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Tag Archives: review
Album review: NO BRAGGING RIGHTS – Cycles
Good Fight (Release date – 28.03.13) Southern Californian five piece, No Bragging Rights, have been around since 2006 and this is album number two. The band master in hardcore punk with a metal edge coupled with vitriolic … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, Cycles, Hardcore punk, metalcore, No Bragging Rights, review
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Gig Review: RIVERSIDE / JOLLY – The Classic Grand, Glasgow,16 March 2013
Bass players are second only to drummers in the musician joke stakes. Often seen as failed guitarists the art of the bass player is usually hidden deep in the depths of the live mix somewhere behind the bass drum. Tonight … Continue reading
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Tagged 16 March 2013, Classic Grand, gig, Glasgow, Jolly, prog, Progressive Rock, review, RIVERSIDE
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Album review: ELEANOR McEVOY – If You Leave
Mosco [Release date 15.04.13] I’ve suggested in the past that I’d be happy to listen to Eleanor McEvoy sing the telephone directory – her soft lilting brogue is simply that addictive. Looking for my latest ‘fix’, even I was concerned … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, blues, Eleanor McEvoy, If You Leave, pop, review, rock, singer, songwriter
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Gig Review: SAINT VITUS/MOS GENERATOR – The Cathouse, Glasgow, 14 March 2013
Not sure what it says about me, but I do love a bit of doom/ stoner rock. This bill then looked like a good night with the godfathers of doom, Saint Vitus, paired with the excellent Mos Generator. Let the … Continue reading
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Tagged 14 March 2013, Atragon, Doom, gig, Glasgow, live, metal, Mos Generator, review, Saint Vitus, stoner rock, The Cathouse
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Album review: RAVEN BLACK NIGHT – Barbarian Winter
Metal Blade – Out Now. I am sure that most of you would have gathered by now that 70s and 80s Rock/Metal music is definitely back in fashion. I mean, all you really have to do is to have a … Continue reading
Album review: ORCHID – Wizard Of War
Nuclear Blast – Out Now. If, as I really hope, you are frequent visitors of our album reviews page you will remember that back in January, I was quite generous when rating “Heretic” – the four track E.P of the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, issue, metal, Orchid, review, rock, Wizard Of War
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Gig review: DAN REED – O2 Academy,Liverpool,13 March 2013
What’s not to like about Dan Reed? Great songs, warmth, and a humility sometimes lacking in other performers. We first caught Dan’s quiet UK renaissance back in 2009 when he took his acoustic guitar around smaller venues, always connecting with … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 March 2013, Dan Reed, Dan Reed Network, gig, Liverpool, O2 Academy, review, rock, singer songwriter
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Album review: ALVIN LEE – The Best Of
Repertoire Records (2012) This album has been brought into sharp focus by the sad loss of Alvin Lee. The Woodstock guitar hero seemed to be more affected than most by the prevailing sweep of punk and new … Continue reading
Album Review: SPIN DOCTORS – If The River Was Whiskey
Ruf Records [06.05.13] Given the Spin Doctors penchant for funky rhythms and their early 90’s Hendrix meets Parliament style jamming, the idea of a blues album isn’t necessarily as incredulous as it might sound. The band paid … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, funk, If The River Was Whiskey, jam band, Pete Feenstra, review, ruf records, Spin Doctors
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Album review: THE WONDERSTUFF – Oh No It’s…The Wonderstuff
IRL (Released 25.03.13) This new album adds a second disc of cover versions, ‘The Midlands With Love’, where the Wonderstuff cover a number of songs from fellow Midlands based artists. Band leader Miles Hunt said this album would be a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, bonus disc, Oh No It's...The Wonderstuff, pop, review, The Wonder Stuff
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Gig Review: FM Album launch, 02 Academy, Islington, 6 March 2013
FM have taken took their time to follow up their well received comeback album Metropolis, but after celebrating 25 years of their classic ‘Indiscreet’‘ debut with live shows last year, the finest melodic rock band forged on this side of … Continue reading
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Tagged 6 March 2013, album, AOR, FM, launch, melodic, O2 Islington Academy, review, rock, Rockville, showcase, Steve Overland
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Album review: PAUL ROSE – Double Life
Mita Records [Release date 6/5/13] CD/Vinyl The underlying concept of Paul Rose’s ‘Double Life’ is pictorially represented by the Old House Blues Club photo on the front of the CD. It’s a superbly conceived and brilliantly played homage to soul, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Fowler, blues, funk, guitar, John Wooler, Kenny Hutchison, Paul Rose, Raffia Ford, review, Richie Morales, soul, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Terry Evans, Tio Banks
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Album review: WHITESNAKE: Made In Japan
Frontiers Records [Release date: 22.04.13] 2-CD/DVD, DVD and Blu-ray The big question with Whitesnake in recent years is the quality of David Coverdale’s voice or lack of it. In spite of vigorous reassurance that ‘the voice’ is intact – from … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Brian Tichy, David Coverdale, Doug Aldrich, hard rock, Made In Japan, Reb Beach, review, Whitesnake
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Album review: FM – Rockville
Membran/Riff City Records [Release date 11.03.13 ] Listening to ‘Rockville’ you can’t help thinking “how on earth did the band remain nearly men” in the late-1980s in spite of a dedicated following and when AOR was “king”? And then you … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, FM, melodic rock, review, Rockville, Rockville II, Steve Overland
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Album review: CULT OF LUNA – Vertikal
Indie Recordings – Out Now. Fifteen years is a long time for any band to make its impact felt and Cult Of Luna are among those outfits which have managed to cause much interested among fans and media since their … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Cult Of Luna, metal, review, Vertikal
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Album review: ROTTING CHRIST – Κατά τον Δαίμονα Εαυτού
Season Of Mist – Out Now. Rotting Christ is a band that I have always admired, not only for their musically daring and impressive material but, most importantly, for the honesty and ethos that has accompanied them throughout their twenty … Continue reading
Album review: ENFORCER – Death By Fire
Nuclear Blast – Out Now. As part of the blessed 80s generation that got to enjoy all the classic Heavy Metal albums in their making I am sceptical about young bands that claim they play “True Metal”. I mean, what … Continue reading
Album review: LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH – Baphometic Chaosium
Metal Blade – Out Now. When you are a member of a band whose first ever worldwide tour has been in support of Glen Danzig, your subsequent tour experiences involve bands such as Kreator, Behemoth and you enjoy the financial … Continue reading
Album review: HATEBREED – The Divinity Of Purpose
Nuclear Blast – Out Now. Labels always accompany new releases with a press release, so I found the shortage of information on Nuclear Blast’s leaflet for Hatebreed’s sixth studio album “The Divinity Of Purpose” somewhat strange. On the other hand, … Continue reading
Album review: BEDEMON – Symphony Of Shadows
Svart Records – Out Now. Bedemon is a name that not many people, however much involved in Heavy Metal music, are expected to know. This has mainly to do with the fact that, even though they have been in existence … Continue reading
Single reviews: THE TRADE, ORDINARYSON, VALENTIINE
Valentiine – Love Like Valentiine – Vanessa (guitars / vocals), Erica (bass/vocals) and Shelly (drums/vocals) are a 3-piece all girl garage rock outfit from Melbourne, Australia. Their debut UK single – Love Like- is reminiscent of the Shirley Manson / … Continue reading
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Tagged Ordinaryson, review, rock, single, THE TRADE, Valentiine
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Album review: BLUE TO BROWN – Blue To Brown
Remedy-records [Release date 18.02.13] Blue To Brown features the father and son duo of former Gets/z Loose vocalist and voice over artist Rob Brown and the multi instrumentalist and occasional vocals of Duran Duran guitarist and song writer … Continue reading
Quick Plays: JOSH ROUSE, JOHN SMITH, THE LEISURE SOCIETY, JACKIE OATES
JACKIE OATES Lullabies Jackie Oates is a traditional folk singer songwriter who’s won countless awards since emerging on the scene in 2003. She’s also toured with Seth Lakeman and is a member of the folk ‘super group’ Imagined Village alongside … Continue reading
Album review: ANNIE KEATING – For Keeps
While Bob Harris listeners may be acquainted with the name, New York based Americana singer songwriter Annie Keating will be unfamiliar to most. But her self-released fifth album, For Keeps, should go some way to redressing that balance. For the … Continue reading
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Album review: FRANKA DE MILLE – Bridge The Roads
London based singer songwriter Franka De Mille has the distinction of being the only independent artist to be selected for the British Phonographic Industry’s Why Music Matters campaign alongside icons such as Nina Simone, The Beatles, Kate Bush, Louie Armstrong … Continue reading
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