Monthly Archives: June 2026

Album review : THORBJORN RISAGER & THE BLACK TORNADO – Live At Hotel Cecil

Posted on June 7, 2026 by petefeenstra

Provogue Records [Release date 19.06.26] Recorded in their home town of Copenhagen, Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado’s ‘Live At Hotel Cecil’ is a superb album on which they reclaim blues as exciting, lyrically strong and musically adventurous. They draw on … Continue reading →

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Gig review: SISTERS DOLL- Cart and Horses, London, 4 June 2026

Posted on June 6, 2026 by andynathan

Aussie melodic glam rockers Sisters Doll have been around for a while, their first album released as long ago as 2012, but over the past year or two seem to be making a concerted effort to break the UK. I’d … Continue reading →

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Album review : SPREAD EAGLE – The Brutal Divine

Posted on June 6, 2026 by brianmc

Frontiers Music [Release date : 12.06.26] This is US rock band, Spread Eagle’s fourth album in 25 years, and second album on the Frontiers’ label, not very hard on the heels of 2019’s rather good Subway To The Stars. Ray … Continue reading →

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Single review: BLACKLIST UNION – Jackson

Posted on June 6, 2026 by jason

Website/BLU Records This is exactly what you need for the summer, a great punked up reimagination of the Johnny Cash classic “Jackson”, and what a great version this is. With Blacklist Union frontman Tony West and Femme Fatale’s Lorraine Lewis … Continue reading →

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Album review: HOLLIE ROGERS – Everything’s Fine

Posted on June 6, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 05.06.26] Acclaimed singer-songwriter Hollie Rogers is back with her latest album ‘Everything’s Fine’. Hollie has been releasing music for over a decade now, however, on this album she’s given it her all and there are a number … Continue reading →

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Album review: JASON RICCI & THE BAD KIND with Kaitlin Dibble – 13 Hours

Posted on June 5, 2026 by petefeenstra

Gulf Coast Records [Release date 29.05.26] ’13 Hours’ is Jason Ricci’s 3rd album for Gulf Coast (possibly his 15th in all) and his second credited with partner Kaitlin Dibble, an expressive vocalist and fine songwriter. It’s an honest, balanced and well … Continue reading →

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Gig review: BETH HART – New Theatre, Oxford, 4 June 2026

Posted on June 5, 2026 by jason

A few gaps in the crowd tonight as the gig was rescheduled from May 22 with some fans sadly unable to make the new date. Regardless, we knew we were in for a special evening of music, especially given the … Continue reading →

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Album review: RANDOM EARTH PROJECT – Songs of Plenty

Posted on June 4, 2026 by petefeenstra

Self release [Release date 13.04.26] What’s in a name? In the case of Random Earth Project, the project part finds echoes of Frank Zappa’s Project / Object idea, with various elements being interrelated in the search for artistic unity On … Continue reading →

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EP Review : THE 69 EYES – I Survive

Posted on June 4, 2026 by brianmc

BLKIIBLK Records [Release Date : 05.06.26] The world’s longest lasting glam/rock/goth band, the 69 Eyes, have been going for more than than 30 years, with the same personnel. Must be doing something right. The aptly titled I Survive is a … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE GREIG TAYLOR BAND – Take A Left

Posted on June 2, 2026 by jason

Facebook [Release date 12.04.26] The opening diiirty diiirty blues notes of this album got me, like being a fish swimming around quite happy minding my own business, then I see a big wiggly worm on the horizon, I can’t resist, I … Continue reading →

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Album review: LEONI JANE KENNEDY – Synthetic

Posted on June 1, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

www.leonijanekennedy.com [Release date 15.06.26] Andy Sharrocks commented, reviewing the fourth single of 2025 ‘Sloe’, “it kind of goes nowhere”. That track is included here on Leoni’s second album ‘Synthetic’ which is essentially a collection of those singles. She has a … Continue reading →

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Album review: THIRSTY QUIREBOYS – God Bless America: The Best Of Thirsty

Posted on June 1, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 05.06.26] The band Thirsty were formed in 2014 by former (and founder) Quireboys guitarist Guy Bailey, and over the next decade released three albums. With lyrical help from Russian poet Irina D, there was a different feel … Continue reading →