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Album review : STATUS QUO – The Early Years Vol 2 (1970-72) 5 CD Boxset
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Quick plays: JUNIPER, ADY JOHNSON, ADAM BEATTIE
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Album review: ALBERT CASTIGLIA – Grits & Glory
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Album review : NINA ANTONIA AND THE LUNAR MOTHS – Dropping Like Butterflies
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Album review – PALLAS – The Midas Touch Boxset (8CDs+DVD)
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Album review: THE WESTERN FRONT – Eureka
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DVD review: TASTE – What’s Going On – Live At The Isle Of Wight
In this exclusive interview edit (17:49) Rory Gallagher’s brother and custodian of his legacy, Donal, tells David Randall about Taste’s tour with Eric Clapton/Blind Faith in the USA in 1969 and Rory’s growing frustration with tour/label management. Donal also talks … Continue reading
Gig review: NAZARETH – Brooklyn Bowl, London, 2 September 2015
The health-induced retirement of singer Dan McCafferty has created a king sized headache for veteran Scottish rockers Nazareth. It is not uncommon for bands of their vintage to plough on without several key members, but it is particularly difficult for … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 September 2015, blues rock, Brooklyn Bowl, Carl Sentance, gig, Jimmy Murrison, Lee Agnew, Nazareth, Pete Agnew, review
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Album review: THE JOKERS – Hurricane
SPV www.spv.de [Release date 18.09.15] The Jokers return with their third album and like fellow hard rock revivalists The Answer, they need this album to bump them up to the next level. Heck if a distinctly average band like Rival … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, hard rock, Hurricane, review, rock, THE JOKERS
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Album review: SAGA – The Beginner’s Guide To Throwing Shapes/The Security Of Illusion
earMusic [Release date 04.09.15] www.ear-music.net Following on from the recent best of, earMusic start their Saga re-issue campaign in earnest. They are releasing, in chronological order, the band’s studio albums between 1989 and 2007. Each has bonus songs, often recently … Continue reading
News: DEVIN TOWNSEND, BLACK SABBATH, MOTORHEAD – Monday 7th September 2015
Jeff Lynne’s ELO have signed a worldwide deal with Colombia Records who will release the first new album from ELO in over fifteen years. Suede release their new album, ‘Night Thoughts’, in January. Primal Fear release their new album, ‘Rulebreaker’ … Continue reading
Posted in Album News, ALL POSTS, Band Entrees & Exits, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS, Re-issues/special editions
Tagged acoustic, albums, Black Sabbath, Devin Townsend, farewell tour, Lemmy, metal, Motorhead, news, rock, Suede, tours
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Interview: THE ZILLA PROJECT
Cyprus based blues band the Zilla Project have just released their debut album ‘This One’s for the President’. Here we catch-up with vocalist/guitarist Emmanuel ‘Big Mo’ Vourakis… Brief history of the band and how you got together… The Zilla Project … Continue reading
Album review: MARTIN BARRE – Back To Steel
Assume The Position – Martin Barre Special (20 September 2015) by Get Ready To Rock! Radio on Mixcloud Garage Records www.martinbarre.com [Release date 18.09.15] Described by Martin Barre as the “most important work in my career as a musician” sets … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Back To Steel, blues, blues rock, Dan Crisp, guitar, guitarist, interview, Jethro Tull, Martin Barre, review, rock
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Interview: THE BURNING CROWS
The Burning Crows have just released their second album ‘Murder At The Gin House’. Here we catch-up with the band for a chat about their new album, touring and how they met their producer… Brief history of the band and … Continue reading
Book review: Live to Win – A Casual Guide to The Music of KISS Frontman Paul Stanley by Neil Daniels
www.neildanielsbooks.com KISS frontman Paul Stanley only recently released his autobiography and so you may be thinking that the release of this new “Live to Win” book is untimely. Forget that, whilst “Face the Music” was the man’s life story, this … Continue reading
DVD review: AEROSMITH – Aerosmith Rocks Donington 2014
Eagle Vision [Release date 04.09.15] Having witnessed Aerosmith at their London Calling gig just two weeks after their headline appearance at 2014’s Download Festival, I was eagerly awaiting the release of this DVD and I was not disappointed. The DVD … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerosmith, Aerosmith Rocks Donington 2014, classic, DVD, Eagle Vision, Joe Perry, live, review, rock, Steven Taylor, Steven Tyler
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Album review: THE MANIC SHINE – Trial And Triumph
Pledge Music [Release date 11.15] The Manic Shine are one of those bands that – after several years – have finally hit proverbial paydirt with their latest Pledge-funded album. We came across them via the radio station with much airplay … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, review, rock, The Manic Shine, Trial And Triumph
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Album review: BEAR SUCCESS – Brevira
Downport Records [Release date 01.07.15] New York instrumental outfit Bear Success describe themselves as new post-rock band outfit. Their debut album ‘Brevira’ comes with a Colin Fangicetto’s trippy art work and suitably places the emphasis on ambient moods, shifting rhythmic textures … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alex Roth, ambient, Bear Success, Brevira, Brian Eno, Colin Fangicetto, drone, indie, Jeff Morris, Jefferson Airplane, Kyle Gallagher, Post-rock, review, rock.metal, Spoon
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Album review: HELLBROS
Bad Reputation [Release date 02.10.15] The self-titled sophomore effort from Canadian four piece Hellbros is the kind of album that will never know the feel of the fast forward button. Big, brash, raw and in your face, I recommend you … Continue reading
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Tagged album, hard rock, Hellbros, review, rock
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Album review: NEAL MORSE – Morsefest!
www.nealmorse.com [Release date 21.08.15] This is a massive box set, which you can get either as 2 disc Blu-Ray or a 4 CD/2 DVD set. Obviously aimed at the fans, as Neal Morse performs two of his keynote solo albums, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Morse, album, boxed set, Dream Theater, DVD, Mike Portnoy, Morsefest!, Neal Morse, prog, progressive, review, rock, Spock's Beard
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Album review: GERRY JABLONSKI AND THE ELECTRIC BAND – Trouble With The Blues
GJB [Release date 21.04.15] Anybody who has heard Gerry Jablonski’s ‘Slave To The Rhythm’ , the opening cut from their last ‘Twist Of Fate’ album will know the high standards the Scottish band set themselves. ‘Trouble With The Blues’ is … Continue reading
Album review: FULL TRUNK – Time For Us To Move
Full Trunk [Release date 04.05.15] Full Trunk is an interesting rock-blues outfit with a difference. They have a musical vision routed in early 70’s with occasional folky edges, and ‘Time For Us To Move’ has a refreshingly song driven quality, explored … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ariel Keshet, blues, Diana Golbi, folk, Full Trunk, Gal De Paz, Gal Nisman, Ofir Ventura, Pink Floyd, review, rock, Time for Us To Move, Yotam Elazari
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Album review: SOLOMON HICKS – Carrying On The Torch Of The Blues
Organic Recordings [Release date 08.06.15] 20 year old Solomon Hicks is a self proclaimed ‘jazz & blues innovator and keeper of the legacy’, who as his album title suggests is ‘Carrying On The Torch Of The Blues’. The guitar playing … Continue reading
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Tagged album, B.B. King, blues, Bruce Springsteen, Buddy Miles, Carrying On The Torch Of The Blues, Freddie King, funk, Jake Clemons, Jeff Levine, Johnny Guitar Watson, R&B, review, Rick Brunermer, Solomon Hicks, Sonny Thompson, soul, Southside Johnny, Toby Scott, Willie Dixon
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Album review: THE RADIO SUN – Heaven Or Heartbreak
MelodicRockRecords [Release date 25.09.15] Second album by the Aussie pop/melodic rockers the Radio Sun (formed from the ashes of the excellent Square One) and again they have former Danger Danger vocalist Paul Laine helping out on production, co-writing four songs … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Danger Danger, Heaven Or Heartbreak, melodic, Paul Laine, pop, power pop, review, rock, THE RADIO SUN
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Interview: JIZZY PEARL of LOVE/HATE (August 2015)
Jizzy Pearl brings Love/Hate over the to the UK for some autumn dates and they will be playing the whole of the classic ‘Blackout In The Red Room’ album. Nikk Gunns asks the questions including the latest on Quiet Riot and … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackout In The Red Room, classic rock, interview, Jizzy Pearl, Love/Hate, Quiet Riot
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Album review: SHWIZZ – My Good Side/My Bad Side
CD Baby [Release date 16.05.15] There’s something stirring on the Stateside prog rock scene, from the exciting new bands populating the festival circuit to the upswing in independent releases. Look no further than New Yorkers ShwizZ for further evidence. They … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andrew Boxer, Andrew Boxer. Jethro Tull, Dream Theatre, electronica, Frank Coda, Frank Zappa, funk, Gianluca Trombetta, jazz, Jordan Rudess, Latino, Marryn Azoff, Matty Carl, metal, My Bad Side, My Good Side, Paul Hollands, Pink Floyd, prog, review, rock, Ryan Liatsis, ShwizZ, William Schmidt
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News: GHOST, THE SWORD, GTR – Monday 31st August 2015
Broken Teeth release a new album, ‘Bulldozer’ in October. Kansas have signed with Inside Out who will release their new studio album, the first in over fifteen years. This will mark the recording debut of new members David Manion (keys) … Continue reading
Album review: EAT THE GUN – Howlinwood
SPV www.spv.de [Release date 28.08.15] Who doesn’t love a good threesome ? German threesomes are even better – allegedly! Right from the almost QOTSA staccato-riff opening to title track “Howlinwood” (cool video too), I thought “’Allo, what have we here?” … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Eat The Gun, Howlinwood, review, rock
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Album review: THREE ELEMENTS – Generation Y
Self release [Release date 20.06.15] Three Elements have apparently earned themselves the title of ‘the heaviest pop band of Switzerland’. Not too sure how much competition there is for this title but it does sum the band up nicely. Taking … Continue reading
Album review: THE POYNT – This Is American Royalty
Self release [Release date 02.01.15] The cult of the ‘celebrity’ is a strange phenomenon. It would appear that anyone can now become famous overnight regardless of what talent they possess with the rise of social media and reality TV and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alterbridge, Eduardo Alarcon, metal, review, rock, The Poynt, This Is American Royalty
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Album review: KORITNI – Night Goes On For Days
earMusic [Release date 04.09.15] Koritni is a new name to me which is quite surprising when you read the band’s biography. This is their fourth album and has been produced by Kevin Shirley. Kevin has previously worked with Iron Maiden … Continue reading
