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Album review: MIDGE URE – Fragile
Hypertension Music [Released 07.07.14] Midge Ure returns with his first solo album of original material in over a decade. In between he has been touring with the revived Ultravox who also released an album. I will be honest and say … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, electronic, Fragile, Hypertension Music, melodic, Midge Ure, progressive, solo album, ULTRAVOX
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Album review : P-A-U-L Lamb & Detroit Breakdown – Take It From The Top
Nominated as the ‘Best Overseas Artist in the 2014 British Blues Awards’, Paul Lamb & The Detroit Breakdown use the blues as a launch pad for something far more adventurous. Their Detroit background leads them to dark imagery with lyrical … Continue reading
Album review : TED NUGENT – ShutUp&Jam!
Frontiers [Release date 04.07.14] Me and Uncle Ted have never been close – I did have a copy of Little Miss Dangerous but don’t now so it couldn’t have been very good. Lemmy croaked through a cover of Cat Scratch … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Derek St. Holmes, Mick Brown, review, Sammy Hagar, ShutUp&Jam!, Ted Nugent, Uncle Ted
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Album review: BERNIE MARSDEN – Shine
Provogue [Release date 18.08.14] Bernie Marsden’s ‘Shine’ explores a wide ranging musical horizon including a cleverly updated blues, slick AOR, kick ass boogie, riff driven and twin guitar rock, a steaming bluesy shuffle and a book-ended instrumental. By his own … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bernie Marsden, blues, Danny Kirwan, David Coverdale, Don Airey Cherry Lee Mewis, Ian Paice, Jimmy Copley, Joe Bonamassa, Mark Feltham, Peter Green, review, Rob Kass, rock, Shine, Sonny Landreth, Whitesnake, ZZ Top
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Album review: ROBERT REED – Sanctuary
Tigermoth Records [Release date 21.07.14] I don’t get this. Robert Reed (erstwhile Magenta man and architect of the stupendous Kompendium last year) ploughing a furrow that was well tilled by Mike Oldfield forty years ago and even using his collaborators … Continue reading
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Tagged album, instrumental, Kompendium, Magenta, Mike Oldfield, prog, progressive, review, Robert Reed, rock, Sanctuary, Tubular Bells
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Album Review: TIM BOWNESS – Abandoned Dancehall Dreams
Inside Out – Out Now. Tim Bowness is a much sought after singer/songwriter who is best known as Steven Wilson’s creative other half in the experimental Art Rock / Dream Pop outfit No-Man. Various collaborations have resulted in an impressive … Continue reading
Album Review: RAGE – The Soundchaser Archives
Nuclear Blast – Out Now. It was not very long after they released their debut album “Reign Of Fear” back in 1986 that the German Thrash/Power Metalers Rage were first brought to my attention and subsequent heart-stopping performances, one in … Continue reading
Album review: THE LAST VEGAS – Sweet Salvation
Frostbyte Media [Release date 02.06.14] Originally formed in 2003, Chicago, The Last Vegas really took off when joined by current vocalist Chad Cherry in 2008. The band beat 8,000 others to a prize which included opening for Motley Crue, a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, review, rock, Sweet Salvation, the Last Vegas
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Album review: THE YOUNG FOLK – The Little Battle
Pixie Pace Records [Released 08.09.14] Having witnessed an excellent gig by the band earlier this year in London I was looking forward to hearing their debut release. The band consists of Anthony Furey (vocals/guitar), Tony McCaughlin (bass/mandolin/vocals), Paul Butler (keyboards/vocals) … Continue reading
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Tagged album, folk, pop, review, The Little Battle, The Young Folk
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Album review: THE DOWLING POOLE – Bleak Strategies
369 Records [Release date: 11.08.14] https://www.facebook.com/TheDowlingPoole Not a Drowning Pool tribute band but the latest poprocktastic creation from Willie Dowling (Honeycrack/Jackdaw4) and his co-collaborator Jon Poole (ex-Cardiacs). They have funded this via Pledge Music and they sing and play all … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Beatles, Bleak Strategies, Cardiacs, Jackdaw4, Jon Poole, Kinks, pop, power pop, review, THE DOWLING POOLE, Willie Dowling, XTC
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Album Review: AISLES – 4:45 AM
Presagio Records [Release Date: 29.10.13] The world of progressive rock, in recent years, has been expanded to some of the furthest-flung corners of the globe. Not only from the likes of eastern Europe, Scandinavia and Japan but from less-expected outposts … Continue reading
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Tagged 4:45 AM, Aisles, album, Chile, prog, progrssive, review, rock
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Album review: NIGHT BY NIGHT – NxN
Nikk Gunns caught up with Ben and Damien from the band at their album launch on 17 July when they talked about their influences and hopes for the future. (6:26) Sun Hill Production/Cargo Records [Release date 14.07.14] So far 2014 … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ben Christo, Damien Diablo, gig, Henry Rundell, interview, night by night, NxN, review, rock, Sisters Of Mercy, Voodoo Six
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Album review: DEEP PURPLE – Purpendicular (reissue)
Hear No Evil Recordings [Release date 16.06.14] Deep Purple’s current album ‘Now What?!’ was a favourite of 2013, and ‘Purpendicular’ shows its blood line: the very first Purple album with guitarist Steve Morse in 1996. As ever it captures the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Deep Purple, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Purpendicular, reissue, review, rock, Roger Glover, Steve Morse
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Album Review: ANATHEMA – Distant Satellites
Kscope [Release Date: 09.06.14] Following on from the brilliantly anthemic ‘Weather Systems’ from 2012 and the dreamily divine live album ‘Universal’ from 2013, Anathema have unleashed ‘Distant Satellites’ on their passionately devout following – a devout following that I fear … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anathema, Distant Satellites, prog, progressive, review
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Album review: SEVEN – 7
Escape Music www.escape-music.com [Out now] Back in the late 80’s and into the early 90’s the AOR/melodic rock scene was thriving and record labels were signing up UK based acts like FM, Airrace, Little Angels, Dare and this band Seven … Continue reading
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Tagged 7, 80's music, album, AOR, Escape Music, FM, melodic rock, review, Seven
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Album review: BLACKTOP DELUXE – Turn Up Be Nice Play Hard
Blacktop Deluxe [Release date 13.05.14] Blacktop Deluxe are a Cornish based power trio featuring Keith Howe on guitar and vocals, Tim Chapple on bass and Alan Ibbotson on drums and vocals, with producer Gareth Young doubling on keyboards. ‘Turn Up … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Ibbotson, album, Blacktop Deluxe, Carlos Santana, Cream, Free, Gareth Young, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Howe, Mark Knopfler, Mike Hawkey, Peter Green, review, Robin Trower, Rory Gallagher, Tim Chapple, Travis Tritt, Turn Up Be Nice Play Hard, ZZ Top
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Album Review: DODSON AND FOGG – After The Fall
Self-released – [Release date: 22 April 2014] Remember, way back in the good old days of the late sixties and early seventies, how bands would bang an album out every six months or so? And such was the calibre of … Continue reading
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Tagged Acid Folk, After The Fall, Chris Wade, Dodson And Fogg, review
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Album review: CADO BELLE – Cado Belle (reissue)
Big Break Records [Release date 23.06.14] At last, Cado Belle’s one and only album – originally released in 1976 – gets a proper reissue. Earlier versions have suffered from a lack of bonus tracks, decent audio and packaging, with one … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Darby, album, Cado Belle, Colin Tully, Maggie Reilly, reissue, review, rock, soul
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Album review: JULES CARTER TRIO – Done Misbehaving
Jules Carter Trio [Release date 16.06.14] The Jules Carter Trio’s ‘Done Misbehaving’ is a frustrating album. The funky grooves, intricate guitar playing and tight band interplay from guitarist Jules, bassist Fingerz Carty and drummer Paul White is hampered by some … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Amy Winehouse, Bernard Purdie, blues, Brian Jones, Done Misbehaving, Elliott Randall, Fingerz Carty, funk, Janis Joplin, jazz, Jimi Hendrix, Jules Carter, Kurt Kobain, Larry Carlton, Les Harvey, Mark Knopfler, Paul White, Pete Ham, Robert Johnson
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Album review: MARILLION – A Sunday Night Above The Rain
earMUSIC [Release date 30.06.14] Available in 2-CD, 2 DVD and Bluray formats, A Sunday Night Above The Rain finds our intrepid heroes at a love fest. That is, at one of the band’s bi-annual Marillion Weekends. On this occasion, during … Continue reading
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Tagged A Sunday Night Above The Rain, album, Bluray, DVD, Ian Mosley, live, Marillion, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavsa, prog, progressive, review, rock, Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery
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Album Review: MEKONG DELTA – In A Mirror Darkly
Steamhammer/SPV – Out Now. A good thirty years since their inception, and German Prog Thrashers Mekong Delta continue to be an unknown entity for quite a few Metalheads out there – a state of affairs that surprises and annoys me … Continue reading
Quick plays: RAINBOWS ARE FREE, ROBIN GEORGE, LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III, SALIVA, AMANDA RHEAUME
RAINBOWS ARE FREE – Waves Ahead Of The Ocean www.rainbowsarefree.com [Released 04.08.14] This is the second album by Oklahoma based rockers Rainbows Are Free and if you like Stoner rock and big Sabbath riffs you will love this album. Even … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Amanda Rheaume, Angel Air, classic rock, Heartline, history, Keep A Fire, Loudon Wainwright III, Mark Stanway, Michae Des Barres, night by night, Phil Lynott, Rainbows Are Free, Red Molly, review, Rise Up, Robin George, Sabbath, Saliva, stoner rock, The Red Album, Thin Lizzy, Waves Ahead Of The Ocean
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Album review: STEVE HACKETT – Genesis Revisited: Live At The Albert Hall
Inside Out [Release date 30.06.14] Steve Hackett seems a genuine sort of guy, so let’s give him the benefit of the doubt and shelve the cynicism at the release of a second CD/DVD box set inside of 12 months capturing … Continue reading
Album review: DOUG GILLARD – Parade On
Nine Mile [Release date 14.07.14] Cleveland underground rock veteran Doug Gillard (Death of Samantha, Cobra Verde, Gem, Guided Voices, Nada Surf) knows exactly what he wants. ‘Parade On’ is an album packed with layered harmonies and jangly guitar-led power pop … Continue reading
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Tagged album, America, Bob Welch, Cobra Verde, Death of Samantha, Doug Gillard, Elvis Costello, Gem, George Harrison, Guided Voices, Joe Jackson, Kevin Ayers, Lou Reed, Love, Nada Surf, Parade On, review, Roger McGuinn, Squeeze, The Association, The Beatles, The Byrds, XTC
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Album Review: JOHN MAYALL – A Special Life
Forty Below [Released date 19.05.14] John Mayall probably makes light of the fact that he’s 80, reasoning that as long as he can continue to match his passion for the blues with the ability to play it, he will be … Continue reading
