★★★½ 3 and half star review of HEATH GREEN and The MAKESHIFTERS from THE FIRE NOTE

There’s little doubt, these songs are going to sound best in their native environs, a smoking blues rock club full of sweaty revelers eager to be elevated by the gritty and soulful delivery of Green and his Makeshifters, but the recording is so well crafted, the performances so ecstatic that it transcends the limitations often associated with a studio recording’s sterile environs. Alive and throbbing with the goal to reach out to listeners, these blues rockers take on a life of their own. – READ THE WHOLE REVIEW HERE

♠ HEATH GREEN and The MAKESHIFTERS featured in WELD for Birmingham

“”I think if you’ve listened or if you’ve watched me play over the years, you won’t see a difference,” he said. “The only difference will maybe be the style or the loudness of it. I think I’ve always been me. It’s hard for me to pretend to be anyone else. This is the way I’ve always sang. I do what I like.” – READ THE ARTICLE HERE

Nice review of MARK PORKCHOP HOLDER “Let It Slide” from POPMATTERS

In 2017, you’d be hard pressed to find someone bluesier than Mark Porkchop Holder. Known for his “anything goes” attitude toward gigs, as well as his gritty stylings, Holder has much reason to be singing the blues, with years of addiction and depression behind him. That said, Let It Slide has immersed as something of a catharsis; it is the sound of a changed man who is as true to his beloved musical influences as ever. – READ THE REVIEW HERE

Read the I94 BAR interview with Dom Mariani of DATURA4

One of the album highlights of 2016 was “Demon Blues”, the debut release by Perth-based rock-psych-boogie band Datura4.

A quartet led by Stems/DM3 songwriter Dom Mariani and ex-New Christs, You Am I, Bamboos and Monarchs guitarist Greg Hitchcock, With Stu Loasby (bass) and Warren Hall (drums) completing the line-up, Datura4 conjure a heady mix of guitar-raunch ‘n’ roll and heavy melodic jams – in the tradition of the Colored Balls and Masters Apprentices, yet unlike any other Australian band currently treading the boards.

Their second album “Hairy Mountain” has recently been unleashed by US label Alive Natural Sounds and we chased down Dom Mariani for a brief grilling, ahead of a quick-fire tour of Australia’s East Coast. – READ THE INTERVIEW HERE