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Interview: 10Q’s with LEPROUS

Posted on July 30, 2013 by jason

Guitarist/lyricist/co-founder of Leprous, Tor Oddmund Suhrke answers our questions as the band have just released their new album ‘Coal’ on Inside Out… 1. What are you currently up to? This summer we’re playing a lot of festival shows worldwide both … Continue reading →

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Album review: LAWLESS – Rock Savage

Posted on July 30, 2013 by jason

Escape Music www.escape-music.com Lawless feature two current Demon members, guitarist Paul Hume (who also sings on the album) and drummer Neil Ogden, who are joined by Persian Risk guitarist Howie G and bassist Josh ‘Tabbie’ Williams from Stoke based hard … Continue reading →

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Album review: STEVE HUNTER – The Manhattan Blues Project

Posted on July 29, 2013 by petefeenstra
Steve Hunter

Deacon  Records [Release date 30.04.13] ‘I wanted to look at New York in a slightly different way – I wanted to look at it in a soulful, bluesy way’. Steve Hunter’s mission statement for this album is the guitarist musical … Continue reading →

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Gig review: Cambridge Folk Festival, 25-28 July 2013

Posted on July 28, 2013 by jason

Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge Friday 26th July It almost comes as a surprise reaching the festival site as it is right on the outskirts of Cambridge’s sprawling suburbs and the festival is in a lovely, green setting. It must be … Continue reading →

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Gig review: HEAVEN’S BASEMENT – Sound Control, Manchester, 12 July 2013

Posted on July 28, 2013 by GRTR! HQ
Heavens Basement - Sound Control, Manchester, 12 July 2013

This must be the hottest ticket in town tonight as not only is it a sellout but it is also a scorcher in the venue, but even so the it’s over half full and the doors have only been open … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROADHOUSE – Gods & Highways & Old Guitars

Posted on July 27, 2013 by petefeenstra
Roadhouse

Krossborder [Release date 19.08.13] Roadhouse have long impressed with their unique take on southern roots rock and Americana, but ‘Gods & Highways & Old Guitars’ raises the bar to another level. As ever, the 10 songs come with Gary Boner’s … Continue reading →

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Album review – MEGADETH – Super Collider

Posted on July 27, 2013 by david.wilson

    Universal Music  ( Release date – out now ) Back in the day, when thrash was at its height, of all the ‘Big Four’ I always found Megadeth  to be the weakest link. I did persevere and caught … Continue reading →

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Album review: OLI BROWN – Songs From the Road

Posted on July 25, 2013 by petefeenstra

Ruf [Release date 14.06.13] Anyone who has followed Oli Brown’s career so far, will hardly be surprised by the sense of adventure at the heart of this live DVD/CD. For though he was schooled in the blues at an early … Continue reading →

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Gig Review: THE INTERNATIONAL SWINGERS – The Lexington, London, 19 July 2013

Posted on July 24, 2013 by jason

First a word about the venue, because on one of the steamiest New Orleans-like nights of this British heatwave, the upstairs gig had ceiling fans and a cool, chilled out lounge-bar atmosphere. It also had clear, uninterrupted sightlines, padded seating … Continue reading →

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Interview: 10Q’s with MASCHINE

Posted on July 23, 2013 by jason

Maschine release their debut album ‘Rubidium‘ on Inside Out on 29th July . Here we catch-up with founding member and guitarist Luke Machin for his thoughts on the album and the awards the band have already won to date… 1. … Continue reading →

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Album review: MAGGY SIMPSON – Lab Rat and Lobster

Posted on July 23, 2013 by jason

Voodoo Bones www.facebook.com/maggysimpsonrocks Maggy Simpson consists of Shane Counter and Bat Kinane (of Glyder fame), who have previously worked together on Bat Kinane’s solo album. That album was a singer/songwriter one with a folk feel, whereas Maggy Simpson is more of … Continue reading →

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Album review: DANA FUCHS – Bliss Avenue

Posted on July 22, 2013 by petefeenstra

Ruf [Release date 22.07.13] If blues is too often predicated on the tried and tested theme of: ‘my baby done me wrong’; then Dana Fuchs cleverly extends such familiar subject matter from an autobiographical source and into universal themes that we … Continue reading →

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DVD Review: JACKSON BROWNE – I’ll Do Anything

Posted on July 22, 2013 by GRTR! HQ
JACKSON BROWNE - I

ADA Global [Release date 01.07.13 ] Jackson Browne is something of an enigma and a legend in equal measure.  A rock and roll hall of fame inductee and an acknowledged founder of the West Coast sound made global by the … Continue reading →

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Album review: EDENBRIDGE – The Bonding

Posted on July 20, 2013 by jason

SPV There are a lot of female fronted symphonic and progressive metal bands out there now, possibly too many and it takes something a bit special to make the listener sit up and take notice. Luckily Edenbridge are one such … Continue reading →

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Album review: NEWMAN – Siren

Posted on July 20, 2013 by jason

AOR Heaven Amazingly this is the tenth studio album by Newman, which is basically Steve Newman plus long time drummer Rob McEwen. However this album features some guests in the shape of guitarists Shaun Bessant  on ‘When It Comes To … Continue reading →

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Album review: REUBEN ARCHER’S PERSONAL SIN

Posted on July 19, 2013 by jason
Reuben Archer

Toxic Arrow [Release date 19.08.13] Reuben Archer has been around the block enough times to know every doorhole, boozer and bookie by heart. The current (and previous) vocalist with hard rockers Stampede is also fronting up the Paul Raymond Project … Continue reading →

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Gig review: SANTANA – LG Arena, Birmingham, 17 July 2013

Posted on July 18, 2013 by GRTR! HQ
Santana - LG Arena, Birmingham, 17 July 2013

There can be fewer pleasing combinations than the music of Santana on the hottest day of the year during an unexpected heatwave. With the rhythm section pumped up to the max, the always spiritual Carlos Santana would have us believe … Continue reading →

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Album review: DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD – Sticky Wickets

Posted on July 16, 2013 by jason

Duckworth Lewis Method (Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy and Thomas Walsh of Pugwash) return with their second album following on from their fantastic debut album released back in 2009. This album is one of this year’s most eagerly awaited … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE POODLES – Tour De Force

Posted on July 16, 2013 by jason

Frontiers www.frontiers.it With fifth album “Tour De Force” The Poodles have come up with another quality slab of polished, melodic Euro rock. From the album’s ultimate highlight “Kings &Fools” to bonus track “En För Alla För En” (an almost Eurovision … Continue reading →

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Album review: JAMES CHRISTIAN – Lay It All On Me

Posted on July 15, 2013 by andynathan

Frontiers Records [Release date 05.07.13] Having survived a brush with cancer, House of Lords singer James Christian is back with his first solo album in nearly a decade. Given that he is the only original member in the band these … Continue reading →

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Album review: OMAR DYKES – Runnin’ With The Wolf

Posted on July 15, 2013 by petefeenstra

Provogue [Release date 09.07.13] ‘Runnin’ With The Wolf’ is pretty much in keeping with Omar Dykes’s new found role as an interpreter of the blues. It’s a role far removed from his 90’s heyday with Provogue records, the label he … Continue reading →

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Album review: D-A-D – Dic.Nii.Lan.Daft.Erd.Ark

Posted on July 15, 2013 by jason
D-A-D - Dic.Nii.Lan.Daft.Erd.Ark

AFM Records (Deluxe Edition) [Release date 25.03.13] Following the original 2011 release of “Dic.Nii.Lan.Daft.Erd.Ark” D-A-D enjoyed somewhat of a resurgence, with the Danish band playing further afield then they had done for some years. The band’s 11th studio album in … Continue reading →

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Gig Review: RAY DAVIES, ELVIS COSTELLO, JUSTIN CURRIE – Hyde Park,12 July 2013

Posted on July 14, 2013 by andynathan

Old hippies of a certain vintage reminisce fondly about the days of free festivals, which has been unthinkable to my generation,  once the corporate world cottoned on to the fact there was money to be made out of live rock … Continue reading →

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Album review: ANDY SCOTT – The Solo Singles

Posted on July 13, 2013 by jason

Angel Air www.angelair.co.uk Andy Scott made his name as the guitarist in the Sweet, a version of which he still tours with to this day. In the 80’s though after the Sweet called it a day in the early 80’s … Continue reading →

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Album review: JONNY COLA & THE A-GRADES – Spitfire

Posted on July 13, 2013 by jason

[Release date 09.09.13] www.theagrades.net Second album by Jonny Cola & the A-Grades who have already released the superb single ‘Straight To Video’, which is included on here. That single recalled such greats as Mott The Hoople and this album is … Continue reading →

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