Monthly Archives: July 2022

EP review: HILLBILLY VEGAS – Greetings From Hillbilly Vegas

Posted on July 31, 2022 by jason
Greetings From Hillbilly Vegas

Conquest Records [Release date 17.06.22] Hillbilly Vegas have been around since 2011 making quite a name for themselves in their native USA and now look set to repeat that success in the UK & Europe. They already have UK dates … Continue reading →

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News: SAMMY HAGAR, RINGO STARR, GINGER WILDHEART (August 2022)

Posted on July 31, 2022 by jason
Foreigner - 2018

Artic Monkeys release their new album ‘The Car’ on October 21. Candlemass release their latest album ‘Sweet Evil Sun’ on November 18 on Napalm Records. The Commoners release their latest album ‘Find A Better Way’ on November 4. Conception have … Continue reading →

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Book review: DECADES – ROXY MUSIC IN THE 1970’s by Dave Thompson

Posted on July 31, 2022 by jason
DECADES – ROXY MUSIC IN THE 1970’s by Dave Thompson

SonicBond Publishing [Publication date 10.06.22] As the book’s title suggests it covers Roxy Music’s career between 1972 and their first break-up in 1976, along with their 1979 reunion. Unlike other titles in this series the author Dave Thompson focuses more … Continue reading →

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Single reviews: JMS, COYOTE CREED, HOUSE OF LORDS, PHIL THORNALLEY

Posted on July 30, 2022 by jason
JMS - Election Day

JMS  (the name coming from the initials used on a highscore table in an arcade) is an Oxford musician with a penchant for pinball. He is also the frontman of quirky pop rockers Alphabet Backwards. ‘Election Day’ is a record … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEF LEPPARD – Adrenalize (vinyl reissue)

Posted on July 30, 2022 by jason
DEF LEPPARD - Adrenalize

Universal [Release date 05.08.22] Def Leppard are Britain’s most successful rock bands, whose records adorn many a collection (and radio playlist too). 1987’s Hysteria, with hits like Poor Some Sugar On Me, was such a success it’s album everyone either … Continue reading →

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Album review: MONTROSE – I Got The Fire (6 CD Boxset)

Posted on July 28, 2022 by brianmc
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Cherry Red/HNE Recordings [Release date: 29.07.22] If you’re looking for comprehensive CD coverage of Montrose’s journey through the seventies, look no further. That might sound like a PR man’s tagline, but it’s reflective of reality. This boxset consists of: CD1: … Continue reading →

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Album review: WAYSTED : Heroes Die Young – Waysted Volume 2 (5 CD boxset)

Posted on July 26, 2022 by brianmc
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Cherry Red/HNE [Release date 29.07.22] Waysted reformed early in the new millenium, just to prove that the world hadn’t ended. This 5 CD boxset chronicles the band’s releases from when they kick started their career in 2000, to the date … Continue reading →

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Album review: OUSEY MANN – Is Anybody Listening

Posted on July 25, 2022 by andynathan
OUSEY MANN- S/t

Escape Music (Release date 24.06.22) Both Chris Ousey and Steve Mann have  been on the UK rock scene as long as I can remember –the former singing with Virginia Wolf, Heartland and Snakecharmer among others, the latter the loyal sideman … Continue reading →

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Album review: SILENT RUNNING – Follow The Light

Posted on July 25, 2022 by brianmc
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Door Records [Release date: 22.07.22] Northern Ireland’s Silent Running convincingly transitioned from Punk to Hard Rock in the eighties, and enjoyed moderate success, scoring support tours with Simple Minds, Talk Talk and Robert Palmer. Albums on EMI and Atlantic Records … Continue reading →

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Album review: PHIL VINCENT – No Respect

Posted on July 24, 2022 by jason
PHIL VINCENT – No Respect

Bandcamp [Release date 22.07.22] As he aptly describes himself on his Bandcamp page, “Phil Vincent is truly a one man band. His proficiency with multiple instruments makes it possible for him to write, arrange, perform, produce and mix all of … Continue reading →

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Album review: LESSMANN VOSS – Rock Is Our Religion

Posted on July 24, 2022 by brianmc
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Atomic Fire Records [Release date: 22.07.22] This Lessmann Voss, Rock Is Our Religion album would be easy to write off because it seems so out of time. Bonfire’s Claus Lessmann and Mad Max’s Michael Voss are clearly not keen to … Continue reading →

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Album review: UFO – High Stakes And Dangerous Men / Lights Out In Tokyo (2 CD set)

Posted on July 20, 2022 by brianmc
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Cherry Red [Release date 22/07/22] UFO’s Lights Out (1977) had been a huge album for the band in Japan. So when they toured the High Stakes And Dangerous Men album there in 1992, they would include a Lights Out set. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: DECADES – Free and Bad Company in the 1970s by John Van der Kiste

Posted on July 19, 2022 by andynathan
DECADES- Free and Bad Company in the 1970s by John Van der Kiste

Sonicbond Publishing (Publication Date 29.04.22) The latest in the Decades series, that delves in detail into the most productive phase of a band’s career, is one with a difference.  It spans the activity of two separate bands,  Free and Bad … Continue reading →

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Album review: SUPERSONIC BLUES MACHINE – Voodoo Nation

Posted on July 17, 2022 by petefeenstra
Supersonic Blues Machine

Provogue [Release date 24.06.22] ‘Voodoo Nation’ is Supersonic Blues Machine’s 3rd album and it works hard to make the same impact as its 2 predecessors. It’s a rock solid album with plenty of bluster, but relies heavily on formulaic choruses … Continue reading →

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Album review: BUSH GOTHIC – Beyond the Pale

Posted on July 17, 2022 by jason
BUSH GOTHIC – Beyond the Pale

Website [Release date 29.07.22] Beyond The Pale is the third album from Bush Gothic, an Australian folk three piece consisting of Jenny M Thomas (vocals, fiddle), Chris Lewis (drums) and Dan Witton (double bass & vocals). Bush Gothic are a … Continue reading →

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Album review: TAZ TAYLOR BAND – Nocturnal

Posted on July 17, 2022 by brianmc
taztaylor nocturnal

Global Rock [Release date 15.07.22] Taz Taylor’s classic hard rock never stands still – it’s always in motion, on the move, heading somewhere. Maybe that’s a holdover from his time driving 18 wheelers across the USA for a living, before … Continue reading →

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Album review: COMPASS – Theory Of Tides

Posted on July 16, 2022 by jason
COMPASS – Theory Of Tides

Escape Music [Release date 22.07.22] Second album from Compass, the band formed by Steve Newman, who is more known for his melodic rock efforts in Newman, He is joined by vocalist Ben Green, Newman bassist David Bartlett and drummer Toni … Continue reading →

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Album review: SNOWY WHITE – Driving On The 44

Posted on July 15, 2022 by petefeenstra
Snowy White - Driving On The 44

Pete Feenstra chatted to Snowy White in July 2022 for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio.  First broadcast 10 July 2022. Soulfood [Release date 11.07.22] Snowy White has always been a one guitar blues man. The fact his Les Paul Goldtop … Continue reading →

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EP review: VERITY WHITE – Distilled

Posted on July 15, 2022 by jason
VERITY WHITE - Distilled

www.veritywhite.com [Release date 08.07.22] Latest release from singer & songwriter Verity White who is joined by husband Alex White (guitar, synths, drums & sax). Musically Verity White draws her influences from the likes of Skunk Anansie, Paramore and electronica. Lyrically … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOHN STEEL – Distorted Reality

Posted on July 14, 2022 by brianmc
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Global Rock [Release date: 15.07.22] This 3 album/double CD set from Ivan Stalev (John Steel) is quite a coup for SFM’s new metal/rock spinoff label, Global Rock. Effectively, the package backs up the release of Steel’s new album, Distorted Reality, … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THE ROLLING STONES – British Summer Time, Hyde Park, 3 July 2022

Posted on July 11, 2022 by andynathan
THE ROLLING STONES- British Summer Time, Hyde Park, 3 July 2022

The Rolling Stones have become the first of the rock n roll generation to celebrate sixty years as a band, a remarkable achievement for music that many would originally have dismissed as a passing fad. Their legacy is secure, not … Continue reading →

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Interview: MARK MANGOLD

Posted on July 11, 2022 by jason
MARK WITH KEYS BLK RED (002)

KEYS is a collaboration between keyboardist Mark Mangold (Touch, Drive, She Said, Michael Bolton, Cher, Paul Rogers and others) and singer Jake E (Cyhra, Amaranthe, and others). Featuring live performances with three keyboardists and a huge battery of keyboards, this … Continue reading →

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Album review: TRACTOR – Tractor 50th Anniversary Edition (red vinyl)

Posted on July 11, 2022 by petefeenstra
Tractor 50th

Ozit /Morpheus Records [Release date 01.07.22] Previously reissued by Ozit as a CD to mark the album’s 30th anniversary, The 50th anniversary of ‘Tractor’ is given a 3 sided, double-set on red vinyl release, contextualised by a pictorial collage with … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE KUT – GRIT

Posted on July 10, 2022 by GRTR! HQ
THE KUT - GRIT

Criminal Records [Release date 08.07.22] “The Kut” is essentially the band’s songwriter and vocalist Maha and ‘Grit’ is the second album.  The barometer is set somewhere between the American rock and roll of The Runaways, the post-punk attitude of Girlschool, … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAVID PAICH – Forgotten Toys

Posted on July 10, 2022 by GRTR! HQ
DAVID PAICH - Forgotten Toys

The Players Club/Mascot [Release date 19.08.22] The first thing to say about this, the first solo “album” from the long-serving Toto keyboard player, it’s very short and it’s very Toto.  By using band-mates Joseph Williams (vocals, co-producer/writer) and Steve Lukather … Continue reading →

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