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DEMON DUDE’S REVENGE – An Adolescent Fantasy Volume 1
www.demondudesrevenge.com Steve Watts was the keyboards player in Demon between 1985 and 1991 and co-wrote much of the band’s output in those years along with vocalist Dave Hill. After leaving Demon he all but disappeared from the … Continue reading
PETER GABRIEL – So: Classic Albums
Eagle Vision www.eagle-rock.com The latest in the ‘Classic Albums’ series looks at Peter Gabriel’s 1986 album ‘So’. This album really catapulted Peter Gabriel into the big time and was a massive selling album with four hit singles lifted off the … Continue reading
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Tagged Classic Albums, Eagle Vision, Kate Bush, Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel, So
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BLEAK ANGEL – Reborn
http://www.bleakangel.com/ Second album by this UK folk rock band, who are currently down to a duo of Tim Balmford (songwriter/vocals) and Daisy O’Halloran (vocals) although former member Steve Morse (not the Deep Purple one!) plays 12 string … Continue reading
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Tagged Bleak Angel, Daisy O'Halloran, folk rock, Reborn, Tim Blamford
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WALTER TROUT BAND – gig review
The Jazz Café, Camden, Tuesday 16th October 2012 Armed with a chunky new blues platter, Walter Trout has completely overhauled his live show since last year’s shows. Incredibly, ‘Blues for the Modern Daze’ is Mr Trout’s 21st solo album. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, gig review, Jazz Cafe, Mitch Laddie, WALTER TROUT BAND
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GEOFF TATE – Kings & Thieves
Inside Out www.insideout.de (Released 05.11.12) It has certainly been an eventful year for Geoff Tate after being dismissed by his former band Queensryche (be interesting to see how they progress as regards new material) and now he has a new … Continue reading
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Tagged GEOFF TATE, Inside Out, Kings & Thieves, Queensryche
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If You Like Led Zeppelin… by Dave Thompson
If You Like Led Zeppelin… by Dave Thompson Backbeat Books www.backbeatbooks.com Another in the series of ‘If You Like…’ which takes a big name band and then suggests other music, books and films you may like based on the artist … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, classic rock, Dave Thompson, Fairport Convention, Led Zeppelin, Roy Harper
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Quick Play: BLUE ORIGIN, BROWNSVILLE STATION
KATTAH Eyes Of Sand www.kattah.net Formed in Brazil in 2006, this album tells a story based around Arabian culture mixing Brazilian rhythms and heavy metal. So the PR goes. From the outset it’s solid if rough’n’ready trad metal. A touch … Continue reading
CHRIS SINGLETON & THE DISTRACTIONS gig review
Wilmington Arms, Islington Wednesday 17th October 2012 Chris Singleton and his band the Distractions were playing their first gig in two years as in-between times he has become a proud dad. The band are the same as when I last … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Singleton, Lady Gasoline, piano, pop rock, The Distractions, Twisted City, Wilmington Arms
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LONELY THE BRAVE single
Lonely The Brave are a five piece epic-rock act from Cambridge, England. In 2010, Dan P Carter liked a simple demo recording from the band so much that he invited them to perform 4 tracks live for his Radio 1 … Continue reading
Posted in Listening Post, NEWS
Tagged Dinosaurs, Lonely The Brave, Radio 1 Rock Show, Soundcloud
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TRAIL OF MURDER – Shades Of Art
Metal Heaven www.aorheaven.com (Release date 29th October) A new name but the band’s members have some real musical pedigree as you have vocalist Urban Breed (what a great name for a metal singer!) formerly of Tad … Continue reading
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Tagged Evergrey, melodic metal, Morgana Lefay, power metal, Tad Morose, Trail Of Muder
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DISTRICT 97 – Trouble With Machines
Laser’s Edge This album shouldn’t work. In the blue corner we have a bunch of post-prog instrumental experimenters from Chicago. In the red corner is an American Idol Top 10 Female Finalist with a slightly nasal twang. However, the resulting … Continue reading
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Tagged American Idol, DISTRICT 97, Leslie Hunt, prog rock, Trouble With Machines
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REDLINE – Vice
Escape Music www.escape-music.com UK five piece whose debut album ‘Vice’ has a classic metal sound with an 80′s leaning and is not your normal fare of Escape Music. This is a strange album as the first … Continue reading
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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
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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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