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Gig review: CROBOT/Scorpion Child – Live Rooms, Chester, 11 November 2015
Crobot and Scorpion Child are currently on a Europe-wide tour plying their groove laden rock and roll to many a welcoming fan and tonight The Live Rooms in Chester went back a few decades to when sideboards were on the … Continue reading
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Tagged 11 November 2015, Buffalo Summer, Chester, Crobot, gig, review, rock, Scorpion Child, The Live Rooms
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Gig review: TRACER/The Vitals – Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton, 8 November 2015
The Aussie rockers have hit the UK for their headline tour straight off the back of a European support slot with Apocalyptica and are ready to promote and play tracks from their new album ‘Water For Thirsty Dogs’. Despite the … Continue reading
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Tagged 8 November 2015, gig, heavy rock, review, Slade Rooms, The Vitals, Tracer, Wolverhampton
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Gig review: VIRGINMARYS – Sugarmill, Stoke, 6 November 2015
Somehow I totally missed out on the Virginmarys, I’d heard of them and indeed was told many times to go and see them live but our paths never crossed until tonight where at the Sugarmill Stoke they play the first … Continue reading
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Tagged 6 November 2015, gig, review, Stoke, Sugarmill, Virginmarys
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Gig review: SIMO – St.Moritz Club, London, 23 November 2015
Sometimes you just have to dip into the past to make sense of the present and such is the case with alt. Nahville’s psychedelic tinged improvisational jam trio Simo. Their intense improvisational spirit draws from a wide variety of classic … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Abrashoff, blues, Cream, Elad Shapiro, Fleetwood Mac, gig, J.D.Simo, JOE COCKER, Leo Lyons, Let Love Show The Way, Mike Bloomfield, Mountain, Nashville, Peter Green, Phish, Pink Floyd, psychedelia, review, rock, Simo, soul, Ten Years After, The Allman Brothers. Grateful Dead, Umphrey McGhee, Vanilla Fudge, Widespread Panic
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Album review: DANZIG – Skeletons
AFM Records [Release date 27.11.15] “Skeletons” is Glenn Danzig’s first studio release since “Deth Red Saboath” back in 2010 and it is an album of covers of songs that have influenced his career. The songs were supposedly recorded at various … Continue reading
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Tagged AFM Records, album, covers album, Danzig, Glenn Danzig, metal, review, Skeletons
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Gig review: SNAKECHARMER – Islington Academy, 13 November 2015
None of us knew it at the time, but Snakecharmer’s winter tour, including this London date, proved to be Micky Moody’s farewell to the band, leaving them in a state of flux. On the night however it was a night … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Touch, blues rock, Chris Ousey, gig, hard rock, Harry James, Islington Academy, Laurie Wisefield, Micky Moody, Neil Murray, review, Snakecharmer, Thunder, Whitesnake
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Quick plays: AMBERIAN DAWN, SUNSPOT, LUKE GASSER
AMBERIAN DAWN – Innuendo Napalm Records [Release date 23.1.15] Second album from the Finnish symphonic metal band to feature vocalist Capri Virkkunen and she helps lift the band from another run of the mill metal band. To be honest it … Continue reading
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Tagged A Quest For Life, Abba, album, alternative, Amberian Dawn, Angel Air, Crsytal Gates, David Ellefson, Doll Skin, EMP Records, Innuendo, Love Affair, Luke Gasser, Megadeth, metal, review, rock, Steve Ellis, Sunspot, symphonic, Weirdest Hits
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DVD review: LYNYRD SKYNYRD- Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd and Second Helping Live from Jacksonville at the Florida Theatre
Eagle Rock [Release date 23.10.15] CD/DVD/Bluray Live DVD’s from the post reformation Skynyrd have been a dime a dozen, but this latest release has an interesting twist to justify its existence. Rather than a standard Greatest Hits show, they took … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, DVD, Gary Rossington, Johnny Van Zant, Live from Jacksonville at the Florida Theatre, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mark Matejka, Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd, review, Ricky Medlocke, Second Helping, southern rock
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Gig review: WALTER TROUT/Simo – 02 Forum, London, 21 November 2015
Perhaps only Walter Trout can transform the recollection of his own abject desperation and ill health into resonant blues-rock. Aside from completing his lengthy journey back to his rightful place in front of his adoring European fans – in this … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Elt, B.B. King, Battle Scars, blues, Danny Bryant, Don Nix, gig, JD Simo, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Griparic, Jon Trout, Luther Allison, Michael Leasure, Nicky Horn, review, rock, Sammy Avila, Simo, Walter Trout
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Album review: SAM COULSON – Electric Classical
Self-release [Release date 20.11.15] This album is probably best described as “economical”. From the single sheet inlay to the 25 minute playing time. What is perhaps most surprising is that it is fashioned by young Sam Coulson who evidently feels … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Asia, classic, Electric Classical, guitar, guitarist, review, Sam Coulson
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Album review: NIK TURNER – Space Fusion Odyssey
Cleopatra Records [Release date 30.10.15] Nik Turner’s biography ‘The Spirit Of Hawkwind 1969-1976′ has just been published and chronicles the earlier sorties of this enduring space cadet. If you thought Nik Turner in Hawkwind parped away in search of a … Continue reading
Album review: MIKA – No Place In Heaven
Republic Records/Universal [Released 13.11.15] Now a quick rant about guilty pleasures in music. For me there is no such thing, music is either good or bad and is there to be enjoyed and share. I know we like genres and … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s music, album, CD special edition, ELO, Freddie Mercury, melodic, Mika, No Place Like Heaven, pop, review, rock
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Album review: PHANTASMA – The Deviant Hearts
Napalm Records [Release date 27.11.15] Phantasma is a project consisting of Georg Neuhauser (Serenity), Oliver Philipps (Everon) and Charlotte Wessels (Delain). Helping out are drummer Jason Gianni, bassist Randy George from Neal Morse’s band and Tom Buchberger (ex-Serenity) guests on … Continue reading
Gig review: THEA GILMORE – Liverpool Philharmonic, 17 November 2015
I have been following Thea Gilmore from the early days of her career when I heard her being championed by Bob Harris on his Radio 2 Saturday show back in the late nineties. I’ve seen her develop from a bile-spitting … Continue reading
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Tagged 17 November 2015, gig, indie pop, Kelly Oliver, Liverpool Philharmonic, Nigel Stonier, pop, review, singer, songwriter, Thea Gilmore, Tracey Browne. folk
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Gig review: VINTAGE TROUBLE – 02 Forum, London,17 November 2015
While Vintage Trouble front man Ty Taylor never actually mutters the immortal phrase ‘get on up’ – he frequently uses the line ‘I can’t even hear you’- he shares much in common with late godfather of soul, James Brown. There’s … Continue reading
Gig review: JOE JAMMER’S ALL-STAR CHICAGO BLUES REVUE – London Jazz Festival, Bulls Head, London,16 November 2015
Joe Jammer’s All-Star Chicago Blues Revue appears in Barnes as part of the London Jazz Festival. And whatever the debate about whether jazz or blues came first, Joe Jammer makes sure that his blues show is both essential and fun! … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerosmith, Annie Wright, Bob Dylan, Bobby Womack, Chicago Blues, Doyle Bramhall, gig, guitar, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Joe Jammer, Joe Jammer's All-Star Chicago Blues Revue, Joe Perry, John Scott, Ken Morland, Lamb Lamont, Led Zeppelin, London Jazz Festival, Olympic Runners, review, Robrert Cray, rock, Roger Daltry, Russell Gills, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Rolling Stones, THE WHO, Tom Brundage
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Album review: THE DOORS – Other Voices/Full Circle (reissue)
Rhino [Release date 04.09.15] 2-CD After Jim Morrison’s death in July 1971, and without their charismatic frontman, the writing was on the wall for the remaining members of The Doors. But in the 2 years before they called it a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2-CD, album, Full Circle, John Densmore, Other Voices, psychedelic, Ray Manzarek, reissue, review, Robby Kreiger, rock, THE DOORS
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Album review: THE GETAWAY DRIVERS – Bellatopia
[Release date 04.07.15] Bellatopia, their fourth release, marks The Getaway Drivers’ 10 year anniversary, although only Wisconsin folk singer-songwriter Bob Manor (guitar, piano, vocals) and bassist Ken Keeley remain from the original line up. Essentially an Americana/rock outfit, the band’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Bellatopia, review, rock, roots, soft rock, The Getaway Driver
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Quick plays: ADRIAN CONNER, JANE KRAMER, S-WORD-S
ADRIAN CONNER – Hush! Adrian Conner may not be a name you’re familiar with. Hush! her eighth release is unlikely to change that. For the past 15 years Conner has been the lead guitarist in Seattle, Washington based all-girl AC/DC … Continue reading
Gig review: FM/Vega – Guildhall, Gloucester, 7 November 2015
A Saturday night gig with two of the best melodic rock bands in the country, a two hour drive away but totally worth it. A four date trot around the country playing in some venues that you don’t often hear … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 November 2015, AOR, FM, gig, Gloucester, Guildhall, melodic rock, review, Steve Overland, Vega
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Gig review: CORKY LAING BAND /Rainbreakers – 100 Club, London,15 November 2015
Tonight, Mountain drummer Corky Laing looks like a man who is prospering without the combined egos of Leslie West and Jack Bruce in front of him (think Mountain and West Bruce & Laing). Pitching up at the 100 Club at … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Collins, Ben Edwards, Born Healer, Corky Laing, Corky Laing Band, Cream, Free, gig review, Jack Bruce, Jack Cooper, Jimi Hendrix, Leslie West, Monophonics, Mountain, Rainbreakers, Sonny Bono, Woodstock
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Quick plays: OTHERKIN, BEARDED YOUTH QUEST, MAJOR INSTINCT
OTHERKIN – The 201 https://www.facebook.com/otherkinOK/ Irish band Otherkin release this rather good four song EP. They have four indie disco floor fillers on this EP that’s for sure’ ‘AY AY’ is a like a bouncy child with it’s relentless, yet … Continue reading
Album review: CURLY WOLF – Calling Your Bluff
The Curly Wolf [Release date 07.08.15] ‘Our aim is to show that there is more to country music than radio pop lets you believe’. Curly Wolf hammers home their sense of purpose with a defining mission statement and from the … Continue reading
Album review: MOJO ASSASSINS – Mojo Assassins
Artwork Media, Inc. [Release date 24.11.15] The Mojo Assassins are a power trio comprising Ronny Griffin drums, Tony Calhoun on bass and vocals and David Zychek on guitar and vocals. Their collective pedigree includes Night Ranger, Stallion, Frankie Lee and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, David Zychek, Frank Zappa, Frankie Lee, funk, Funkadelic, guitar, Johnny Guitar Watson, Mojo Assassins, Night Ranger, Parliament, Prince, review, rock, Ronny Griffin, Stallion, Tony Calhoun
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Album review: ERIC CHARLES BAND – 2015 Exclusive Limited Release
Self release [Release date 22.05.15] Eric Charles Band’s ‘2015 Exclusive Limited Release’ is a high energy, swaggering album full of confident songs that have been road tested before the band channeled their energy into this 12 track album. The songs … Continue reading
