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Album review: SKARLETT RIOT – Tear Me Down
Release date 25.03.13 Young North Lincolnshire 4 piece Skarlett Riot have embraced the energy of punk and meld it with bludgeoning hard rock riffery on their debut album ‘Tear Me Down’. An explosive rhythm section (Luke and Tom), and blistering … Continue reading
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Tagged album, review, rock, Skarlett Riot, Tear Me Down
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Album review: ORIANTHI – Heaven In This Hell
Spinefarm Records [Release date 11.03.13] You don’t get endorsement by Carlos Santana and Steve Vai, and become the King Of Pop and Alice Cooper’s ‘must have’ lead guitarist without having two things – a) talent and b) image. And in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice Cooper, Dave Stewart, guitar, guitarist, Heaven In This Hell, Orianthi, review, rock
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EP Review: RISE OF REALISM – Side Blue
Exidemusic (Release date – out now) This EP is one of a five EP set each with its own individual style. The band wanted to release their music in this format to replicate the experience of listening to vinyl albums … Continue reading
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Tagged EP, metal, prog, review, rise of realism, Side Blue
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EP Review: JET PACK – Chasing Sunsets
Self Release ( Release date – 06.05.13) Jet Pack hail from the Midlands and this is their latest EP. Mastering in alt rock the band reminded me of Jimmy Eat World at their best. They provide quality melodic rock with a … Continue reading
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Tagged alt rock, Chasing Sunsets, EP, Jet Pack, Jimmy Eat World, pop, punk, review
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Album review: DOUG MACLOUD – There’s A Time
Reference [Release date 13.05.13] The blues must be in reasonably good shape if there’s room for a great album like this. Doug MacLeod has lived, breathed, played, sang and written the blues for longer than most of … Continue reading
Album Review: DEVIL TO PAY – Fate Is Your Muse
Ripple Music (Release date 09.04.13) ‘Fate Is Your Muse’ is the fourth album by Indianapolis rockers, Devil To Pay. The band formed ten years ago and have honed their sound over this period transforming into a heavy, eight legged monster … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Black Sabbath, CD, Clutch, Devil To Pay, Fate Is Your Muse, metal, review, rock
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Album review: THIEVES’ KITCHEN – One For Sorrow, Two For Joy
Self-released – 2013 Well, where to start with this one? There are just so many good things going on and so many influences here that it’s difficult to pin down exactly where it’s coming from. A simple distillation would be … Continue reading
Book review: No Off Switch by ANDY KERSHAW
Virgin Books Andy Kershaw is best known by many for his time as a Radio 1 DJ, along with later in his career working on Radio’s 3 and 4. Then there is his work presenting ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Kershaw, Bhundu Boys, John Peel, John Walters, No Off Switch, Radio 1, Radio 3, Radio 4, Virgin Books, world music
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Album review: IAN DANTER – Prove You Wrong
www.iandanter.co.uk Ian Danter is better known for his radio work as he presents a weekly show, ‘Football First’ on talkSPORT. This album is a collection of songs he has been working on for the past ten years or more and … Continue reading
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Tagged IAN DANTER, Lee Small, Prove You Wrong, Shy, talkSPORT
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Gig review: JOE BONAMASSA – Royal Albert Hall, London, 30 March 2013
Having spent the best part of a year planning this four-gig, four-set and four-band career retrospective, Joe Bonamassa was entitled to look a little weary after completing his London residency, performed to a grand total of 14,000 people. Given tonight’s … Continue reading
Album review: DAVE GROHL & Others – Sound City Real To Reel
Sony Music Hot-housing for 24 hours in a studio using a legendary Neve 8028 mixer sounds like musical nirvana. And indeed it was during the making of Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album that Dave Grohl was introduced to the desk. He bought … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chris Goss, Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, review, Rick Springfield, Sound City, soundtrack, Stevie Nicks
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Album review: RORY GALLAGHER – Live At The Montreux Festival 1975-94
Salvo Records [Release date 08.04.13] Although these recordings are available separately (previously released in 2006 and 2008) this is the first time they are available as a dual-format release. The compilers have brought together a single CD which spans a … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, guitar, guitarist, Live At The Montreux Festival 1975-94, review, rock, Rory Gallagher
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Album review: THE JEFF HEALEY BAND – House On Fire/As The Years Go Passing By
As The Years Go Passing By – Live In Germany 1989-1995-2000 (Inakustik) Since his death in 2008 there have been a steady steam of releases featuring one of the modern blues greats. This boxed set, recorded by German TV, brings … Continue reading
Gig Review: STATUS QUO, Hammersmith Apollo, London, 15 March 2013
It all began and ended in 1984. My very first gig was meant to be one of Status Quo’s last as they played two shows on what was called the ‘End of the Road’ tour. Already they were an institution, … Continue reading
Gig review: GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS, Bush Hall, London, 13 March 2013
It’s strange how some bands that have a big profile in the United States rarely cross the radar over this side of the pond. Vermont-based Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are one such and I admit to knowing little about … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, classic rock, gig, Grace Potter, review, rock, the Nocturnals
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Gig review: HALESTORM, Electric Ballroom, London, 8 March 2013
The rise and rise of Halestrom continues. Less than three years ago my first exposure to them was as the opening act on a three band bill with Theory Of A Deadman at this very venue, but the Pennsylvania rockers … Continue reading
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Tagged Halestorm, Lzzy Hale, melodic rock, modern rock
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Gig Review: ERIC MARTIN (Mr Big), Live Lounge, Cardiff, 19 March 2013
Mr Big, made a series of excellent hits dominating the 90s. Eventually they split up in 2002, then after a long break and a reunion in 2009 they decided to stay together and produce a new album in 2011. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 19 March 2013, acoustic, Cardiff, Eric Martin, gig, Live Lounge, Mr Big, review
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Album review: SIDONY BOX – Rules
Sidony Box play what they call, ‘music of the moment’, revelling in free- form spontaneity which leaves the listener wondering just where they will go next. Nothing is predictable, except perhaps the opening blast of cacophony and … Continue reading
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Tagged albumj, alto sax, Arhthur Narcy, avant garde, drums, Elie Dalibert, Ex-tension records, free=from, guitar, imorov, jazz, Manuel Adnot, percussion, progressive, review, rock, Rules, Sidony Box, spontaneity
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Album review: SPOCK’S BEARD – Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep
Inside Out www.insideout.de Spock’s Beard return after the well received ‘X’ album and a major line-up change as drummer/vocalist Nick D’Virgilio left in 2011. In his place come two new members, drummer Jimmy Keegan and Enchant vocalist Ted Leonard (do … Continue reading
Album review: BLUES TRAVELER – Suzie Cracks the Whip
Freeworld Records Blues Traveler was always a blues based jam band at heart, but with an eye on the main chance, and not much has changed on ‘Suzie Cracks the Whip’. There’s plenty of great playing, and … Continue reading
Album review: BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST – 25th Anniversary Concert
Voiceprint Recorded back in 1992 at the Town & Country Club in London, this 25th anniversary concert isn’t quite ‘an absolute must for any Barclay James Harvest fan’ as suggested by the brief liner notes. The budget … Continue reading
Gig review: THE UNION Islington Academy, Thursday 28 March 2013
This was the rescheduled gig after the February one was postponed as vocalist Pete Shoulder was suffering badly from flu. Luckily he has since fully recovered and there was a decent turn out again. First up were Black Wolf, who … Continue reading
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Tagged Beware The Darkness, Black Wolf, Ilsington Academy, Luke Morley, Pete Shoulder, The Union, Thunder
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Album review: THE NEW GROOVE – Quit Bitchin’
The New Groove Records [Released 10:12) If passion and commitment equated money, The New Groove would be millionaires. ‘Quit Bitchin’ delivers 10 belting rhythm and blues related tracks that mix hot playing and meaningful lyrics with … Continue reading
Album review: ALAN HEWITT – High Fidelity
Angel Song Records With a playing and production background spanning Earth Wind & Fire, Warrant, and more recently The Moody Blues, as well as high profile TV and film soundtrack work, keyboard playing vocalist Alan Hewitt’s … Continue reading
Gig Review: LOVE/ HATE, KNOCK OUT KAINE – Bannermans, Edinburgh, 27 March 2013
Interesting venue Bannermans. It is in the Old Town part of Edinburgh and is a vaulted cellar which forms a compact little venue. At their peak Love/Hate would have been playing venues at least ten times the size of Bannermans, … Continue reading
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Tagged 27 March 2013, Bannermans, Blackout In The Red Room, Edinburgh, gig, Jizzy Pearl, Knock Out Kaine, live, Love/Hate, review
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