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Yearly Archives: 2013
Gig Review: THE WILDHEARTS – ABC, Glasgow, 4 April 2013
I am ashamed to say that this gig was my first live encounter with The Wildhearts. They have always been one of the bands near the top of my ‘must do’ list, but up until now our paths hadn’t crossed. … Continue reading
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Tagged 4 April 2013, ABC, Baby Godzilla, Eureka Machines, gig, Ginger, Glasgow, metal, review, rock, the Wildhearts
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Album review: IAN McCULLOCH – Holy Ghosts
Edsel Records (Released 22nd April) Ian McCulloch releases a sumptious new double album. The first CD is a live album recorded at the Union Chapel in London last year and the second disc is a new … Continue reading
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Tagged Echo & the Bunnymen, Holy Ghosts, Ian McCulloch, Youth
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Album review: KILL FOR EDEN – Kill For Eden
Kill For Eden are a new and unsigned London-based outfit who are self-releasing their self-titled debut album. The band play radio friendly chunks of pop metal wrapped around a dynamic vocal delivery. The look and sound is rooted in classic … Continue reading
Album review: VARIOUS – Prog Rocks! (Compilation)
EMI/Harvest/Charisma/Liberty-UnitedArtists/Virgin/InsideOut Post-punk decimation in the bloodbath of ‘76, progressive rock has been something of a guilty secret, a troubling sore for sufferers soothed only with drops of tricky time signatures over layers of extenuated Mellotronic drones (best meted out in … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s, Charisma, compilation, EMI, Harvest, Insideout, Prog Rocks!, Virgin
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Album review: TREETOP FLYERS – The Mountain Moves
Loose Music [Release date 29.04.13] Having won the Glastonbury Emerging Talent competition in 2011, and released two well received singles – ‘Things Will Change’ and ‘It’s About Time’, 2013 sees the release of the London based five-piece’s debut album on … Continue reading
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Tagged album, country, review, rock, roots, The Mountain Moves, Treetop Flyers
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Album review: RILO KILEY – Rkives
After a couple of lesser known albums LA indie rockers Rilo Kiley’s ‘More Adventurous’ album (2004) provided the springboard for a major record deal with Warners. Their subsequent 2007 release ‘Under The Blacklight’ looked like the big time had finally … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, review, Rilo Kiley, Rkives, rock, roots
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Album review: BEN REEL – Darkness & The Light
Release date 22.04.13 You never quite know what to expect from Ben Reel. Over his previous 5 studio albums he’s touched on rock, soul, blues, alt-folk, Americana and even indulged in a little reggae. His new album, his first recorded … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Ben Reel, Darkness & The Light, inger, review, rock, songwriter
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Album review: MELISSA GREENER – Transistor Corazon
Music has been a part of Melissa Greener’s life from day one. Raised in Detroit by her Playboy Club lounge singer mother and politically bent hippie father, her musical roots are in the soulful 1960′s Laurel Canyon scene. Her two … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Melissa Greener, review, singer, songwriter, Transistor Corazon
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Album review: BARRY PALMER – Night Thoughts
(Hold Your Horses Records) Something of a well-kept secret, Barry Palmer is singer whose presence has permeated pop and rock since the 1970′s, and whose principal ‘claim to fame’ is being Mike Oldfield’s singer of choice on the 1984 ‘Crime … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Barry Palmer, Mike Oldfield, Night Thoughts, pop, review, rock, singer, songwriter, Triumvirat
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Album review: SKARLETT RIOT – Tear Me Down
Release date 25.03.13 Young North Lincolnshire 4 piece Skarlett Riot have embraced the energy of punk and meld it with bludgeoning hard rock riffery on their debut album ‘Tear Me Down’. An explosive rhythm section (Luke and Tom), and blistering … Continue reading
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Tagged album, review, rock, Skarlett Riot, Tear Me Down
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Album review: ORIANTHI – Heaven In This Hell
Spinefarm Records [Release date 11.03.13] You don’t get endorsement by Carlos Santana and Steve Vai, and become the King Of Pop and Alice Cooper’s ‘must have’ lead guitarist without having two things – a) talent and b) image. And in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice Cooper, Dave Stewart, guitar, guitarist, Heaven In This Hell, Orianthi, review, rock
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EP Review: RISE OF REALISM – Side Blue
Exidemusic (Release date – out now) This EP is one of a five EP set each with its own individual style. The band wanted to release their music in this format to replicate the experience of listening to vinyl albums … Continue reading
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Tagged EP, metal, prog, review, rise of realism, Side Blue
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EP Review: JET PACK – Chasing Sunsets
Self Release ( Release date – 06.05.13) Jet Pack hail from the Midlands and this is their latest EP. Mastering in alt rock the band reminded me of Jimmy Eat World at their best. They provide quality melodic rock with a … Continue reading
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Tagged alt rock, Chasing Sunsets, EP, Jet Pack, Jimmy Eat World, pop, punk, review
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Album review: DOUG MACLOUD – There’s A Time
Reference [Release date 13.05.13] The blues must be in reasonably good shape if there’s room for a great album like this. Doug MacLeod has lived, breathed, played, sang and written the blues for longer than most of … Continue reading
Album Review: DEVIL TO PAY – Fate Is Your Muse
Ripple Music (Release date 09.04.13) ‘Fate Is Your Muse’ is the fourth album by Indianapolis rockers, Devil To Pay. The band formed ten years ago and have honed their sound over this period transforming into a heavy, eight legged monster … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Black Sabbath, CD, Clutch, Devil To Pay, Fate Is Your Muse, metal, review, rock
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Album review: THIEVES’ KITCHEN – One For Sorrow, Two For Joy
Self-released – 2013 Well, where to start with this one? There are just so many good things going on and so many influences here that it’s difficult to pin down exactly where it’s coming from. A simple distillation would be … Continue reading
Book review: No Off Switch by ANDY KERSHAW
Virgin Books Andy Kershaw is best known by many for his time as a Radio 1 DJ, along with later in his career working on Radio’s 3 and 4. Then there is his work presenting ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Kershaw, Bhundu Boys, John Peel, John Walters, No Off Switch, Radio 1, Radio 3, Radio 4, Virgin Books, world music
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Album review: IAN DANTER – Prove You Wrong
www.iandanter.co.uk Ian Danter is better known for his radio work as he presents a weekly show, ‘Football First’ on talkSPORT. This album is a collection of songs he has been working on for the past ten years or more and … Continue reading
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Tagged IAN DANTER, Lee Small, Prove You Wrong, Shy, talkSPORT
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Gig review: JOE BONAMASSA – Royal Albert Hall, London, 30 March 2013
Having spent the best part of a year planning this four-gig, four-set and four-band career retrospective, Joe Bonamassa was entitled to look a little weary after completing his London residency, performed to a grand total of 14,000 people. Given tonight’s … Continue reading
Album review: DAVE GROHL & Others – Sound City Real To Reel
Sony Music Hot-housing for 24 hours in a studio using a legendary Neve 8028 mixer sounds like musical nirvana. And indeed it was during the making of Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album that Dave Grohl was introduced to the desk. He bought … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chris Goss, Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, review, Rick Springfield, Sound City, soundtrack, Stevie Nicks
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Album review: RORY GALLAGHER – Live At The Montreux Festival 1975-94
Salvo Records [Release date 08.04.13] Although these recordings are available separately (previously released in 2006 and 2008) this is the first time they are available as a dual-format release. The compilers have brought together a single CD which spans a … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, guitar, guitarist, Live At The Montreux Festival 1975-94, review, rock, Rory Gallagher
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Album review: THE JEFF HEALEY BAND – House On Fire/As The Years Go Passing By
As The Years Go Passing By – Live In Germany 1989-1995-2000 (Inakustik) Since his death in 2008 there have been a steady steam of releases featuring one of the modern blues greats. This boxed set, recorded by German TV, brings … Continue reading
Gig Review: STATUS QUO, Hammersmith Apollo, London, 15 March 2013
It all began and ended in 1984. My very first gig was meant to be one of Status Quo’s last as they played two shows on what was called the ‘End of the Road’ tour. Already they were an institution, … Continue reading
Gig review: GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS, Bush Hall, London, 13 March 2013
It’s strange how some bands that have a big profile in the United States rarely cross the radar over this side of the pond. Vermont-based Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are one such and I admit to knowing little about … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, classic rock, gig, Grace Potter, review, rock, the Nocturnals
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Gig review: HALESTORM, Electric Ballroom, London, 8 March 2013
The rise and rise of Halestrom continues. Less than three years ago my first exposure to them was as the opening act on a three band bill with Theory Of A Deadman at this very venue, but the Pennsylvania rockers … Continue reading
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Tagged Halestorm, Lzzy Hale, melodic rock, modern rock
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