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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS
Album review: ONE THOUSAND YEARS – Get Your Rabbit’s Foot And Run
Arguably, the only two reasons you will ever have heard of Fremantle, Western Australia (population 25,000) are that AC/DC’s spiritual leader, Bon Scott, grew up there (in the sense that it was there that he got older, though perhaps not wiser) and … Continue reading
Quick plays: IAN TOOMEY, DATURA4, DAVID COURTNEY, SKINAGE
IAN TOOMEY – Ascension Metal Nation [Released 04.09.15] Ian Toomey is the guitarist in Bitches Sin, a band that formed way back in 1980 and reunited back in 2008. This is his solo album, aided by legendary producer Chris Tsangarides, … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Angel Air Records, Ascension, Bitches Sin, blues rock, classic, Datura4, David Courtney, guitarist, Ian Toomey, Leo Sayer, metal, NWOBHM, pop, Quick Play, rock, Roger Daltrey, Skinage, Solo
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Album review: CONSIDER THE SOURCE – World War Trio Parts II & III
Techne Records [Release date 02.06.15] Creative, inspirational and intense, but with enough subtlety and light and shade to tap into the true elements of Prog Rock, ‘World War Trio (Parts 11 & 111)’ is an essential purchase of all true … Continue reading
Album review: LYNYRD SKYNYRD – One More For The Fans
earMUSIC [Release date 24.07.15] There’s nothing quite like an enduring back catalogue and a whiff of nostalgia to bring out the fans. And seeing as Bob Dylan, The Doobie Brothers and The Allman Brothers etc., have … Continue reading
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Tagged Artimus Pyle, Bob Dylan, Charlie Daniels, Cheap Trick, Drive By Truckers, Gov't Mule, Gregg Allman, Jamey Johnson, Jason Isbell, Jimmy Hall, John Hiatt, Johnny Van Zandt, Lynyrd Skynyrd, One More For The Fans, Peter Frampton, Randy Houser, Robert Randolph, Ronnie Van Zandt, southern rock, The Allman Brothers, The Doobie Brothers, Warren Haynes
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Album review: BITERS – Electric Blood
Earache Records [Release date 07.08.15] www.facebook.com/biters Biters are a four piece band hailing from Atlanta, USA and this debut album certainly tips it’s hat to 70′s rock with a little punk attitude thrown in for good measure. Unusual to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Biters, debut album, Earache Records, Electric Blood, glam, review, rock, Thin Lizzy
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Album review: POWWOW ORCHESTRA – Everybody Powwow!
[Release date 15.06.15] www.facebook.com/powwowthealbum This double CD is the work of composer and musical arranger Simon Webb. The story centres around Thomas Christian, a miner from the north of England, who travels to America where he falls in love with … Continue reading
Album review: VINDICTIV – World of Fear
MelodicRock Records [Release date 10.07.15] Swedish neo-classical metal band Vindictiv return with their fourth album, “World of Fear”, and their first with well-travelled vocalist Mark Boals. Guitarist Stefan Lindholm, keyboard player Pontus Larsson and bassist Nalle Påhlsson have been in … Continue reading
Album review: TEN YEARS AFTER, THE BLUE AEROPLANES (Access All Areas)
Edsel [Release date 29.06.15] CD/DVD Right up until his untimely passing in March 2013, Alvin Lee always bemoaned that he’d been typecast after Woodstock. And this 1990 TV concert demonstrates that he still carried the albatross of ‘Good Morning Little … Continue reading
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Tagged Access All Areas, Alvin Lee, blues rock, CD, Central TV, concert, DVD, Gallon Drunk, Matchbox, pop, psychedelia, punk, rock, rockabilly, Ten Years After, The Blue Aeroplanes
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Album review: FLORIAN GREY – Gone
Echozone [Release date 05.06.15] Florian Grey is a German singer/songwriter who cut his musical teeth with Eves End and has played live with the likes of Tarja Turunen. So it is no surprise to learn that this is a very … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, dark rock, Eves End, Florian Grey, Gone, gothic rock
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Album review: THE ZILLA PROJECT – This One’s For The President
[Release date 25.09.15] www.zillaproject.com The Zilla Project hail from Cyprus, not maybe a country you’d associate with blues based music. This four piece band are set to change that perception and if you like your blues steeped in the classic … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Cyprus, guitar, review, rock, the Zilla Project, This One's For The President
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Album review: JUPITER FALLS – Revolution
Broken Road Records [Release date: 10.08.15] This is a stunning debut from the young Yorkshire hard rockers. Jupiter Falls hail from Morley, Leeds and have delivered a confident, varied album of quality tunes, strong performances and massive promise. Formed only … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, classic metal, hard rock, Jupiter Falls, Revolution, Roy Z
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Album review: RUSS BALLARD – It’s Good To Be Here
umumusic.com The recent return of Russ Ballard – initially with Argent (reforming in 2010/13) – has been one of great rejoicing and relief. He was perhaps thought to be exiled forever in some L.A. mansion spending his dotage peeling grapes … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Argent, interview, It's Good To Be Here, Kiss, review, rock, Russ Ballard, singer, songwriter, Three Dog Night, umumusic, Unit 4 + 2
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Album review: FREDDIE STEVENSON – The Darkening/The Brightening
[Release date 18.09.15] Co-produced by Mike Scott, this release by British/American songwriter and guitarist Freddie Stevenson comprises 18 short stories written in the Scottish Borders and arranged in two song montages. Originally conceived as just The Brightening following breaking up … Continue reading
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Tagged album, folk, Freddie Stevenson, Mike Scott, review, singer, songwriter, The Brightening, The Darkening, The Waterboys
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Quick plays: OFFICER, GILMORE & ROBERTS, HIP HATCHET, SAM LEWIS
OFFICER Myriads You’d think – in these digital days – if you were going to record under a pseudo name, you’d have the foresight to pick one that might be a little easier to find via Google. But unless you’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Conflict Tourism, country, folk, Gilmore & Roberts, Hip Hatchet, Hold You Like A Harness, Let It Be, Mark Brown, Myriads, Officer, pop, review, rock, roots, Sam Lewis, Simon Murphy, singer, Skin & Bone, songwriter, Waiting On You
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Album review: SUPERTRAMP – Live In Paris ’79
Eagle Rock [Release date 17.07.15] This definitive Supertramp live set has been a long time coming. Originally recorded as part of the band’s 10 month Breakfast In America tour, and released as a double LP in 1980 it included the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, DVD, Live In Paris '79, pop, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Rick Davies, Roger Hodgson, Supertramp
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Album review: TIM BOWNESS – Stupid Things That Mean The World
Inside Out – Out Now. Musicians are truly unpredictable creatures! Take, for instance, British-born singer/songwriter Tim Bowness. Though a fairly active entity in the Progressive Rock scene, his valuable services provided to top-quality artists such as Robert Fripp, OSI and … Continue reading
Album review: SAGA – Best Of – Now And Then – The Collection
earMusic [Release date 03.07.15] A two CD best of released as a taster for the upcoming Saga re-issues due in the autumn. An interesting way to select the songs as it features one song from each of the band’s 21 … Continue reading
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Tagged album, best of, classic, melodic, Michael Sadler, Now And Then - The Collection, prog, progressive, review, Rob Moratti, rock, Saga
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Album review: S.A.Y – Orion
MelodicRock Records [Release date 22.05.15] S.A.Y are Swedish and ‘Orion’ is yet another melodic rock record from the Scandinavian melodic rock factory that keeps churning out releases like it was 1986 all over again. Who are S.A.Y then? Perhaps friends … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Jan Åkesson, Jens Westberg, melodic rock, MelodicRock Records, Orion, Peter Grundström, review, S.A.Y
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Album review: THE BURNING CROWS – Murder At The Gin House
Burning Crows Records [Release date 03.08.15] This is the second album release from The Burning Crows and on listening it would appear that the band are developing nicely. The thing which impresses here is the advanced song writing skills on … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerosmith, album, AOR, Bon Jovi, CD, Murder At The Gin House, review, rock, The Burning Crows, Whippz
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Quick plays: TONY IOMMI TRIBUTE, MARK MORRISS, GUNSHIP, CEREBELLION
VARIOUS – Great Lefty: Live Forever! www.tanzanmusic.com [Release date 04.05.15] An interesting double CD this one featuring a collection of Black Sabbath tribute bands, musicians and a couple of ex-Black Sabbath members, all paying tribute the master of the doom … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's music, album, Black Sabbath, Cerebellion, Covers, Great Lefty: Live Forever, guitarist, Gunship, Mark Morriss, metal, review, synths, the Bluetones, The Taste Of Mark Morriss, Tony Iommi, Tony Martin, tribute, vocalist
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Album review: ROOM EXPERIENCE – Room Experience
MelodicRock Records [Release date 22.05.15] First thing’s first…Room Experience…what an absolutely awful name for a band!!! Let’s hope the music improves things… Who are Room Experience then?…well it’s the name for Italian keyboard player Gianluca Firmo’s solo project which features … Continue reading
Album review: KELLY KEELING – Mind Radio
Frontiers Records [Release Date 03.07.15] After his shambolic display spoiled Baton Rouge’s long awaited Firefest appearance a couple of years back, I did wonder whether we would hear again from Kelly Keeling, but the respected singer whose husky, bluesy tones … Continue reading
Album review: DIMINO – Old Habits Die Hard
Frontiers Records [Release Date 03.07.15] Frank Dimino was lead singer in Angel, one of those cult seventies US bands talked of in hushed circles, but I was unaware he was still active in the business. However in one of Frontiers’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel, Dimino, Frank Dimino, hard rock, melodic rock
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Album review: WATKINS FAMILY HOUR
Family Hour Records [Release date 24.07.15] With Nickel Creek seemingly back on ice, Sara and Sean Watkins have gone back to one of their favourite live formats for their latest release. The Watkins Family Hour brings to record their long … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt country, Americana, bluegrass, country, Fiona Apple, folk, Nickel Creek, review, roots, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, Watkins Family Hour
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Album review: JARED JAMES NICHOLS – Old Glory And The Wild Revival
Listenable Records [Release date 06.04.15] The blues rock revival shows no sign of slowing and another newcomer worthy of your attention is 25 year-old US based blues rock guitarist Jared James Nichols. Prior to the release of this debut album … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, guitarist, Jared James Nichols, Old Glory and the Wild Revival, review, rock
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