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Quick plays: URIAH HEEP, SAMSON, SIR REG
SAMSON – Head On Lemon / Cherry Red A real NWoBHM classic here, Samson’s second album and the first to feature vocalist Bruce Bruce, aka Bruce Dickinson. Samson issued what is widely considered one of the first NWoBHM LPs in … Continue reading
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Tagged Samson, Sir Reg, Uriah Heep
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Gig review: FM – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 23 March 2013
2013 sees FM’s stock as high as it has been for some time. Hot on the heels of not one but two new albums, they filled the first three levels of Shepherds Bush Empire. While last year’s gigs celebrating the … Continue reading
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Tagged 23 March 2013, AOR, FM, gig, It Bites, London, melodic, review, rock, Shepherd's Bush Empire, Vega
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Album review: DE LA CRUZ – Street Level
Frontiers www.frontiers.it De La Cruz are yet another one of Frontier’s more recent signings that has seen them releasing albums by similar minded bands such as Crash Dïet and Crazy Lixx. Image yourself in Los Angeles, the Sunset Strip back … Continue reading
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Tagged De La Cruz, Frontiers, glam metal, glam rock, sleaze rock, Street Level
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News: JIMI HENDRIX POP-UP STORE
JIMI HENDRIX® POP-UP STORE ANNOUNCED TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF JIMI HENDRIX’S PEOPLE, HELL AND ANGELS GANTON STREET, CARNABY, LONDON Monday 1 April – Friday 12 April 2013 FEATURING FENDER® ‘PLUG & PLAY DEMO STATIONS’ AND GERED MANKOWITZ PHOTO EXHIBITION … Continue reading
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Tagged GERED MANKOWITZ, Jimi Hendrix, People, PEOPLE HELL AND ANGELS, Pop-Up Shop
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Album review: BIG COUNTRY – The Journey
Cherry Red (Released 15th April) This marks a major step in Big Country’s history as it is the first studio album not to feature the late Stuart Adamson and the recording debut of the Alarm’s Mike Peters … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Country, Bruce Watson, Mike Peters, Stuart Adamson, The Alarm, The Journey
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Interview: 10Q’s with DAVE MEROS (SPOCK’S BEARD)
Spock’s Beard release their eagerly anticipated new album ‘Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep’ through Inside Out on March 25th. Here we catch-up with bass player Dave Meros… 1. What are you currently up to? I am currently trying to sort … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Meros, Neal Morse, Spock's Beard
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Quick plays: STRYPER, PAPER AEROPLANES
STRYPER – The Second Coming Frontiers www.frontiers.it Stryper are having second wind with two studio albums since they returned back in 2003 (plus a covers album) and they are currently working on a new album for … Continue reading
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Tagged Little Letters, PAPER AEROPLANES, Stryper, The Second Coming
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Album review: ONWARD CHARIOTS – This Is My Confession
Ben Morss sure knows his stuff when it comes to music, and with his band, Onward Chariots, he shows off his immense knowledge in the form of the indie extravaganza “This Is My Confession”. It’s hard to get into the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Morss, Onward Chariots, This Is My Confession
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Album review: BIG BIG TRAIN – English Electric – Part Two
GEP www.bigbigtrain.com Following hot on the heels of ‘English Electric – Part One’ Big Big Train release the second part and this has high expectations, as its predecessor was runner-up in the ‘Prog’ magazine’s ‘Reader’s Poll’, … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Big Train, Dave Gregory, English Electric – Part Two, GEP, prog rock, XTC
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Album review: BLACK – Wonderful Life
Universal (Released 15th April 2013) Black’s ‘Wonderful Life’ was originally released back in 1987 (this reissue is the CD version that had fifteen songs, the vinyl version only featured ten songs) and of course the title … Continue reading
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Tagged Black, classic pop, Universal, Wonderful Life
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Quick Plays: ROCKY SHADE’S WILDSIDE RIOT, CYANIDE 4
ROCKY SHADE’S WILDSIDE RIOT – No Second Take Livewire/Cargo Formed in 2010 by former Wrathchild UK front man Rocky Shades, Wildside Riot are best described as a having a hard rock sound somewhere between the light end of NWOBHM and … Continue reading
Album review: THE WONDERSTUFF – Oh No It’s…The Wonderstuff
IRL (Released 25.03.13) This new album adds a second disc of cover versions, ‘The Midlands With Love’, where the Wonderstuff cover a number of songs from fellow Midlands based artists. Band leader Miles Hunt said this album would be a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, bonus disc, Oh No It's...The Wonderstuff, pop, review, The Wonder Stuff
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Album review: SEBASTIAN BACH – ABachalypse Now
Frontiers www.frontiers.it Sebastian Bach is about to release the double live CD and DVD extravaganza that is “ABachalypse Now”. To get it out of the way first, there are not many bands who can replace such … Continue reading
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Tagged ABachalypse Now”, Frontiers, Sebastian Bach
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Album review: GREAT WHITE – 30 Years…Live From The Sunset Strip
Frontiers www.frontiers.it It’s hard to believe that Great White are in the middle of celebrating their 30th Anniversary, 30 years that have seen both triumph and tragedy for the band, but still finds them sounding in top form. Recorded at … Continue reading
News: THE GREAT BRITISH ALTERNATIVE FESTIVAL 2013
THE GREAT BRITISH ALTERNATIVE FESTIVAL 2013 Following the phenomenal success of last years inaugural event, another stunning line up of Punk, Ska, Mod and Alternative acts have been confirmed for this years event, held once again at BUTLINS RESORT, MINEHEAD … Continue reading
Book review: ’50 Years – The Rolling Stones, Views from The Inside, Views from The Outside’ by Hanspeter Kunzler
’50 Years – The Rolling Stones, Views from The Inside, Views from The Outside’ by Hanspeter Kunzler (eBook) Published by Hanspeter Kunzler I am a massive fan of The Rolling Stones, to the point where I can be quiet anal … Continue reading
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Tagged ebook, Hanspeter Kunzler, The Rolling Stones
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Album Review: COVERED CALL – Impact
AOR Heaven (Released March 28th) Been a few years since Covered Call last raised their heads after an enjoyable debut album released back in 2009 on the now defunct Blistering Records. They have a new vocalist as … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, AOR Heaven, Covered Call, Goran Edman, Impact, Lion's Share, melodic rock
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Gig review: WILKO JOHNSON Koko, Camden, Wednesday 6th March 2013
There was never any doubt that this would be a life-affirming gig. Wilko Johnson has been a focused, intense and immersed performer for the best part of 40 years. The scope for mental or physical weakness was simply not on … Continue reading
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Tagged Camden, Dr Feelgood, Koko, Wilko Johnson
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Rising Stars: JONNY COLA & THE A-GRADES
JONNY COLA & THE A-GRADES release a new single, ‘Straight To Video/Marlborough Road’ next month and play their first gig since Jonny Cola’s operation on March 22nd at the Buffalo Bar. If you like Mott the Hoople by way of … Continue reading
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Tagged JONNY COLA & THE A-GRADES, Rising Stars
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News: CELEBRATED IRISH SINGER ELEANOR McEVOY’S TENTH STUDIO ALBUM INSPIRED BY BRIAN JONES FEATURE IN MAGAZINE
Renowned for her intimate, emotional and uplifting performances, celebrated Irish musician Eleanor McEvoy releases her tenth studio album, ‘If You Leave…’, on May 6th 2013. The inspiration behind McEvoy’s new album came after reading a magazine feature that told the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Jones, Eleanor McEvoy, MOJO magazine, The Rolling Stones
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News: CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL 25th-28th JULY 2013 announce headliners
CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL 25th-28th JULY 2013 CHERRY HINTON HALL GROUNDS FIRST NAMES ANNOUNCED The Mavericks (Sat) Bellowhead (Fri) KT Tunstall (Sat) Levellers (Fri) Liam O’Flynn, Andy Irvine, Paddy Glackin & Dónal Lunny aka LAPD (Fri) Capercaillie (Sun) Heritage Blues Orchestra … Continue reading
Album review: MIKE TRAMP – Cobblestone Street
Target Records [Release date 08.04.13] First up, if you are expecting something along the lines of White Lion, the harder rocking Freak Of Nature or something lighter in the melodic rock field be warned as this is an album Mike … Continue reading
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Tagged Cobblestone Road, Freak Of Nature, Mike Tramp, White Lion
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Quick plays: GENERATIONALS, LUKE GIRVAN, DINNERSTEIN & MERRITT, BRETT WALKER, VAMP
GENERATIONALS – Heza Polyvinyl Records (Released April 8th) A two-piece band consisting of Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer and they are assisted on percussion by the producer Daniel Black. I am not sure what they used to sound like as … Continue reading
Album review: SNAKEROOT – Downtown To Ghetto
http://www.facebook.com/snakeroottheband Formed back in 2008 in Istanbul Snakeroot have released this, their debut album digitally and after playing this one for a few times I am surprised a label hasn’t picked them up. They quote lots of … Continue reading
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Tagged Downtown To Ghetto, melodic rock, SNAKEROOT
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Gig review: THRESHOLD + ENOCHIAN THEORY + CRYPTEX
Camden Underworld Friday March 1st 2013 Threshold were kicking off their latest tour on home soil, although sadly their only UK day bar the upcoming prog festival Celebr8.2 in May in Kingston. A brave promoter needs to back them as … Continue reading
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Tagged Cryptex, Damian Wilson, Enochian Theory, Karl Groom, Threshold
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