Monthly Archives: June 2025

Gig review: BLUE OYSTER CULT- London Palladium, 25 May 2025

Posted on June 8, 2025 by andynathan
BLUE OYSTER CULT- London Palladium, 25 May 2025

With each passing tour Blue Oyster Cult somehow seem a hotter ticket. The days of struggling to fill places like the Mean Fiddler are long gone as they are packing larger venues, on this occasion a prestige show at the … Continue reading →

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Album review : GORGUTS – Considered Dead / Erosion Of Sanity (2CDs w/bonus tracks)

Posted on June 8, 2025 by brianmc
GORGUTS 150 Considered Dead and Erosion cover

Cherry Red [Release date : 13.06.25] Got to hand it to Cherry Red. Few labels are resurrecting the past glories of Metal like they are. Most who do aim for mainstream stuff, bands in the public eye, in the media. But … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: ODETTE MICHELL, CLEMENTINE LOVELL, FREYA RAE

Posted on June 8, 2025 by jason
Odette Michell – The Queen of the Lowlands

Odette Michell – The Queen of the Lowlands [Release date 13.06.25] Bandcamp Second studio album from Odette Michell, which includes guest musicians Chris Leslie (Fairport Convention), Phil Beer (Show of Hands), Ninebarrow and Calum Gilligan. As Odettte says: “My approach … Continue reading →

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Album review: SPARKS – MAD!

Posted on June 4, 2025 by petefeenstra
Mad

Transgressive [Release date 23.05.25] ‘Mad!’ is the latest snapshot of the Sparks aesthetic. It’s interwoven with elements of surreal humour and satire and is bolstered by immense interlocking vocal repetition, frantic rhythms and cinematic lyrics. It’s a badge of honour with … Continue reading →

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Gig review: DANNY BOWES – The Junction, 2, Cambridge,1 June 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025 by jason
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Pretty much everyone who is a fan of British Hard Rock knows the story of Thunder’s lead singer Danny Bowes in regards to his stroke, the plummet down a set of stairs and the severe damage to his brain masking … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOE HODGSON – Fields of Redemption

Posted on June 1, 2025 by jason
JOE HODGSON – Fields of Redemption

Pete Feenstra chatted to Joe Hodgson for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio.  Including tracks from the new album.  First broadcast 20 July 2025. www.joehodgsonmusic.com [Release date 20.06.25] Guitarist Joe Hodgson released his debut solo album ‘Apparitions’ in 2020 to wide … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THE DARKER MY HORIZON – Acoustic Couch, Bracknell, 31 May 2025

Posted on June 1, 2025 by jason
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Coming out of gig retirement (well apart from the excellent folk gigs at Harwell Village Hall) for a rather fine night for hard rock. Second time at The Acoustic Couch, which sadly is nearing its end as a live venue due … Continue reading →

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Gig review: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND – Co-Op Live, Manchester, 20 May 2025

Posted on June 1, 2025 by andynathan
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND- Co-Op Live, Manchester, 20 May 2025

This side of the pond, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band gigs in arenas rather than stadia are as rare as hen’s teeth. My only previous one was at the 02 Arena soon after it opened back in 2007, … Continue reading →

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