Monthly Archives: February 2026

Album review: PHIL VINCENT – Thirst Trap

Posted on February 12, 2026 by jason

Rock Company Records [Release date 25.02.26] Phil Vincent has been releasing albums since 1996, as a solo artist or as a member of bands like Tragik and D’Ercole. ‘Thirst Trap’ is his 24th solo album to date, and it is … Continue reading →

Album review: THE NEUTRINOS – Last Haus On Earth

Posted on February 11, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

Wet Nurse Records [Release date 01.05.26] I don’t quite get Norwich’s “The Neutrinos”. Probably far too clever for their own good. This, their sixth album, is contemporary art-rock/post-punk but where it falls down is the lack of consistency. In amongst … Continue reading →

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Album review: JEFF AUG – Interim

Posted on February 11, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

Timezone Records [Release date 06.02.26] A track on Aug’s 2024 album - ‘Fuck The Neighbors’ – may have indicated he had a score to settle. But maybe on the back of Covid the guy was just frustrated? No such apparent … Continue reading →

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Album review: CLAIRE VINE – We Carve Our Path

Posted on February 10, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 13.03.26] To release an album with no noticeable instruments, you must either be very brave or very established. I think Claire Vine is a bit of both. She has established herself as part of the psych folk band … Continue reading →

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Album review: BROOKS WILLIAMS AND AARON CATLOW – Working In Wood

Posted on February 9, 2026 by jason

BROOKS WILLIAMS AND AARON CALLOW - Working In Wood

Website A fiddle, an acoustic guitar, two voices and an upright bass – a winner for Americana some might say, including this reviewer. Played live in the studio this ten track album is a great intro to Brooks Williams and … Continue reading →

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Album review : TEMPLE BALLS – s/t

Posted on February 8, 2026 by brianmc

Frontiers Music [Release date : 13.02.26] Some of us have lived a sheltered life. Apparently “temple balls” are “one of the oldest varieties of medical marijuana”. Not a lot of people know that. And so a self titled release at … Continue reading →

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Album review: MICK ROGERS – The Guitarist

Posted on February 6, 2026 by Davoski

Copo Events [Release date: 30.01.26] Interesting stuff here from Mick Rogers on his third solo album. It is not quite what you might expect from the musician who has provided lead guitar and sometimes lead vocals for Manfred Mann’s Earth … Continue reading →

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Album review : This Can’t Be Today – American Psychedelia and The Paisley Underground 1977-88

Posted on February 6, 2026 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date : 13.02.26] In the sixties, the term “Underground Music” bubbled up to the surface. It became associated with the counterculture and psychedelia, as teens and twenties began to find their voice, in life and in music, … Continue reading →

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Album review : AUSTEN STARR – I Am The Enemy

Posted on February 5, 2026 by brianmc

Frontiers Music [Release date : 13.02.26] The label have teamed new kid on the block, vocalist Austen Starr, with Joel (Revolution Saints/ Whitesnake) Hoekstra, and together they’ve written a bunch of edgy rock songs that allow both talents to shine. … Continue reading →

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Album review : WILD HORSES – Standing Our Ground (6 CD Boxset)

Posted on February 4, 2026 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date 13.02.26] The two Wild Horses’ studio albums were arguably the last gasp of seventies’ hard rock before it went under. Glaswegian forces of nature, Brian Robertson and Jimmy Bain, guitar and bass (and vocals), had jumped … Continue reading →

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Album review: DENNIS CHURCHILL-DRIES – Crazy Is This Life

Posted on February 3, 2026 by jason

AOR Blvd Records [Release date 30.01.26] Former White Sister and Tattoo Rodeo vocalist Dennis Churchill-Dries is back with another album packed full of classy melodic rock. He’s joined by Steve Newman on guitar and keys, along with Newman drummer Rob … Continue reading →

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EP review: LEAVES’ EYES – Song of Darkness

Posted on February 2, 2026 by jason

Reigning Pheonix Music [Release date 06.03.26] Leaves’ Eyes have been around since 2003 and still feature vocalist (growls), keyboards player and producer Alexander Krull, with Finnish soprano Elina Siirala fronting the band since 2016. The EP also marks the recording … Continue reading →

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Album review: GOTTHARD – More Stereo Crush

Posted on February 2, 2026 by jason

Reigning Pheonix Music [Release date 13.03.26] Gotthard released ‘Stereo Crush’ last year and now have a follow on eight-track EP. Five songs are previously unreleased from the ‘Stereo Crush’ sessions, ‘Mayday’ had only been available as a video, and there … Continue reading →