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Album review: LACUNA COIL – Broken Crown Halo
Century Media [Release date 01.04.14] I’d like to say I liked this new album from Italian metallers Lacuna Coil. It’s got a huglly powerful sound, an exciting production, the songs are good and Cristina Scabbia’s vocals are pretty damn fine. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Broken Crown Halo, Lacuna Coil, metal, review, rock
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Album review: THE BREW – Control
Jazzhaus [Release date 24.02.14] It’s sort of ironic that The Brew’s latest album should be released within spitting distance of the re-release of the Zeppelin catalogue. The Brew – a blues/rock band from Grimsby, have been around since 2006 and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Control, review, rock, The Brew
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Album review: HANNAH ALDRIDGE – Razor Wire
Trodden Black Ent. [Release date 13.05.14] ‘Dark Americana’ is how Hannah Aldridge – daughter of esteemed Muscle Shoals/ Nashville songwriter and producer Walt Aldridge – describes her gritty, uncompromising debut. Recorded in analogue (naturally) in Nashville (where else?) she’s backed … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, country, Hannah Aldridge, Nashville, Razor Edge, review, rock, roots, singer, songwriter
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Album review: PREACHERS SON – 10 Stories Tall
Release date [June 2014] Being the son of a folk musician and Catholic lay man preacher, former Kila bass player Brian Hogan’s rootsy band name has both a literal meaning and solid grounding. ‘10 Stories tall’ is his second solo … Continue reading
Album review: SKOOKUM – Pleasure Cruz
Fugly Music Release date [12.11.13] According to which sources you use, Skookum means big, tough, fearsome and swift’, or simply durable and even excellent!It’s also a common place name in British Columbia, and Skookum the Vancouver … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Canadian Rock, Corry Van Ieperen, Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts, Frank Zappa, gard rock, grunge, Norm Baker, Pleasure Cruz, review, Skookum, Stray
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Album review: GERS RACING – Part 1 Privilege/Part 2 Existence
self release [Release date 21.01.14] It’s an old ploy to hide your unwanted past or unwillingness to explain your music behind some autobiographical psycho-babble. And that is just what the curiously named Ger Racing do. The band comprises 60’s fringe … Continue reading
Album review: ALIEN – Eternity
AOR Heaven www.alientheband.com [Released 28.04.14] Alien date way back to the mid-80’s and became one of the key Swedish melodic rock bands until they quit in the mid-90’s, bar a brief reunion in 2005. That looked to be it until … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alien, AOR, AOR Heaven, Eternity, Jim Jidhed, melodic rock, review
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Album review: MATT ANDERSEN – Weightless
True North [Release date 14.04.14] Produced by former Blasters sax player and Los Lobos producer Steve Berlin, ‘Weightless’ puts the emphasis squarely on songs, catchy hooks and a subtle sonic landscape that nestles Matt Andersen’s emotive baritone vocal. Released by … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, blues, country, Dave Gunning, David Myles, folk, JOE COCKER, Joel Plaskett, Keith Mullins, Los Lobos, Matt Andersen, Paul Rigby, review, Robert Cray, Ryan Hupman, singer songwriter, Steve Berlin, Suzie Vinnick, The Blasters, Thom Swift, Tom Wilson, Weightless
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Album review: SAXON – The Complete Albums 1979-1988
Parlophone/Warner Music [Release date 17.03.14] Saxon get the “complete albums” treatment with a 10-disc set, essentially the 2009/2010 remasters in facsimilie sleeves. All of Saxon’s albums have appeared on CD before, some on different labels, including the strange 2-on-1 packages … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Biff Byford, bonus tracks, box set, Crusader, Denim And Leather, Destiny, Innocence Is No Excuse, Paul Quinn, Power & The Glory, reissue, review, Rock The Nations, Saxon, Strong Arm Of The Law, The Complete Albums 1979-1988, The Eagle Has Landed, Wheels Of Steel
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Album review: JEREMY SPENCER – Coventry Blue
Propelz [Release date 01.03.14] ‘Coventry Blue’ is Jeremy Spencer’s second record since making an impressive but understated comeback with ‘Bend In The Road’. If the latter was loosely based around the concept of travel, then ‘Coventry Blue’ is more about … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Brett Lucas, Buddy Holly, Cliff Richard, country blues, Coventry Blue, Duncan McMillan, Elvis Presley, Fleetwood Mac, James Simonson, Jeremy Spencer, Mark Knopfler, Mimi Morris, Molly Hughes, Rachel May, review, Saint Cecillia, slide guitar, Stephan Koch, Todd Glass
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Album review: UFO – The Complete Studio Albums 1974-1986
Chrysalis/Warner Music [Release date 17.03.14] A growing trend in recent times is for labels to re-package a band’s albums in facsimilie sleeves. Invariably these are fairly basic, with no bonus tracks, credits, or enlightening essay. As a quick fix, and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, box set, Force It, heavy rock, Lights Out, Making Contact, Mechanix, Michael Schenker, Misdemeanour, No Heavy Petting, No Place To Run, Obsession, Paul Raymond, Pete Way, Phenomenon, Phil Mogg, review, The Complete Studio Albums 1974-1986, The Wild The Willing And The Innocent, UFO
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Album review: MY FAVOURITE RUNNER UP – Crossroads
Self-release [Release date – 17.02.14] South Wales for some reason is a bit of a hot bed for young pop punk bands and My Favourite Runner Up are another name to add to the list. The band, I suspect, have … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, Crossroads, Jimmy Eat World, My Favourite Runner Up, pop, punk, review, rock, Wales
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Album review: BALEFUL CREED – Baleful Creed
Self-release (release date – out now) Belfast’s Baleful Creed originally got together as a covers band back in 2009. Playing covers soon gave way to song writing and the band performing original numbers which they have honed and developed over … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice In Chains, Baleful Creed, CD, Greg Finlay, John Allan, Kyuss, review, rock, Stoner
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Album review: MODERN EARL – Hot Damn!
Modern Earl/Christopher Hudson [Release date 23.01.14] While the terms ‘kick ass’ and ‘southern country rock’ aren’t necessarily antithetical, they fail to fuse or spark on Modern Earl’s ‘Hot Damn!’ I’m sure this German exiled American southern country rock band do … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Christopher Earl Hudson, country, Ethan Shaffner, Hot Damn, Modern Earl, review, rock, southern rock, The Outlaws
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Album review: ULTAN CONLON – Songs Of Love So Cruel
Darksideout [Release date 09.06.14] The fact that the ‘Songs Of Love So Cruel’ dominates the CD sleeve tells you all you need to know about Ultan Conlon’s mindset, on an album full of enduring relationship and love songs. He treads … Continue reading
Album review: EDDIE & THE HOT RODS – 2 Sides
Wienerworld [Release date 27.01.14] These are good times for Eddie & The Rods. So good in fact that it’s a startling 10 years since their 30th anniversary reformation, taking in 4 tours of the USA and a successful domestic tour … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Sides, album, Barrie Masters, Dipster Dean, Eddie & The Hot Rods, pub rock, punk, R&B, review, Richard Hogarth, Simon Bowley, Status Quo, The Ramones
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Album review: SUEDE – Royal Albert Hall, 24 March 2010
Edsel Records [12.05.14] CD/DVD This is a rather special live recording on two counts, first it was one of the annual gigs at the Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust and secondly Suede were asked to reform especially … Continue reading
Gig review: BELLOWHEAD – Royal Albert Hall, London, 20 April 2014
Amazing to think Bellowhead have been going for ten years now as they chose the regal surroundings of the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate their tenth birthday and bless them they invited all of their fans along. It was a … Continue reading
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Tagged 20 April 2014, Bellowhead, folk, folk rock, gig, London, Maddy Prior, review, Royal Albert Hall, Steeleye Span, tenth anniversary
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Album review: SWEETKISS MOMMA – A Reckoning Is Coming
Self Release [Release date 01.03.14] The Tacoma based Sweetkiss Momma defy all expectations by being a Washington state based, 70’s influenced, self sufficient, southern influenced roots rock outfit. Musically schooled in a church background and rooted in gospel, they’ve stepped … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Arnold, album, Allman Brothers, Boz Scaggs, classic rock, Green On Red, Jeff Hamel, Jeremy Hamel, Jimmy Hughs, Ken Coomer, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Moreland & Arbuckle, review, Richard Dodd, Robert Plant, roots rock, southern rock, Sweetkiss Momma, TomPetty, Wilco
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Gig review: MAGNUM – The Tivoli, Buckley, 20 April 2014
With an unexplained delayed start it was a little like being back in the seventies. A crowd that snaked around the block and a cool nip that knived them. The support – or perhaps more accurately on this occasion “warm … Continue reading
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Tagged 20 April 2014, Al Barrow, Bob Catley, Buckley, gig, Harry James, Magnum, Mark Stanway, melodic, Neonfly, North Wales, review, rock, The Tivoli, Tony Clarkin
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Album review: THREE LIONS – Three Lions
Frontiers [Released 25.04.14] Three Lions is a dream come true for Bradford vocalist and bass player Nigel Bailey. Twenty years of slogging around local pubs and clubs in his spare time suddenly turned into an opportunity to record an album … Continue reading
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Tagged Alessandro Del Vecchio, Asia, Dare, Frontiers, Greg Morgan, hard rock, melodic rock, Nigel Bailey, review, TEN, Three Lions, Vinny Burns
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Album review: CALIFORNIA BREED – California Breed
Pete Feenstra chats to Glenn Hughes, 1 April 2014 Frontiers Records [Release date 19.05.14] You could be forgiven for dismissing this three generational band as ‘old wine in new bottles’, but that would be to the underestimate bigger picture that … Continue reading
Gig Review: GAZPACHO – 02 Islington Academy, London, 15 April 2014
Support Acts: Se Delan, Bruce and Jon from the Pineapple Thief Review and photos by Yiannis (John) Stefanis On the 15 April I decided to ignore the fact that I was travelling the following day, and surrendered instead to my … Continue reading
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Tagged 15 April 2014, Gazpacho, gig, London, metal, O2 Islington Academy, review
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Gig review: WITHIN TEMPTATION/Delain – Manchester Apollo, 11 April 2014
As I arrive at the venue tonight a full hour before it opens the draw of the bands is evident as the queues are already stretching up the road for this rearranged show. The tour originally due to be in … Continue reading
Album review: TOSELAND – Renegade
52 Music (release date – out now) The opening track to this album could well sum up James Toseland’s career to date, a double Superbike world champion and now a blossoming music career, ‘Life Is Beautiful’ right enough. This album … Continue reading
