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Yearly Archives: 2013
Album review: BART WALKER – Waiting On Daylight
Provogue [Release date 25.01.13] Bart Walker’s ‘Waiting On Daylight’ was almost lost in the shuffle earlier on in the year, but now looks set to benefit from the apparent renaissance of Southern rock. If it isn’t Royal Southern Brotherhood and … Continue reading
Album review: NO SINNER – Boo Hoo Hoo
Provogue [Release date 14.01.14] ‘Boo Hoo Hoo’ is an impressive debut album from Canadian rock-blues band No Sinner. The Vancouver based quartet readily venture beyond their core genres to explore rock, blues, soul, jazz, garage rock and jam band sensibilities, … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Boo Hoo Hoo, Canada, Canadian, Cannonball Adderley, Colleen Rennison, Eric Campbell, Janis Joplin, Nina Simone, No Sinner, Paul Kossoff, Provogue, review, rock, vocal
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Album review: HOT HEAD SHOW – Perfect
Tentacle Films Limited [Release date 14.10.13] Hot Head Show is a trio with art rock and avant-garde pretensions. ‘Perfect’ is an album that has its moments of starling musical innovation, as it explores imaginative horizons, but ultimately it struggles lyrically … Continue reading
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Tagged avant garde, Captain Beefheart, Eve Copeland, Frank Zappa, Hot Head Show, John Cooper Clark, Jonah Brody, Jordan Copeland, King Crimson, Maxwell "Betamax" Hallett, Moldy Peaches, Moxy Fruvous, Perfect, review, Robert Fripp, Sonja Kristina, Stewart Copeland
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Album review: NEW DANCE ORCHESTRA – Electronica (feat. Geoff Downes/Anne-Marie Helder)
NDO Records [Release date 04.11.13] This is an intriguing release from the highly-talented Geoffrey Downes, or Geoff Downes as you know him, erstwhile keyboard tinkler from Asia and Yes. New Dance Orchestra is an ongoing project but to my knowledge … Continue reading
Gig review: NO SINNER – Black Heart, Camden, 25 November 2013
Many a significant rock career can trace its origins to shows in the back room of Camden’s various boozers so it was appropriate that hotly tipped Vancouver blues rockers No Sinner should have their UK showcase in one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 25 November, Black Heart, blues, Camden, Colleen Rennison, gig, London, No Sinner, review, rock, showcase
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Album review: ANXTRON – Brainstorm
Self-release www.anxtron.com I guarantee if you heard this album playing in the background of your local wine bar, you’d find it strangely addictive as you got progressively inebriated. That’s not being disrespectful to Anxtron, it could be the perfect antidote … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anxtron, Brainstorm, Brazil, Brazilian, instrumental, prog, progressive, review, rock
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Gig review: AMON AMARTH – London, The Forum, 17 November 2013
Support Acts: Carcass, Bleed From Within, Hell Review by Yiannis (John) Stefanis Oh how times change! One thousand three hundred years ago, a ‘visit’ from the people of Scandinavia to these shores would have been accompanied by sheer terror and … Continue reading
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Tagged 17 November 2013, Amon Amarth, Bleed From Within, Carcass, Death Metal, Forum, gig, Hell, London, metal, review
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Album review: BECKY MILLS – Dandelion
Splid Records www.beckymills.com Becky Mills was part of the wonderful, although sadly no more, Waking The Witch and she has played solo since and as a duo with fellow former Waking The Witch member Patsy Matheson. The recording for this … Continue reading
Gig review: SKINNY MOLLY – Beaverwood Club, Chislehurst, 28 November 2013
Skinny Molly are a four piece US Southern rock band made up of ex members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet and Blackfoot who are Mike Estes (guitar/vocals), Jay Johnson (guitar/vocals), Luke Bradshaw (bass) and Kurt Pietro (drums). This was the first … Continue reading
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Tagged 28 November 2013, Beaverwood Club, Blackfoot, blues, Chislehurst, gig, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mike Estes, Molly Hatchet, review, rock, Skinny Molly, southern
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Quick Plays: THE DEEP END, PERFECT CRIME, RUSTED
THE DEEP END – Cop This Bad Reputation [Release date – 15.12.13]) Think Australian rock and no doubt AC/DC, Rose Tattoo and latterly Airbourne spring to mind. The Deep End take elements of all three and blend them into one … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, AIRBOURNE, album, CD, Cop This, metal, Perfect Crime, review, rock, Rock Patrol, Rusted, The Deep End
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Album review: THE DEAD DAISIES – The Dead Daisies
Spitfire Music [Release date – out now] The Dead Daisies career is, ironically, blooming at the moment. The lead single from the album ‘Lock ‘N’ Load’ featuring Slash on guitar is all over the rock radio stations and the band … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, CD, Dave Lowy, Guns 'N' Roses, INXS, Jon Stevens, Noiseworks, review, rock, Slash, The Dead Daisies
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Album review: FALLING RED – Empire Of The Damned
Self Release [Release date – 27.01.14] There can’t have been many rock bands from Carlisle over the years but Falling Red may be about to put the town firmly on the rock map. Over the last 6 years the band … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Carlisle, Empire Of The Damned, Falling Red, metal, review, rock
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Gig review: SPARKS – Union Chapel, London, 2 December 2013
“When the whole world is running headlong towards the precipice, one who walks in the opposite direction is looked on as being crazy.” T.S. Elliot could have been talking about Sparks. Their restless stop-start career has occasionally brushed the mainstream … Continue reading
Album review: CRYSTAL VIPER – Possession
AFM Records www.afmrecords.de With an album cover looking like a tacky horror movie or a bad King Diamond album from the 1980’s the preconceptions start before I’ve even listened to this new release from Polish metal band Crystal Viper. Crystal … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CRYSTAL VIPER, metal, Poland, Possession, review, rock
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Album review: SUSAN CATTANEO – Haunted Heart
Jersey Girl Music [Release date 20.01.14] We’ve been impressed at GRTR! by Cattaneo’s previous releases, and her fourth album Haunted Heart continues the good work. The warm honeyed vocals of previous releases are still there, as is range of styles … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, country, folk, Haunted Heart, review, roots, singer, songwriter, Susan Cattaneo
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Album review: EILEEN ROSE – Be Many Gone
Rarely have I seen a PR sheet so devoid of information about an album. And the absence of sleeve and associated credits, lyrics etc doesn’t help either. But here goes. A few year’s back singer songwriter Eileen Rose’s album – … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt country, Be Many Gone, Eileen Rose, review, singer, songwriter
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Album review: THE BOOMTOWN RATS – Classic Album Selection 1977-1984
Universal [Release date 21.10.13] The latest record company wheeze to squeeze the last vestiges of profit out of dusty back catalogues seems to be the ‘reasonably priced’ box set. Which can be very good news for the discerning punter, but … Continue reading
Album Review: COSHISH – Firdous
Universal Music India [Release Date 11.09.13] One of the perks of being a reviewer is that, just occasionally, a little gem pops up out of the general slew of releases that, had you not been reviewing, would … Continue reading
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Tagged Coshish, Firdous, India, Progressive/Art Rock, review
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Album review: STEELEYE SPAN – Wintersmith
Park Records This is a departure for the revered folk rockers Steeleye Span, as the album is based on the novel ‘Wintersmith’ by Terry Pratchett, who also appears on the album and has a hand in writing the songs too. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Discworld, fantasy, folk, folk rock, Park Records, Peter Kinight, review, Steeleye Span, Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith
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Gig review: PALLAS – Classic Grand, Glasgow, 30 November 2013
A Pallas gig these days is a rare beast and the chance to catch the band live is an opportunity not to be missed. With only three dates scheduled this time around we headed to Glasgow as the band are … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 November 2013, Classic Grand, Comedy Of Errors, Euan Lowson, gig, Glasgow, Graeme Murray, live, Pallas, Paul Mackie, prog, rock
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Gig review: SIMPLE MINDS and ULTRAVOX, O2 Arena, London, 30 November 2013
It’s an 80’s revival tonight with one of the 80’s big stadium bands Simple Minds headlining, but first we had Ultravox who had their own series of hit singles in the early to mid-80’s. They reformed with their classic line-up … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's pop, Charlie Burchill, classic rock, eighties, gig, Jim Kerr, Midge Ure, O2 Arena, review, Simple Minds, stadium, synth pop, ULTRAVOX
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The Best Of 2013 – top albums, top live acts – the reviewers’ choice
Every year we ask the GRTR! Team to list their favourite albums and gigs of the year. As ever, it is a very eclectic mix and reflects the very broad and all-embracing tastes of our reviewers. How have we arrived … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, artists, Best of 2013, Get Ready to ROCK!, live act, poll, vote
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Album review: RHAPSODY OF FIRE – Dark Wings Of Steel
AFM Records – [Release date 25.11.13] Keyboard wizard Alex Staropoli, founding member of the Symphonic Metal outfit Rhapsody (Rhapsody Of Fire since 2006), is a man who has suffered trials and tribulations and undoubtedly grown a second skin through relentless … Continue reading
Interview with ALEX STAROPOLI (Rhapsody Of Fire) – 7 November 2013
Name changes, line up changes, legal disputes: Rhapsody Of Fire have been through and survived all these last couple of years. What is quite surprising, though, is the fact that they have emerged looking stronger and with a top quality … Continue reading
Album review: ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD – Songs From The Road
Ruf [Release date 18.11.13] Royal Southern Brotherhood ‘Songs From the Road’ cements their place as one of the most essential live experiences in 2013. From their self titled debut album to their incendiary live shows, it’s been a long time … Continue reading
