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EP Review – SPRING THE TRAP – Spring The Trap EP
Self Release (Release date – Out now ) Spring The Trap hail from the Grunge capital, Seattle, but they have chosen to go down an altogether heavier route. The guys play a hard rock with a technical … Continue reading
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Tagged EP, metal Seattle, review, rock, Spring The Trap
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Album review – THE TOMMY FIAMMENGHI BAND – Into The Storm
Maxstorm Records (Release date – out now) Tommy Fiammenghi is an Italian singer/ guitarist who formed his band back in 2005. This album is the band’s second and it is a good listen. The four piece play … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Into The Storm. CD, Italian, prog, review, rock, The Tommy Fiammenghi Band
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Album review: SPIRITUAL BEGGARS – Earth Blues
Inside Out – Out Now. Michael Amott is better known as the guitarist, main songwriter and founding member of the Swedish Melodic Death Metal quintet Arch Enemy – a band that has been under the media spotlight for quite some … Continue reading
Gig review: JOE SATRIANI – Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, 11 June 2013
Up in the circle of the ornate Philharmonic Hall there was a distinct whiff of charity shop. This was a slightly bizarre change from the whiff of bowel disorder that one often encounters at gigs where the audience is of a certain … Continue reading
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Tagged 11 June 2013, gig, guitar, guitarist, Joe Satriani, Liverpool, Mike Keneally, Philharmonic Hall, review, rock
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Album review: ANOTHER ROADSIDE ATTRACTION – Not Oat Action
Another Roadside Attraction [Release date 01.13] Another Roadside Attraction is an eclectic Florida based band who mix intelligent melodic pop songs with lush harmonies and unexpected psychedelic wig outs. Multi instrumentalist /producer Mark Zampella’s synth fuses the 80’s pop of … Continue reading
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Tagged Another Roadside Attraction, Buffalo Springfield, Camel, Floyd, guitar, Jerry Garcia. space rock, Mark Zampella, Not Oat Action, Paul Louis, pop, Psychedelic Rock, Radiohead, rock, Son Volt, Ted Sipes, west coast rock, Wilco
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Album review: NORMAN WATT-ROY – Faith & Grace
Cadiz [Release date 17.06.13] The mission statement for this album comes in the middle of the autobiographical ‘Me My Bass And I’: ‘When I heard Jaco (Pastorius) and Weather Report that was basically it. I realised where I came from, … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, bass, Billy Eckstine, dance, Faith & Grace, Frank Zappa, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, funk, fusion, Ian Dury, Jaco Patorius, jazz, Latino, Norman Watt-Roy, rock, Sarah Gillespie, The Blackheads, The Clash, Weather Report, Wilko Johnson
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Album review: ALBANY DOWN – Not Over Yet
AD Recordings Ltd [Release date 8.04.13] Albany Down draw on deeply entrenched classic rock influences, contemporary production values and impressive song craft to suggest a bright future. The album title ‘Not Over Yet, could just as easily refer to rock … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerosmith, Albany Down, Billy Dedman, blues, classic rock, Cream, Damien Campbell, Foo Fighters, Free, Greg Haver, guitar, Led Zeppelin, Not Over Yet, Paul Muir, Paul Turley, rock, Rush, vocal
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Quick plays: RUSS DWARF, THE LOOK, BLEEDING HANDS, SCOTT COOK
RUSS DWARF – Wireless www.russdwarf.com Singer Russ Dwarf found success in the 80’s fronting the Killer Dwarfs and their 1986 album ‘Stand Tall’ is one of those classic hard rock albums (I still have my vinyl copy!). This new solo … Continue reading
Gig review: BON JOVI, Etihad Stadium, Manchester, 8 June 2013
2013 has been a challenging year to Keep the Faith for Bon Jovi fans. Not only was their ‘What About Now’ CD perhaps the lamest of their career, but for undisclosed personal reasons Richie Sambora, Jon Bon Jovi’s right hand … Continue reading
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Tagged 8 June 2013, AOR, Bon Jovi, Etihad Stadium, gig, Manchester, melodic, review, rock
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Album review: BLACKMORE’S NIGHT – Dancer And The Moon
Frontiers www.frontiers.it This is Blackmore’s Night eighth studio album and the band has been going for longer than Ritchie Blackmore’s time combined in Deep Purple and Rainbow now. Some Blackmore fans will still pine for these rock years, yet that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blackmore's Night, Candice Night, Deep Purple, folk, guitar, guitarist, medieval, Rainbow, review, Ritchie Blackmore, rock
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Album review: GIUNTINI PROJECT – IV
Escape Music www.escape-music.com Album number four from the project run by guitarist Aldo Giuntini and the first for Escape Music, the third album having been released by Frontiers back in 2006. Former Black Sabbath vocalist Tony Martin is … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Black Sabbath, GIUNTINI PROJECT, IV, review, rock, Tony Martin, Whitesnake
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Gig review: RICK SPRINGFIELD – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 4 June 2013
Of all the acts big on American radio in the eighties who were no more than cult figures over here, Rick Springfield has been one of the most elusive. Despite the odd trip to Europe for the likes of Sweden … Continue reading
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Tagged 4 June 2013, gig, London, review, Rick Springfield, rock, Shepherd's Bush Empire
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Album review: JULIAN LENNON – Everything Changes
Music In Another Room [Release date 03.06.13] When it was originally released in October 2011 in the UK and Ireland, Julian Lennon’s sixth studio album failed to tickle the Top 100, and neither of the singles lifted from it – … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Beatles, Everything Changes, Julian Lennon, Mark Spiro, Paul Buchanan, Peter Vettese, pop, review, rock, Steven Tyler
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Album review: CASSIE TAYLOR – Out Of My Mind
Hypertension [Release date 13.05.13] Having served a 10 year apprenticeship playing bass and singing in her father, modern-day blues innovator Otis Taylor’s band, Cassie Taylor has paid her dues at the age of only 26. With one album already under … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Cassie Taylor, Otis Taylor, Out Of My Mind, review, rock
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DVD Review: JETHRO TULL – Around The World Live
Eagle Vision EREDV982 (4-disc/Book) One of the “strange decisions in rock” in recent years has been that of Ian Anderson to seemingly cast off his first lieutenant: Martin Lancelot Barre. It seems that his trusty cohort since 1969 hasn’t really … Continue reading
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Tagged Around The World Live, Chile, DVD, German, Hilversum, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, progressive, review, rock, Switzerland, Tampa, TV
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Quick plays (singles): TARJA, THEA GILMORE, REBELLIOUS SPIRIT, MATINEE, RUBYLUX, VALENTIINE
THEA GILMORE – Start As We Mean To Go On Start As We Mean To Go is the second single to be lifted from Thea Gilmore’s excellent new album Regardless. With the impetus from the first single Love Came Looking … Continue reading
Album review: AYNSLEY LISTER – Home
www.aynsleylister.co.uk [Release date 08.07.13] Despite starting off on his musical journey through the blues in the late 90’s ‘Home’ is amazingly his tenth album to date. Aynsley Lister is one of the current crop of young blues rock musicians breaking … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AYNSLEY LISTER, blues, guitar, guitarist, Home, review, rock
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Album review: JAPAETI – Abacus
Self Release (Release date – out now) Technical, progressive metal is a genre inhabited by musicians of undoubted talent and quite possibly a history of insanity within their family. Quite how a group of musos can sit … Continue reading
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Tagged Abacus, album, Japaeti, progressive metal, review, rock
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Album review: METHOD TO MADNESS – Guilty As Sin
Method To Madness [Release date 04.13] Method To Madness is an American prog metal band that proudly sticks to its task of producing a concept album with a preface, three acts and 15 tracks. The concept is about a policeman … Continue reading
Album Review: TROISI – The Front
Troisi Blue Music [Release date 12.13] ‘The Front’ by TROiSi, (Mike Troisi the person and band are interchangeable) is a conceptual and musical triumph in the face of cliché. It’s a concept album that rises above the genre to make a … Continue reading
Interview: Rising Stars: COLOSSUS
Swedish band Colossus have just released their debut album ‘Wake’, which is already gaining rave reviews. Here we catch-up with vocalist/guitarist Niklas Eriksson to find out more about the band and what they have planned… What are you currently up … Continue reading
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Tagged Colossus, interview, melodic, Niklas Eriksson, rock, Sweden
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Interview: DROWNING POOL
American Heavy Metal band Drowning Pool returned to the UK recently with a new lead singer and a brand new album! The band from Dallas, Texas shot to fame in 2001 with their smash hit single ‘Bodies’, taken from their … Continue reading
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Tagged CJ Pierce, Drowning Pool, Drowning Pool.CJ Pierce, interview, Resilience, rock
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Album review: NILS LOFGREN – Keith Don’t Go’ Live in London 1990
Floating World [Release date 04.03.13] Given his high profile status as a pianist and guitarist for both Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen, it’s sometime forgotten that Nils Lofgren enjoyed a 4 year span with Grin, before embarking on his on-going … Continue reading
Album review: EVEN NINE – The Lights Are Too Bright To See
Self Release (Release date – out now) This is the latest album by Cornish three piece Even Nine and it is a bouncy, uplifting affair. The band consists of brothers Jody and Rick Martin who along with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, Cornwall, Even Nine, Gin Blossoms, review, rock, The Lights Are Too Bright To See
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Album review: HAMMERFORCE – Access Denied
Metalism Records ( Release date – Out now ) A bit of synth driven power metal from St Petersburg this time. Hammerforce formed back in 2006 and this is the band’s second album, the first being ‘Dice’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Access Denied, album, CD, Hammerforce, power metal, prog, progressive, review, rock, Russia
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