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Album review: BILLY SQUIER – Emotions In Motion/Signs Of Life

Posted on June 12, 2021 by jason
BILLY SQUIER – Emotions In Motion/Signs Of Life

BGO Records Two albums from Billy Squier’s classic 80’s period get a neat double CD re-issue. Not only of interest to fans of his work and 80’s US melodic rock, but also Queen fans as these two albums both feature … Continue reading →

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Album review: STEFAN BERGGREN – These Are The Times

Posted on June 11, 2021 by jason
STEFAN BERGGREN – These Are The Times

Grandjam Production [Release date 04.06.21] Stefan Berggren (Snakes in Paradise, Company of Snakes, Berggren Kerslake Band) is back with his latest solo album, following on from 2016’s ‘Strangers In A Strangeland’. Stefan Berggren (vocals, guitars, keyboards) is joined by fellow … Continue reading →

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EP review: CROBOT – Rat Child

Posted on June 6, 2021 by jason
CROBOT - Rat Child

Mascot Records [Release date 18.06.21] Crobot have announced their new record Rat Child EP, which features a mighty cast of pure rock pedigree. It’s a punchy taste of what is to come in the future – this is a collaborative … Continue reading →

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Album review: GYPSY PISTOLEROS – The Mescalito Vampires

Posted on June 6, 2021 by jason
GYPSY PISTOLEROS – The Mescalito Vampires

Off Yer Rocka Records [Release date 14.08.21] Gypsy Pistoleros are back and in better shape than ever. The line-up consists of vocalist/guitarist Gypsy Lee Pistolero, guitarist Mark Westwood  (Shadowland, Clive Nolan), on double bass Gaz Le Bass (The Delray Rockets), … Continue reading →

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Album review: IAN McNABB – Utopian

Posted on June 5, 2021 by jason
IAN McNABB - Utopian

www.ianmcnabb.com [Release date 05.03.21] Utopian is the final part of a trilogy Ian McNabb began with ‘Star Smile Strong’ (2017), and continued with ‘Our Future In Space’ (2018). Recording took on a very different approach during 2020’s global pandemic, with … Continue reading →

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Book review: Alice Cooper in the 1970’s by Chris Sutton

Posted on June 2, 2021 by jason
Alice Cooper in the 1970’s by Chris Sutton

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 28.03.21] There is no denying that the1970’s was the decade that the Alice Cooper band went from virtual nobodies to household names, but it was also a decade of massive upheaval for the band as front … Continue reading →

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Single review: EVOLUTION ROAD – Gold Digger

Posted on June 2, 2021 by jason
EVOLUTION ROAD - Gold Digger

Doug Bryan’s collective concept ‘Evolution Road’ have released their first single “Gold Digger” and it seriously deserves some air play! I chatted to Doug about the collective concept, rather than a band, there’s much talent packed into this line up … Continue reading →

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Album review: MIDNITE CITY – Itch You Can’t Scratch

Posted on June 1, 2021 by jason
MIDNITE CITY - Itch You Can't Scratch

Roulette Media [Release date 11.06.21] Since bursting out onto the scene in 2017, Midnite City have been steadily building up a loyal following, helped by two well received albums and being a band that doesn’t mind getting on the road … Continue reading →

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Album review: ALIAS8 – Digital Sound Cinema

Posted on June 1, 2021 by jason
ALIAS8 - Digital Sound Cinema

Facebook [Release date 18.06.21] There was a real bloom of interest in ‘chill-out’ music a number of years ago and countless compilations came out, all guaranteeing to soothe your senses. Of course, what could have been classed in the same … Continue reading →

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News: CARAVAN, DONNIE IRIS, DOWNLOAD (June 2021)

Posted on May 28, 2021 by jason
FIREWIND - Manchester Academy, 16 February 2017

Asking Alexandria have signed with Better Noise Music and have already started work on new music. Barenaked Ladies release their latest album ’Detour de Force’ on July 16. The Beach Boys will release a new five-CD box set, ‘Feel Flows — The … Continue reading →

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Album review: D.I. – Greatest Hits A-Z

Posted on May 27, 2021 by jason
D.I. - Greatest Hits A-Z

Cleopatra Records [Release date 29.01.21] Orange County’s own punk legends D.I. have been around since the ‘80’s and these days only frontman Casey Royer remains from the original line-up. Now the band’s current incarnation have re-recorded some of their biggest … Continue reading →

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Album review: QUINN SULLIVAN – Wide Awake

Posted on May 26, 2021 by jason
QUINN SULLIVAN – Wide Awake

Provogue Records [Release date 04.06.21] The 21-year-old Massachusetts singer-songwriter Quinn Sullivan has been touring the world since he was 11-years-old! Appearing at venues such as Madison Square Garden, the Hollywood Bowl and RFK Stadium in Washington D.C., as well as … Continue reading →

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Album review: DOWN BY LAW – Lonely Town

Posted on May 26, 2021 by jason
DOWN BY LAW - Lonely Town

Cleopatra Records [Release date 26.02.21] Veteran punk band Down By Law have returned with their 12th album “Lonely Town”, and it is a welcome return. Frontman and founding member Dave Smalley has led the band through line-up changes, international tours … Continue reading →

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Singles: NIGHT RANGER, PATRICK HEMER, VOODOO BLUE,

Posted on May 25, 2021 by jason
Night Ranger

NIGHT RANGER Breakout (Frontiers) A taster from the band’s 12th studio album, ‘ATBPO’ (And the Bands Played On), due out on August 6. It is a typical, upbeat rocker from Night Ranger with guitars to the fore and the band … Continue reading →

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Book review: IGGY & THE STOOGES: On Stage 1967-1974 by Per Nilsen

Posted on May 25, 2021 by jason
IGGY & THE STOOGES: On Stage 1967-1974 by Per Nilsen

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 14.05.21] Iggy Pop is almost a household name, here in the UK he has appeared in various television commercials over the last few years and none more than the last year or so. Whilst Iggy & … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THE DARKER MY HORIZON – Dirty Rockers, Dudley, Saturday 22 May 2021

Posted on May 23, 2021 by jason
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I actually can’t quite believe that I am writing a gig review – a real live gig review, not a livestream, live music with an audience, in a rock venue, it’s been way too long. The anticipation of this gig … Continue reading →

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Album review: VINCE DICOLA – Only Time Will Tell

Posted on May 22, 2021 by jason
VINCE DICOLA – Only Time Will Tell

Escape Music [Release date 11.06.21] Vince DiCola is a musician / songwriter from Pennsylvania and relocated to LA in 1981 to advance his career. In the early to mid-eighties Vince was involved in some well-known film scores such as ‘Staying … Continue reading →

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Album review: MICHAEL FURY – Affairs In Babylon

Posted on May 20, 2021 by jason
MICHAEL FURY – Affairs In Babylon

AOR Heaven [Release date 28.05.21] Michael Fury are a band, as opposed to a solo artist, having formed in 1979 by vocalist/guitarist Myles Hunter (Avalon), bassist Martyn Jones and guitarist Rob Kennedy. They played a fair few gigs in their … Continue reading →

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Album review: SAVE THE WORLD – Two

Posted on May 19, 2021 by jason
SAVE THE WORLD - Two

Frontiers [Release date 07.05.21] Save The World is chief songwriter Dan Tracey (guitar, vocals, piano, keyboards, percussion) and Robert Wright (bass, vocals, keyboards, drums, guitars, strings, percussion and producer). Dan Tracey currently plays guitar and sings in the Alan Parsons … Continue reading →

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Album review: BLACK SABBATH – Sabotage (Super Deluxe Edition)

Posted on May 16, 2021 by jason
Black Sabbath - Sabotage

  BMG [Release date 11.06.21] Following finely in the footsteps of the recent Paranoid and Volume 4 reissues, Black Sabbath’s 6th album Sabotage gets the full expansion works. And what a wonderful package it is. And much like its predecessors, … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAVE BURN – Nothing Is As It Seems

Posted on May 16, 2021 by jason
DAVE BURN - Nothing Is As It Seems

www.daveburn.net  [Release date 01.06.21] ‘Nothing Is As It Seems‘ is the 17th solo album from guitarist Dave Burn and first to feature vocals, a departure from previous solo albums which were all instrumentals. Dave Burn has toured and recorded as … Continue reading →

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Rising Stars: FANS OF THE DARK

Posted on May 13, 2021 by jason
Fans of the Dark

Fans of the Dark were formed by drummer Freddie Allen (from the cult AOR band Houston), vocalist Alex Falk(Swedish Idol and theatre productions of Rent and La Cage Aux Folles, bassist Robert Majd (Captain Blackbeard, Metalite) and guitarist Oscar Bromvall. … Continue reading →

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News: SLIM CHANCE The Phoenix Tapes, track by track (May 2021)

Posted on May 13, 2021 by jason
slim chance the phoenix tapes

THE PHOENIX TAPES is a collection of fourteen previously unreleased tracks recorded by Slim Chance since its reincarnation some 10 years ago. Originally posted as a series on YouTube in the last part of 2020 to raise spirits in lockdown, … Continue reading →

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Album review: KITT WAKELEY – Symphony Of Sinners And Saints

Posted on May 13, 2021 by jason
KITT WAKELEY - Symphony Of Sinners And Saints

Website An interesting mix here, and following on nicely from Kitt Wakeley’s previous album, this is a high energy programmed sounding orchestral rock, with very big (almost TSO like) production. Imagine, if you will, a synth pop band going orchestral, … Continue reading →

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Album review: ANDY McMASTER – Rays On The Water

Posted on May 13, 2021 by jason
ANDY McMASTER - Rays On The Water

Generally Speaking Records [Release date 09.04.21] Pianist, bassist, vocalist and songwriter Andy McMaster is a name best known as (alongside bassist, guitarist and vocalist Nick Garvey) a founder member of The Motors, a band who mixed pub rock and rock’n’roll … Continue reading →

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