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Kasi Brewer grabs some time with Mike Marlin, finding out what makes him tick, how long he’s been touring and whether he has a secret love for Alan Parker film soundtracks…

Kasi Brewer checks out the latest offering from New York Queercore stalwarts Gay For Johnny Depp

Kasi Brewer heads down to Portsmouths only gig venue that also has a swimming pool inorder to check out Mike Marlin

Wow. Tempting to leave it there, but I’ll expand on why my opening to this review is just “wow”. Beware… I am officially a BIG FAN after hearing this album. Riz MC isn’t new to the scene, but ‘MICroscope’ is his debut into a genre that some might call over-crowded. It’s British grime/ hip-hop/ garage [...]

Kasi Brewer checks Polka’s vital signs and finds an injection of punk might just have revitalised it!

Kasi Brewer headed to Portsmouth’s premier venue to check out hardcore heroes Young Legionnaire, here’s her report from the field!

Kasi Brewer checks out the wintry world of Brontosaurus Chorus on their second album.

So, let’s have a go at describing this album. The genre is known as ‘Nu-funk’. Didn’t know there was such a thing. Before I discovered this phrase, I was thinking electro-disco, but I suppose if people hear ‘disco’ they’ll generally think Bee-Gees, Gloria Gaynor , roller-skates and the dance-off scene is Starsky & Hutch…

Mark Sultan – a man previously known as Creepy, Celeb Prenup, Von Needles and most famously BBQ – is somewhat of a chameleon, not only on the name and band front, but also in his musical stylings.