Monthly Archives: August 2024

Quick plays: AUTUMN KILLERS, PETE LAMBERT, DELICATE STEVE

Posted on August 11, 2024 by jason

AUTUMN KILLERS Making Waves [Release date 12.09.24] Autumn Killers are Rob Reece (vocals, bass), Duncan Richardson (guitar, keys, synths & backing vocals) and Graeme Hoy (drums, percussion & backing vocals). They are a bit different as they mix dance beats with … Continue reading →

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Album review : MIKE TRAMP – Songs Of White Lion Vol 2

Posted on August 9, 2024 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date 23.08.24] Few musical artists get the chance to rerecord their old material. Still fewer improve upon the originals. White Lion’s material usually had more to say than your average rock song, lyrically it was more illustrative in … Continue reading →

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Gig review: MALMO MELODIC – Plan B, Malmo, Sweden, 27-29 July 2024

Posted on August 7, 2024 by andynathan

Scandinavia, and Sweden in particular, is the undisputed epicentre of the melodic rock community with a seemingly endless stream of bands emerging. There have been festivals in Malmo pre-pandemic (Melodic Rock Fest and the Swedish AOR Convention) so when last … Continue reading →

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Album review : RICHARD PINHAS / HELDON – Le Plan and Winter Music

Posted on August 7, 2024 by brianmc

Other Side Music [Release date 02.08.24] It somehow seems right that “avant garde” is a French language term for something that is aesthetically innovative, especially a “work of art”, which these pieces of music from French musician, Richard Pinhas surely … Continue reading →

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Album review : GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS I Like It (3 CD Anthology)

Posted on August 6, 2024 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date 16.08.24] As the sixties’ “Merseybeat” pop explosion recedes further into the past, ten album, multiple hits band, Gerry And The Pacemakers seem less and less likely to get the credit they deserve. And so this anthology … Continue reading →

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Album review : DANIELLE MORGAN AND FRIENDS – Explore The Layers

Posted on August 4, 2024 by petefeenstra

Self Release [Release date : 07.03.24] ‘Explore The Layers’ is essentially a double album of catchy pop-rock songs with a reggae and funky influences. Helpfully subtitled ‘Songs About Life & Love’, it’s a concept album of love songs of which … Continue reading →

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Book review: ULTRAVOX – Every Album, Every Song by Brian J Robb

Posted on August 4, 2024 by jason

SonicBond Publishing [Publication date: 26.07.24] Ultravox had 17 UK top 40 singles between 1981 and 1984, yet never had a number one single. ‘Vienna’ was famously kept of the top spot by Joe Dolce’s ‘Shaddap You Face’ (a song that … Continue reading →

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News: Albums of the Month (April – June 2024)

Posted on August 4, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

ATLANTIC Another World (Escape Music) This summer’s AOR album has arrived! Lush keys, harmonies, plenty of lovestruck lyrical themes, soaring guitar solos and the vocals of Mark Grimmett, who adds that extra bit of class to the whole musical proceedings. … Continue reading →

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Album review: SCARLET REBELS – Where The Colours Meet

Posted on August 4, 2024 by jason

Earache Records [Release date: 16.08.24] I was excited to get to review the latest offering from Scarlet Rebels, I have long been a fan of their music and even better I got the opportunity to discuss ‘Where The Colours Meet’ … Continue reading →

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Album review : NEIL SADLER – Past To Present

Posted on August 3, 2024 by petefeenstra

Pete chats to Neil Sadler for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on Sunday 4 August, 20:00 GMT No Machine West [Release date : 01.07.24] Neil Sadler’s ‘Past To Present’ is a guitar friendly rock-blues compilation album which draws on old … Continue reading →

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Album review : PARALYDIUM – Universe Calls

Posted on August 3, 2024 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date : 09.08.24] The success of a Progressive Rock album is almost totally dependent on creating a unique sonic landscape. The reviews of Paralydium’s previous release criticised the band’s lack of ambition. That there was no apparent attempt … Continue reading →

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Album review : JIM PETERIK and WORLD STAGE – Roots and Shoots Vol 2

Posted on August 1, 2024 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date : 09.08.24] Peterik needs no introduction, but we’ll introduce him anyway. Most famously, he was guitarist and songwriter with Survivor, as well as several other charting bands. It’s all well documented online. But that was then. Nowadays, … Continue reading →