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Album review: XENTRIX – Bury The Pain
Listenable Records [Release date 07.06.19] To me, Xentrix has always been the leading UK thrash metal band back in the day. When it comes to having the whole package meaning musicianship, compositions, ferocity, melodic lines they came up on top … Continue reading
Quick plays: STEELEYE SPAN, GALLAGHER & LYLE, HUMBLE PIE
STEELEYE SPAN Live at De Montfort Hall Leicester 1977 Store For Music/Angel Air [Release date 04.10.19] One glaring error on this CD is the concert was in fact recorded in 1978 on the band’s then farewell tour (although the band … Continue reading
Gig review: THE DIVINE COMEDY – O2 Academy, Oxford, 13 October 2019
Seeing the Divine Comedy live has been top of my bands to see list and I was very happy to be able to finally see them at a sold out show at the Academy (or the Zodiac as it was … Continue reading
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Tagged chamber pop, gig, indie pop, indie rock, Neil Hannon, Office Politics, pop, quirky pop, review, The Divine Comedy
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Interview: GARY MOAT (Burnt Out Wreck)
On the day Burnt Out Wreck’s new album ‘This Is Hell’ is released Darren Johnson caught up with the band’s front-man and former Heavy Pettin’ drummer, Gary Moat. So the new Burnt Out Wreck album is released today. Tell us … Continue reading
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Tagged Burnt Out Wreck, classic rock, Gary Moat, Heavy Pettin', interview, Pete Way, rock
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Book review: THE MOODY BLUES – Every Album, Every Song (On Track) by Geoffrey Feakes
Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 22.08.19] The format follows the tried and tested Every Album, Every Song formula by tackling each album in chronological order. In this book though Feakes adds in piece about the album cover – the Moody Blues … Continue reading
Gig review: DATURA4 – CherryDon, Marseilles, 6 October 2019
Five Australians blokes walk into a bar in Marseilles on a Sunday night……and just kill it. Having appreciated these guys from a distance and reviewed Datura4’s excellent trio of albums (Demon Blues, Hairy Mountain and Blessed Is The Boogie), GRTR!’s … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, CherryDon, Datura4, Fleetwood Mac, gig, Marseilles, review, rock
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Album review: DAVID HASSELHOFF – Open Your Eyes
Cleopatra Records [Release date 29.09.19] David Hasselhoff, or the Hoff to his many fans, is no stranger to the recording studio having released his first album way back in 1985. He has always been big in Germany, indeed this album … Continue reading
Album review: STONEWIRE – Life As We Know It
Independent [Release date 01.11.19] Step aside Anne and Nancy, there’s a new Favorite Bitch in town – big-lunged Sky Hunter and her cohorts who testify as StoneWire and they kick up one helluva sandstorm. This is an outstanding album of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, debut, hard rock, Heart, Life As We Know It, review, rock, Sky Hunter, StoneWire
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Album review: DANDELION CHARM – Maybe Dreamers
Independent [Release date 01.11.19] Dandelion Charm – John Fowler and Clare Fowler – return with their second studio album and ‘Maybe Dreamers’ marks a big leap forward for the band, as they widen their musical horizons further. Sadly this album … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Dandelion Charm, folk, jazz, Maybe Dreamers, melodic, prog, progressive, review
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Album review: COLD – The Things We Can’t Stop
Napalm Records [Release date 13.09.19] Cold return after an extended break – eight years to be precise – with main man Scooter Ward admitting to suffering writers block, which he overcame after discovering Nick Cave’s ‘One More Time With Feeling’ … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, Cold, Napalm Records, nu-metal, review, rock, Scooter Ward, Snow Patrol, The Things We Can't Stop
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Album review: LUKE JACKSON – Journals
First Take [Release date 08.11.19] Luke Jackson returns with his fifth album where he is joined by Andy Sharps on bass and Elliott Norris on drums, with both adding harmony vocals. Luke Jackson tackles a number of subjects on the … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, blues, folk, guitarist, Journals, Luke Jackson, review, Sandy Denny
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Interview: PETE WAY
Ahead of his UK tour Darren Johnson talks to the former UFO bass supremo Pete Way. It wasn’t that long ago that the only news we’d be reading about Pete Way was in connection with his various ongoing health battles. … Continue reading
Album review: KING CALAWAY – Rivers
BMG [Release date 04.10.19] King Calaway formed last year, released an EP earlier this year and now are set to unleash their debut album ‘Rivers’. I will admit this is not your standard GRTR! fare, however good songs are just … Continue reading
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Tagged album, country, country pop, King Calaway, melodic, pop, review, Rivers, Stephen Stills
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Album review: CRASHDIET – Rust
Frontiers [Release date 13.09.19] “Rust” is a welcome return for Sweden’s Crashdiet, their first album since 2013’s “The Savage Playground” and the first to feature new(ish) vocalist Gabriel Keyes. The album is top quality melodic yet sleazy rock, with heavier … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chris Laney, Crashdiet, Frontiers, Gabriel Keyes, hard rock, melodic, review, rock, Rust, sleaze rock
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Album review: SLASH, MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS – Living The Dream Tour
Eagle Vision [Release date 27.09.19] Recorded live at London’s Hammersmith Odeon (yes, technically it’s not called that anymore but I’m still stuck firmly in the past) earlier this year, this newly released double CD and DVD package serves to show … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, DVD, Guns 'N' Roses, Living The Dream Tour, Myles Kennedy, review, rock, Slash, the Conspirators
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Album review: LEE ABRAHAM – Comatose
F2 Music [Release date 27.09.19] I really enjoyed Lee Abraham’s 2017 album ‘Colours’, a veritable AOR meets prog delight and now Lee Abraham is back with a new solo outing, this time a concept piece. ‘Comatose’ tells the story of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Comatose, Credo, Galahad, Lee Abraham, melodic, Pink Floyd, prog rock, progressive, review, Riversea, rock
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Album review: TURBOKILL – Vice World
SPV/Steamhammer [Release date 25.10.19] What we have here is a contender for the next generation of classic rock. In 2019 we get album based on the kind of classic trad metal that, at the heavier end, influenced and then rode … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alpha Tiger, classic metal, metal, power metal, review, Turbokill, Vice World
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Album review: EDENBRIDGE – Dynamind
SPV/Steamhammer [Release date 25.10.19] Classic melodic symphonic metal from Austria, Edenbridge have up there with the best of them since their formation in 1998. Still going strong, this is their 10th studio album. Formed by vocalist Sabine Edeisbcher and guitarist, … Continue reading
Album review: NAZARETH – Coloured vinyl re-issues (October 2019)
‘Snaz (2LP, orange / green vinyl, gatefold, innersleeves), 2XS (turquoise vinyl LP), Sound Elixir (orange vinyl LP, inner sleeve), Cinema (white vinyl LP, inner sleeve), No Jive (clear vinyl LP + insert), Move Me (red vinyl LP) BMG [Release date … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Snaz, 2XS, album, blues rock, cinema, classic rock, Dan McCafferty, John Locke, Manny Charlton, Move Me, Nazareth, No Jive, Pete Agnew, review, rock, Sound Elixir
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Album review: DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ – This Is How We Roll
UMC [Release date 11.10.19] Third album from Down ‘N’ Outz who feature Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, The Quireboys’ Paul Guerin (guitar), Guy Griffin (guitar) and Keith Weir (keyboards), plus the rhythm section of Vixen bassist Share Ross and Wayward Sons … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Def Leppard, Down N Outz, hard rock, Joe Elliott, Keith Weir, melodic rock, review, rock, The Quireboys, The Tubes, This Is How We Roll, Vixen, Wayward Sons
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Album review: FIGHT – War Of Words/A Small Deadly Space
BGO Records [Release date 27.09.19] BGO Records re-issue Fight’s two albums on one CD with sleeve notes by Neil Daniels. Fight featured Rob Halford, fresh from leaving Judas Priest in 1992, and he was joined by Priest drummer Scott Travis, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Small Deadly Space, album, BGO Records, Fight, Judas Priest, metal, Pantera, reissue, review, Rob Halford, War Of Words
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Album review: ESP PROJECT – The Rising
Sunn Creative [Release date 13.10.19] It is all change again in the ESP ranks as drummer Mark Brzezicki and vocalist Peter Coyle depart and in comes vocalist/lyricist Damien Child, with bassist Pete Clark and drummer Greg Pringle (Pete Townsend, Bernie … Continue reading
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Album review: ALLAN CLARKE – Resurgence
BMG [Release date 20.09.19] Former Hollies singer Allan Clarke returns with his first new album in 29 years after he had seemingly retired from music back in 1990. However, his son Toby set him on the road to recording this … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Allan Clarke, country, GarageBand, Graham Nash, pop, Resurgence, review, rock, singer songwriter, The Hollies
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Quick plays: BRUCE COCKBURN, LOUIEN
BRUCE COCKBURN Crowing Ignites True North Records [Release date 20.09.19] ‘Crowing Ignites’ is Bruce Cockburn’s 34th and his second all instrumental album, which differs from his previous instrumental album in that the compositions on here are brand new. The music … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, blues, Bruce Cockburn, Crowing Ignites, folk, instrumental, jazz, Joni Mitchell, Louien, None of My Words, pop, review
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Album review: AMY SPEACE – Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne
Proper Music [Release date 06.09.19] Amy Speace is a “former Shakespearean-trained actor”, the ultimate objective of most actors is the pursuit of truth and her new album, ‘Me And The Ghost of Charlemagne’, is nothing if not truthful. From the … Continue reading
