Liverpool Sound City 2012
Writer Profile: Darren Bibby
Darren Bibby
Location: Colne, Lancashire
Beard: Yes
Tattoos: No
Favourite Tipple: Leffé (Blond)
1st Music Purchase: Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt II
Best Famous Beard: Mushtaq Ahmed (England spin bowling coach)
Guilty Pleasure: ABBA
My recent activity
EP Stubble - Unsigned
Into The Storm / Captains
Raising a bloody arm from beneath the flotsam in an impenetrable sea of internet sludge come Into The Storm, delivering gruff post-metal with elements of crust punk, angular ambience and Bosh-y algebra. 'Captains' places the fictional...
In Depth
Utilising primitive chat technology, Darkwulf and Darren Bibby discuss the latest single releases as they hear them, trying their best to synchronise hitting their 'Play' buttons in Glasgow and Lancashire.
Ninetails – Blue...
Album Review
Orcus Chylde / Orcus Chylde
Erstwhile Band of the Week Orcus Chylde have spun a spider web of European psych/prog rock with their self-titled debut. But whoa there if you're thinking it's going to be a throwback fantasy; their plunder from the era is the album-long...
Gig
A queue stretching half the way down Tib Street is not a regular sight at Moho, but this is Irish black metal warriors Primordial's first Manchester date for 18 years. A group of tourists dragging suitcases along look on at the throng with...
EP Review
Nately's Whore's Kid Sister / Ribs
“How dare you! How very fuck'n dare you....Richard Dawkins?..Richard fuckin' wankers, challenge me...You think you're clever...I will fuck you up... I will intellectually spin you around completely.” 'Man outside...
Album Stubble - Unsigned
Cultura Tres / El Mal del Bien
Bitumen-thick and black as coal comes 'El Mal del Bien', the second album from Venezuelan sludge metal quartet Cultura Tres. They've added songwriting nous to the impressive power and experimentation of 2008 debut 'La Cura'. This...
