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Album review: MATT STEVENS – Lucid
Esoteric/Cherry Red [Release date 31.03.14] Matt Stevens (Fierce & the Dead) releases his latest solo album which has been three years in the making and features a whole host of guest musicians. These include drummer Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson); bass … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Fierce & the Dead, instrumental, Lucid, Matt Stevens, prog, progressive, review, rock
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Upcoming: New Releases – Albums/DVDs (2016)
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Updated 31/10/2016 2016 November 4th GRAHAM BONNET ‘The Book’ Frontiers BON JOVI ‘This House Is Not For Sale’ FM ‘Indiscreet 30′ (re-recorded with 7 bonus songs) Frontiers THE FRAY ‘Through the Years: The Best Of’ Epic … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, albums, blues, Bluray, DVD, folk, melodic rock, metal, New releases, prog, progressive, rock
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Rock Stars: Interview with GRAHAM BONNET – 19 March 2014
With The Store For Music label re-issuing all 4 Alcatrazz albums – including ‘Live Sentence’ on CD and DVD and accompanying vinyl releases with full art work – as well as his recent ‘Catch The Rainbow’ tour and a forthcoming … Continue reading
Quick Plays: THE SPECTACLE, LIMB, SCREAM ARENA, STALA & SO, JS TOLAR, DISTANT PAST
Album review: THE SPECTACLE – Traitors Doforit records ( Release date – out now) I don’t know a great deal about this lot other than they are from Texas and that their blend of stoner rock and grindcore is as … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andy Paul, country, Distant Past, grindcore, JS Tolar, Limb, Mary Sarah, metal, Paul Sabu, review, Rob Hoey, rock, Scream Arena, STALA & SO, stoner rock, The Continuum, The Spectacle, Utopian Void, Willie Nelson
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Album review: CHRIS THOMPSON – Toys & Dishes
Esoteric Antenna [Release date 17.03.14] Chris Thompson was very much “the voice” of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band during their most successful period in the late-1970s/early-1980s. In the past decade he decamped to Germany, gigging on the continent and with the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chris Thompson, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, review, rock, Toys & Dishes
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News: Cherry Red label showcase on Sunday 30 March – win featured albums!
Sunday 30 March, 13:00 GMT Get Ready to ROCK! Radio The latest showcase for the Cherry Red group of record labels offers listeners a chance to win six of the featured albums! The hour-long special features recent releases from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cherry Red Records, competition, feature, March 2014, progressive, R&B, radio, rock, showcase, soul
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Gig review: GRAVELTONES, Cadillac Three, Buffalo Summer – Live Rooms, Chester, 26 February 2014
Sometimes you come away from a gig and you just want to shout ‘WOW’. Tonight was one of those occasions and even though I had seen the same line-up a few days before at The Institute in Birmingham my excitement … Continue reading
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Tagged 26 February 2014, Buffalo Summer, Cadillac Three, Chester, gig, Live Rooms, review, rock, southern rock, The Graveltones
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Album review: STEEL PANTHER – All You Can Eat
Open E Records [Release date 01.04.14] Steel Panther have been on the ascendance for the last few years and now have two albums under their belts coupled with sold out tours and festival appearances. The question has to be asked … Continue reading
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Tagged album, All You Can Eat, Balls Out, CD, Lexxi Foxx, metal, Michael Starr, review, rock, Satchel, Steel Panther, Stix Zidinia
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Gig review: MONSTER TRUCK/ SCORPION CHILD – King Tut’s, Glasgow, 22 March 2014
Billed as the ‘Lords Of The Riff’ tour, tonight’s gig was a good value package bringing together three bands who have sparked a lot of interest in the rock world lately. Joining co-headliners Monster Truck and Scorpion Child were … Continue reading
Gig Review: STEEL PANTHER – 02 Academy, Glasgow, 19 March 2014
Wednesday night in Glasgow and costume shop owners for miles around are counting up their takings after a bumper day, having sold out of dodgy nylon wigs and animal print spandex. Steel Panther are once again back in town! … Continue reading
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Tagged 02 Academy, 19 March 2014, All You Can Eat, Balls Out, Community Property, Feel The Steel, Foo Fighters, gig, Glasgow, Hiding In Plain Sight, John Cusimano, Lexxi Foxx, live, metal, Michael Starr, QOTSA, review, rock, Satchal, Steel Panther, Stix Zidinia, the Cringe
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Album review: COEN WOLTERS BAND – Illumination
Crying Tone [Release date 20.01.14] Coen Wolters motto is, ‘let it rip and don’t be shy about it’. ‘Illumination’ is a hard hitting, well played and produced slice of funky tinged acid blues-rock. It’s an album that blows away the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blind Dog Smokin, blues, Coen Wolters, guitar, Illumination, Lance Johnson, Oli Brown, review, rock, Stoney Curtis, The Hoax
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Interview: THE CRINGE – 18th March 2014
New York alt-rockers The Cringe are about to unleash their latest album ‘Hiding In Plain Sight’ in the UK on the 14 April and are about to tour the country in the company of Steel Panther no less. I caught … Continue reading
Album review: HEART – Magazine (Hybrid SACD)
Audio Fideltiy [Release date 18.03.14] Heart’s album ‘Magazine’ had a chequered history. After the initial success with ‘Dreamboat Annie’ the band fell out with the small label Mushroom Records. A legal dispute ensued as they tried to get out of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ann Wilson, Audio Fidelity, Heart, Magazine, Nancy Wilson, reissue, review, rock, SACD
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Gig review: TRANSATLANTIC – London The Forum, 12 March 2014
Review by Yiannis (John) Stefanis Photos by Yiannis (John) Stefanis Wednesday the 12th of March was in my calendar for quite some time; this was the day when Progressive super group Transatlantic were to be in London for a highly … Continue reading
Gig review: CAMEL – Parr Hall, Warrington, 13 March 2014
Andy Latimer talks about the second leg of the UK tour. An edited version of this interview – which featured in a two-part special on our radio station – is now available as a podcast More information If we had … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 March 2014, Andy Latimer, Camel, gig, guitar, guitarist, Kayak, Parr Hall, prog, progressive, review, rock, Ton Scherpenzeel, Warrington
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Album review: GOTTHARD – Bang!
Pias www.gotthard.com [Released 01.04.14] Solid hard rock is not something you associate with Switzerland, but Gotthard are one of Switzerland’s most successful bands. This is their 11th studio album, and second with vocalist Nic Maeder (after the death of original … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Bang!, Gotthard, melodic rock, rock, Swiss
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Gig review: THE ANSWER – O2 Academy 2, Leicester, 25 February 2014
It was a cold damp midweek evening but these things didn’t matter as tonight Irish rockers The Answer are set to raise the temperature and spirits at the Academy 2 Leicester. Currently midway through their ‘Road Less Travelled’ tour which … Continue reading
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Tagged 25 February 2014, gig, Hell's Addiction, Leicester, O2 Academy, review, rock, SKAM!, THE ANSWER
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Album review – GINGER WILDHEART – Albion
Round Records (Release date – 31.03.14) For many years Ginger Wildheart has been at the forefront of rock. Whether with The Wildhearts, solo or in one of his countless side projects he has never been scared … Continue reading
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Tagged Albion, album, CD, Ginger Wildheart, Hey! Hello, pop, Random Jon Poole, review, rock, the Wildhearts, Victoria Liedtke
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Album review: DANIEL TRIGGER – Army Of One
Two Sides Moon (Release date – Out Now) Daniel Trigger has been producing music for many years both as a solo artist and as part of the band Trigger who found some minor success in and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Army Of One, CD, Daniel Trigger, David D’Andrade, Europe, metal, review, rock, Terry Sadowski.
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DVD review: SUZANNE VEGA – Solitude Standing
Wienerworld [Release date 24.03.14] Timed for release to coincide with Vega’s new studio album Tales From The Realm Of The Queen Of Pentacles (presumably to freeload on the coat-tails of that album’s publicity) this DVD finds Suzanne Vega performing at … Continue reading
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Tagged 2003, DVD, Italy, live, pop, review, rock, singer, Solitude Standing, songwriter, Suzanne Vega
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Album review: JOHN SEBASTIAN – Reissues
John B Sebastian, The Four Of Us, Tarzan Kid, Welcome Back plus BBC In Concert 1970 Edsel Records [Release date 10.02.14] Dylan just about nailed it when he pronounced ‘the times they are a changin’ in 1964 and John Sebastian, … Continue reading
Album review: ELEANOR McEVOY – Stuff
Moscodisc [Release date 12.05.14] Compilations can be hit and miss affairs but Eleanor McEvoy’s got the balance just about right on 11 track ‘sampler’ that includes something for everyone by way of collaborations, single remixes and B-sides, and even some … Continue reading
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Tagged album, compilation, Dave Rotheray, Eleanor McEvoy, Homespun, pop, review, rock, singer, songwriter, Stuff
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Album review: PANIC ROOM – Incarnate
Firefly Music [Release date 10.03.14] After their acoustic ‘chill out’ sojourn under the pseudo name of Luna Rossa, Anne-Marie Helder and Jonathan Edwards return with the latest release in their guise as main protagonists in Panic Room, a band whose … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anne-Marie Helder, Gavin Griffiths, Incarnate, Panic Room, review, rock
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Album Review: DAUGHTRY – Baptized (Deluxe Edition)
19/RCA Records [Release Date 17.02.14] It may surprise those of us on this side of the pond, but the USA’s X Factor equivalent American Idol does occasionally spawn credible rock acts among the manufactured pop dross. One alumnus from the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, American Idol, Baptized, Chris Daughtry, DAUGHTRY, deluxe edition, pop, pop rock, review, rock
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Album review: ALICE COOPER – Billion Dollar Babies
Audio Fidelity [Release date 01.03.14] There’s been something of a glut of Alice Cooper re-issues of late – Trash and Hey Stoopid, The Eyes Of Alice Cooper and Dirty Diamonds, and Brutally Live – to name but a few. This … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice Cooper, Audio Fidelity, Billion Dollar Babies, reissue, review, rock, SACD
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