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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS
Album review: KONGOS – Egomaniac
RCA [Release date 10.06.16] When your Dad is the hit single selling Lennon-lookalike John Kongos (He’s Gonna Step On You Again, Tolokoshe Man) there’s a double-edged sword to potentially fall on with your (third) album release. Firstly unfair bunk up … Continue reading
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Album review: JOE BONAMASSA – Live At The Greek Theatre
Provogue [Release date 23.10.16] CD/DVD/Bluray The key element in Joe Bonamassa’s ‘Live at the Greek Theatre’ DVD/CD release is his integral role in ‘blues heritage’ music, as reflected in the DVD’s strap line ‘Keeping The Blues Alive’. The broad based … Continue reading
Album review: MECCA – III
MelodicRock Records [Release date 14.10.16] It seems ages since the last Mecca album came out, ‘Undeniable’, although in fact it came out in 2011 and not that long in some bands eyes. However, this third album has been recorded over … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, David Hungate, III, Joe Vana, Mecca, melodic, MelodicRock Records, review, rock, Shannon Forrest, Toto, West Coast
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Album review: THE LIVESAYS – Hold On…Life Is Calling
[Release date 03.10.16] This is a highly likeable album from a long-time sideman with Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen’s sax player. I half expected some reflected, fist-pumping material in the All-American way. But no, Billy Livesay follows his own path and, … Continue reading
Quick plays: THE NEW 52, MIKE HURST, ORFILA
THE NEW 52 Let Me Sleep www.thenew52music.com [Release date 16.09.16] The New 52 is the brainchild of Darragh Cullen, and he is joined by drummer Sean O’Connor, guitarist Connor McLoughlin and bassist Mikey Deasy for live shows – on the … Continue reading
Album review: STEFAN BERGGREN – Stranger In A Strange Land
Pride & Joy Music [Release date 28.10.16] Stefan Berggren has fronted a few bands in his time, most notably Snakes In Paradise (who return next year with a new album on the Frontiers label) and Company Of Snakes, plus he … Continue reading
Album review: THE RADIO SUN – Outside Looking In
MelodicRock Records [Release date 30.09.16] The Radio Sun return with album number three and again Paul Laine (ex-Danger Danger) handles production duties and sings co-lead vocal on ‘Wink & Smile’ (one of the album’s stand out songs). There is a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, melodic, MelodicRock Records, Outside Looking In, Paul Laine, review, rock, THE RADIO SUN
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Album review: ANGELS OR KINGS – Go Ask The Moon!
AOR Heaven [Release date 30.10.16] Angels Or Kings started out back in the 1980′s but it wasn’t until 2014 when the band got back together that they actually got to finally release their debut album. That was a corker, chock … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Angels Or Kings, AOR, AOR Heaven, Go Ask The Moon!, melodic, review, rock
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Quick plays: ASTRALION, GEORGIA RUTH
ASTRALION Outlaw Cliches ahoy! Rampant guitar solos – check; choral backing vocals – check; keyboards set to thrash mode – check. If you like Stratovarious and HammerFall you may like this, but they really need to get a few musical … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, Astralion, Georgia Ruth, metal, power, Quick Play, reviews, singer, songwriter
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Album review: THOSE DAMN CROWS – Murder And The Motive
[Release date 26.09.16] Those Damn Crows is vocalist Shane Greenhall, drummer Ronnie Huxford, bass player Lloyd Wood and guitarists Ian “Shiner” Thomas and David Winchurch. They hail from Bridgend, Wales home to the metal beast that is Bullet For My … Continue reading
Album review: STATUS QUO – Aquostic II – That’s A Fact!
Universal Music [Release date 21.10.16] Over the years a myth has grown up around Quo that all songs sound the same and that their songs amount to the ABC of rock, three chords, heads down, see you at the end. … Continue reading
Album review: DEE SNIDER – We Are The Ones
earMUSIC [Release date 21.10.16] With Twisted Sister all but done now, Dee Snider is forging ahead with his solo career and this is only his third solo outing. His last solo effort was 2012′s ‘Dee Does Broadway’ and lets face … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dee Snider, Foo Fighters, Imagine Dragons, modern, review, rock, Twisted Sister, We Are The Ones
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Quick plays: CRANSTON, CRUZH, THE LUCID DREAM
CRANSTON www.philvincentbands.com [Release date 22.07.16] Phil Vincent is a prolific solo and band artist who never drops the quality. Cranston is his latest incarnation and he is joined by Paul Sabu (Only Child/Sabu) on this one. Phil takes on the … Continue reading
Album review: BIRDEATSBABY – Tanta Furia
[Release date 07.11.16] Birdeatsbaby. The band name alone, dreamt up by flame haired maniacal frontwoman Mishkin Fitzgerald, is designed to antagonise, to provoke reaction. And that spills over into the band’s material – their modus operandi to poke sharp sticks … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, Birdeatsbaby, Mishkin Fitzgerald, progressive, review, rock, Tanta Furia
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Album review: SIMON TOWNSHEND – Reissues
Stir Records [Release date 07.10.16] As The Who move inexorably towards their final hoorah, Pete Townshend’s brother Simon – a mere nipper at the age of 55, and a part of the touring band for the past 20 years – … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Denial, Looking Out Looking In, Pete Townshend, review, rock, Simon Townshend, singer, songwriter, THE WHO
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Album review: – KISSIN’ DYNAMITE – Generation Goodbye
AFM Records [Release date 08.07.16] German modern hard rock band Kissin’ Dynamite are back with their fifth studio album “Generation Goodbye” and somehow they keep on improving! Previous release “Megalomania”, from September 2014, was a wonderful slice of modern melodic … Continue reading
Album review: DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT – Transcendence
Inside Out [Release date 09.09.16] Innovative, daring, experimental, compositionally challenging, surprising, addictive…check any review for a Devin Townsend Project album, either online or in any of the specialized musical magazines which help promote our beloved music around the globe, and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Devin Townsend Project, fusion, metal, progressive, review, rock, Transcendance
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Album review: SECOND RELATION – Eno
Long Branch/SPV [Release date 23.09.16] Described as “progressive rockers”, this Austrian band are in fact probably difficult to pigeon hole. The title of the album might also be confusing. At first I thought it was a new offering by Eno … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Austria, Eno, fusion, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Second Relation
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Album review: VOODOO VEGAS – Freak Show Candy Floss
In this special feature, Voodoo Vegas frontman Lawrence Case introduces several tracks from the album ‘Freak Show Candy Floss’. (First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on 30 October 2016 as part of ‘New to GRTR!’) [Release date 04.11.16] … Continue reading
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Album review: IAN HUNTER AND THE RANT BAND – Fingers Crossed
[Release Date 16.09.16] The loss of so many of rock’s greats in 2016 reminds us that we should cherish those still left from the golden generation, particularly those who still have something to say. Ian Hunter falls into this category, … Continue reading
Album review: JOHN BARRY – Plays 007 and other ’60s themes…
El Records [Release date 19.08.16] Perhaps more than any other British composer, John Barry’s music sums up the “swinging sixties”, not least the emergent secret agent James Bond. He was as much a shaper of the scene as Terence Conran … Continue reading
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Album review: PALACE- Master of the Universe
Frontiers [Release Date 26.08.16] No relation (sadly) to the footballing pride of South London, Palace is the eponymous project of poodle-haired Swedish singer Michael. I remember his band Big Time showing promise when they supported Houston in London in 2014, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Master Of The Universe, melodic rock, Michael Palace, Palace, review
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Album review: DAMIAN WILSON – Built For Fighting
Blacklake [Release date 09.09.16] This is only Damian Wilson’s fourth solo album and his first in over ten years, mind you we can let him off as he has been busy with Threshold, Headspace and Maiden United to name but … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Built For Fighting, Damian Wilson, Headspace, melodic, pop, review, rock, Threshold
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Album review: TARJA – The Shadow Self
earMUSIC [Release date 05.08.16] Tarja returns with her fourth album and on this one there are a few surprises, none more so than guest vocalist/growler Alissa White-Gluz of Arch Enemy on ‘Demons In You’. This one is possibly the heaviest … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Arch Enemy, classical, metal, Nightwish, review, rock, symphonic, Tarja, the Shadow Self, Turunen
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Album review: FINDING KATE – If I Fall
[Release date 11.11.16] Having cut her musical teeth on a diet of Evanescence, The Pretty Reckless, and Avril Lavigne there’s a clear line of sight on Finding Kate’s debut. Ostensibly the brainchild of Kate Pavil – a UK based artist … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Evanesence, Finding Kate, Flyleaf, If I Fall, Kate Pavil, Paramore, review, rock
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