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Album review: JENNY COLQUITT – A Pocketful of Rain
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Album review : JACK BRUCE – Halfway To The Stars – The Recordings 2001-2003 (5 CD Boxset)
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DEATH ANGEL + THREAT SIGNAL gig review
Charlotte, you disappoint me. I realize that Death Angel isn’t the level of a Slayer or Megadeth, but this band is truly legendary in its status of thrash metaldom. And the fact that they were playing their entire debut album, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonded By Blood/Wretched, Death Angel, Potential Threat, SkinKage, Threat Signal
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ROSCO LEVEE & THE SOUTHERN SLIDE – Final Approach To Home
Rosco Levee is only twenty eight but listen to this album with his band Southern Slide and you’d think he has been around much longer. What’s more amazing is that he is British yet the album sounds like a real … Continue reading
JEFF LYNNE – Long Wave
Frontiers www.frontiers.it Nothing for years and then along comes a re-recorded best of E.L.O. and a solo album from Jeff Lynne on the same day. “Long Wave” is titled in tribute to the old radio shows that … Continue reading
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Tagged ELO, Frontiers, Jeff Lynne, Long Wave
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THE TRAGICALLY HIP – Now For A Plan A
www.thehip.com The Tragically Hip (or the Hip as they are called by their fans) return with their thirteenth album and they have been going since 1983. They are massive in their native Canada where nine of … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Now For A Plan A, THE TRAGICALLY HIP
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10 Q’s with GWYN ASHTON
Gwyn Ashton has a new album ‘Radiogram’ released on 22nd October and has an acoustic album in the works… 1. What are you currently up to? I’ve been touring a lot through Europe and starting this record label up, Fab … Continue reading
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Tagged blues rock, Gwyn Ashton, Radiogram
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THIN LIZZY ANNOUNCE ‘FAREWELL’ TO TOURING & NEW ALBUM
After a very successful 2 year run with the current line up. Thin Lizzy have made a decision to not release a new album under the Thin Lizzy name. Scott Gorham “Out of respect to Phil Lynott and the legacy … Continue reading
Posted in Album News, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS
Tagged Ricky Warwick, Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy
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KISS – Monster
Loud & Proud/Roadrunner I will admit I am not the world’s biggest Kiss fan but was mightily impressed by their last album ‘Sonic Boom’. Now we have ‘Monster’, an album which by the band’s own admission they have gone back … Continue reading
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Tagged Eric Singer, Gene Simmons, Kiss, Monster, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer
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PRIDE OF LIONS – Immortal
FRONTIERS RECORDS Bringing together ex Survivor keyboardist and songwriter to the stars Jim Peterik with relatively young singer Toby Hitchcock, Pride of Lions are something of a Marmite band in AOR circles. Among the many – myself included- who drooled … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Frontiers, Immortal, Jim Peterik, melodic rock, Pride of Lions, Survivor, Toby Hitchcock
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E.L.O. – Mr. Blue Sky – The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra
Frontiers www.frontiers.it Over the years there seems to have been literally hundreds of compilations calling themselves “best”, “essential”, “ultimate”…so what at first glance this appears to be yet another one…but no…the wonderful Mr Jeff Lynne has seen … Continue reading
ERIC CLAPTON ‘Slowhand’ deluxe re-issue
POLYDOR RECORDS & UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP INTERNATIONAL MARK THE 35th ANNIVERSARY OF ERIC CLAPTON’S “SLOWHAND” WITH MULTI-FORMAT RELEASE FOR 26th NOVEMBER 2012 Eric Clapton has been in the spotlight for close on fifty years and the portrait of his artistry … Continue reading
BLACKBURNER – Planet Earth Attack
http://blackburner.org/ Blackburner is the brainchild of Skyla Talon who fuses industrial rock, prog and metal with genres such as electro, dubstep (the latest genre loved by Muse amongst others) along with drum and bass. He has previously worked on Rob … Continue reading
ALICE COOPER Old School special edition set
Alice Cooper’s Old School: 1964–1974 Special Editionis the incredible true story of the Alice Cooper group. A career-spanning 4CD and eAlbum set taking you inside one of rock’s great bands in a unique full-length school yearbook and an array of … Continue reading
NANCY JOHNSON – funF
Rocketboy Recordings www.nancyjohnson.co.uk Punk has always been about the ethos of doing it yourself and not worrying about over producing or even the musicianship (as the early Damned recordings show!). So when reviewing this UK based punk band’s debut album … Continue reading
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Tagged funF, Nancy Johnson, punk, punk pop
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THE DOORS – Live At The Bowl ’68
Eagle Vision Apparently a legendary concert, but I have to admit to not being a fan, finding the band overrated. But this show has been released before and is highly regarded. This release, however, restores the full original show with … Continue reading
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Tagged Eagle Vision, Live At The Bowl ’68, THE DOORS
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BLACK ROSE – Cure for Your Disease
Metalizer www.blackroseuk.co.uk NWoBHM band Black Rose released a number of classic metal singles in the early 80s, and an album or two too, and the band have gotten back together in recent years. This album was originally released as an … Continue reading
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Tagged BLACK ROSE, Cure for Your Disease, NWOBHM
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SPIDER – The Complete Anthology
Lemon/Cherry Red (4CD Box) Early 80s boogie metal band produced some fine (some might say clichéd) tracks that really are well enjoyable and worth checking out. After a number of reissues and compilations of varied quality we now get the complete … Continue reading
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Tagged SPIDER, The Complete Anthology
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SON OF A BITCH – Victim You
Angel Air What you would expect from 3/5ths of Saxon is exactly what you get. No nonsense riffmongerous chunks of mainstream metal. That description could probably fit neatly into a copy of Kerrang! circa 1984 and so could this album. … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel Air, SON OF A BITCH, Victim You
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Interview with RHYS THOMAS
Rhys Thomas is a comedian (‘The Fast Show’ and ‘Down The Line’ to name but a few) and has directed the new documentary on Freddie Mercury, ‘The Great Pretender’. He is a massive Queen fan and was also involved in … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian May, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Rhys Thomas, Roger Taylor, The Great Pretender
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Dylan Mondegreen – S/T
Folkwit/Division Records This is the third album from Norwegian singer-songwriter Børge Sildnes, but the first under his new and altogether more worldly moniker, Dylan Mondegreen. It’s also the first to be released in the UK and features former St Etienne … Continue reading
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Tagged Borge Sildnes, Dylan Mondegreen
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ORDEN OGAN – To The End
AFM Records Orden Ogan return with their oft delayed new album ‘To The End’ – it was down for a February release, then April and now finally its here in October! I came into this band … Continue reading
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Tagged AFM Records, Ordan Ogan, power metal, To The End
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Red Box Simon Toulson-Clarke interview
Red Box have just released a new album, ’Plenty’ through Cherry Red Records and the band’s Simon Toulson-Clarke answers our 10Q’s… What are you currently up to? We are playing a series of gigs in people’s Living Rooms – very … Continue reading
Rising Stars – NEONFLY
(Interview from autumn 2011 and the band will support Magnum on their European tour in Oct/Nov bar the UK) Rising Stars with Frederick Thunder of Neonfly… What are you currently up to? FT: Right now I’m having breakfast! Brief history … Continue reading
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Tagged Frederick Thunder, Magnum, Neonfly, power metal
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ONE MILE AN HOUR – S/T
Snowbird Records www.onemileanhour.com One Mile An Hour are a three piece band and they are heavily influenced by another three piece – Crosby, Stills & Nash. Vocalist Jeff Kightly has wonderfully high register – on ‘Magpie Song’ he recalls the … Continue reading
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Tagged Crosby Stills & Nash, One Mile An Hour, slocore
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DOWN, WARBEAST gig review
Down. Warbeast, and Mount Carmel Got My Crippled Ass Rocking! Camaraderie. That’s one of the things that have drawn me to live hard rock and metal shows over the years. Until the last couple years, and sporadic shows during those … Continue reading
KISS release 2 new tracks from their new album Monster
KISS have released two tracks from upcoming album Monster. Listen to Long Way Down and All For the Love of Rock & Roll below. Fans are expecting great things after the success of 2009′s Sonic Boom – the record they … Continue reading
