Yearly Archives: 2013

Gig Review: DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL – DAY 1 – Donington Park,14 June 2013

Posted on June 18, 2013 by david.wilson

First a quick recap of last year’s Download festival, mud, mud and more mud, oh and some cracking rock music. After the mudfest of last year even the hardiest of rock fans must have thought twice before shelling out for … Continue reading →

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DVD Review: MOSTLY AUTUMN – Live At the Boerderij

Posted on June 18, 2013 by david.wilson

Self Release [Release Date - Out Now] This is the long awaited first live Mostly Autumn DVD release with Olivia Sparnenn at the helm on lead vocals and is a double disc set also available on CD (without the three … Continue reading →

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Album review: PLANET GRAFFITI – Bad News

Posted on June 17, 2013 by petefeenstra

 Planet Graffiti [Release date 01.05.13] Planet Graffiti is a Portsmouth based blues-rock power trio who have recently enjoyed 2 nationwide tours with New Jersey’s Billy Walton Band. ‘Bad News’ is their second album and despite the pessimistic title, it’s a sprightly, … Continue reading →

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Album review: HAMILTON LOOMIS – Give It Back

Posted on June 16, 2013 by petefeenstra

Ham-bone Records [Release date 06.13] Some artists spend their whole careers trying to nail their sound to label and package it. Hamilton Loomis is a fiercely independent musician who stridently walks away from all that. He even left his blues … Continue reading →

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Album review: ISAAK – The Longer The Beard, The Harder The Sound

Posted on June 16, 2013 by jason

Small Stone Records www.smallstone.com Italy is not the first country you would associate with stoner rock, yet Isaak hail from there and have previously released a couple of albums under Ghandi’s Gunn, but changed their name to Isaak last year. … Continue reading →

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Album review: CHRIS WHILE AND JULIE MATTHEWS – Infinite Sky

Posted on June 16, 2013 by petefeenstra

Fat Cat Records [Release date 04.02.13] Chris While and Julie Matthews have been a musical partnership for 20 years, both as members of The Albion Band and as a multi instrumental duo. Julie has made her name as an award … Continue reading →

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Album review: AIRBOURNE – Black Dog Barking

Posted on June 15, 2013 by jason

Roadrunner Album number three from Aussie rockers and AC/DC worshipers Airbourne. Their previous two albums were not too bad but lacked that certain something to keep me coming back to the albums. However on this album they may have just … Continue reading →

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Gig review: MICHAEL KATON – Beaverwood Club,Chislehurst,Kent,13 June 2013

Posted on June 15, 2013 by petefeenstra

‘Boogie All Over Your Head’ the title of Michael Katon’s debut album says it all really. Rockaboogie takes on a whole different meaning in the company of the MKB. It seems years since the Detroit boogie legend last visited these … Continue reading →

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Album review: INTERNATIONAL RESCUE – No Country For Old Men

Posted on June 15, 2013 by petefeenstra

Cowboy City Records [Release date 17.06.13] Formed in 1980, International Rescue originally built up a sizeable following in Bridlington and the East Yorkshire region culminating in an appearance on Channel 4′s The Tube. They subsequently lost their record company deal … Continue reading →

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DVD Review: GARBAGE – One Mile High Live

Posted on June 15, 2013 by GRTR! HQ
GARBAGE - One Mile High Live

Eagle Rock [Release date 27.05.13] Somewhere, lurking in my CD collection I have a copy of Garbage’s eponymous 1995 debut album.  But that aside, they’re a band I’ve never felt any great compunction to track over succeeding years. So it was … Continue reading →

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Album review: BONNIE TYLER – Rocks And Honey

Posted on June 14, 2013 by GRTR! HQ
Bonnie Tyler - Rocks And Honey

Celtic Swan Recordings [Release date 6.05.13] Bonnie Tyler was asked back in the 1980s to represent the UK at Eurovision but politely declined.  With success since those heady days coming primarily in Europe and relying heavily on past glories, she … Continue reading →

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DVD Review: PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS – Rockshow

Posted on June 14, 2013 by GRTR! HQ
PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS - Rockshow

Eagle Rock [Release date 10.06.13] 15 September 1975, seat A19 in The Royal Circle, Liverpool Empire.  I was there for Macca’s hometown gig on the UK leg of the ‘Wings Over The World’ tour.  My diary at the time recounts … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE WYNNTOWN MARSHALS – The Long Haul

Posted on June 14, 2013 by GRTR! HQ
The Wynntown Marshals - The Long Haul

Wynntown Recordings [Release date 15.07.13] Whether their album title is a play on The Eagles’ last long player of the 1970′s or not, there are distinct similarities in style between The Eagles West Coast country rock sound and that of … Continue reading →

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Album review: STONECRAFT – Behind The Door

Posted on June 14, 2013 by GRTR! HQ
Stonecraft - Behind The Door

www.stonecraftmusic.co.uk Behind The Door is the third album of acoustic, alternative, Celtic music from multi-instrumentalist singer / songwriter Andy Morgan, and singer / songwriter Viil Hov Fjose. And while Andy started out as a rock guitarist who developed an affinity … Continue reading →

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Album review: FAY & LATTA – Beauty In Chaos

Posted on June 14, 2013 by GRTR! HQ
Fay & Latta - Beauty In Chaos

Avid GRTR! browsers may have spotted our 2009 review of Brit female fronted heavy rockers Exoterik’s ‘Butterfly In Your Hand’ – an album we saw as throwing down a gauntlet to the Evanescence pop / rock dynasty. We noted then, … Continue reading →

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Album review: QUEENSRYCHE – Queensryche

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Yiannis

Century Media – [Release Date 24.06.13] There are undoubtedly many lessons one can learn in life, but the one I believe in most is not taking anything for granted, including in music. Take Seattle Prog Metallers Queensryche, for instance: if … Continue reading →

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Album review: JORN – Traveller

Posted on June 13, 2013 by jason

Frontiers www.frontiers.it Jorn “Dio” Lande is a busy man with his new album “Traveller” dropping 13 months after his last studio album the awfully titled “Bring Heavy Rock to the Land” and that does not include his “Symphonic” issue back … Continue reading →

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Album review: AMORPHIS – Circle

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Yiannis

Nuclear Blast – Out Now. When Pasi Koskinen left Progressive/Melodic/Folk metallers Amorphis back in 2004, after nine years of dedicated service, many of the band’s loyal fans, myself included, were left fearing the worst concerning the band’s future. The addition … Continue reading →

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Album review: ANTHRAX – Anthems E.P.

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Yiannis

Nuclear Blast – Out Now. Experiencing a line-up change now and again is inevitable for most long-serving bands, but the way the members of the legendary Thrash Metal combo Anthrax have come and gone over the years has always caused … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE URBAN VOODOO MACHINE – Rare Gumbo

Posted on June 13, 2013 by petefeenstra

  Gypsy Hotel Records [Release date 20.05.13] Even the most riotous and irreverent of bands sometimes need a break. And ‘Rare Gumbo’ is compilation album that gathers together The Urban Voodoo Machine’s bits and pieces in the form of EP … Continue reading →

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EP Review – SPRING THE TRAP – Spring The Trap EP

Posted on June 12, 2013 by david.wilson

      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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Album review – THE TOMMY FIAMMENGHI BAND – Into The Storm

Posted on June 12, 2013 by david.wilson

      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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News: WALTER LURE OF THE HEARTBREAKERS HEADS TO THE UK FOR THREE SHOWS IN AUGUST

Posted on June 12, 2013 by jason

Following two successful tours in 2010 and 2011, Walter Lure makes a welcome return to the UK this summer.  The original guitarist and co-vocalist with Johnny Thunders’ iconic New York punks The Heartbreakers will play three shows in August, including … Continue reading →

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Album review: BOOMIN – Original Junkie

Posted on June 12, 2013 by jason

A household name in their home town Wigan, pop-rock three piece, Boomin, come to us with their full length album Original Junkie, an infectious scream in the face to today’s chart music. The album itself is almost like a live … Continue reading →

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Album review: SPIRITUAL BEGGARS – Earth Blues

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Yiannis

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 →

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