Album review: MIDNITE CITY – There Goes The Neighbourhood

AOR Heaven [Release date 19.10.18]

Midnite City’s debut album released last year picked up favourable reviews with the band’s sound harking back to the 80′s hair metal of Poison, Danger Danger, Trixter et al. Album number two ‘There Goes The Neighbourhood’ sees vocalist Rob Wylde pen all the lyrics, with drummer Pete Newdeck handling production again (both worked on the recent Nitrate album, well worth a listen). Midnite City’s line-up is completed by lead guitarist Miles Meakin, keyboards player Shawn Charvette and bassist Josh Williams.

Kicking off the album is appropriately titled ‘Here Comes The Party’, complete with an intro that pays homage to KISS, a band that certainly crops up in Midnite City’s sound at times. The album has plenty of up tempo party rockers like ‘We’re Gonna Make It’ and ‘Give Me Love’, both are chock full of keys and vocal harmonies. Back in the 80′s these sort of songs would have been on constant rotation on MTV.

Rob Wylde has a singing style that recalls Danger Danger’s Paul Laine and Poison’s Brett Michaels – the later perhaps not surprising as Wylde fronts a Poison tribute band. He can turn on the emotion, as the ballad ‘Heaven’s Falling’ demonstrates. This one enters Warrant territory. Perfectly timed with the big uplift as the chorus comes in; Miles Meakin laying down a suitably show stopping solo.

The songs have a big sound as often hair metal/melodic rock like this can suffer from a thin drum sound and backing vocals sounding like they were recorded a couple of miles away – no issues like that on here.

Midnite City are on the up and up with the songs on this album to help them on their way. Get them on a support slot with Steel Panther and they will have a whole new audience opened up to them. ****

Review by Jason Ritchie

Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK

Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, streamed via Facebook.

Next session: Sunday 19 January

Check out videos here: https://www.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio

David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 1 December 2024.

UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 3 December 2024.

How to Listen Live?

Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop)

Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”
Listen via other media player (eg. VLC) Click or tap here and “open file”

Get Ready to ROCK! Radio is also in iTunes under Internet Radio/Classic Rock
Listen in via the Tunein app and search for “Get Ready to ROCK!” and save as favourite.

More information and links at our radio website where you can listen again to shows via the presenter pages: getreadytorockradio.com

Power Plays w/c 9 December 2024

In this sequence we play ‘The Best of 2024′ GRTR! reviewer selections

Featured Albums w/c 9 December 2024

09:00-12:00 The Best of 2024 (Melodic Rock)
12:00-13:00 The Best of 2003-2024 (Melodic Hard Rock)
14:00-16:00 The Best of 2024 (Singer Songwriter)