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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile)
Album review: THE DEAD DAISIES – The Dead Daisies
Spitfire Music [Release date – out now] The Dead Daisies career is, ironically, blooming at the moment. The lead single from the album ‘Lock ‘N’ Load’ featuring Slash on guitar is all over the rock radio stations and the band … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, CD, Dave Lowy, Guns 'N' Roses, INXS, Jon Stevens, Noiseworks, review, rock, Slash, The Dead Daisies
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Album review: FALLING RED – Empire Of The Damned
Self Release [Release date – 27.01.14] There can’t have been many rock bands from Carlisle over the years but Falling Red may be about to put the town firmly on the rock map. Over the last 6 years the band … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Carlisle, Empire Of The Damned, Falling Red, metal, review, rock
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Album review: CRYSTAL VIPER – Possession
AFM Records www.afmrecords.de With an album cover looking like a tacky horror movie or a bad King Diamond album from the 1980’s the preconceptions start before I’ve even listened to this new release from Polish metal band Crystal Viper. Crystal … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CRYSTAL VIPER, metal, Poland, Possession, review, rock
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Album review: SUSAN CATTANEO – Haunted Heart
Jersey Girl Music [Release date 20.01.14] We’ve been impressed at GRTR! by Cattaneo’s previous releases, and her fourth album Haunted Heart continues the good work. The warm honeyed vocals of previous releases are still there, as is range of styles … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, country, folk, Haunted Heart, review, roots, singer, songwriter, Susan Cattaneo
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Album review: EILEEN ROSE – Be Many Gone
Rarely have I seen a PR sheet so devoid of information about an album. And the absence of sleeve and associated credits, lyrics etc doesn’t help either. But here goes. A few year’s back singer songwriter Eileen Rose’s album – … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt country, Be Many Gone, Eileen Rose, review, singer, songwriter
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Album review: THE BOOMTOWN RATS – Classic Album Selection 1977-1984
Universal [Release date 21.10.13] The latest record company wheeze to squeeze the last vestiges of profit out of dusty back catalogues seems to be the ‘reasonably priced’ box set. Which can be very good news for the discerning punter, but … Continue reading
Album Review: COSHISH – Firdous
Universal Music India [Release Date 11.09.13] One of the perks of being a reviewer is that, just occasionally, a little gem pops up out of the general slew of releases that, had you not been reviewing, would … Continue reading
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Tagged Coshish, Firdous, India, Progressive/Art Rock, review
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Album review: STEELEYE SPAN – Wintersmith
Park Records This is a departure for the revered folk rockers Steeleye Span, as the album is based on the novel ‘Wintersmith’ by Terry Pratchett, who also appears on the album and has a hand in writing the songs too. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Discworld, fantasy, folk, folk rock, Park Records, Peter Kinight, review, Steeleye Span, Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith
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The Best Of 2013 – top albums, top live acts – the reviewers’ choice
Every year we ask the GRTR! Team to list their favourite albums and gigs of the year. As ever, it is a very eclectic mix and reflects the very broad and all-embracing tastes of our reviewers. How have we arrived … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, artists, Best of 2013, Get Ready to ROCK!, live act, poll, vote
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Album review: RHAPSODY OF FIRE – Dark Wings Of Steel
AFM Records – [Release date 25.11.13] Keyboard wizard Alex Staropoli, founding member of the Symphonic Metal outfit Rhapsody (Rhapsody Of Fire since 2006), is a man who has suffered trials and tribulations and undoubtedly grown a second skin through relentless … Continue reading
Album review: ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD – Songs From The Road
Ruf [Release date 18.11.13] Royal Southern Brotherhood ‘Songs From the Road’ cements their place as one of the most essential live experiences in 2013. From their self titled debut album to their incendiary live shows, it’s been a long time … Continue reading
Album review: SPARKS – New Music For Amnesiacs – The Essential Collection
Lil Beethoven Records (2CD) This two CD, 40 song best of is a condensed version of the recent box set, which features 83 songs. Sparks may be masters of pop yet they have had an influence in the rock world … Continue reading
Album review: ANGELICA – Thrive
Frontiers www.frontiers.it Murder of My Sweet front woman Angelica Rylin has moved away from their symphonic metal sound for her debut solo release – Thrive is another one of Frontier’s all-star melodic rock records. Angelica has brought fellow band members … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alessandro Del Vecchio, Anders Wigelius, ANGELICA, AOR, Harry Hess, melodic rock, review, Robert Sall, Thrive
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Album review: BADHOVEN – Obsession
ATS Records (Release date – out now) The last group I can think of that broke out of Austria were the Von Trappe Family Singers who went on to find success in America. With the right … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Austria, Badhoven, CD, metal, Obsession, review, rock
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Quick plays: HANZEL UND GRETYL, SASQUATCH, HIDRIA SPACEFOLK, TOMAS BERGSTREN. JAMES McMORROW
HIDRIA SPACEFOLK Astronautica (Hidria Records) http://hidriaspacefolk.st/ This Finnish band formed in 1999 and their first album ‘Symbiosis’ came out in 2002. The band seem to have evolved organically, and slowly, as band members have come and gone sometimes to have … Continue reading
Album review: REO SPEEDWAGON – Live At Moondance Jam
CD/DVD – Frontiers Records [Release Date 29.11.13] It’s a strange feeling to be reviewing a CD of a gig I have fond memories of attending, especially as it was nearly four years ago and the band are scheduled to play … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, classic rock, Kevin Cronin, melodic rock, Moondance Jam, REO Speedwagon
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Album review: ZOE SCHWARZ BLUES COMMOTION – The Blues Don’t Scare Me
33 Jazz [Release date 04.11.13] Zoe Schwarz’s clarity of diction and unique phrasing mark her out as a special singer capable of making any song exclusively her own. She’s equally happy as a sultry, soulful blues singer or as a … Continue reading
Album review: BOSTON – Life, Love & Hope
Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 09.12.13] Relatively quick in Boston terms at just over ten years since the last album ‘Corporate America’ and some songs of that album get reworked by Tom Scholz on this album, a man always on a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Boston, Brad Delp, classic rock, Gary Phil, Life, Love & Hope, melodic rock, review, Tom Scholz
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Album review: MICK FARREN AND ANDY COLQUHOUN – Black Vinyl Dress
Gonzo [Release date 28.1013] Mick Farren once said: ‘I’m a lousy singer, but a brilliant rock star’. And while that may be true, the rock scene has all but dissipated and our anti heroes need to do more than come … Continue reading
Album review: FUGHU – Human – The Tales & Human – The Facts
Fughu [Release date 2013] Argentinean prog-metal band Fughu don’t do things by halves. Apart from releasing two separate albums as a double album, their complex music also wraps itself round two nightmarish librettos, the full drama of which is emoted … Continue reading
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Tagged Bowie, Crimson, Damian Wilson, Dario Schmunck, Family, Fughu, GEA, Gentle Giant, Human - The Tales & Human - The Facts, Iron Maiden, Jeff Kolman, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, prog metal, Queen, Santiago Burgi, Van Der Graaf Generator
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Album review: DEF LEPPARD – Viva Hysteria!
Frontiers (2CD/DVD) www.frontiers.it One of Britain’s best and hardest working rock bands, Def Leppard have always been at the melodic end despite growing up with the NWoBHM scene. After the classic third album ‘Pyromania’ (which went diamond in the USA), the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Def Leppard, Joe Elliot, Las Vegas, melodic rock, review, rock, Steve Collen, Viva Hysteria!, Vivian Campbell
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Album review: RHAPSODY OF FIRE – Dark Wings Of Steel
AFM Records www.afmrecords.de [Release date 25.11.13] Rhapsody of Fire return with their first studio album since the amicable split of main songwriters Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli in 2012 – Luca has his own version of the band called … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Dark Wings Of Steel, Fabio Lione, power metal, review, RHAPSODY OF FIRE, rock
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Album review: CRYSTAL GRENADE – Lo! And Behold
Gonzo [Release date 14.10.13] A wonderful name, Crystal Grenade. One that belongs to Mancunian songstress Carol Hodge, described as ‘Shakespears Sister fighting Amanda Palmer and Tori Amos in a dimly lit Victorian pub’. If that conjures up images of heavily … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Crystal Grenade, Lo! And Behold, review, rock, singer, songwriter
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Album review: PAUL GUZZONE – Chasing The Moon
Triple Z Music [Release date 2013] New York based Paul Guzzone describes himself as ‘an electronic troubadour’. He’s big on sonic textures, wry narratives, catchy hooks and songs that draw you in. ‘Chasing The Moon’ is an unlikely but successful … Continue reading
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Tagged Chasing The Moon, Dr. Hook, electronics, MOR, Orange Juice, Paul Guzzone, review, roots, singer songwriter
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Album review: GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS– Live At Montreux 2013
Eagle Rock[Release date 18.11.13] Having paid his dues through relentless road work – including a 50 states in 50 nights tour – and his self titled debut album in 1976 – George Throrogood made his major label breakthrough on Capital … Continue reading
