Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS

Album review: WARRANT – Belly To Belly Vol.1

Posted on March 22, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

Deko Entertainment [Release date 15.04.26] Warrant’s fifth album ‘Belly to Belly, Vol. 1′ has been remastered and repackaged and is being re-released in April, and for the first time will also be released on vinyl. Originally released in 1996 it … Continue reading →

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Album review : CHEZ KANE – Reckless

Posted on March 22, 2026 by brianmc

Frontiers Music [Release date : 27.3.26] We’re cranking the machine back to 1986. Yes, sounding like every Desmond Child Holly Knight/Diane Warren penned AOR hit 40 years ago, the album launches with the title track, ‘Restless’. Only this time with … Continue reading →

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Album review: TYKETTO – Closer To The Sun

Posted on March 20, 2026 by andynathan

Silver Lining Music [Release Date 20.3.26] For so long one of rock’s best kept secrets, Tyketto’s mainstream exposure has grown over the past few years with well-received appearances at broader festivals outside their melodic rock genre and even a detailed … Continue reading →

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Album review : JOHNNY COUGAR (MELLENCAMP) – American Dream, The Mainman Recordings 1976-77 (2 CDs)

Posted on March 20, 2026 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date : 27.03.26] John Mellencamp, now an accomplished artist (visually as well as musically) and gallery owner, took the Cougar surname at his manager’s insistence. He thought the record buying public would find the Cougar name much … Continue reading →

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Album review : LOU GRAMM – Released

Posted on March 18, 2026 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date: 27.03.26] Foreigner’s Lou Gramm and Mick Jones were one of melodic rock’s divine pairings who eventually separated. 25 years, 10 band albums, 2 solo albums and 60 million sales later, Gramm has survived a life threatening … Continue reading →

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Album review : THE LOVIN SPOONFUL – What A Day For A Daydream – The Complete Recordings 1965-69 (7CD Boxset)

Posted on March 17, 2026 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date: 27.03.26] The Lovin Spoonful lineup – John Sebastian, Zal Yanovsky, Joe Butler and Steve Boone – coalesced in New York’s folk music hub, Greenwich Village in 1964, honing their sound in the city’s nightclubs before they … Continue reading →

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Album review: TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND – Future Soul

Posted on March 15, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

Fantasy Records/ Swamp Family Music [Release date 20.03.26] When your debut album wins a Grammy, the sense of overachievement could be something hard to deal with. Fortunately, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks seemingly saw this as an indication that they … Continue reading →

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Album review: AEROSMITH (Deluxe expanded edition)

Posted on March 15, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

Universal Music Group [Release date 20.03.26] One of the USA’s rock bands, Aerosmith have released 15 studio albums, and sold 150 million records world-wide. And their blend of rock, blues, glam and pop has been very influential too. With roots … Continue reading →

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Album review : IGNESCENT – Eternal

Posted on March 15, 2026 by brianmc

Frontiers Music [Release date : 20.03.26] Judge a hot band by the company they keep. Ignescent have opened for Flyleaf, Skillet, Stryper and many other headline metal/hard rock acts in recent years. You could hear the influences of these bands … Continue reading →

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Album review : WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT – Film and TV Music Of The Swinging Sixties (3 CDs)

Posted on March 14, 2026 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date 27.03.26] The label says : “An aural soundtrack for a generation who grew up listening, not only to great pop music, but a feast of TV and Film themes”. Indeed it is, for more than one … Continue reading →

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Album review: LIGHTNING THREADS – Trinkets

Posted on March 13, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

https://www.lightningthreads.com/ [Release date 28.01.26/Streaming 01.05.26] The follow up to their 2023 debut album, ‘Off That Lonely Road’ the Threads new record, ‘Trinkets’ sees the band following much the same Blues rooted path but there’s a growing maturity, evident in both … Continue reading →

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Album review: LAUTENFEYN – Verdammt Und Vergessen

Posted on March 13, 2026 by david.wilson

Magic Mile Music [Release date 06.03.26] Many years ago I was sent a CD to review (remember them?) by a German band called The Ordeal. The album was Descent To Hell and it was a metal masterpiece that still gets … Continue reading →

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Album review : BLODWYN PIG – The Recordings 1969-74 (3 CDs, Remastered and Expanded)

Posted on March 12, 2026 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date : 20.03.26] Blodwyn Pig had quite some pedigree. 1968: Founding member Mick Abrahams (guitar/vocals) came straight from Jethro Tull, after some conflicts with Ian Anderson over musical direction. Co-founder Jack Lancaster, sax and flute virtuoso, had … Continue reading →

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Album review: EMERALD MOON – The Sky’s The Limit / The Sky’s The Limit Tour 2025

Posted on March 12, 2026 by petefeenstra

Pete Feenstra chatted to Vanessa Di Mauro, singer with Emerald Moon, for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, illustrated with tracks from the two latest albums. First broadcast 15 March 2026. Inouie [Release date: 13.03.25] It’s temping to use phrases like … Continue reading →

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Album review : VENUS 5 – The March Of The Venus 5

Posted on March 11, 2026 by brianmc

Frontiers Music [Release date: 20.03.26] What’s so attractive about Venus 5’s second album is its refusal to choose one discrete genre, sub-genre, whatever. It dances around the fringes of pop metal, heavy metal and symphonic metal, all laced with tight … Continue reading →

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Album review: CASEY MAUNDER – Smash Down Jericho

Posted on March 7, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 20.03.26] Album number three from Casey Maunder and pleased to report that he carries on with his high standards of penning catchy, melodic hard rock. Of the ten songs on here, only ‘Paint’ has been released ahead … Continue reading →

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Album review: GARY MOORE – Reissues (2006-2014)

Posted on March 7, 2026 by jason

BMG [Release date 24.04.26] Blues and rock guitarist extraordinaire Gary Moore, who sadly died in 2011, left quite a legacy, whether the solo blues or rock or with other artists such as Thin Lizzy. BMG continue their reissue campaign with … Continue reading →

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Album review : ASIA – Live In England

Posted on March 7, 2026 by brianmc

Frontiers Music [Release date : 13.03.26] Set in the heart of the East Sussex countryside, at night the Trading Boundaries Café transforms into an award winning live music venue, hosting concerts from world class artists in an intimate setting. Not … Continue reading →

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Album review: SQUEEZE- Trixies

Posted on March 6, 2026 by andynathan

BMG Records [Release date 06.03.26] Something old, something new….. for Squeeze’s first studio album in over eight years since 2017’s ‘The Knowledge’ they have revisited what might in a parallel world have been their debut album. At the outset of … Continue reading →

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Album review: IAN GILLAN BAND – Down The Road: The Complete Ian Gillan Band Story

Posted on March 6, 2026 by jason

Edsel/Demon Music Group [Release date 27.03.26] After leaving Deep Purple in 1973, vocalist Ian Gillan dipped into a number of business ventures outside of music, before contributing to Roger Glover’s Butterfly Ball live show at the Royal Albert Hall, which … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAINBOW – Temple Of The King 1975/76

Posted on March 6, 2026 by jason

Edsel/Demon Music Group [Release date 27.03.26] Originally touted as Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow were formed by Deep Purple guitarist Blackmore. In late 1974, Blackmore had wanted to record a cover of Quatermass’ Black Sheep Of The Family, and did so as … Continue reading →

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Album review : THE LONG RYDERS – High Noon Hymns

Posted on March 5, 2026 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date: 13.03.26] The Long Ryders are a band who’ve been long associated with the advent of the Paisley Underground movement in the early eighties. Also Punk, Country Rock, Clarence White, Gene Clark, Walter Hill and The Byrds. … Continue reading →

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Album review : GABE STILLMAN – What Happens Next?

Posted on March 4, 2026 by petefeenstra

Gulf Coast Records [Release date: 27.03.26] With an impressive CV which includes graduating from the Berklee School of Music, being a finalist at the 35th Annual International Blues Challenge and a Gibson Guitar Award winner, you might be surprised to discover … Continue reading →

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Album review: SONS OF TOWN HALL – Of Ghosts and God

Posted on February 28, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date: 06.03.26] Sons of Town Hall formed nearly a decade ago in a London pub and consist of singer-songwriters Ben Parker and David Berkeley. Sons of Town Hall have crafted an elaborate fictional world to frame the album, … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROBIN TROWER – Live!

Posted on February 28, 2026 by jason

Chrysalis [Release date: 03.04.26] Guitarist Robin Trower made himself as a guitarist, originally with Procol Harum, before forging a successful solo career. Most will (or should) know his classic second album, Bridge Of Sighs, which was remastered and expanded last … Continue reading →