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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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Album review: DARE – Sacred Ground
Legend Records [Release date 15.07.16] Dare return with their first all new album since 2009′s ‘Arc Of The Dawn’ – although we did have ‘Calm Before The Storm 2′ in 2012 which was a re-recording/revamp of the 1998 album of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Celtic, Dare, Darren Wharton, melodic, review, rock, Sacred Ground, Thin Lizzy, Vinnie Burns
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Album review: RICH ROBINSON – Flux
Eagle Rock Entertainment [Release date 24.06.16] Following on from his recent re-issue campaign comes the release of ‘Flux’- the 4th solo studio album from former Black Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson, and in my mind, his best solo effort to date. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Black Crowes, blues, Flux, review, Rich Robinson, rock
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Quick plays: MIKKO JOENSUU, ODDITY, VINNIE MOORE
MIKKO JOENSUU Amen 1 An ambitious musical adventure here from Mikko Joensuu as this album is the first part of a planned trilogy of albums. This is a very sparse album, in that Mikko’s vocals are the main focus backed … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, Amen 1, Americana, country, folk, guitarist, Hidden City, metal, Mikko Joensuu, Oddity, Press Hard, Reds' Cool, review, rock, Settle Down, SPV, The Cult, Vinnie Moore
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DVD review: THE ROLLING STONES – Totally Stripped
Eagle Rock [Release date 03.06.16] Originally recorded and released in 1995, The Rolling Stones’ “Stripped” album has been given an overhaul and is being re-released as “Totally Stripped”. The live recordings are more pared down than acoustic and have a … Continue reading
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Tagged DVD, Eagle Rock, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, review, rock, The Rolling Stones, Totally Stripped
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Album review: RAY WILSON – Song For A Friend
Jaggy D Records [Release date 03.06.16] What a beauty of an album this is! Stiltskin frontman and ex-Genesis lead singer, Ray Wilson’s fifth solo album, “Song For A Friend” oozes quality and empathy – epitomizing heart-felt balladry throughout. Lots of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Genesis, Ray Wilson, review, singer, Song For A Friend, songwriter, Stiltskin
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Album review: BIG BIG TRAIN – Folklore
www.bigbigtrain.com [Release date 27.05.16] Big Big Train return with their first full studio album since 2013, last year’s EP ‘Wassail’ was a nice stop gap and the title track is on this album. Also since their last album they have … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Big Big Train, Dave Gregory, folk, Folklore, pastoral, prog, progressive, review, rock, XTC
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Gig review: SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL SOUTH – The Forum, Hatfield, 31 May 2016
Photo by Ian Collins Bank Holiday Monday and the train from Kings Cross is packed full of alternative kids with more face metal and stretched-out earlobes than you can shake a stick at. Among them is the odd old person … Continue reading
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Tagged festival, gig, Hardcore, Hatfield, Mallory Knox, metal, Panic At The Disco!, punk pop, review, rock, Slam Dunk South, The One Hundred, We Came As Romans, Yellowcard, Zebrahead
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Quick plays: PAPERNUT CAMBRIDGE, SULFUR CITY, KING MUD
PAPERNUT CAMBRIDGE Love The Things Your Lover Loves An album full of trippy, bubblegum pop – these types of bands were ubiquitous in the ‘70s, think early Small Faces with Steve Mariott-type, easy-on-the-ears ditties (though not his pipes) but you … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Barismanco, blues, King Mud, Papernut Cambridge, pop rock, Quick Play, reviews, rock, Sulfur City, the Blues Against Youth
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Album review: JORN – Heavy Rock Radio
Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 03.06.16] Jorn is back with…another covers album. In the past few years he has been doing various re-recordings of his older work or covers, plus last years rather good ‘Dracula – The Swing Of Death’ with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic, Covers, Frontiers, Heavy Rock Radio, John Farnham, Jorn, Journey, Kate Bush, melodic, Queen, review, rock, Trond Holter
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Album review: GENE THE WEREWOLF – The Loner
[Release date 17.06.16] Fellow GRTR! reviewer Nikk Gunns loved Gene The Werewolf’s last album, ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Animal’, which was released at the end of 2012 on Frontiers. Like that album, this new one – their third to date – … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Gene The Werewolf, hard rock, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, Steel Panther, the Loner
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Album review: SLUDGEHAMMER – The Fallen Sun
[Release date 10.06.16] The major issue I have with some of the heavier music still remains the vocals. Sometimes I’ll press play and have my mind blown by some amazing music only to have my ears blown by bad vocals. … Continue reading
Album review: CONDITION RED – Illusion Of Truth
Lion Music [Release date 20.05.16] Lars Eric Mattson is a brilliant guitarist that not very many people outside music fans that dig a little deeper into guitar based music will easily recognize. It’s a shame too because everything I have … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Condition Red, guitar, guitarist, Illusion of Truth, Lars Eric Mattson, metal, progressive, review, rock
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Album review: GANDALF’S FIST – The Clockwork Fable
www.gandalfsfist.com [Release date 01.05.16] I enjoyed Gandalf’s Fist’s last album ‘A Forest Of Fey’, and they have really upped their game all round on this one. First, a mention about the packaging. Not only do we get a sumptuous triple … Continue reading
Album review: RICH ROBINSON – Reissues
Eagle Rock [Release date 22.02.16] With the Black Crowes looking to be all but consigned to musical history, Rich Robinson – founder, guitarist and writer of the music that made the band such a creative force – is now re-issuing … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Paper, reissue, review, Rich Robinson, rock, The Black Crowes, Through A Crooked Sun, Woodstock Sessions
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Album review: THE STANDARD LAMPS – Long Lost Love
www.thestandardlamps.com [Release date 22.04.16] Hot on the heels of last year’s rather good ‘Mono’ EP The Standard Lamps are back with new album. They have also been busy on the live front supporting The Bluetones at the end of last … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Long Lost Love, Oasis, review, rock, Squeeze, the Bluetones, The Jam, The Standard Lamps
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Quick plays: PHANTOM 5, LUKE ELLIOT, HEADLINE MANIAC
PHANTOM 5 S/T Frontiers [Release date 13.05.16] Phantom 5 is a new band/project featuring the familiar names of Michael Voss (Casanova/Silver/Bonfire/Mad Max), vocalist Claus Lessmann (ex-Bonfire), guitarist Robby Boebel (Frontline), drummer Axel Kruse (drums) and on bass Francis Buchholz (MS … Continue reading
Album review: ALBANY DOWN – The Outer Reach
Pete Feenstra chats to Albany Down with tracks from the album ‘The Outer Reach’ (25:00) First broadcast 22 May 2016 on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. More information www.albanydown.com [Release date 10.06.16] Album number three from Albany Down who are … Continue reading
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Tagged Albany Down, album, blues, funk, review, rock, The Outer Reach
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Interview: THE SENTON BOMBS
The Senton Bombs have released their latest album, ‘Mass Vendetta’, through 7Hard and here we catch-up with guitarist Damien Kage for more about the album and the band… How have the band changed musically since their inception back in 2004? … Continue reading
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Tagged 7Hard, Damien Kage, hard rock, interview, Joey Class, Rising Stars, rock, the Senton Bombs
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Interview: JEM GODFREY of FROST*
Frost* release their new album ‘Falling Satellites’ on 27 May and here we catch-up with Jem Godfrey for more on the album, tour plans and the perils of ironing board keyboards… An obvious one maybe but why has the rather … Continue reading
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Tagged Falling Satellites, Frost*, interview, Jem Godfrey, Joe Satrianni, John Mitchell, porgressive, prog, rock, Steve Via
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Album review: THE ANSWER – Rise 10th Anniversary Edition
TAP Music [Release date 17.06.16] Amazing to think The Answer’s debut album was released 10 years ago and this double CD special edition is a must for fans, plus the album gets a proper vinyl release. I won’t review the … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th anniversary, album, blues, classic rock, review, rock, THE ANSWER, The Rise
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Gig review: THE DOWLING POOLE – The Borderline, London, 14 May 2016
I last saw the Dowling Poole back in 2014 in acoustic mode and tonight they were playing in full electric band mode. The three full band gigs (tonight’s gig was the last of these – for now) nearly didn’t happen … Continue reading
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Tagged 14 May 2016, gig, Jon Poole, London, pop, psychedelic, review, rock, The Borderline, THE DOWLING POOLE, Will Dowling
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Album review: BLUE OCTOBER – Home
Membran/Up & Down [Release date 20.05.16] Blue October return with their follow-up to 2003′s ‘Sway’, an album which made my top 5 albums of 2o13. So as you can expect I was looking forward to hearing this one, particularly as … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt, BLUE OCTOBER, Home, JUSTIN FURSTENFELD, pop, review, rock
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News: TIM ARNOLD Scores Single For New Iggy Pop Film
‘Money Kills Love’ is the new single from UK solo artist Tim Arnold. The track is taken from forthcoming movie Blood Orange starring Iggy Pop, for which Arnold also wrote and produced the theme music. The movie will be screened … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Orange, film, Iggy Pop, Money Kills Love, music, rock, Tim Arnold
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Album review: BARENAKED LADIES – BNL Rocks Red Rocks
Concord/Universal [Release date 20.05.16] Barenaked Ladies (BNL) are one of those bands I have heard the name and read the odd album review through the years, but never really heard anything by them. That will change after listening to this … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Barenaked Ladies, BNL Rocks Red Rocks, Canadian, classic, live, pop, review, rock
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News: BLUE ÖYSTER CULT confirm London date on Friday 29th July
To mark the 40th anniversary since its original 1976 release on Columbia Records, the Long Island rockers Blue Öyster Cult will be jetting in from NYC to play their ‘Agents of Fortune’ album in full, plus a full set of powerful classics from … Continue reading
