Here at Flam and Flange towers we were immediately excited when we heard about the imminent release of the new Arboria album. When we started the podcast, just over two years ago, we knew very little about the Worcester scene […]
If (like me) you’re in the 55 to 65ish age bracket, into punk in your teens and early twenties, you probably are still, or will at least have fond memories and a soft spot for the genre. You may still […]
No messing around with long – winded, arty – farty intros here, 2 beats and the song kicks straight in with vocals, bass and drums to start with, giving it a minimal, stripped down feel before the guitar enters the […]
If you take Jonny Melodic’s latest single, entitled Masks due for release on the 19th of July, at face value you will be very much mistaken… Although, like much of the art world, Melodic’s previous two albums had explored the […]
As a vegetarian, seeing the first track title “Meat Meat Meat” immediately creates an idea that this collection of music from Sister Sandwich is going to be an upfront and in your face collection of music. And yes, I wasn’t […]
Cool your Jets by the 1950s inspired Strays is a highly polished album. The finished tracks gleam like the chrome on the impressive bumpers & fins of the American land cruisers of the aforementioned decade. To clarify though, the Strays […]
Pop/Punk band Maxwell Avenue from Birmingham released their album “Hypercolour Youth” on Friday 20th June. The opening track “The Ballad of Valentin” starts with a gentle lullaby but soon picks up into an addictive , jolly chanting march of a […]
This is Modernism with more than a nod to the past. If the DC comic book artists’ had smoked crystal meth this is the monochrome version of modernism we would have discovered. John Rose – the one man art movement […]
What I’m about to say isn’t rocket science, but it’s a good time to reflect on music culture right now, as it’s exciting as it is remarkable. From the 1970s to the 2000s the sea change went from major label […]
“Pete Sounds” by Peter Richard Adams Welcome to the first Flam and Flange review for SLAP. We record the review live as part of our podcast and then write it up here so everyone gets the best (or worst) of […]
