Yearly Archives: 2020

News: Albums of the Month (July 2020 – September 2020)

Posted on September 27, 2020 by GRTR! HQ
DEEP PURPLE - Whoosh!

MAGENTA Masters Of Illusion (Tiger Moth) It turns back the years without ever being ‘retro’ and I would suggest is comfortably the best Magenta album since Home.  Masters Of Illusion – The Musical, anyone?   ***** (Pete Whalley) WALTER TROUT Ordinary … Continue reading →

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Album review: PERFECT PLAN- Time For A Miracle

Posted on September 27, 2020 by andynathan
PERFECT PLAN-Time for a Miracle

Frontiers Records [Release Date 04.09.20] Perfect Plan’s self titled debut was one of the revelations of 2018, these seasoned Swedes emerging from nowhere with a high quality mix of hard rock and AOR. After keeping the pot boiling nicely with … Continue reading →

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Album review: HELL IN THE CLUB – Hell of Fame

Posted on September 27, 2020 by andynathan
HELL IN THE CLUB- Hell of Fame

Frontiers Records [Release Date 04.09.20] Hell in the Club, whose latest album is remarkably their fifth,  are one of the few bands on Frontiers Records huge roster that are actually from their native Italy- even if band members have adopted … Continue reading →

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Single reviews: JESSICA LYNN, IVY GOLD, FUTURE RADIO, ZEA SY

Posted on September 27, 2020 by jason
JESSICA LYNN

JESSICA LYNN Love Me That Way Another new song from a rising star in the country scene Jessica Lynn. As Lynn hereself says – “Love Me That Way is one of my favorite songs from my new television concert special … Continue reading →

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Album review: LEAVES’ EYES – The Last Viking

Posted on September 27, 2020 by jason
LEAVES' EYES - The Last Viking

AFM Records [Release date 23.10.20] Leaves’ Eyes are nothing if prolific, with eight albums, eight EPs and a live album since they formed back in 2003. ‘The Last Viking’ marks the final part of the band’s Viking trilogy, telling the … Continue reading →

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News: WIN a copy of BLACK SABBATH Paranoid – 50th anniversary super deluxe box set

Posted on September 27, 2020 by GRTR! HQ
Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 50th Anniversary Edition

Celebrating the 50th anniverary of the multi-million selling album ‘Paranoid’ BMG release a 5-LP/4CD edition on October 9th, featuring the vinyl debut of two 1970 concerts. We have a copy of the CD version and the vinyl super deluxe edition … Continue reading →

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Album review: MATTY JAMES CASSIDY – Old Souls

Posted on September 26, 2020 by jason
MATTY JAMES CASSIDY - Old Souls

Cargo Records [Release date 28.08.20] I do love a record that you cannot pigeon-hole to one musical genre, especially one that has a rich tapestry of influences in there too, and that is exactly what Matty James Cassidy has managed … Continue reading →

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DVD review: THE ROLLING STONES – Steel Wheels Live – Atlantic City, New Jersey

Posted on September 26, 2020 by jason
THE ROLLING STONES - Steel Wheels Live - Atlantic City, New Jersey

Eagle Vision/Universal [Release date 25.09.20] Now, this is a beauty of a release, and one that I have been waiting for as I have had a bootleg of this show since early 1990 and this has now been restored, remixed … Continue reading →

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Album review: TODD RUNDGREN – A Wizard A True Star, Live

Posted on September 26, 2020 by jason
TODD RUNDGREN – A Wizard A True Star, Live

Cleopatra Records, USA [Release date 25.09.20] Eleven Years ago this month, Todd Rundgren and his band, suitably garbed in white “coat’n’tails” played “A Wizard, A True Star” in its entirety, at the Akron Ohio Civic Theatre, one of the last … Continue reading →

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Album review: RISING STEEL – Fight Them All

Posted on September 26, 2020 by jason
RISING STEEL – Fight Them All

Frontiers [Release date 04.09.20] Second album from Grenoble’s finest metal band, Rising Steel. And you can see the tongue in their cheek from space. Allegedly. The band’s amusingly phallic name is the first Freudian nod and wink. And then, endearingly, … Continue reading →

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Album review: MARTIN BARRE – 50 Years Of Jethro Tull (2-CD)

Posted on September 26, 2020 by GRTR! HQ
MARTIN BARRE - 50 Years Of Jethro Tull

The Store For Music [Release date 16.10.20] The first thing to say is that the cover, both inside and out, of this 50 year celebration is a tad misleading.  You could be forgiven for thinking that it is a retrospective … Continue reading →

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Album review: STRYPER – Even The Devil Believes

Posted on September 25, 2020 by jason
STRYPER – Even The Devil Believes

Frontiers [Release date 04.09.20] Stryper’s 13th studio album, “Even The Devil Believes” follows hard the heels of “God Damn Evil” (their fourth on Frontiers). When you’re hot you’re hot. Vocalist/Guitarist/producer, Michael Sweet lets loose a high pitched howl as he … Continue reading →

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Book review: MARK BADGEMAN & ANDREW WOLFMAN – Memories of The Market Tavern Kidderminster 1990-96

Posted on September 25, 2020 by jason
Market Tavern

Self-published [Publication date 16.11.20] Even if you didn’t attend a gig at Kidderminster’s Market Tavern, if you’re a live music fan then there’s plenty here to enjoy. This long defunct but fondly remembered and unique venue is celebrated in this … Continue reading →

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Album review: SIMON COLLINS – Becoming Human

Posted on September 23, 2020 by jason
SIMON COLLINS - Becoming Human

Frontiers [Release date 04.09.20] Fourth solo album by Simon Collins and his first since leaving Sound Of Contact, on whose 2013 debut album ‘Dimensionaut’ he handled lead vocals. Simon Collins played drums and keys on this album, along with vocals. … Continue reading →

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Album review: LANDFALL – The Turning Point

Posted on September 22, 2020 by jason
LANDFALL - The Turning Point

Frontiers [Release date 04.09.20] This is up and coming Brazilian band, Landfall’s first album with talented vocalist Gui Oliver. His high tenor has encouraged the label to compare him to Steve Perry, but his vocal timbre is often much closer … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE LAST DINOSAUR – Wholeness

Posted on September 21, 2020 by jason
The Last Dinosaur - Wholeness

Indie [Release date 23.10.20] Music can move us in so many ways, filtering through our lives in both the subtle and the obvious. It can seem to be that ever-present soundtrack to our days, a faintly heard radio, the background … Continue reading →

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Album review: SANDRA BOUZA – Falling Away From Me

Posted on September 21, 2020 by petefeenstra
Sandra Bouza - Falling Away From Me

Sabucedo Records [Release date 18.09.20] If Toronto has provided a creative backdrop to the recent renewed interest in all aspect of soul, Sandra Bouza takes things a step further with a cross genre, radio friendly album that is refreshingly lyrically … Continue reading →

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Album review: OVERLAND – Scandalous

Posted on September 20, 2020 by jason
OVERLAND - Scandalous

Escape Music [Release date 18.09.20] FM vocalist Steve Overland returns with a new album, aided by Tommy Denander, along with Brian Anthony (bass, piano, Hammond) and drummer Brian Tichy (Foreigner, Whitesnake, Dead Daisies et al). The album’s contrasting styles can … Continue reading →

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Album review: BIG COUNTRY – Out Beyond The River, The Compulsion Years Anthology

Posted on September 18, 2020 by jason
BIG COUNTRY – Out Beyond The River, The Compulsion Years Anthology

Cherry Red [Release date 25.09.20] The late great Stuart Adamson and his band, Big Country, made an indelible musical mark on UK popular culture. Their history is well documented. This anthology focuses on a very narrow, but hugely fertile period … Continue reading →

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Book review: On track…MIKE OLDFIELD (Every album, every song) – Ryan Yard

Posted on September 18, 2020 by GRTR! HQ
On track…MIKE OLDFIELD (Every album, every song) – Ryan Yard

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 18.09.20] As Ryan Ward suggests in this survey of Mike Oldfield’s music, his calling card Tubular Bells – in 1973 – defined him and was never surpassed.  He was only 20.  Those of a certain age … Continue reading →

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