Yearly Archives: 2024

Album review : LINDISFARNE – Brand New Day The Mercury Years 1978-79 (3 CDs)

Posted on May 22, 2024 by brianmc
LINDISFARNE Brand New Day Mercury Years 150

Cherry Red [Release date : 24.05.24] This is one of Cherry Red’s finer moments. A concise snapshot of Lindisfarne when they were at their best. CD1: Magic In The Air (1978) CD2: Back And Fourth (1978) CD3: The News (1979) … Continue reading →

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Gig review: MIDNITE CITY- Downstairs at The Dome, London, 11 May 2024

Posted on May 21, 2024 by andynathan
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Midnite City gigs used to be quite rare down south, as the melodic rockers concentrated on the north and Midlands where that particular scene always seems more established. Yet in relatively short order, 11 months after they played Camden’s Black … Continue reading →

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Album review: CHRIS FARLOWE – Stormy Monday – The Blues Years 1985-2008 (3CDs)

Posted on May 20, 2024 by brianmc
CHRIS FARLOWE Stormy 150

Cherry Red [Release date: 24.05.24] Born to sing the blues, Chris Farlowe recorded genre standard, ‘Stormy Monday Blues’ in 1965, to huge critical acclaim. With his band, the Thunderbirds, he became a lightning rod for blues fans, continually burning down … Continue reading →

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Album review: OLIVER WAKEMAN – Anam Cara

Posted on May 20, 2024 by GRTR! HQ
OLIVER WAKEMAN - Anam Cara

Elflock Records/Spirit of Unicorn Music/Cherry Red [Release date 10.05.24] Oliver Wakeman is best known as part of a veritable keyboard dynasty but out of the fatherly shadow he has been steadily making solid albums on his own terms. The latest … Continue reading →

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Album review: MIRACLE MILE – East of Ely

Posted on May 19, 2024 by jason
Miracle Mile East of Ely

Order link [Release date 31.05.24] ‘East of Ely’ is Miracle Mile’s first album since 2012, so to say this was eagerly anticipated is an understatement! Miracle Mile comprise of Trevor Jones and Marcus Cliffe, where this record was largely written … Continue reading →

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Gig review: FM – Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury, 18 May 2024

Posted on May 19, 2024 by jason
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To quote Led Zeppelin, “It’s been a long time since I rock and rolled”, and as much as I love music my live mojo has been in retirement, bar supporting local folk gigs. However, when a band as classy as … Continue reading →

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Single review: SPREADING THE DISEASE – Addicted

Posted on May 18, 2024 by jason
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Website [Release date 17.05.24] Kent based metal muthas Spreading the Disease have been on hiatus since late 2019, whilst undergoing a major line up, change, then Covid, Brexit and other reasons the band had to deal with. Now Spreading the Disease are … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROCKY ATHAS – Livin My Best Life

Posted on May 17, 2024 by petefeenstra
Rocky Athas - Livin My Best Life

Pete Feenstra chatted to Rocky Athas for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, playing tracks from the album ‘Living My Best Life’.  First broadcast 12 May 2024. Cherryburst Records [Release date 10.03.24] ‘Living My Best Life’ is Rocky … Continue reading →

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Album review: MANDOKI SOULMATES – A Memory Of Our Future

Posted on May 16, 2024 by GRTR! HQ
MANDOKI SOULMATES - A Memory Of Our Future

Red Rock Music/Inside Out Music [Release date 10.05.24] I think it fair to say that Leslie Mandoki doesn’t do things half-arsed. Several years ago a couple of reissues were accompanied by an expansive press kit, a real thick tome that … Continue reading →

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Gig review: KIRA MAC – Camden Underworld, London, 10 May 2024

Posted on May 15, 2024 by andynathan
KIRA MAC- Camden Underworld, London, 10 May 2024

Kira Mac have been making quite a name for themselves- for a new band they seem to have attracted a substantial following in a relatively short time, to the extent that by show time of this London date, the last … Continue reading →

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Album review: T BEAR – The Way Of The World

Posted on May 15, 2024 by petefeenstra
T Bear - Way of the World

Pete Feenstra chatted to T Bear for his feature show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio and featuring tracks from the new album ‘The Way Of The World’.  First broadcast 19 May 2024. Quarto Valley Records [Release date 22.03.24] ‘Way … Continue reading →

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Album review: THESE WICKED RIVERS – Force Of Nature

Posted on May 14, 2024 by GRTR! HQ
THESE WICKED RIVERS - Force Of Nature

Fat Earth Records [Released date 01.03.24] This is a perfectly formed second album from Derby’s finest. Formed in 2014, the band combine elements of southern, classic and heavy rock. The title track is a great calling card and guaranteed to … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE TREATMENT – Wake Up The Neighbourhood (plus album launch, 11 May 2024)

Posted on May 14, 2024 by jason
The Treatment - Wake Up The Neighbourhood

Frontiers [Release date 10.05.24] The Treatment have released their much-anticipated 6th studio album, “Wake Up The Neighbourhood”, after teasing us with singles that could only hint at the epic masterpiece that was to follow. For the uninitiated, The Treatment are … Continue reading →

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Album review: MARISA AND THE MOTHS – What Doesn’t Kill You

Posted on May 13, 2024 by GRTR! HQ
MARISA AND THE MOTHS - What Doesn't Kill You

Tonesick Records [Release date 03.05.24] I first became aware of Marisa And The Moths during Lockdown and they ultimately produced some excellent stripped back versions of their songs, not least a truly wonderful version of ‘Choke’. At that time they … Continue reading →

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Album review: ATTIC THEORY – What We Fear The Most

Posted on May 13, 2024 by GRTR! HQ
ATTIC THEORY - What We Fear The Most

ThunderGun Records [Release date 26.04.24] It shows an album’s strength when four tracks are pre-released as “singles”. There could have been more. The debut album from this Liverpool band is a great example of burgeoning home grown talent in 2024. … Continue reading →

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Album review: TYLER BRYANT & THE SHAKEDOWN – Electrified

Posted on May 12, 2024 by jason
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Rattle Shake Records [Release date 10.05.24] Album number six from Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown who still don’t look old enough to have made so many albums. Seemingly down to a trio of  Tyler Bryant (vocals, guitar) Caleb Crosby (drums), … Continue reading →

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Album review: BLACK SABBATH – Anno Domini 1989-1995

Posted on May 12, 2024 by jason
BLACK SABBATH - Anno Domini 1989-1995

BMG [Release date 31.05.24] Another solid box from BMG, and four long out-of-print albums get a release. This set features Headless Cross (1989), Tyr (1990), Cross Purposes (1994) and Forbidden (1995). And before anyone goes “The Tony Martin Years”, this … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEMON – Invincible

Posted on May 11, 2024 by jason
DEMON - Invincible

Frontiers [Release date 17.05.24] You’d be forgiven for thinking you’d stepped back in time to the late 70s/early 80s, as the first half of 2024 has seen new albums from the likes of Magnum, Saxon, Judas Priest, Praying Mantis, Tygers … Continue reading →

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Book review: On track…THE DIVINE COMEDY by Alan Draper

Posted on May 11, 2024 by jason
On Track...THE DIVINE COMEDY by ALAN DRAPER

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 29.02.24] At end of the 1980s Neil Hannon formed his first line-up of The Divine Comedy. In 1989, he signed a deal with independent label, Setanta Records, which led to The Divine Comedy becoming the label’s … Continue reading →

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EP review: REVENANT – What a Time to Be Alive

Posted on May 10, 2024 by jason
Revenant

Facebook [Release date 10.05.24] Revenant are a new band, although the band’s members have plenty of musical experience, with Sugarman Sam (vocals, guitars) and Matthew Hudson (guitars) both previously in the Dead Jackals. They are joined bassist Robin Nutley and drummer Carl D. … Continue reading →

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Book review: On track…OASIS, NEIL YOUNG, AC/DC, PROCOL HARUM (every album, every song)

Posted on May 9, 2024 by GRTR! HQ
On track...Oasis by Andrew Rooney

Sonicbond Publishing www.sonicbondpublishing.com [Publication dates 26.01.24*, 29.02.24**, 05.04.24***, 10.05.24****] The wide spread of the On Track… series is confirmed by Paul Tornbohm’s dissection of Carpenters*. Surveying the pop duo’s output from 1969, Tornbohm approaches his task from the viewpoint of a … Continue reading →

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News: Albums Of The Month (January – March 2024)

Posted on May 8, 2024 by GRTR! HQ
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  MYRATH Karma (earMUSIC) They have big songs and even bigger ideas on how to present them live and are not short on confidence in their collective abilities, and rightly so. ‘Karma’ will only serve to further the Myrath cause … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEFECTS – Modern Error

Posted on May 7, 2024 by jason
DEFECTS - Modern Error

Mascot Records [Release date 24.05.24] ‘Modern Error’ is breathtakingly raw with emotion. Conceptually, it is a deeply cathartic album that acts as a vessel for singer Tony Maue to organise his thoughts on the trauma of being taken into care … Continue reading →

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Gig review: NORDA MULLEN- The Half Moon, Putney, London, 28 April 2024

Posted on May 5, 2024 by andynathan
NORDA MULLEN- The Half Moon, Putney, London, 28 April 2024

With heritage bands augmenting their touring line-ups with additional musicians, there is a category of highly talented musicians good enough to play with the best, yet virtually unknown to the wider world. One such is Norda Mullen, who for over … Continue reading →

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Gig review: SARI SCHORR- The Grace, London, 27 April 2024

Posted on May 5, 2024 by andynathan
SARI SCHORR- The Grace, London, 27 April 2024

It’s a mark of the ever growing respect East Coast powerhouse singer Sari Schorr is held in the blues world that the very best have been queuing up to collaborate with her, most recently Robin Trower joining forces on last … Continue reading →

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