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Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – Foreign Tongues
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Album review: SCHEFF TOLLE ADRIAENS – Let’s Stop The World
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Album review: TRAGIK – Propaganda Elite
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Album review : ELECTRIC MOB – 2 Make U Cry And Dance (Digital Deluxe Edition)
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Album review: THE MILK MEN – Milky Way
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Album review: FATAL VISION – Four Sides To Every Story
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Latest Gig Reviews
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Gig review: DEF LEPPARD + EXTREME – BP Pulse Live, Birmingham, 4 July 2026
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Gig review: GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS- Indigo2, London, 30 June 2026
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Gig review: HALESTORM’S LZZY AND JOE: UNPLUGGED – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 17 June 2026
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Gig review: THE WILDHEARTS – Tolbooth, Stirling, 30 May 2026
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Featured Album Reviews
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Album review : WALTER TROUT – The Blues Came Callin’
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Album review: JAMES STEVENSON – Everything’s Getting Closer To Being Over
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Album review: MAGNUS KARLSSON’S FREE FALL – Kingdom Of Rock
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Book Review: ON TRACK (every album, every song…) – IRON MAIDEN (by Steve Pilkington) and THIN LIZZY (by Graeme Stroud)
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Author Archives: jason
Europe announce UK tour dates
EUROPE Wed 21 Nov – Birmingham O2 Academy Thurs 22 Nov – Glasgow O2 ABC Fri 23 Nov – Manchester HMV Ritz Sun 25 Nov – Newcastle O2 Academy Mon 26 Nov – Leeds O2 Academy Tue 27th Nov – … Continue reading
STEVE THORNE – Crimes & Reasons
GEP/SPV 2012 www.steve-thorne.co.uk Steve Thorne returns with his fourth album, playing the majority of the instruments bar Nick D’Virgilio (Cirque Du Soleil/ex-Spock’s Beard) and Bob White on drums with Tony Levin and Gary Chandler (Jadis) also guesting. Also former IQ … Continue reading
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Tagged Crimes & Reasons, IQ, Jadis, Martin Orford, Nick D’Virgilio, Spock's Beard, Steve Thorne, Tony Levin
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Eric Johnson, Ministry tour dates and Kiss new album
ERIC JOHNSON 6 July – Holmfirth Picturedrome 7 July – Glasgow 02 ABC 8 July – Gateshead Sage 9 July – Bath Komedia 10 July – London Leicester Square ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ALL STARS (includes GENE SIMMONS, JOE ELLIOTT (DEF … Continue reading
Posted in Album News, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS
Tagged classic rock, Def Leppard, Eric Johnson, Fear Factory, Glenn Hughes, Joe Elliott, Kiss, Lou Gramm, Ministry, Petra, Rhino
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INFERNAL OVERDRIVE – Last Rays Of The Dying Sun
(Small Stone Records 2012) www.smallstone.com Infernal Overdrive are a four piece fronted by Marc Schleicher (lead guitar/vocals) and they meld classic 70′s rock from the likes of Cactus, Grand Funk Railroad, Blue Oyster Cult and more modern bands like QOTSA … Continue reading
RIP – Ronnie Montrose
RIP – Ronnie Montrose who has passed away aged 64. From his official website: ‘A few months ago, we held a surprise party for Ronnie Montrose’s 64th birthday. He gave an impromptu speech, and told us that after a long … Continue reading
B.B. KING – LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL 2011
Release date: 30TH APRIL 2012 (CD/DVD/BluRay) UMC On 28 June 2011, the “King of the Blues” B.B. King played to an adoring sold-out crowd at London’s spectacular Royal Albert Hall. It was another unforgettable night in the career of one … Continue reading
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Tagged BB King, Mick Hucknall, Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood, Royal Albert Hall, Slash
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THE JAR FAMILY CONFIRMED AS MAIN SUPPORT FOR GUITAR LEGEND STEVE CRADOCK
THE JAR FAMILY CONFIRMED AS MAIN SUPPORT FOR GUITAR LEGEND STEVE CRADOCK (OCEAN COLOUR SCENE) The North East’s buzz band The Jar Family, have been confirmed as main support for legendary guitarist Steve Cradock’s show at the Newcastle O2 Academy … Continue reading
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Tagged Jar Family, Ocean Colour Scene, Steve Craddock
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DEAD CAN DANCE tour dates and TANGERINE DREAM London show
DEAD CAN DANCE 19th Sept HCTAT Istanbul 21st Sept Earth Theatre Thessaloniki 23rd Sept Lycabetus Theatre Athens 25th Sept MCV Utrecht 27th Sept Grand Rex Paris 29th Sept Cirque Royal Brussels 1st Oct Alte Oper Frankfurt 3rd Oct Tempodrom Berlin … Continue reading
MELT – Armageddon Party
Powderfinger I have come across many rock genres and sub-genres in my time, but Melt have introduced me to yet another in the shape of ‘ dark alternapop’, so what the hell is it ?? Fronted by classically trained singer, … Continue reading
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DEAD CELLS – Tear Down The Heavens
Dead Cells play rock music. This may sound like a simplistic statement, but that is exactly what you get, straight ahead, no frills rock which is refreshing to hear. The band formed a couple of years ago and have released … Continue reading
SHOOT THE DEAD – The Rage
Manilla PR Shoot The Dead claim to have taken their name from George Romero zombie movies and with a new single called ‘The Rage’ I was expecting a full on hardcore metal experience, but names and titles can give you … Continue reading
SHOWBIZHEROES – Climb To A Fall
Manilla PR This is the second single release from Indie rockers Showbizheroes . The band recorded the track at their own DIY studio and it is a good effort. The band are purveyors of catchy indie rock with good playing … Continue reading
THE MIXUPS – Your Side
Manilla PR This is the latest single from Glasgow based 4 piece The MixUps and is part of a plan to release a single every month for a year. The band sound like Yellow Submarine period Beatles spliced with Squeeze … Continue reading
MAD MAX – Another Night Of Passion
SPV www.spv.de Mad Max have always had a cult status in the melodic rock world after their 1987 album ‘Night Of Passion’ received rave reviews but never sold like it should have. There have been various Mad Max line-ups in … Continue reading
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Tagged Another Night Of Passion, Mad Max, Michael Voss, SPV
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The Dunwells gain praise from Cameron Crowe
LOS ANGELES, CA – February 29th, 2012 — Breaking British band The Dunwells brought their Americana/rock/folk/soul sound to L.A.’s Hotel Cafe last night, and in the audience was writer/director Cameron Crowe who won an Academy Award for his screenplay of … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind Sighted Faith, Cameron Crowe, The Dunwells
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Bellowhead, Carl Palmer, Hawkwind & Marillion tour dates
CARL PALMER 11 April L’Aquila, Italy Venue: TBA 15 April Roma, Italy Venue: TBA 17 April Prattien, Switzerland Venue: TBA 18 April Paris, France Venue: TBA 19 April Verviers, Belgium Venue: TBA 20 April Siegburg, Germany Venue: TBA 21 April … Continue reading
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Tagged Bellowhead, Carl Palmer, Hawkwind, Marillion
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10 Q’s with Seether
Bass player Dale Stewart fields the questions as Seether embark on a UK tour in march supporting Three Doors Down… 1. What are you currently up to? (recording, gigs, plans etc.) We’re actually busy touring Europe at the moment, we … Continue reading
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Tagged Dale Stewart, Seether, Three Doors Down
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The Lady: A Homage to Sandy Denny
An evening of classic songs by Sandy Denny featuring Joan Wasser aka Joan As Policewoman, Maddy Prior, Jerry Donahue, Dave Swarbrick, Green Gartside, PP Arnold, Thea Gilmore, plus members of Bellowhead, Lavinia Blackwall (Trembling Bells), Sam Carter, Blair Dunlop (The … Continue reading
SONIC STATION – S/T
Frontiers Sonic Station is the brainchild of Swedish guitarist/composer Alexander Kronbrink who describes his project as West Coast AOR, and while this may not be the greatest album I have heard so far this year, it is far from the … Continue reading
Guns ‘N Roses & Toto announce tours
GUNS ‘N’ ROSES May Thu. 17: Dublin O2 Sat. 19: Nottingham Capital FM Arena Sun. 20: Liverpool Echo Arena Wed. 23: Newcastle Metro Fri. 25: Glasgow SECC Sat. 26: Birmingham LG Arena Tue. 29: Manchester MEN Arena Thu. 31: London … Continue reading
Black Page Turns – The Hate EP
UNOB Records Leicester rockers Black Page Turns are planning to release 12 new songs throughout 2012 and this release is the first of the bunch. Lead track on this two track effort is ‘Things That Make You Hate Us’ which … Continue reading
Centre Excuse – Stop, Drop & Roll
New Motion Records Centre Excuse are a trio from Rutland who over the past couple of years have gained a sizeable following through the mediums of Facebook and You Tube. The band play a likeable synth driven punk, much like … Continue reading
Breton – Interference
Fatcat Records Breton are, and I quote “ a subversive art collective”. This is the band’s second single which is taken from the forthcoming album ‘Other People’s Problems’ which is scheduled for release in March. Music wise you get something … Continue reading
Max Raptor – Carolin
Niam Edge Midlands punk rockers Max Raptor are about to head out on an extensive UK tour and are releasing this single to coincide with the jaunt. ‘Carolina’ is a classic slab of well played punk rock, which should have … Continue reading
KEYSTONE – Flight To Paradise
Park Records www.myspace.com/keystonerocks Now this self-produced and independently released CD tweaked the old interest as Robert Berry was involved (Three/Alliance), although on closer inspection of the credits he only adds backing vocals (along with bass/drums/Hammond/keys) and doesn’t get a lead … Continue reading
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Tagged Keystone, Robert Berry
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