!
The song, "It's Christmas Time", is from an EP called Seas and Greet
24 Songs of Xmas / Single Review: The Plague -Santa Clause Is Coming To Town
This is an odd Christmas single... but odd in a good way.
This is "Santa Clause Is Coming To Town" as you have never heard it before (apart from, perhaps, in your nightmares). It has to be said that this release does not entitrely follow the tradi
Single Review: ‘King BIG – Rudy’s On The Roof
I like Big Boy Boater and his music, so, when I heard he had a side project, where he worked on a Christmas song in a ska style, I was in... even before I heard it.
The song is "Rudy's On The Roof" by 'King BIG. (The apostrophe before "King" appears to be important, but as someone on Santa'
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24 Songs of Xmas / Single Review: Vulgarithm – Christmas Time With Vulgarithm
It has to be said I was in two minds about reviewing this single. It is so far from my usual cup of tea that it barely resembles an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring boiling water over dried leaves. In the end I decided... it
24 Songs of Xmas 2024: Blind Boys Of Alabama & Jay Buchanan – I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
The legendary gospel group, The Blind Boys of Alabama, in collaboration with Jay Buchanan (frontman of The Rival Sons) sounds like a match made in heaven. So, does I Heard The Bells On Ch
24 Songs of Xmas 2024: The Sheepdogs – Santa Man/Hot Christmas
This could be an EP or an old style single with an A side and a B side. I have decided to treat it as an old school single...
I generally do not like trying to label a band with a particular genre, but if I had to apply one to The Sheepdogs, I wo
24 Songs of Xmas 2025: Ricky Warwick – All I Want For Christmas… Is Christmas!
Looking for a feel good rock rock’n’roll Christmas single? Then you will be glad to know that Ricky Warwick has released All I Want For Christmas… Is Christmas!, which features Billy Duffy of The Cult on guitar and guest vo
24 Songs of Xmas 2025: Deedra Patrick – Christmas Is Calling You
I must admit that I am not familiar with the name Deedra Patrick, but she has an interesting blues edge to her vocals.
This particular song, Christmas is Calling You, has a country blues feel to it, largely because of the excellent lap steel guita
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