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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Album review: TESLA – Simplicity

Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Released 9.6.14] It’s hard to think that Tesla’s first album, “Mechanical Resonance”, came out in 1986- and now here we are nearly 30 years later and their seventhstudio album “Simplicity” is about to be released (although, if you … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, Frontiers, hard rock, Jeff Keith, rock, Simplicity, Tesla
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News: Chicago troubadour TOM FULLER plays exclusive GRTR! session

Get Ready to ROCK! Radio Sunday, 1 June 2014, 21:00 (repeated Tuesday 16:00, Thursday 21:00 GMT) Listen in using the icons at the top of this page or via the dedicated website As part of our ongoing ‘In Session for … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, NEWS
Tagged 1 June 2014, acoustic, Freedom, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, live, radio, rock, session, singer songwriter, Tom Fuller
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Album review: TODD RUNDGREN – Reissues

Edsel Records [Release date 19.05.14] Just when you thought it was safe to avoid further Todd Rundgren re-issues, along come another three. The first thing to say is that Edsel always do a marvellous job with their packaging. Yes these … Continue reading
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Tagged A True Star, A Wizard, album, pop, reissue, review, rock, Something Anything, Todd, Todd Rundgren
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EP Review: MONSTER JAW – Get A Tattoo

Cobra Kitten Records [Release date 30.06.14] Monster Jaw are a trio from the north of England who formed back in 2013. The band was built around frontman and songwriter Mik Davis whose influences range from The Jesus and Mary Chain … Continue reading
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Tagged EP, Get A Tattoo, indie, Mik Davis, Monster Jaw, North England, rock, Smashing Pumpkins, the Pixies
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Album review: THE ROCKET DOLLS – Eyes

www.facebook.com/therocketdolls [Released 28.07.14] The Rocket Dolls hail from Brighton and consist of vocalist and guitarist Nikki Smash, Benji Knopfler (son of a fairly famous guitarist!) on drums and bassist Tommy K. I reviewed their EP way back in 2009 and … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Eyes, post grunge, the Rocket Dolls
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Gig review: ARTHUR BROWN – Robin 2, Bilston, 17 April 2014

‘I Am The God of Hellfire and I Bring You Fire’, the unmistakable line that has beguiled listeners since it first appeared on the album ‘The Crazy World of Arthur Brown’ back at the height of the psychedelic era and … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Brown, Bilston, gig, Lifecycle, psychedelic, review, Robin 2, rock, Roz Bruce Infusion
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Gig review: THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT – Manchester Academy, 23 April 2014

What? You haven’t heard of the The Temperance Movement? Have you had your head under a stone for the past few years? TTM have been taking the music scene by storm and selling out pretty much every venue they play. … Continue reading
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Tagged 23 April 2014, Brothers And Bones, gig, Manchester Academy, review, rock, The Temperance Movement
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Single review: PAUL MENEL & THE ESSENTIALS – Spirit Of ’66

www.facebook.com/paulmenel Former IQ singer Paul Menel returns with a timely release, a song for England supporters ahead of this year’s World Cup in Brazil. Starting with a Queen approved drum beat the song has a good sing-a-long chorus that you … Continue reading
Gig review: COCO MONTOYA – Beaverwood Club, Chislehurst, 22 May 2014

There are great blues players and then there is Coco Montoya. He’s a purveyor of a historic blues lineage that stretches back to his formative years with Albert Collins, but he transforms it into his own exciting blues hybrid, … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Collins, Albert King, blues, Brant Leeper, Coco Montoya, funk, gig review, guitar, Laurence Jones, Nate Brown, Renee Beevers, soul, Walter Trout
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Album review: CHRIS BRAIDE – Fifty Dollar Planets And Twenty Cent Stars

Cherry Red Records [Release date 05.05.14] Towards the end of 2012 Chris Braide and Geoff Downes released an album that may forever be termed “one that got away”. DBA’s ‘Pictures Of You’ was arguably one of the best albums of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chris Braide, DBA, Fifty Dollar Planets And Twenty Cent Stars, Geoff Downes, pop, review, rock, songwriter, The Producers
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Album Review: NIGHT RANGER – High Road

Frontiers Records [Release date 06.06.14] It’s encouraging to see Night Ranger try and break out of the nostalgia circuit and proving their enduring relevance with new product, this album coming three years after a return to form in Somewhere In … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Brad Gillis, High Road, Kelly Keagy, melodic rock, Night Ranger, review
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