Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile)

Album review : RAVEN – Screamin’ Down The House (4 CD set)

Posted on April 22, 2025 by brianmc
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Cherry Red [Release date : 25.04.25] Formed in the north of England by brothers John and Mark Gallagher, during a time of social upheaval in the UK, Raven forged their own reflective version of NWOBHM, a proto-thrash metal that found … Continue reading →

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Album review : DEAR MR.FANTASY Featuring the Music of Jim Capaldi and Traffic (2CD+DVD remaster)

Posted on April 21, 2025 by brianmc
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Cherry Red [Release date : 25.04.25] The only surprise with this Jim Capaldi tribute release is that it’s taken so long for any label to do him justice. Cherry Red stepped in this year, and is to be commended for … Continue reading →

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Album review: ERJA LYYTINEN – Smell The Roses

Posted on April 19, 2025 by petefeenstra
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Tuohi [Release date 28.03.25] ‘Smell The Roses’ is a refreshingly groundbreaking rock album that burst with vitality, imagination and incendiary playing. Everything about the album from the art work to the big organic band sound aims to make a splash. … Continue reading →

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Album review : RUSS BALLARD – Songs From The Warehouse / The Hits Rewired (2CDs)

Posted on April 19, 2025 by brianmc
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Frontiers Music [Release date : 25.04.25] Disc One: Songs From The Warehouse Russ Ballard’s been round the block a good few times, most famously writing mega-hits for other artists en route, like Kiss, Santana, Rainbow and America. Well in his … Continue reading →

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Album review: PYLON POETS – Demise of the Divine

Posted on April 19, 2025 by jason
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Website [Release date 06.06.25] Pylon Poets are an alt rock trio from Torquay featuring Dan Hughes (vocals, guitars, synths), Sam McIver (drums, backing vocals) and Nathan Hughes (bass, backing vocals). Their previous releases, including an EP and seasonal themed single, … Continue reading →

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Album review: ALLY VENABLE – Money & Power

Posted on April 18, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
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Ruf Records [Release date 18.04.25] In our reviews of Ally Venable’s previous albums ‘Texas Honey’, ‘Heart Of Fire’ and ‘Real Gone’ we noted that she was not quite the fully formed offering but was getting there. ‘Money & Power’ is … Continue reading →

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Album review : HAREM SCAREM – Chasing Euphoria

Posted on April 17, 2025 by brianmc
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Frontiers [Release date : 25.04.25] Melodic Hard Rock heroes, Harem Scarem are back with their 16th album. Harry Hess and Pete Lesperance still form the core of the band, with Creighton Doane and Mike Vassos providing a rock solid rhythm … Continue reading →

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Album review : LAURENNE / LOUHIMO – Falling Through Stars

Posted on April 14, 2025 by brianmc
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Frontiers Music [Release date : 18.04.25] We reviewed Laurenne / Louhimo’s “the lockdown made me do it” debut album in 2021 (obviously). For the uninitiated, L/L is a musical marriage of Smackbound’s Netta Laurenne and Battle Beast’s Noora Louhimo. Netta’s … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROBIN TROWER – Come And Find Me

Posted on April 10, 2025 by petefeenstra
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Provogue [Release date: 16.05.25] ‘Come And Find Me’ the album title of Robin Trower’s 28th solo album has an almost challenging tone to it. It suggests an uncompromising master guitarist and song craftsmen who is very well aware of his … Continue reading →

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Album review : ROCK-OUT Let’s Call It Rock’n’Roll

Posted on April 6, 2025 by brianmc
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Frontiers Music [Release date : 11.04.25] Third album from Swiss band, Rock-Out. I know, let’s sign a band who sound a bit like AC/DC, a bit like Accept, and a lot like Krokus. It’s a pretty limited soundscape, especially as … Continue reading →

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Album review: GIGSPANNER BIG BAND – Turnstone

Posted on April 6, 2025 by jason
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Website [Release date 11.04.25] Peter Knight’s Gigspanner Big Band is a folk supergroup, consisting of Peter Knight (violin, vocals), a fixture of Steeleye Span’s classic 1970s lineup and he has collaborated with countless other luminaries of the scene, founder-member of … Continue reading →

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Album review: SOLSTICE – Clann

Posted on April 5, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
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https://solsticeprog.uk/ [Release date 04.04.25] I should start this by saying “where have Solstice been all my reviewing life?” I have been vaguely aware of their existence, more familiar with their album ‘Prophecy’ (2013), but it is only now that they are … Continue reading →

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Album review : JON PARDI – Honkytonk Hollywood

Posted on April 5, 2025 by brianmc
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Capitol Records/Snakefarm [Release date : 11.04.25] Not for nothing is Jon Pardi one of Nashville’s pre eminent country artists. He was Inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2023, thanks to a quartet of best selling albums and numerous hit … Continue reading →

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Album review: CRY FOR MERCY – This Machine

Posted on April 4, 2025 by jason
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Bandcamp [Release date 04.04.25] A new name for me, Cry For Mercy hail from North Wales and are a self styled ‘powerhouse trio’ consisting of Kev Plant on vocals and bass, Andy Cutty on guitars and Kev’s son, Aled, on … Continue reading →

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Album review: MASTERS OF REALITY – The Archer

Posted on April 3, 2025 by petefeenstra
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Provogue [Release date 28.3.25] The new Masters Of Reality album The Archer’ is the band’s first release since 2009. It’s an esoteric album which smoulders, occasionally sparkles, but too often settles on a peripheral approach suggesting unfinished ideas. Perhaps the … Continue reading →

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Album review: A.J. CROCE – Heart Of The Eternal

Posted on April 1, 2025 by petefeenstra
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Pete Feenstra chatted to A.J. Croce for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio including tracks from the new album.  First broadcast 6 April 2025. BMG [Release date 7.03.25] ‘Heart Of The Eternal’ is an ebullient roots-rock album with a philosophical core. … Continue reading →

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Album review: CATFISH – Time To Fly

Posted on March 31, 2025 by petefeenstra
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Self Release [Release date 22.03.25] ‘Time To Fly’ is both a well chosen title track and a conceptual theme for the final Catfish album which marks the legacy of the late Matt Long, the band’s singer songwriter, guitarist. It’s an … Continue reading →

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Album review: MILTON HIDE – Bungaroosh

Posted on March 29, 2025 by jason
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Bandcamp [Release date 19.04.25] Album number three from the Milton Hide, aka the duo of Jim Tipler (vocals, guitar) and Jo Church (vocals, clarinet) and the album was produced by Dandelion Charm’s John Fowler (who also played drums, guitar & … Continue reading →

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Album review: WISHBONE ASH – At The BBC 1970 – 1988

Posted on March 27, 2025 by petefeenstra
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Pete Feenstra chatted to Martin Turner with tracks from the new box set ‘At The BBC’ on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio.  First broadcast Sunday 30 March. Madfish [Release Date: 28.03.25] The Wishbone Ash At The BBC 1970 -88 box … Continue reading →

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Album review: IQ – Dominion

Posted on March 25, 2025 by alanjones
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Giant Electric Pea  -  [Release Date: 28.03.25] It’s a new IQ album – what’s not to like? At the forefront of the progressive rock cognoscenti’s ‘Finest Prog Bands’ list since their debut ‘Tales From The Lush Attic’ in 1983 (when … Continue reading →

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Album review: IZZY REIGN

Posted on March 25, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
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FiXT Music [Release date: 21.03.25] Each week, when compiling our radio sequence ‘New to GRTR!’, there have been an increasing number of artists fusing electronica elements or EDM (electronic dance music) with rock and alternative metal. Maybe I am just … Continue reading →

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Album review: ALLIANCE – Before Our Eyes

Posted on March 24, 2025 by brianmc
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Frontiers Music [Release date: 28.03.25] Before Our Eyes is the new album from Alliance: Robert (3, GTR) Berry, David (Sammy Hagar) Lauser and Gary (Boston) Pihl. It’s their first on Frontiers, and only their sixth in 30 years. The band … Continue reading →

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Album review : STONE FOUNDATION – The Revival Of Survival

Posted on March 23, 2025 by brianmc
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100% Records [Release date : 28.03.25] Eleventh album from English 8 piece soul band, Stone Foundation. It’s said that you should judge people by the company they keep. If four time Grammy nominee, Melba Moore; Nina Simone soundalike, Sheree Dubois; … Continue reading →

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Album review : CARE OF NIGHT – Live At The Sweden Rock Festival

Posted on March 23, 2025 by brianmc
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Frontiers Music [Release date: 28.03.25] With three highly rated Melodic Rock albums under their belt, Sweden’s Care Of Night were a welcome act at their home country’s annual Rock Festival last year. Along with others on Frontiers melodic rock roster, … Continue reading →

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Album review : THE QUIREBOYS – Hey You! The Parlophone Years 1989-93 (4 CD Boxset)

Posted on March 22, 2025 by brianmc
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Cherry Red [Release date : 28.03.25] From Choirboys to Queerboys to Quire Boys. This 4 CD set is a compact quartet of Quireboy’s music, comprising their first two charting albums, with bonus tracks, plus an album of demos and an … Continue reading →

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