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Gig review: CHEZ KANE- Fighting Cocks, Kingston upon Thames, 2 April 2026
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Gig review: BRAVE RIVAL – The Stables, Milton Keynes, 14 March 2026
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Gig review: A VERY SPECIAL EVENING OF MOTT THE HOOPLE – Riverside Studios, London, 27 February 2026
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EP review: ATTIC THEORY – The Sign of An Active Mind
ThunderGun Records [Release date 27.11.20] Crowned ‘Best New Band’ at Planet Rock Radio’s ‘The Rocks 2020’ awards, Attic Theory have released a couple of singles ahead of this EP. Since forming in late 2017, Attic Theory have supported the likes … Continue reading
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Tagged alt rock, ALTER BRIDGE, Attic Theory, EP, grunge, review, rock, Sign of An Active Mind
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Album review: BILLION DOLLAR BABIES – Battleaxe
Cherry Red {Release date 27.11.20] Expanded Reissue/3 CDs Alice Cooper, the band, acrimoniously separated into 1. Alice Cooper, and 2. The band, in 1974, after “Muscle Of Love”. (There’s a well documented story there, one that illustrates the cold, self … Continue reading
Album review: PYRAMAZE – Epitaph
AFM Records [Release date 13.11.20] “Epitaph” is the sixth album in sixteen years from Danish metallers, Pyramaze. This is a band who rebuilt their line up in 2015, after significant loss of key members in 2011. That shakeup reflected an … Continue reading
Album review: LAZARUS DREAM – Alive
Pride & Joy Music [Release date 13.11.20] Lazarus Dream was put together by vocalist Carsten Lizard Shultz (Evidence One, Domain, Dead Heroes Club) and guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Markus Pfeffer (Scarlett, Winterland). Joining the pair are drummer Markus Kullmann (Sinner, Glenn Hughes), percussionist … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alive, Carsten ‘Lizard’ Schulz, Domain, Evidence One, hard rock, Lazarus Dream, melodic metal, melodic rock, review, rock
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Album review: BLUE OCTOBER – This Is What I Live For
Up/Down – Brando Records [Release date 23.10.20] The tenth studio album from Blue October recorded during the current pandemic. All bar two of the album’s thirteen songs were solely written by Justin Furstenfeld. Producer Eric Holtz is another key element … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, BLUE OCTOBER, indie, JUSTIN FURSTENFELD, pop, review, rock, This Is What I Live For
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Album review: JUBILLEE – You and I
Vacancy Records [Release date 06.11.20] A Scottish country music duo? Really? As a Scotsman I somehow feel that this is a stretch of credibility – you know, quite a tenuous line to Nashville. However I immediately hold my hand up … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Billy Warren, country, JuBillee, Justine Wilson, pop, review, Vacancy Records, You And I
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Album review: CLASSIC ARCHIVES – Hurricane Smith
Angel Air [Release date 12.11.20] We could ask you to name the RAF Glider pilot who later had a number one hit single on the US Billboard Top Forty. But you know the answer, of course you do. Norman ‘Hurricane’ … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Classic Archives, John Lennon, Norman 'Hurricane' Smith, producer, review, series, The Beatles
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Album review: MARTIN SIMPSON – Home Recordings
Topic Records [Release date 13.11.20] Martin Simpson’s next album was going to be a live one but the first lockdown put paid to all that. Unable to play to audiences (he can average over 100 gigs a year) or go … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bob Dylan, folk, guitarist, Home Recordings, Martin Simpson, review, singer songwriter, Topic Records
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Album Review: KING KING – Maverick
Channel 9 Music [Release date 06.11.20] With a second lockdown, miserable British weather and little sign of something vaguely resembling normality returning any time soon a new King King album is probably just the antidote we need. Driving rhythms, fat … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Nimmo, album, blues, blues rock, King King, Maverick, melodic, review, rock, Sreve Nimmo
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Album review: TIM ARNOLD – When Staying Alive’s The Latest Craze
Bandcamp [Release date 06.11.20] It cannot be denied that lockdown and the coronavirus has been a huge strain on all of us, especially as much of the world enters a second round of lockdowns. On 23 March 2020, the day … Continue reading
Album review: BLACK ROSE – S/T
Rock Candy [Release date 09.10.20] 1980: on the surface, Black Rose had little going for it. And yet Cher, guitarist Les Dudek’s part time girlfriend, fronted the band. Strangely, it played down Cher’s involvement. To its cost. The band’s one … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bernie Taupin, BLACK ROSE, Cher, David Paich, melodic rock, New Wave, review, Rock Candy
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Album review: HEAVEN – Where Angels Fear To Tread
Rock Candy Records [Release date 09.10.20] Australia’s tough as teak rock bands. There were four: AC/DC, The Angels, Cold Chisel and Rose Tattoo. But there was also a fifth…Heaven. They had formed in 1980′s Sydney. The band’s vocalist, Scottish born … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, album, hard rock, Heaven, reissue, review, rock, Rock Candy, Where Angels Fear To Tread
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News – BLACKMORE’S NIGHT, H.E.A.T., ORANGE GOBLIN (November 2020)
Blackmore’s Night release a festive themed four song EP ‘Here We Come A-Caroling’ on December 4 via earMUSIC. The same label release the band’s new studio album ‘Nature’s Light’ next spring. Lizzy Borden releases ‘Best of Lizzy Borden, Vol. 2‘ … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Brown, Blackmore's Night, classic rock, Crashdiet, H.E.A.T., Massive Wagons, metal, news, Orange Goblin, prog rock, rock
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DVD review: RONNIE WOOD – Somebody Up There Likes Me
Eagle Vision [Release date 27.08.20] In essence “Somebody Up There Likes Me” is a film telling the story of the remarkable career of Ronnie Wood, however, it is much more than that. In the film Wood says that in his … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, DVD, Eagle Rock, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, review, rock, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood, Somebody Up There Likes Me
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Quick plays: GIANT, DAMN YANKEES
Rock Candy Records [Release date 02.10.20] GIANT – Last Of The Runaways In the music world, Dann Huff is best known for his success as a multi award winning Country Music producer/ guitarist and songwriter. But for Melodic Rock fans, … Continue reading
Album review: MALIBOOZ – QE2
Red Steel Music [Release date 30.10.20] Malibooz is John Zambetti and Walter Egan. Their individual and collective pedigrees are incontestable. Their songs have been used multiple times in movies, including “Catch Me If You Can” and “I Robot”. The music … Continue reading
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Tagged album, John Zambetti, Malibooz, Peter Noone, pop, QE2, review, rock, Walter Egan
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Album review: PROCOL HARUM – Something Magic
Cherry Red/Esoteric Recordings [Release Date 30.10.20] Procol Harum certainly needed to spin a spell or two after new US producers, Ron and Howie Albert, threw out half the songs they’d written for “Something Magic”, their 9th album. This was 1977. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic album, classic rock, Gary Brooker, pop, Procol Harum, prog rock, reissue, review, rock, Something Magic
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Album review: DGM – Tragic Separation
Frontiers [Release date 09.10.20] Tenth album from Italian Prog Metallers, DGM. In which they examine the notion that the journey (of life) is more important than the destination. With all of the tracks, there’s a direct correlation between the events … Continue reading
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Tagged album, concept album, DGM, Frontiers, melodic metal, prog metal, review, rock, Tragic Separation
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Film review: ICON – Music Through the Lens
Sky Arts from 06/11/20 Think of all the iconic music images you have enjoyed, think of those which are both timeless and yet capture a moment in time and this new six-part Sky series ICON – Music Through the Lens … Continue reading
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Tagged art, classic rock, ICON - Music Through the Lens, Jimi Hendrix, photography, Pink Floyd, review, rock, Rolling Stones, Sky Arts
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Gig review: THE DARKER MY HORIZON – Dirty Rockers, Dudley, Saturday 24 October 2020
Rock lives, music lives but only if we support it – our small music venues are on there knees trying to survive and actually attending this gig, nearly broke this rock chick’s heart for a number of reasons….. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Dirty Rockers, Dudley, gig, hard rock, live music, melodic, modern rock, Paul Stead, review, rock, the Darker My Horizon
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Album review: THE LIVESAYS – The Rhythm of Love and Dysfunction
Website [Release date 20.09.20] The Livesays are a five-piece rock band fronted by the band’s namesake singer/songwriter/guitarist Billy Livesay, who spent 12 years performing, recording and touring with E-Streeter Clarence Clemons’ band Temple of Soul. Drummer Howard Goldberg was a … Continue reading
Album review: ADAM’S CURSE – What The Ancients Knew About Us
In this audio showcase, first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Bat Kinane talks us through his musical influences, his musical journey, and featuring his new band Adam’s Curse. Bad Reputation [Release date 10.11.20] Adam’s Curse is a new … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam’s Curse, album, Bad Reputation, Bat Kinane, classic rock, folk, Gylder, hard rock, interview, review, rock, Thin Lizzy, What The Ancients Knew About Us
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EP review: MADRE SUN – The Speed of Light
Facebook [Release date24.07.20] Madre Son was formed by brothers Eduardo (bass, vocals) and Matt Cavina (guitar), along with guitarist Tyson Schenker (son of Michael). They are joined on the EP by drummer Flipi Stipp. They certainly have rock pedigree and … Continue reading
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Tagged EP, hard rock, melodic, Michael Schenker, modern rock, review, rock, The Speed of Light, Tyson Schenker
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Album review: BLUE OYSTER CULT – The Symbol Remains
Frontiers [Release date 09.10.20] Born of the time of Covid, Blue Oyster Cult’s first album in 20 years, “The Symbol Remains”, announces the band as born again survivors. And indeed survivors who, thank god, haven’t neglected entertainment for the sake … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blue Oyster Cult, Buck Dharma, classic rock, Eric Bloom, Frontiers, review, rock, The Symbol Remains
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Album review: STARDUST – Highway To Heartbreak
Frontiers [Release date 09.10.20] Debut album from (very) talented newcomers, Stardust. In the world inhabited by melodic rock fans, very good pastiches of Eighties’ AOR get the utmost respect. The era’s distinctively polished, precision calibrated, hook heavy hard rock is … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Frontiers, Highway To Heartbreak, melodic, melodic rock, review, Stardust
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