Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile)

Album review: SAXON – St George’s Day: Live In Manchester

Posted on March 23, 2014 by jason

UDR (2CD) [Released 17.03.14] You don’t get much better, or more British, than NWoBHM stalwarts Saxon, especially when they play on St George’s Day. This Manchester gig – a full show running to 2 hours and over 20 tracks covering … Continue reading →

Album review: L.R.S. – Down To The Core

Posted on March 22, 2014 by jason

Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Release date 21.03.14] Some fans don’t like these endless studio projects Frontiers comes up with, more fool them as L.R.S. is one of the best in many a year. Comprising of former 21 Guns vocalist Tommy La Verdi … Continue reading →

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Album review: CIRCA ZERO – Circus Hero

Posted on March 21, 2014 by jason

429 Records www.429records.com [Release date 31.03.14] An interesting collaboration between former Police guitarist Andy Summers (who is now 71 years old yet looks just turned 60!) and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Rob Giles. Interestingly Summers says writing with Giles has been the most … Continue reading →

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Album review: COEN WOLTERS BAND – Illumination

Posted on March 21, 2014 by petefeenstra

Crying Tone [Release date 20.01.14] Coen Wolters motto is, ‘let it rip and don’t be shy about it’. ‘Illumination’ is a hard hitting, well played and produced slice of funky tinged acid blues-rock. It’s an album that blows away the … Continue reading →

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Album review: GAMMA RAY – Empire Of The Undead

Posted on March 19, 2014 by jason

earMusic [Release date 31.03.14] An album made against adversity as their studio sadly burnt down and long time drummer Daniel Zimmerman left after fifteen years with the band, to be replaced by Michael Ehré back in 2012. It’s been four … Continue reading →

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Album review: HEART – Magazine (Hybrid SACD)

Posted on March 18, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Audio Fideltiy [Release date 18.03.14] Heart’s album ‘Magazine’ had a chequered history. After the initial success with ‘Dreamboat Annie’ the band fell out with the small label Mushroom Records. A legal dispute ensued as they tried to get out of … Continue reading →

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Album review: STAN BUSH – The Ultimate

Posted on March 17, 2014 by jason

MelodicRock Records www.MelodicRockRecords.com [Release date 17.03.14] Stan Bush is back with another fine melodic rock album and yes there is another revamp of ‘The Touch’ from ‘The Transformers’ movie, this time with a more electro edge. That’s not the only … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOHNNY WINTER – True To The Blues

Posted on March 16, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

True To The Blues - The Johnny Winter Story

Sony 4-disc set [Release date 24.02.14] In a year that sees the legendary blues guitarist – John Dawson Winter III – reach septuagenarian status, a 4-disc retrospective befitting of his stature. From the late-1960s, Winter has been influencing his peers … Continue reading →

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Album review: FAIRPORT CONVENTION – Moat On The Ledge

Posted on March 13, 2014 by jason

Eagle Rock [Released 24.03.14] Another good value 3-in-1 CD box set from Eagle Records that gathers together two live albums from Fairport Convention (who have had a lot of live albums released through the years!) and the band’s ‘XXXV’ studio … Continue reading →

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Album review: GOTTHARD – Bang!

Posted on March 13, 2014 by jason

Pias www.gotthard.com [Released 01.04.14] Solid hard rock is not something you associate with Switzerland, but Gotthard are one of Switzerland’s most successful bands. This is their 11th studio album, and second with vocalist Nic Maeder (after the death of original … Continue reading →

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Album review – GINGER WILDHEART – Albion

Posted on March 12, 2014 by david.wilson

Round Records (Release date – 31.03.14) For many years Ginger Wildheart has been at the forefront of rock. Whether with The Wildhearts, solo or in one of his countless side projects he has never been scared … Continue reading →

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Album review: DANIEL TRIGGER – Army Of One

Posted on March 12, 2014 by david.wilson

Two Sides Moon (Release date – Out Now) Daniel Trigger has been producing music for many years both as a solo artist and as part of the band Trigger who found some minor success in and … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: MIDNITE SKY, KRUK, THE CRINGE, FUSION ORCHESTRA 2

Posted on March 9, 2014 by jason

MIDNITE SKY – Blood, Sweat and A Little More www.midnitesky.de [Released 1.12.13] German melodic rock band who have a passion for bands like Europe, Dokken and Bonfire. Kicking off with the Europe sounding ‘Hellfire’ the band don’t really have any … Continue reading →

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Album review: H.E.A.T. – Tearing Down The Walls

Posted on March 9, 2014 by jason

Interview with Eric Rivers, first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 16 March 2014 (9:36) earMUSIC [Release date 14.04.14] Album number four by melodic hard rockers H.E.A.T. and the second with vocalist Erik Gronwell, who has really established himself … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOHN SEBASTIAN – Reissues

Posted on March 9, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

John B Sebastian, The Four Of Us, Tarzan Kid, Welcome Back plus BBC In Concert 1970 Edsel Records [Release date 10.02.14] Dylan just about nailed it when he pronounced ‘the times they are a changin’ in 1964 and John Sebastian, … Continue reading →

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Album review: ELEANOR McEVOY – Stuff

Posted on March 9, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Moscodisc [Release date 12.05.14] Compilations can be hit and miss affairs but Eleanor McEvoy’s got the balance just about right on 11 track ‘sampler’ that includes something for everyone by way of collaborations, single remixes and B-sides, and even some … Continue reading →

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Album review: PANIC ROOM – Incarnate

Posted on March 9, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Firefly Music [Release date 10.03.14] After their acoustic ‘chill out’ sojourn under the pseudo name of Luna Rossa, Anne-Marie Helder and Jonathan Edwards return with the latest release in their guise as main protagonists in Panic Room, a band whose … Continue reading →

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Album review: TWISTED SISTER – Reissues

Posted on March 8, 2014 by jason

Eagle Records [Release date 17.03.14] An interesting trio on this budget box set as it skips the band’s debut album ‘Under The Blade’ and their biggest seller ‘Stay Hungry’ (which the band re-recorded in 2004 as ‘Still Hungry’). You Can’t … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAMN VANDALS – Rocket Out Of London

Posted on March 8, 2014 by jason

[Release date 07.04.14] Damn Vandals are cultivating a sound that is hard to ignore. The band’s urgent take on fuzzed up punk-tinged stoner rock makes you sit up and take notice. Chuck in a dominating vocal delivery with shoutey hints … Continue reading →

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Album Review: DAUGHTRY – Baptized (Deluxe Edition)

Posted on March 8, 2014 by andynathan

19/RCA Records [Release Date 17.02.14] It may surprise those of us on this side of the pond, but the USA’s X Factor equivalent American Idol does occasionally spawn credible rock acts among the manufactured pop dross. One alumnus from the … Continue reading →

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Album Review: OVERLAND – Epic

Posted on March 7, 2014 by andynathan

Escape Music [Release Date 24.02.14] Few can keep up with the prolific form of Steve Overland. The man with the golden tonsils has kept up a steady stream of releases whether with the reformed FM, Shadowman, The Ladder or under … Continue reading →

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Album review: ALICE COOPER – Billion Dollar Babies

Posted on March 6, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Audio Fidelity [Release date 01.03.14] There’s been something of a glut of Alice Cooper re-issues of late – Trash and Hey Stoopid, The Eyes Of Alice Cooper and Dirty Diamonds, and Brutally Live – to name but a few. This … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOE BONAMASSA & BETH HART – Live In Amsterdam

Posted on March 6, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Provogue (CD and DVD) [Release date 24.03.14] I have to say I’m not a huge Bonamassa or Beth Hart fan – individually or collectively. To my mind Bonamassa is overhyped, and if my painful Liverpool Echo Arena experience is anything … Continue reading →

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Album review: ASIA – Gravitas

Posted on March 6, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Frontiers [Release date 24.03.14] Crop rotation is something those of us of a certain age will recall from O level geography – leaving land fallow and rotating crops leading to bigger and better harvests. Certainly over the years there’s been … Continue reading →

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Album review: 10cc – Live In Concert (Clever Clogs)

Posted on March 6, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Wienerworld [Release date 10.03.14] For the past few years Graham Gouldman has been touring “with friends” and keeping alive his 10cc legacy, bolstered with his own early history as tunesmith to The Yardbirds and The Hollies amongst others. This 2007 … Continue reading →