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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS
FOGHAT re-issues
Foghat / Foghat aka Rock And Roll 5/5 Energised / Rock And Roll Outlaws 5/5 Fool For The City / Night Shift 5/5 Edsel 20120 WOW – a reissue campaign by my favourite band, now this is a good weekend. … Continue reading
Dougie White & La Paz – Granite
Metal Mind Productions 2012 Summary : Former Rainbow singer revisits his earlier band with impressive results I’m one of those Rainbow fans that rates the 1995 album “Stranger In Us All” as inferior to only the Ronnie James Dio fronted … Continue reading
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Album review: LARRY MILLER – On The Edge
Long time Get Ready To ROCK! favourite Larry Miller returns with his seventh album, another that demonstrates its creators love of the guitar greats like Rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray Vaughan et al…. and boy is this one a real grower! … Continue reading
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KING MOB – Force 9
SPV 2012 This band were formed by vocalist Stephen Parsons and guitarist Chris Spedding (both ex Sharks), also featuring former Pretenders drummer Martin Chambers and original Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock. The music mixes rock’n’roll, beat and a myriad of … Continue reading
THE POPES – New Church
Shake The Tree records 2012 Originally formed as Shane McGowan’s post Pogues backing band, current line-up are fronted by guitarist/vocalist Paul MadDog McGuiness and, alongside the twin guitar, feature a mandolin and fiddle. The immediate feel of the opening track … Continue reading
COUNTING CROWS – Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation)
Cooking Vinyl 2012 Multi platinum alternative rock and Counting Crows have released their first independent label studio album and it is a 15 track set of covers, many highlighting the band’s influences (surprisingly no REM here). Kicking off is Romany … Continue reading
LULEY – Today’s Tomorrow
AOR Heaven 2012 Centred around the talents of singer, guitarist and keyboard player Klaus Luley (ex-Craaft and Tokyo) this is some fine and classy melodic rock. Opener “Can’t Live Without You” is a big number, and “Mountain Of Love” dips … Continue reading
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MICKI FREE ELECTRIC BLUES – Tattoo Burn
Cargo Records 2012 Micki Free is a native American blues guitarist who you probably heard as a member of Shalamar (yes really) and Crown Of Thorns. But here, solo, he’s a rather good blues guitarist heavily influenced by Muddy Waters, … Continue reading
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URIAH HEEP – Official Bootleg Vol 5: Live In Athens, Greece 2011
Ear Music/Edel 2012 The latest live instalment of the Heep legacy kicks off in fine fashion with “Overload”, a solid number, but by the sound of the banter, we’re already a numbers into the show. The UK prog organ grinding … Continue reading
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RED JASPER – Sting In The Tale
Angel Air www.angelair.co.uk Recorded in 1990 but set squarely in Thatcher’s Britain of the previous decade, this folk prog five-piece nails its politics firmly to the mast of the Left, lambasting state authority and control, jingoism, corporate greed and corruption … Continue reading
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LINDISFARNE re-issues
Magic in The Air ***** Back and Fourth *** There really was magic in the air for the Geordie folk rockers when they reunited for a much-celebrated Christmas Eve gig taped at Newcastle City Hall in 1977, released the following … Continue reading
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DAVE BROCK – Memos and Demos
Atomhenge Hard to believe but we are only a handful of years shy of Hawkwind’s half century and battle-scarred though she may be, his mother ship has been fine-tuned over the years by chief helmsman Brock. “Memos and Demos” evidences … Continue reading
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ALREADY GONE – One Good Reason
Two Sides Moon/SLW 2012 Melodic rockers, Already Gone, cite influences from The Eagles to Avenged Sevenfold on this their debut album and I can hear what they mean. Frontman Luke Maskery once appeared on Stars In Their Eyes and it … Continue reading
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MORROW’S MEMORY – Moving Forward
Two Sides Moon/SLW Morrow’s Memory hail from Detriot, the most rocking of cities. Formed over the course of 6 months in 2009, working through what sounds like most of the musicians in the greater Detroit area before settling on a … Continue reading
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LOTUS PEDAL – Pedal To The Metal
Two Sides Moon/SLW 2012 According to the band’s blurb, the band’s name in sanskrit Sutra means ‘ the universal door of the enlightened ones who listen to the sounds of all the world’ try fitting that on the front of … Continue reading
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ALL BUT IMPOSSIBLE – Windfall
Two Sides Moon/SLW 2012 All But Impossible are a young trio, not sure what their average age is, but if their picture is anything to go by they would still qualify for a half fare on a bus. This fact … Continue reading
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POWERTRAIN – Off The Rails
Self Release 2012 Powertrain are a four piece made up of guys who have all been on the circuit for a long time and have a wealth of experience and talent within their ranks. The drummer, Jeffery McCormack alone has … Continue reading
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LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III – Older Than My Old Man Now
Loudon Wainwright is in reflective mood on this album, as the title track suggests he is now older than is dad who died aged 63, as Loudon III is now 64. The album features contributions from his family with daughter … Continue reading
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FROM TOM GALLEY THE CREATOR OF PHENOMENA – Awakening
The last album apparently to feature ‘From Tom Galley The Creator Of Phenomena’, as this album features ten cracking melodic rock songs but not related to the original concept of the earlier Phenomena albums. Even before you get to the … Continue reading
H.E.A.T. – Address The Nation
Edel/Ear Music 2012 This new album from Swedish melodic hard rockers HEAT introduces new singer Erik Gronwell is a blistering and cracking album – and a breath of fresh air. It’s very much a late 80s throwback – it’s classic … Continue reading
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JACK BLADES – Rock ‘N’ Roll Ride
FRONTIERS RECORDS 2012 www.frontiers.it A year after their back to form Somewhere in California album, Night Ranger lead singer and bassist Jack Blades capitalises on that momentum with his second solo album. Solo projects are often a vehicle for the … Continue reading
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HARD STUFF – Hard Stuff/Bolex Dementia
Angel Air (2012) More than a mere rock journeyman, late (2011) guitarist John du Cann connected fiery fretwork to balanced, considered composition and perfect stage poise to fine effect in a career that took in high points in Atomic Rooster and … Continue reading
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AOR – THE COLOURS OF LA
AOR BOULEVARD RECORDS 2012 Its a real statement of intent, and possibly a foolhardy one, when you call your band after your chosen genre of music. However French guitarist and songwriter Frederic Slama has called on his contacts from ten … Continue reading
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IT BITES ‘Map Of The Past’
Inside Out (2012) www.itbites.com The press blurb states this is the band’s first concept album but it is a very loose one based upon ‘the discovery of an old family photograph’ and going into the past to fix things that … Continue reading
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GYPSY PISTOLEROS – Forever Wild, Beautiful & Damned! Greatest Hist Vol. 1
Heavy Metal Records 2012 www.gypsypistoleros.com It may seem slightly early in a band’s career to release a greatest hits after only one and half albums plus they have only been around since 2006. But the idea here is to introduce … Continue reading
