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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS
Album review: MATT WOOSEY BAND – On The Wagon
Self Release [Release date 28.03.13] The Matt Woosey Band’s ‘On The Wagon’ (geddit?) has far more substance than the album title suggests and is a sparkling advert for roots rock. The West Midland’s guitarist may pen blues … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, folk, guitarist, Matt Woosey, On The Wagon, roots, singer song-writer
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Album Review: FOR THE IMPERIUM – Hail The Monsters
Graphite Records (Release date – out now) Being a rock reviewer you are spoilt for choice when it comes to pigeonholing bands. There are so many genres and sub genres within rock that you can usually … Continue reading
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Album review: ENFORCER – Death By Fire
Nuclear Blast – Out Now. As part of the blessed 80s generation that got to enjoy all the classic Heavy Metal albums in their making I am sceptical about young bands that claim they play “True Metal”. I mean, what … Continue reading
Album review: LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH – Baphometic Chaosium
Metal Blade – Out Now. When you are a member of a band whose first ever worldwide tour has been in support of Glen Danzig, your subsequent tour experiences involve bands such as Kreator, Behemoth and you enjoy the financial … Continue reading
Album review: HATEBREED – The Divinity Of Purpose
Nuclear Blast – Out Now. Labels always accompany new releases with a press release, so I found the shortage of information on Nuclear Blast’s leaflet for Hatebreed’s sixth studio album “The Divinity Of Purpose” somewhat strange. On the other hand, … Continue reading
Album review: BEDEMON – Symphony Of Shadows
Svart Records – Out Now. Bedemon is a name that not many people, however much involved in Heavy Metal music, are expected to know. This has mainly to do with the fact that, even though they have been in existence … Continue reading
Album review: M.I.C. – 5th Avenue
Self release via Two Side Moon [Release date January 2013] M.I.C. is the brainchild of Canadian vocalist, guitarist and song-writer Yvon Serre, who over the last 8 years has carved out an AOR niche in China and … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th Avenue, 70's rock, AOR, Canadian Rock, China Rock, M.I.C., melodic rock, Pete Feenstra, pop rock, Yvon Serra
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Album review: BLUE TO BROWN – Blue To Brown
Remedy-records [Release date 18.02.13] Blue To Brown features the father and son duo of former Gets/z Loose vocalist and voice over artist Rob Brown and the multi instrumentalist and occasional vocals of Duran Duran guitarist and song writer … Continue reading
Album Review: THE LIDOCAINE – On The Road To Miero
Inverse Records (Release Date – Out now) When your first thoughts on listening to a record are ‘sounds like Roger Chapman of Family fronting System Of A Down’ you know you are in for an interesting … Continue reading
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Tagged On The Road To Miero, The Lidocaine
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Album Review: SKADIKA – Frozen Legends
Self Release (Release date – out now) According to the accompanying blurb with this album, Skadika sound like they have been constantly changing and evolving since their inception back in 2005. The only constant across the … Continue reading
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Album review: MIKE TRAMP – Cobblestone Street
Target Records [Release date 08.04.13] First up, if you are expecting something along the lines of White Lion, the harder rocking Freak Of Nature or something lighter in the melodic rock field be warned as this is an album Mike … Continue reading
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Tagged Cobblestone Road, Freak Of Nature, Mike Tramp, White Lion
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Quick plays: GENERATIONALS, LUKE GIRVAN, DINNERSTEIN & MERRITT, BRETT WALKER, VAMP
GENERATIONALS – Heza Polyvinyl Records (Released April 8th) A two-piece band consisting of Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer and they are assisted on percussion by the producer Daniel Black. I am not sure what they used to sound like as … Continue reading
Quick Plays: JOSH ROUSE, JOHN SMITH, THE LEISURE SOCIETY, JACKIE OATES
JACKIE OATES Lullabies Jackie Oates is a traditional folk singer songwriter who’s won countless awards since emerging on the scene in 2003. She’s also toured with Seth Lakeman and is a member of the folk ‘super group’ Imagined Village alongside … Continue reading
Album review: ANNIE KEATING – For Keeps
While Bob Harris listeners may be acquainted with the name, New York based Americana singer songwriter Annie Keating will be unfamiliar to most. But her self-released fifth album, For Keeps, should go some way to redressing that balance. For the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Annie Keating, For Keeps, review, rock, singer, songwriter
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Album review: FRANKA DE MILLE – Bridge The Roads
London based singer songwriter Franka De Mille has the distinction of being the only independent artist to be selected for the British Phonographic Industry’s Why Music Matters campaign alongside icons such as Nina Simone, The Beatles, Kate Bush, Louie Armstrong … Continue reading
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Album review: W.E.T.- Rise Up
Frontiers Records [Release date 22.02.13] In a genre whose natural tendency is to look backwards, few new melodic rock acts have been as eagerly anticipated as W.E.T. Their 2009 debut, fusing the talents of prolific and versatile ex Malmsteen, Talisman … Continue reading
Album review: SNAKEROOT – Downtown To Ghetto
http://www.facebook.com/snakeroottheband Formed back in 2008 in Istanbul Snakeroot have released this, their debut album digitally and after playing this one for a few times I am surprised a label hasn’t picked them up. They quote lots of … Continue reading
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Tagged Downtown To Ghetto, melodic rock, SNAKEROOT
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Album review: MIGHTY MOJOS – Hook Line And Sinker
Mighty Mojos self release [Release date 21.01.13] The Mighty Mojos certainly live up to their name. The band’s old school approach to high octane rhythm and blues (aka r&b) is a welcome breath of fresh air … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, David McClean, harp, Mighty Mojos, Pete Feenstra, R&B, slide guitar
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EP review: FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS – Exposition: The Five Before The Flames
Goremount Records (Released 11th March 2013) Exposition: The Five Before The Flames. Five songs written by each individual band member, giving a better insight to their personal characteristics within the dystopian world of Grandomina – a … Continue reading
Album review: JIMI HENDRIX – People, Hell & Angels
Experience Hendrix/Sony [Release date 04.03.13] Can there be any more Hendrix wine to tease from an ageing vine? It seems that with each new distribution deal (now with Sony Legacy) the opportunity is used to recycle and repackage material for … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, funk, guitar, guitarist, Hell & Angels, Jimi Hendrix, People, review, rock
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Album review: TRIGGERFINGER – All This Dancin’ Around
Dramatico Records [Release date 15.04.13] www.triggerfinger.net/ What’s in a name? Triggerfinger is a condition related to the forefinger, but transferred to a musical context, the concept might explain the Flemish combo’s jerky and restless style. They think nothing … Continue reading
Album review: MIND THE GAEP – Get Ready For Tonight
Leo Skull [Release date 23.03.13] Mind The Gaep is a powerful hard rock band with metal pretension, but it’s their softer underbelly that more accurately reflects their true calling. Scratch below the stunt guitar parts and … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, German Rock, hard rock, Marc Bugnard, metal, Mind The Gaep
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Album review: THE PETER ULRICH COLLABORATION – The Painted Caravan
Market Square Records [Release date 11.03.13] www.marketsquarerecords.co.uk There is a certain ethereal quality in this album, an eclectic mix for sure from the percussionist Peter Ulrich who featured in cult bands Dead Can Dance and This Mortal Coil. If Ulrich’s … Continue reading
Album Review: TIR NA NOG – Strong In The Sun
Esoteric Recordings Kicking off with a rigorous, up-tempo take on Nick Drake’s ‘Free Ride’, Irish multi-instrumentalist duo, Leo O’Kelly and Sonny Condell (augmented by producer Procul Harum’s Matthew Fisher on keyboards amongst others) embark on their most ambitious work, segueing … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s, folk, reissue, rock, strong in the sun, tir na nog
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Album Review – THE KISS THAT TOOK A TRIP – How The Mighty Have Fallen
Cheap And Pretentious ( Release date – Out now) Music comes in many forms and I like to think I have an open mind when listening to something new for the first time, hence the reason I got … Continue reading
