Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS

Album review: SWAMP TRAIN – Premium Selection

Posted on March 23, 2013 by petefeenstra

Swamp Train [Release date 30.03.13 ] Swamp Train take their name from their own brand of down-home rhythms. Armed with cigar box guitars, washboard and harps they impressively carve out their own take on the blues. … Continue reading →

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Album review: BARNEY BENTALL – Flesh & Bone

Posted on March 23, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Three independent and seven studio albums into a career that kicked off in 1978, it’s a wonder that the name Barney Bentall – a Vancouver based singer songwriter – has never registered on the GRTR! radar. Those with an encyclopaedic … Continue reading →

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Album review: DE LA CRUZ – Street Level

Posted on March 23, 2013 by jason

Frontiers www.frontiers.it De La Cruz are yet another one of Frontier’s more recent signings that has seen them releasing albums by similar minded bands such as Crash Dïet and Crazy Lixx. Image yourself in Los Angeles, the Sunset Strip back … Continue reading →

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Album review: JO HARMAN – Dirt On My Tongue

Posted on March 22, 2013 by petefeenstra

Chief [Release date 12.03.13] Jo Harman is a ‘singer’s singer’. Everything about this album is tied up with her evocative phrasing, pristine diction and a husky voice that swamps the lyrics in honey. ‘Dirt On My Tongue’ is a surprisingly … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOE BONAMASSA – An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House

Posted on March 20, 2013 by petefeenstra

Provogue 2-CD set/2-DVD/Bluray [Monday 25.03.13] ‘An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House’ finds Joe Bonamassa playing to his strengths in an unplugged mode. Together with a carefully chosen multi instrumental quintet, his playing is eloquent, … Continue reading →

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Album review: BIG COUNTRY – The Journey

Posted on March 19, 2013 by jason

Cherry Red (Released 15th April) This marks a major step in Big Country’s history as it is the first studio album not to feature the late Stuart Adamson and the recording debut of the Alarm’s Mike Peters … Continue reading →

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Album review: NO BRAGGING RIGHTS – Cycles

Posted on March 18, 2013 by david.wilson

Good Fight (Release date – 28.03.13) Southern Californian five piece, No Bragging Rights, have been around since 2006 and this is album number two. The band master in hardcore punk with a metal edge coupled with vitriolic … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: STRYPER, PAPER AEROPLANES

Posted on March 17, 2013 by jason

STRYPER – The Second Coming Frontiers www.frontiers.it Stryper are having second wind with two studio albums since they returned back in 2003 (plus a covers album) and they are currently working on a new album for … Continue reading →

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Album review: ELEANOR McEVOY – If You Leave

Posted on March 17, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Mosco [Release date 15.04.13] I’ve suggested in the past that I’d be happy to listen to Eleanor McEvoy sing the telephone directory – her soft lilting brogue is simply that addictive. Looking for my latest ‘fix’, even I was concerned … Continue reading →

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Album review: ONWARD CHARIOTS – This Is My Confession

Posted on March 15, 2013 by jason

Ben Morss sure knows his stuff when it comes to music, and with his band, Onward Chariots, he shows off his immense knowledge in the form of the indie extravaganza “This Is My Confession”. It’s hard to get into the … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAVEN BLACK NIGHT – Barbarian Winter

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Yiannis

Metal Blade – Out Now. I am sure that most of you would have gathered by now that 70s and 80s Rock/Metal music is definitely back in fashion. I mean, all you really have to do is to have a … Continue reading →

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Album review: ORCHID – Wizard Of War

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Yiannis

Nuclear Blast – Out Now. If, as I really hope, you are frequent visitors of our album reviews page you will remember that back in January, I was quite generous when rating “Heretic” – the four track E.P of the … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE BIG TEUTONIC FOUR – The Big Teutonic Four E.P

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Yiannis

Nuclear Blast – Out Now. Ask a hundred Thrashers to name the most important Thrash Metal bands in the world and you are guaranteed to have the vast majority say, “That has to be the Big Four” referring, of course, … Continue reading →

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Album review: BIG BIG TRAIN – English Electric – Part Two

Posted on March 14, 2013 by jason

GEP www.bigbigtrain.com Following hot on the heels of ‘English Electric – Part One’ Big Big Train release the second part and this has high expectations, as its predecessor was runner-up in the ‘Prog’ magazine’s ‘Reader’s Poll’, … Continue reading →

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Album review: ALVIN LEE – The Best Of

Posted on March 13, 2013 by petefeenstra

Repertoire Records (2012) This album has been brought into sharp focus by the sad loss of Alvin Lee. The Woodstock guitar hero seemed to be more affected than most by the prevailing sweep of punk and new … Continue reading →

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Album review: CORB LUND – Cabin Fever

Posted on March 13, 2013 by petefeenstra

New West Records This album slipped through the net but roots fans should still check it out. Canadian country singer Corb Lund’s ‘Cabin Fever’ is a left field album with a difference. It’s is full of … Continue reading →

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Album review: MAN THE MACHETES – Idiokrati

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Yiannis

Indie Recordings – Out Now. Indie Recordings in a Norwegian Label with an eye for all things unusual and unique-sounding. Want me to throw a few names at you? How about Borknagar, Vreid, Cult Of Luna and Wardruna– all bands … Continue reading →

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Album Review: SPIN DOCTORS – If The River Was Whiskey

Posted on March 13, 2013 by petefeenstra

Ruf Records [06.05.13] Given the Spin Doctors penchant for funky rhythms and their early 90’s Hendrix meets Parliament style jamming, the idea of a blues album isn’t necessarily as incredulous as it might sound. The band paid … Continue reading →

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Album review: BLACK – Wonderful Life

Posted on March 12, 2013 by jason

Universal (Released 15th April 2013) Black’s ‘Wonderful Life’ was originally released back in 1987 (this reissue is the CD version that had fifteen songs, the vinyl version only featured ten songs) and of course the title … Continue reading →

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Quick Plays: ROCKY SHADE’S WILDSIDE RIOT, CYANIDE 4

Posted on March 12, 2013 by jason

ROCKY SHADE’S WILDSIDE RIOT – No Second Take Livewire/Cargo Formed in 2010 by former Wrathchild UK front man Rocky Shades, Wildside Riot are best described as a having a hard rock sound somewhere between the light end of NWOBHM and … Continue reading →

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Quick Plays: ALASCA,JIMMY BREWER,CHRISTA COUTURE

Posted on March 12, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

ALASCA Actors & Liars (IRL) AlascA are a four piece based near Amsterdam consisting of Frank Bond (vocals, guitars, bass) , William Bond (harmonies, keys), Ferdinand Jonk (harmonies, banjo, 12-string) and Louis van Sinderen). Endorsed as ‘magical’ by fellow countryman … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE WONDERSTUFF – Oh No It’s…The Wonderstuff

Posted on March 12, 2013 by jason

IRL (Released 25.03.13) This new album adds a second disc of cover versions, ‘The Midlands With Love’, where the Wonderstuff cover a number of songs from fellow Midlands based artists. Band leader Miles Hunt said this album would be a … Continue reading →

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Album review: SEBASTIAN BACH – ABachalypse Now

Posted on March 12, 2013 by jason

Frontiers www.frontiers.it Sebastian Bach is about to release the double live CD and DVD extravaganza that is “ABachalypse Now”. To get it out of the way first, there are not many bands who can replace such … Continue reading →

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Album review: GREAT WHITE – 30 Years…Live From The Sunset Strip

Posted on March 12, 2013 by jason

Frontiers www.frontiers.it It’s hard to believe that Great White are in the middle of celebrating their 30th Anniversary, 30 years that have seen both triumph and tragedy for the band, but still finds them sounding in top form. Recorded at … Continue reading →

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EP AND SINGLE ROUND UP – Damn Vandals, The Burning Of Rome, NG26, The Blueveils, Elysium

Posted on March 11, 2013 by david.wilson

DAMN VANDALS – Kings Of Never Sexy Beast ( Release Date – 18.03.13) This is the latest single lifted from the Damn Vandals’ album ‘Done For Desire’ which was released at the tail end of 2012. The two tracks on … Continue reading →