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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS
EP review : FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS – We’re Not Losing, We’re Just Not Winning
Self Release ( Release date – 26th August 2013) These pop punksters from Lincoln have only been together since the beginning of 2013, so they could be forgiven for producing substandard, badly written tracks. No such concessions … Continue reading
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Tagged CD, EP, For All The Wrong Reasons, Lincoln, pop punk, review, rock, We’re Just Not Winning, We’re Not Losing
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EP Review: CIRCADIAN PULSE – In The Blink Of An Eye
Self Release ( Release date – out now) This 5 track affair is the debut release from Melbourne prog metallers Circadian Pulse. Citing Dream Theater and Symphony X as influences gives you some idea of where the … Continue reading
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Tagged CD, Circadian Pulse, EP, In The Blink Of An Eye, Melbourne, prog metal, review, rock
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Album review: NIGHTGLOW – We Rise
Logic(il)logic records (Release date – Out now) Nightglow formed back in 2003 in Italy and have been rocking hard ever since. The band are unashamedly metal to the core and at one point were the official Manowar … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, metal, Nightglow, review, rock, Thrash, We Rise
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Album review: STONE ORANGE – The Dreamcatcher
Street Symphonies Records (Release date – out now) Stone Orange are the first band I have encountered from Slovenia and if this is the standard of rock in Ljubljana it may be worth further exploration. The four … Continue reading
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Album review: THE SUPER HAPPY FUN CLUB – All Funned Up
Throop Records (released August 5th) www.thesuperhappyfunclub.com This is the band’s second album and made after some difficult personal times for the band members. The album is full of mostly upbeat guitars and seriously addictive choruses and harmony vocals. ‘Move On’ … Continue reading
Quick plays: VALENTIINE, NEVERSTAR, WHITE CLOUDS & GUNFIRE
VALENTIINE Valentiine Valentiine – Vanessa (guitars / vocals), Erica (bass/vocals) and Shelly (drums/vocals) – are a 3-piece all girl garage rock outfit from Melbourne, Australia. And they come with attitude in abundance. Their laid back, almost nonchalant approach leans on … Continue reading
Album review: LUNA ROSSA – Sleeping Pills & Lullabies
Firefly Music [Release date 10.06.13] www.lunarossa.co.uk Panic Room have been one of my favourite bands to emerge over recent years, and Anne-Marie Helder one of the finest vocalists on the circuit. So I was looking forward to this ‘side project’ … Continue reading
Album review: GROUNDHOGS – United Artists Years 1972-1976
EMI [Release date 20.05.13] ‘Split’ with its black and white glossy gatefold sleeve was a staple in the knowing rock fan’s early-1970s collection. The Groundhogs, led by one-time John Lee Hooker sideman Tony ‘TS’ McPhee, were also a staple on … Continue reading
Album review: MARILLION – The Singles Vol.2, 89-95
EMI [Release date 22.04.13] This collection is a reissue of the now deleted 12-CD box set (2002) when all the singles had a nice repro card sleeve. The album charts the band’s more commercial Hogarth era from 1989 (and ‘Season’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 89-95, album, collection, compilation, Marillion, review, rock, Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, The Singles Vol 2
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Album Review: SPLIT SOFA – Coloured Dream
Self-released – 3rd April 2013 Good news folks – dig out the kaftans, it’s 1967 all over again. If the so-called ‘Summer Of Love’ did it for you way back in the day when The Fabs, … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Coloured Dream, Psychedelic Rock, Split Sofa
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Album review: AVANTASIA – The Mystery Of Time
Nuclear Blast – Out Now. Some may find this pretty hard to believe but it has been two whole decades since the German vocalist/songwriter Tobias Sammet released his first documented musical contribution, specifically to Edguy’s 1994 demo release “Evil Minded”. … Continue reading
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Album review: TICKET TO THE MOON – Dilemma On Earth
Brennus Music – Released November 2012 The tidal wave of superlative progressive rock emanating from continental Europe shows no sign of dissipating anytime soon and, for all aficionados of the genre, surfboards should be waxed-up and this … Continue reading
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Tagged Dilemma On Earth, Progressive Rock, review, Swiss, Ticket To The Moon
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Album review: MOCKINGBIRD – Live Cuts! Wizzfest, Belgium 2013
Self Release (Release date – 20th July 2013) All too often new bands try too hard to conform to the latest trends and jump on whatever bandwagon is doing the rounds at that point. It’s refreshing then … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, album, Belgium, CD, classic rock, Irish, Live Cuts!, Mockingbird, review, rock, Wizzfest
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Album review: OLIVA – Raise the Curtain
AFM Records Oliva is of course Jon Oliva of Jon Oliva’s Pain, Savatage and Trans Siberian-Orchestra (TSO) fame and this is his solo album. It differs from his JO Pain albums in that he handles most of the instruments himself, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Jon Oliva, Oliva, Raise the Curtain, review, rock, Savatage, Trans Siberian Orchestra, TSO
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Album review: MAT SINNER – Back To The Bullet
Re-issue AFM Records Mat Sinner released this long lost solo album back in 1990 in between releases from his own band Sinner and long before the formation of his current band, Primal Fear. AFM have seen fit to re-release Back … Continue reading
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Tagged AFM Records, Back to the Bullet, Mat Sinner, Primal Fear, Sinner
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Album review: EMILY MAGUIRE – Bird Inside A Cage
GRTR! only ‘discovered’ British born singer songwriter Emily Maguire with the release of her third album – ‘Believer’ – in 2009. As a calling card it was a sufficiently strong hand to make me browse her back catalogue and the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bird Inside A Cage, Emily Maguire, review, singer, songwriter
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Album review: THE DOOBIE BROTHERS – Live At Wolf Trap
Eagle Records/ Eagle Vision [Release date 25.05. 12] Somebody once said that despite having sold over 40 million records The Doobie Brothers could probably walk into your local pub and nobody would recognise them. And while that is stretching a point … Continue reading
Album Review: MILLENIUM – Ego
Lynx Music [Release date 25 May 2013] Despite the wave of fabulous progressive rock emanating from Eastern Europe at the moment, don’t get the idea that Millenium are just another new Polish band riding on the coat-tails of the likes … Continue reading
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Tagged Ego, Millenium, Poland, Progressive Rock, review
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Quick plays: UGLY GUYS, JOEL SARAKULA, NOEGA, MAD CHICKENS
UGLY GUYS – Lost in the Badlands Angel Air www.angelair.co.uk The Ugly Guys feature Paul Shuttleworth and Vic Collins from the legendary 70’s pub rock band the Kursaal Flyers and the band take their name from a Kursaal Flyers song. … Continue reading
Album review: X CONTRACT – Territory:Hours
Phillipa Records [Release date 19.08.13] Given the Brits love affair with all things Danish after the great success of ‘The Killing’ TV crime series, X Contract should clean up. We really liked their debut in 2012 – ‘Dearest Dream’ – … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Danish, Denmark, review, rock, Territory:Hours, X Contract
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Album review: TARJA – Colours In The Dark
Ear Music [Release date 02.09.13] Tarja Turunen is back with her eagerly anticipated new solo album, her first album of new material since 2010’s ‘What Lies Beneath’. The musicians featured on the album include some notable names – Doug Wimbish … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Colours in the Dark, Nightwish, review, rock, symphonic metal, Tarja Turunen
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Album review: PLANET GRAFFITI – Bad News
Planet Graffiti [Release date 01.05.13] Planet Graffiti is a Portsmouth based blues-rock power trio who have recently enjoyed 2 nationwide tours with New Jersey’s Billy Walton Band. ‘Bad News’ is their second album and despite the pessimistic title, it’s a sprightly, … Continue reading
Album review: HAMILTON LOOMIS – Give It Back
Ham-bone Records [Release date 06.13] Some artists spend their whole careers trying to nail their sound to label and package it. Hamilton Loomis is a fiercely independent musician who stridently walks away from all that. He even left his blues … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Collins, album review, blues, Bo Diddley, Bob Marley, funk, guitar, Ham-bone records, Hamilton Loomis, harp, horns, James Cotton, Jamie Little, Johnny Copeland, Michael Hedges, Prince, R&B, Sly & The Family Stone, soul, Stevie Wonder, Texas, Tommy Sims, Victor Wooten
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Album review: ISAAK – The Longer The Beard, The Harder The Sound
Small Stone Records www.smallstone.com Italy is not the first country you would associate with stoner rock, yet Isaak hail from there and have previously released a couple of albums under Ghandi’s Gunn, but changed their name to Isaak last year. … Continue reading
Album review: CHRIS WHILE AND JULIE MATTHEWS – Infinite Sky
Fat Cat Records [Release date 04.02.13] Chris While and Julie Matthews have been a musical partnership for 20 years, both as members of The Albion Band and as a multi instrumental duo. Julie has made her name as an award … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Cutting, Brian Hargreaves, Chris While, Christchurch, country rock, Eddie Reader, Fairport Convention, folk, Gretel Bergmann, Infinite Sky, Julie Matthews, Kellie While, Martin Simpson, New Zealand, roots, South America, The Albion Band, vocals
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