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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Album review: SNOWFALL – Cold Silence
Escape Music www.escape-music.com Norwegian band formed from the ashes of Winter Parade and they feature Tore Meli (guitars/keys), ‘PB’ Riise (bass/keys) and Coldspell’s drummer Perra Johnson, who has also recently appeared on the Love Under Fire album. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cold Silence, Coldspell, Escape Music, Lee Small, Shy, SNOWFALL
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Album review: JAMES COTTON – Cotton Mouth Man
Alligator records [Release date: 06.05.13] Grammy award winning Chicago blues-harp legend James Cotton is back! Well he’s never really been away, but ill health robbed him of his vocals making it all the more remarkable that ‘Cotton Mouth Man’ is … Continue reading
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Tagged Alligator Records, blues, blues harp, blues rock, Buddy Guy, Chicago Blues, Chuck Leavell, Cotton Mouth Man, Darrell Nulisch, Delbert McClinton, Glenn Worf, Grammy award winner, Gregg Allman, James Cotton, Joe Bonamassa, Keb Mo, Muddy Waters, review, Rob McNelley, Ruthie Foster, shuffle, Tom Hambridge, Warren Haynes
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Gig review: SUICIDAL TENDENCIES,DRI,Waking the Dead – Amos’ Southend,Charlotte,NC,26 April 2013
They say the sun shines on a dead dog’s ass from time to time. Can’t think of a more accurate cliché that fits my life. After a long ofrun of seeing some awesome shows it seemed that the well had … Continue reading
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Tagged DRI, gig, review, Suicidal Tendencies, Waking The Dead
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Album review: PETER GREEN SPLINTER GROUP – The Very Best Of
Snapper Music (double CD) Peter Green was a founding member of Fleetwood Mac (having previously been in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers) and he was a key driver in that band’s early blues rock sound. He left Fleetwood Mac in 1970 due … Continue reading
Album review: ARTLANTICA – Across the Seven Seas
SPV www.spv.de (released 24th May) New band in name, although they have morphed out of Angel of Eden who released a cracking album ‘The End Of Never’. That line-up featured former Royal Hunt vocalist John West, … Continue reading
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Tagged Across the Seven Seas, Album ARTLANTICA
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Album review: THE JAN HOLBERG PROJECT – Sense Of Time, At Your Service
Sense Of Time (2011) Norwegian bassist Jan Holberg has a good philosophy outlined in his liner notes to 2011′s ‘Sense Of Time’: that with music there should be no boundaries. So in his first ‘solo’ venture he explores AOR and … Continue reading
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Tagged Age Sten Nilsen, album, At Your Service, funk, fusion, Jan Holberg Project, Joe Lynn Turner, Rainbow, review, rock, Sense Of Time, Tony Carey, Wig Wam
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Album review: TRUCKER DIABLO – Songs Of Iron
Ripple Music [Release date – 13.05.13] Back in December 2011 Trucker Diablo’s first album ‘The Devil Rhythm’ dropped onto my door mat ripe for review. After listening to said disc my one issue with the album was that it had … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, metal, Northern Ireland, review, rock, Songs Of Iron, Trucker Diablo
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Album review: JOHN NICKOLOFF – Get Out Of My Way
Independent/TSM [Release date: 02.05.13] John Nickoloff opens his debut 5 track EP/CD ‘Get Out Of My Way’ with hard rock pretensions but gradually moves towards radio friendly MOR material. Either way he’s got a great rock voice that effortlessly brings … Continue reading
Album review: SWEETKENNY – Jennifer’s Box Of Junk
Waterfall Records/TSM [Release date: 2013] ‘Jennifer’s Box of Junk’ is both a title and concept. As song writer/ guitarist Kenny Sutton explains: ‘each song had to be something you would put in a box of junk’. Make of that what … Continue reading
Album review: GASTRIC BAND – Party Feel
Armellodie Records [Release date: 03.06.13] With a line up comprising two drummers and three guitarists with additional synths, loops, samples and percussion, Scotland’s awfully titled Gastric Band are clearly not your ordinary beat combo. Party Feel is anything but an … Continue reading
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Tagged Armellodie recrds, Bruce Wallace, Cameron Cullen, Craig Macfadyen, Eno, experimental, Frank Zappa, free form, fusion, Gastric Band, guitar keyboards, Jack weir, Jazz rock, loops, Man, modulation, Party Feel, prog rock, review, Ricki Thomson, Robert Fripp, Ross McPherson, samples, Scottish band, soundscapes, syncalvier, synths
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Album review: VIRGIL & THE ACCELERATORS – Live at Marshall 31/8/12
Mystic Records [Release date: 29.04.13] One of the hardest working and talented young kick ass rock-blues bands on the circuit, Virgil & The Accelerators are like a lightning bolt out of the starting block. Having shown their raw ability in … Continue reading
Album review: FRANCESCO MARRAS – Black Sheep
Independent Screaming Shadows guitarist Francesco Marras’s debut solo album has enough dazzling shredding and a sense of spontaneity to gives it crossover appeal to Vai, Malmsteen and Satriani fans. But you sense that the triumvirate’s collective musical palette has already … Continue reading
Album review: THE BLACK MARBLES – Made In Concrete
TBM productions/New Music [Release date: 08.03.13] Described as ‘a mix of swag, groove, energy, heart & soul with their own take on rock ‘n’ roll’, 70’s influenced Swedish rockers The Black Marbles wear their retro influences on their sleeve in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Axl Rose, Bad Company, classic rock, Free, hard rock, Kaj Paxeus, Keith Richards, Krister Selander, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Paul Rogers, Philip Karlsson, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant, Rolling Stones, Swedish rock, The Black Marbles, Tobbe Bovik
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Album review: BELIEVE – The Warmest Sun In Winter
Metal Mind Productions www.metalmind.com.pl Poland is hotbed for progressive rock, being a lucrative touring circuit for overseas bands and then producing some fine bands of their own like Riverside, Satellite and Believe. This is the band’s fifth album and the … Continue reading
Album review: MOON BIRD – Signs of Illusion
Kwinch Music/TSM [Release date:04.13] Moon Bird is a great name for a band that revels in layered sounds, sweeping melodies and David Gilmour style progressions. ‘Signs Of Illusion’ is probably too derivative to break new ground, but given … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Daryl Lynch, guitar, Jim Kwiecinski, keyboards, Moon Bird, Pink Floyd, prog rock, progressive, review, soundcapes, synths
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Album review: FLICKER – How Much Are You Willing To Forget?
Self-released – 28.1.2013 I wonder, historically, how many really good albums have never been given the chance to shine or be commercially successful due to an opening track being so naff that most reviewers Frisbee the disc to the wastebasket … Continue reading
Album review: JOE SATRIANI – Unstoppable Momentum
Interview edit: Joe Satriani, 24 May 2013 First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on 6 June 2013 Epic [Release date 06.05.13] With guitar instrumentals, in fact guitar rock per se, it nearly always comes back to Satch. Well, nearly always. How … Continue reading
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Tagged album, guitar, guitarist, Joe Satriani, Mike Keneally, review, rock, Unstoppable Momentum, Vinnie Colauita
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News: THE BEACHBOYS – Live 50th Anniversary Tour CD
The Beach Boys are pleased to announce their new concert album, Live – The 50th Anniversary Tour, a 2CD and digital collection of 41 standout recordings from their acclaimed 2012 reunion tour. Last year’s reunion of Brian Wilson, Mike Love, … Continue reading
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Tagged Live 50th Anniversary Tour, THE BEACHBOYS
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Gig review: FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS + FORT HOPE + UGLY LOVE
The Underworld, London Wednesday 24th April 2013 The Underworld – a well known venue, famous for the many bands and artists that have performed there. And now, it seems there is a new addition to their ever growing list; Fearless … Continue reading
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Tagged April 24th 2013, Fearless Vampire Killers, FORT HOPE, UGLY LOVE, Undereworld
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Album review: SHADOWQUEEN – Don’t Tell
Bad Reputation [Release date 13.05.13] I realised recently – and unplanned – that the first half-hour of my weekly radio show was made up of several Aussie acts, including Tracer and original AC/DC vocalist Dave Evans. Along with bands … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Australia, Don't Tell, hard rock, review, Shadowqueen
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Album review: JULIAN SAS – Bound To Roll
Cavalier Recordings Voted best blues-rock guitarist in the Benelux countries by the influential Dutch Guitarist magazine, the key to any Julian SAS CD is his tasteful, fluid soling, an array of wholesome tones and his ability to transform any given … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, boogie, Bound To Roll, Cavalier Music, Dutch guitarist, guitarist, Julian Sas, Michael Katon, rock
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Album review: DEEP PURPLE: Now What?!
earMUSIC [Release date: 29.04.13] I remember seeing Purple on their 2009 tour and, between albums, it all seemed a bit lack-lustre with a perfunctory trawl through the familiar golden nuggets. Fast forward to their 19th studio album and the band … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Deep Purple, Don Airey, hard rock, Iain Paice, Ian Gillan, Now What?!, review, Roger Glover, Steve Morse
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Gig Review: SAXON, QUIREBOYS – ABC, Glasgow, 21 April 2013
It’s been a long time since I have seen Saxon, too long in fact. I should have caught them at Download last year but a combination of heavy traffic and mud ensured that Biff and the guys had been and … Continue reading
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Tagged 21 April 2013, ABC, gig, Glasgow, hard rock, heavy metal, live, Quireboys, Redline, review, Saxon
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Quick plays: CRAIG JOHN DAVIDSON, ERICA NOCKALLS, KRIS KRISTOFFERSON,DERRIN NAUENDORF
Craig John Davidson – The Last Laugh (Fat Hippy Records) [Release date: 29.04.13] Being on Fat Hippy Records is somewhat appropriate in the case of this 4th solo album from acoustic troubadour Craig John Davidson. Not because he’s fat, because … Continue reading
Album review: THE BEAUTIFUL OLD – Turn Of The Century Songs
Doubloon Records [Release date 03.06.13) Who of those baby boomers amongst us can't immediately recall the strains of the [the man on] ‘The Flying Trapeze’ – a staple on Children’s Favourites? This loving re-visiting of parlour songs from the 1823 … Continue reading
