Category Archives: Single and EP reviews

Single review: SPENCER MACKENZIE – Frozen Hearts

Posted on November 23, 2025 by jason
SPENCER MACKENZIE – Frozen Hearts

JUNO nominated and Maple Blues Award winner Spencer MacKenzie has just dropped his third single from his forth coming album Empty Chairs, which coincidentally was produced mixed and engineered by Ross Hayes Citrullo guitarist from The Commoners whose single I … Continue reading →

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Single review: CAITLIN KRISKO & THE BROADCAST – Everything I Need

Posted on November 23, 2025 by jason
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Facebook Written in response to the audience reaction on their last UK tour, American roots rockers Caitlin Krisko And The Broadcast drop their fourth single in as many months – Everything I need from their forthcoming album Heirloom. From the … Continue reading →

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Single review: THE COMMONERS – Just Watch Me

Posted on November 23, 2025 by jason
THE COMMONERS - Just Watch Me

The Commoners, a Canadian band from Toronto, lay their southern style rock on us in big layers with this brand new single Just Watch Me. An engaging guitar riff brings the song to life courtesy of Ross Hayes Citrullo, who … Continue reading →

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Single reviews: PYLON POETS, FOARN, FORGE HOUNDS, CHOLE CHADWICK

Posted on November 22, 2025 by jason
Pylon Poets - Not to Blame2

Pylon Poets – Not to Blame (feat. Call Yourself Karma) Big fans of Pylon Poets here at GRTR! and following the release of their album ‘Demise of the Divine’ in Jun, Pylon Poets have teamed up with Call Yourself Karma … Continue reading →

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Single review: THE SIDESHOWS – Brand New

Posted on November 22, 2025 by jason
The Sideshows Brand New

European Phonographic Sami Yaffa has been the bass player for some mighty fine bands over the years – Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls, Michael Monroe Band, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts and several more. He has now teamed up with … Continue reading →

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EP review: CHASING TWISTERS – Chasing the Season

Posted on November 21, 2025 by jason
EP Chasing The Season EP cover final

Website [Release date 28.11.25] Chasing Twisters released an original Christmas single ‘The Only Christmas Present’ written by lead singer/bassist Laura Holden, on November 21, as precursor to this five song EP. The rest of the EP is made up of … Continue reading →

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EP review: PARKER BARROW – Hold The Mash

Posted on November 11, 2025 by jason
PARKER BARROW - Hold the Mash

Streaming [Release date 05.11.25] Oh my goodness what have we here – with a vocalist who makes Janis Joplin sound like Mary Poppins, a pair of duelling, weaving guitars, a bass player walking in John Entwistle’s footsteps, a Hammond organ player … Continue reading →

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Single review: LAURENCE JONES – One Life

Posted on November 7, 2025 by jason
LAURENCE JONES - One Life (single)

Website  [Release date 07.11.25] Laurence Jones’ accolades and achievements are too long to write on the neck of a Stratocaster, which is just as well, as he is playing acoustic guitar on the single One Life, taken form forthcoming acoustic … Continue reading →

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Single review: ROSS HARDING – Me and Lucifer

Posted on November 5, 2025 by jason
ROSS HARDING – Me and Lucifer

Facebook [Release date 31.10.25] Pass me that bottle of Jack Daniels and a full on red Marlboro smoke, Ross Harding is back in town, corrupting people again, as he peddles his bluesifer devil music. He even pleads guilty m’lord, he … Continue reading →

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Single review: KAY IRIS – The Other Side

Posted on October 31, 2025 by jason
KAY IRIS - The Other Side

Facebook [Release date 31.10.25] On an upward trajectory, Kay Iris, UK Americana band from Hastings hit the listener with a new single – The Other Side, a tale of poor man versus rich man. With an intro not dissimilar to … Continue reading →

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EP review: ELLIOT PORTER – I Choose the Moon

Posted on October 19, 2025 by jason
Elliot Porter - I Choose The Moon EP

Website [Release date 30.10.25] Elliot Porter is a Cambridge based singer songwriter who has been building up a following, through gigging and a series of releases, including a cover of Frank Turner’s ‘Be More Kind’, which raised over £2,000 for … Continue reading →

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EP Review: BRAVE RIVAL – 5 to 4

Posted on October 13, 2025 by andynathan
BRAVE RIVAL- 5 TO 4

Independent (Release Date: 17.10.25) Its been a year of change in the Brave Rival camp with the departure of Chloe Josephine, one of the twin lead singers that helped make their sound so distinctive. Given their incessant touring activity, there … Continue reading →

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EP review: JIMMY OWEN – 10Ft Squared

Posted on October 10, 2025 by petefeenstra
Jimmy Owen - 10ft Squared

Self Release  [Release date 24.10.25] ‘10Ft Squared’ is the perfect introduction to Jimmy Owen, a guitar driven, singer-songwriter and restless artistic spirit, who straddles prog, fusion, Californian tinged soft rock, pop and unexpectedly the blues. It’s a mini album or … Continue reading →

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Single reviews: CAITLIN KRISKO & THE BROADCAST – Let It Ride, Hello My Dear

Posted on October 8, 2025 by jason
CAITLIN KRISKO & THE BROADCAST

Facebook These singles from Cailtin are coming like bullets from a gatling gun at the moment. So fast that I didn’t have chance to review ‘Let It Rid’e before Hello My Dear dropped on me. So briefly ‘Let It Ride’ … Continue reading →

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EP review: HOLLOW SOULS (featuring Kris Barras)

Posted on October 7, 2025 by andynathan
HOLLOW SOULS- EP (featuring Kris Barras)

Release Date 10.10. 25 Kris Barras has evolved his style fairly dramatically from his early blues rock days, embracing first more commercial melodic rock, and latterly a heavier modern rock style, even stating that last Kris Barras Band effort ‘Halo … Continue reading →

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Singles review : TREAT – ’1985′ and ‘Adam and Evil’

Posted on September 29, 2025 by brianmc
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Frontiers Music [Release date : 26.09.25] Arena Rock experts and more, Treat recently released ‘Adam and Evil’ and ‘1985’ as teaser trailers for their forthcoming long player, The Wild Card, due out in November. The band’s high-sheen recording craft is … Continue reading →

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Single review: ROSS HARDING REVELATOR BLUES

Posted on September 10, 2025 by jason
Ross Harding

Facebook Man this is my kind of blues, you can keep your note bending, face grimacing, guitar histrionics, give me an acoustic guitar, a whisky soaked emotive voice, a kick drum and references to hellhounds, storms, prophets and god and … Continue reading →

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EP review: HOLLY LERSKI – Greek Trilogy

Posted on September 5, 2025 by petefeenstra
Holly Lerski - Greek Trilogy

Laundry Records [Release date 19.09.25] Holly Lerski is an emotive singer-songwriter whose craft is based round heartfelt lyrics, interwoven into subtle arrangements which bolster lyrical meaning and feel. ‘Greek Trilogy’ plays to her lyrical, musical and conceptual strengths, bringing clarity … Continue reading →

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Single review: TORA DAA – Dear Lord

Posted on September 4, 2025 by jason
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Instagram [Release date 05.09.25] I am quite often late to the table with bands, and Tora Daa are no exception, but I find that being late, you have no preconceived ideas. I was more than pleasantly surprised with this discovery … Continue reading →

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Single review: LEONI JANE KENNEDY – Sloe

Posted on September 3, 2025 by jason
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Bandcamp [Release date 21.08.25] Sloe is Leoni’s fourth single of 2025. Of course it has some great playing from Leoni, and it has clever time signature changes, one of them containing some nifty interplay between guitar and Hammond organ. All … Continue reading →

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Single reviews: ROXY AND THE LOCKHEARTS, BIG TALL SHADOWS

Posted on September 2, 2025 by jason
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Now there’s a bit of a backstory here…  whilst both bands will be judged as single entities, these guys have in fact worked together before as the mighty King Voodoo whilst they disbanded and have gone their separate ways musically. … Continue reading →

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Single reviews: THE BEATLES, CHEAP TRICK, COASTLAND FAIR

Posted on August 22, 2025 by jason
beatles

The Beatles have announced ‘Anthology 4’ (13 previously unreleased demos and session recordings, as well as new mixes of ‘Free As A Bird’ and ‘Real Love’) due on November 26, as a follow-up to the original ‘Anthology 1’ (1995), along with … Continue reading →

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EP review: THE OVINES – Two Bucks and a Bottle of Ketchup

Posted on August 21, 2025 by jason
The Ovines ”Two Bucks and a Bottle of Ketchup

Roulette Records London based The Ovines have just released their latest EP ”Two Bucks and a Bottle of Ketchup”. Produced by Bill Gautier (Wings, The Cure, Brian May) my first impressions were Blur meets the Arctic Monkeys and throw in … Continue reading →

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EP review: FANGSLINGER – We Are the Night

Posted on August 9, 2025 by jason
FANGSLINGER – We Are the Night

Website [Release date 29.07.25] Who doesn’t like a bit of gothic blues rock with a Western setting sung & performed by three vampires? Fangslinger are FangSlinger on vocals, BloodRose on vocals, harmonica & percussion and HangMan on guitar & vocals. … Continue reading →

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Single review: DAVID SINCLAIR 4 – (I Got) One Pair Of Hands

Posted on July 10, 2025 by petefeenstra
DS4 - I Got One Pair Of Hands

Critical Discs Cherry Red [Release date: 26.06.25] One of the often overlooked benefits of the avalanche in streaming services and the resultant constant release schedule, has been the return to releasing what were once called singles. And while vinyl has … Continue reading →

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