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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Quick plays: FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY, THE CUSTODIAN, HEAVENS FIRE
FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY – Echogenetic Dependent (released 19th August) Front Line Assembly are a Canadian electro-industrial band who have been going for over 25 years now. This new album had the band stating they would return to their more electronic … Continue reading
Interview: 10Q’s with LEPROUS
Guitarist/lyricist/co-founder of Leprous, Tor Oddmund Suhrke answers our questions as the band have just released their new album ‘Coal’ on Inside Out… 1. What are you currently up to? This summer we’re playing a lot of festival shows worldwide both … Continue reading
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Tagged Coal, Devin Townsend, Inside Out, LEPROUS, prog metal, progressive music, Tor Oddmund Suhrke
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Album review: LAWLESS – Rock Savage
Escape Music www.escape-music.com Lawless feature two current Demon members, guitarist Paul Hume (who also sings on the album) and drummer Neil Ogden, who are joined by Persian Risk guitarist Howie G and bassist Josh ‘Tabbie’ Williams from Stoke based hard … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, DEMON, LAWLESS, Persian Risk, Rock Savage
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Album review: STEVE HUNTER – The Manhattan Blues Project
Deacon Records [Release date 30.04.13] ‘I wanted to look at New York in a slightly different way – I wanted to look at it in a soulful, bluesy way’. Steve Hunter’s mission statement for this album is the guitarist musical … Continue reading
Gig review: Cambridge Folk Festival, 25-28 July 2013
Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge Friday 26th July It almost comes as a surprise reaching the festival site as it is right on the outskirts of Cambridge’s sprawling suburbs and the festival is in a lovely, green setting. It must be … Continue reading
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Tagged 25th-28th July 2013, Amadou & Mariam, Andy Irvine, Bellowhead, Cambridge, Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Donal Lunny, Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo, folk festival, Folk Roots, gig review, Heidi Talbot, Heritage Blues Orchestra, LAPD, Le Vent Du Nord, Liam O’Flynn, Paddy Glackin, Patsy Griffin, Planxty, Steeleye Span, The Levellers, Tommy Emmanuel
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Gig review: HEAVEN’S BASEMENT – Sound Control, Manchester, 12 July 2013
This must be the hottest ticket in town tonight as not only is it a sellout but it is also a scorcher in the venue, but even so the it’s over half full and the doors have only been open … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 July 2013, Buffalo Summer, gig, Heavens Basement, Manchester, review, rock, Skarlett Riot, Sound Control
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Album review: ROADHOUSE – Gods & Highways & Old Guitars
Krossborder [Release date 19.08.13] Roadhouse have long impressed with their unique take on southern roots rock and Americana, but ‘Gods & Highways & Old Guitars’ raises the bar to another level. As ever, the 10 songs come with Gary Boner’s … Continue reading
Album review – MEGADETH – Super Collider
Universal Music ( Release date – out now ) Back in the day, when thrash was at its height, of all the ‘Big Four’ I always found Megadeth to be the weakest link. I did persevere and caught … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dave Mustaine, Megadeth, metal, review, Super Collider, Thrash
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Gig review: 5 Years Of Kscope – The Garage, London, 25 July 2013 featuring Anathema
Main Act: Anathema Support Acts: North Atlantic Oscillation, Mothlite & Leafblade Another gig, another evening drenched in sweat. I moaned about the poor ventilation at the Garage in Highbury and Islington when I was there ten days ago for Wintersun’s … Continue reading
Album review: OLI BROWN – Songs From the Road
Ruf [Release date 14.06.13] Anyone who has followed Oli Brown’s career so far, will hardly be surprised by the sense of adventure at the heart of this live DVD/CD. For though he was schooled in the blues at an early … Continue reading
Album review: BURZUM – Sol Austan, Mani Vestan
Byelobog Productions – Out Now. Having paid his dues to both the Norwegian penitentiary system and society at large, Kristian Larsson “Varg” Vikernes has since been a very busy man indeed. Under his highly controversial moniker Burzum, and with the … Continue reading
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Gig Review: THE INTERNATIONAL SWINGERS – The Lexington, London, 19 July 2013
First a word about the venue, because on one of the steamiest New Orleans-like nights of this British heatwave, the upstairs gig had ceiling fans and a cool, chilled out lounge-bar atmosphere. It also had clear, uninterrupted sightlines, padded seating … Continue reading
Interview: 10Q’s with MASCHINE
Maschine release their debut album ‘Rubidium‘ on Inside Out on 29th July . Here we catch-up with founding member and guitarist Luke Machin for his thoughts on the album and the awards the band have already won to date… 1. … Continue reading
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Tagged Inside Out, Luke Machin, Maschine, Rubidium
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Album review: POWERWOLF – Preachers Of The Night
Napalm Records – Out Now. Fans of Heavy Metal have understood the importance of and pledged their allegiance towards the mighty riff since guitar wizard Tony Iommi first began to perfect his power chords back in the late 60s. But … Continue reading
Album review: MAGGY SIMPSON – Lab Rat and Lobster
Voodoo Bones www.facebook.com/maggysimpsonrocks Maggy Simpson consists of Shane Counter and Bat Kinane (of Glyder fame), who have previously worked together on Bat Kinane’s solo album. That album was a singer/songwriter one with a folk feel, whereas Maggy Simpson is more of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Glyder, Lab Rat and Lobster, Maggy Simpson, review, rock, Shane Counter
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Album review: DANA FUCHS – Bliss Avenue
Ruf [Release date 22.07.13] If blues is too often predicated on the tried and tested theme of: ‘my baby done me wrong’; then Dana Fuchs cleverly extends such familiar subject matter from an autobiographical source and into universal themes that we … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bliss Avenue, blues, country, Dana Fuchs, Janis Joplin, Jon Diamond, review, rock, southern rock, The Faces
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DVD Review: JACKSON BROWNE – I’ll Do Anything
ADA Global [Release date 01.07.13 ] Jackson Browne is something of an enigma and a legend in equal measure. A rock and roll hall of fame inductee and an acknowledged founder of the West Coast sound made global by the … Continue reading
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Album review: GLORYFUL – The Warrior’s Code
Massacre Records – Out Now. Making a name for oneself in the music industry has always been an uphill battle and, with recession and slow economic climate still affecting many, the prospects for any of the old continent’s young bands … Continue reading
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Album review: EDENBRIDGE – The Bonding
SPV There are a lot of female fronted symphonic and progressive metal bands out there now, possibly too many and it takes something a bit special to make the listener sit up and take notice. Luckily Edenbridge are one such … Continue reading
Album review: NEWMAN – Siren
AOR Heaven Amazingly this is the tenth studio album by Newman, which is basically Steve Newman plus long time drummer Rob McEwen. However this album features some guests in the shape of guitarists Shaun Bessant on ‘When It Comes To … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, melodic, NEWMAN, Nick Workman, Pete Newdeck, review, Robert Sall, rock, Shaun Bessant, Siren, Steve Newman
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Album review: REUBEN ARCHER’S PERSONAL SIN
Toxic Arrow [Release date 19.08.13] Reuben Archer has been around the block enough times to know every doorhole, boozer and bookie by heart. The current (and previous) vocalist with hard rockers Stampede is also fronting up the Paul Raymond Project … Continue reading
Gig review: WINTERSUN – The Garage, London, 16 July 2013
Support Acts: Bloodshot Dawn & Savage Messiah There is something truly ironic about a Finnish band visiting London on the hottest day of the year and performing at a venue that feels worse than a sauna, or the very lungs … Continue reading
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Tagged 16 July 2013, gig, London, metal, review, The Garage, wintersun
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Gig review: SANTANA – LG Arena, Birmingham, 17 July 2013
There can be fewer pleasing combinations than the music of Santana on the hottest day of the year during an unexpected heatwave. With the rhythm section pumped up to the max, the always spiritual Carlos Santana would have us believe … Continue reading
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Tagged 17 July 2013, Birmingham, Carlos Santana, gig, LG Arena, review, Santana, Sentient Tour
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Album review: HELRUNAR & ARSTIDIR LIFSINS – Fragments – A Mythological Excavation
Prophecy Productions – Out Now. As a teenage metalhead immersed in the Heavy Metal scene of the mid 80s, I had often relied on split releases, whether in full length, EP or singles format, as a means of keeping myself … Continue reading
Album review: PURSON – The Circle And The Blue Door
Rise Above – Out Now. Retro rock is enjoying a renewed wave of interest and, and in typical fashion for the music industry, record labels are in a rush to capitalise on it by signing as many such bands as … Continue reading
