Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS

MOSTLY AUTUMN – The Ghost Moon Orchestra

Posted on October 14, 2012 by GRTR! HQ

Mostly Autumn are one of those bands who seem to consistently top the Championship, but never quite make promotion to the Premier League. Constant squad changes, and player rotation has perhaps not helped their cause, and there’s also that Pink … Continue reading →

JON LORD – Concerto For Guitar And Orchestra

Posted on October 14, 2012 by GRTR! HQ

earMusic Rock and Classical music have long been awkward bed fellows. And while it’s over four decades since John lord first dipped his toes into the water to meld his Deep Purple organ licks with orchestral music, his ‘Concerto For … Continue reading →

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JEFFERSON STARSHIP – Roswell UFO Festival 2009

Posted on October 14, 2012 by GRTR! HQ

HST051CD Sprawled around a nebulous concept of a ‘Sci-Fi Extravaganza’ this overblown 4-CD set was recorded at the UFO Festival, Rosswell, New Mexico, and is a case of never mind the quality, feel the width. The Jefferson Starship line-up is … Continue reading →

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Album Review: SKINNY MOLLY – Haywire Riot

Posted on October 14, 2012 by GRTR! HQ

Ruf 1184 Skinny Molly’s ‘Haywire Riot’ is the album they have always threatened to make. It’s an excellent southern rock album with a bluesy feel, some lovely guitar tones, fine harmony singing and above all Mike Estes’s excellent songs. And … Continue reading →

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JEFF LYNNE – Long Wave

Posted on October 12, 2012 by jason

Frontiers www.frontiers.it Nothing for years and then along comes a re-recorded best of E.L.O. and a solo album from Jeff Lynne on the same day. “Long Wave” is titled in tribute to the old radio shows that … Continue reading →

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THE TRAGICALLY HIP – Now For A Plan A

Posted on October 11, 2012 by jason

www.thehip.com The Tragically Hip (or the Hip as they are called by their fans) return with their thirteenth album and they have been going since 1983. They are massive in their native Canada where nine of … Continue reading →

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LOUDNESS – Eve To Dawn

Posted on October 10, 2012 by david.wilson

Frostbyte Media (Release Date – Out Now) Eve To Dawn has been released to celebrate 30 years of Loudness. The Japanese rockers’ career peaked in the mid-eighties with the release of ‘Thunder In The East’ ,‘Lightning Strikes’ and … Continue reading →

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KISS – Monster

Posted on October 10, 2012 by jason

Loud & Proud/Roadrunner I will admit I am not the world’s biggest Kiss fan but was mightily impressed by their last album ‘Sonic Boom’. Now we have ‘Monster’, an album which by the band’s own admission they have gone back … Continue reading →

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PRIDE OF LIONS – Immortal

Posted on October 10, 2012 by jason

FRONTIERS RECORDS Bringing together ex Survivor keyboardist and songwriter to the stars Jim Peterik with relatively young singer Toby Hitchcock, Pride of Lions are something of a Marmite band in AOR circles. Among the many – myself included- who drooled … Continue reading →

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E.L.O. – Mr. Blue Sky – The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra

Posted on October 10, 2012 by jason

Frontiers www.frontiers.it Over the years there seems to have been literally hundreds of compilations calling themselves “best”, “essential”, “ultimate”…so what at first glance this appears to be yet another one…but no…the wonderful Mr Jeff Lynne has seen … Continue reading →

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BLACKBURNER – Planet Earth Attack

Posted on October 9, 2012 by jason

http://blackburner.org/ Blackburner is the brainchild of Skyla Talon who fuses industrial rock, prog and metal with genres such as electro, dubstep (the latest genre loved by Muse amongst others) along with drum and bass. He has previously worked on Rob … Continue reading →

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STEVE MILLER BAND – Reissues 1968-1970

Posted on October 9, 2012 by GRTR! HQ

Edsel Records [Release date: 08.10.12] This 5 album reissue of Steve Miller’s early career finds the future platinum recording artist fighting for artistic independence as he embraced west coast psychedelia. By the time of his debut recording, the band was … Continue reading →

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FAIR PLAY(Leif Carlsson/Mats Sannetorp) – Fair Play

Posted on October 9, 2012 by GRTR! HQ

(Leif Carlsson/Mats Sannetorp) ‘Fair Play’ is an excellent guitar driven instrumental album that is as delightful as it is unexpected. Swedish hard rock and blues guitarist Mats Sannetorp and producer Leif Carlsson who doubles on keyboards and guitar, have built … Continue reading →

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DEACON BLUE – The Hipsters

Posted on October 9, 2012 by GRTR! HQ

Edsel [Release date: 24.09.12] With Ricky Ross being a semi-permanent radio fixture it’s almost as if Deacon Blue have never been away. It’s something of a surprise therefore to discover that The Hipsters is only the band’s 6th studio album, … Continue reading →

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MOTORHEAD – The World Is Ours Vol.2 – Anyplace Crazy As Anywhere Else

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Yiannis

UDR/EMI – Release Date 24/9/2012 The world of Rock is full of passion and vice and has claimed a significant number of victims over the years – people whose resistance and ability to manage drugs and alcohol is incomparable to … Continue reading →

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NANCY JOHNSON – funF

Posted on October 9, 2012 by jason

Rocketboy Recordings www.nancyjohnson.co.uk Punk has always been about the ethos of doing it yourself and not worrying about over producing or even the musicianship (as the early Damned recordings show!). So when reviewing this UK based punk band’s debut album … Continue reading →

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BLACK ROSE – Cure for Your Disease

Posted on October 9, 2012 by jason

Metalizer www.blackroseuk.co.uk NWoBHM band Black Rose released a number of classic metal singles in the early 80s, and an album or two too, and the band have gotten back together in recent years. This album was originally released as an … Continue reading →

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SPIDER – The Complete Anthology

Posted on October 9, 2012 by jason

Lemon/Cherry Red (4CD Box) Early 80s boogie metal band produced some fine (some might say clichéd) tracks that really are well enjoyable and worth checking out. After a number of reissues and compilations of varied quality we now get the complete … Continue reading →

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BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION – Afterglow

Posted on October 9, 2012 by GRTR! HQ

Mascot Records (Release date 29.10.12) ‘Afterglow’ is essentially is a Glenn Hughes solo album given extra impetus and depth by the band. Hughes claims to record in three’s, so we can probably assume this might be the end of the … Continue reading →

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SON OF A BITCH – Victim You

Posted on October 8, 2012 by jason

Angel Air What you would expect from 3/5ths of Saxon is exactly what you get. No nonsense riffmongerous chunks of mainstream metal. That description could probably fit neatly into a copy of Kerrang! circa 1984 and so could this album. … Continue reading →

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MOS GENERATOR – Nomads

Posted on October 6, 2012 by david.wilson

Ripple Music (Release Date – 23rd Oct 2012) All the way from Port Orchard, Washington, Mos Generator have been delivering top class, doom laden stoner rock to the masses for the past 11 years. The guys released 4 … Continue reading →

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DANKO JONES – Rock n Roll Is Black And Blue

Posted on October 6, 2012 by david.wilson

Bad Taste Records (Release Date – Out Now) Danko Jones and crew are back for album number six and it’s a bit of a cracker. My first introduction to Danko Jones was many years ago at the Download … Continue reading →

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Dylan Mondegreen – S/T

Posted on October 6, 2012 by jason

Folkwit/Division Records This is the third album from Norwegian singer-songwriter Børge Sildnes, but the first under his new and altogether more worldly moniker, Dylan Mondegreen. It’s also the first to be released in the UK and features former St Etienne … Continue reading →

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ORDEN OGAN – To The End

Posted on October 6, 2012 by jason

AFM Records Orden Ogan return with their oft delayed new album ‘To The End’ – it was down for a February release, then April and now finally its here in October! I came into this band … Continue reading →

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WINTERFYLLETH – The Threnody Of Triumph

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Yiannis

CANDLELIGHT – Out Now I am not quite sure why loving one’s country and history has become synonymous with being politically right-wing. Fears of such associations which could potentially damage record sales have deprived many artists from presenting aspects of … Continue reading →

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