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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS
Album review: EVILYN STRANGE – Mourning Phoebe
www.evilynstrange.co.uk [Release date 13.07.13] There is evidently some humour in this band and their publicity, describing themselves as part Beatles part Black Label Society. Philip and Al Strange (I assume brothers but let’s take nothing for granted here) are joined … Continue reading
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Album Reviews: DODSON & FOGG – Dodson & Fogg,Derring Do,Sounds Of Day And Night
Wisdom Twins Records [Released 2012/2013] wisdomtwinsbooks.weebly.com/dodson-and-fogg.html Despite having a name that sounds like an engineering firm making flanges for the automotive industry, Dodson & Fogg are essentially one person. His name is Chris Wade – a multi-instrumentalist par excellence who … Continue reading
Album review: BUDDY GUY – Rhythm & Blues
RCA Silvertone [Release date 29.07.13] The cornerstone to Buddy Guy’s first ever double album is the relatively late definition of the term blues. The music he first started playing was R&B – CD1 provides the rhythm and CD2 the blues … Continue reading
Album review: PETE THOMAS & THE HORNS APLENTY – Big
Mermaid Records [Release date 22.07.13] To say that the opening track on Pete Thomas & The Horns A Plenty’s ‘Big’ has swagger, is to underestimate the title of the album that is big in tone, intent and performance. ‘Big’ brims … Continue reading
Album review: STEVE COCHRANE – La La La: Variations On A Happy Song
Spirit Compass Music [Release date 02.07.12] ‘La La La: Variations On a Happy Song’ is Canadian prog rock artist Steve Cochrane’s metaphorical meditations on the human condition. It’s a thematically linked suite spread over 9 tracks on which sharply contrasting … Continue reading
Album review: ROOMFUL OF BLUES – 45 Live
Alligator [Release date 29.07.13] If Roomful of Blues are the kind of band who are labelled as Heritage Music, then their historical take on American music is one dominated by horn led blues and swing. They consistently have one eye … Continue reading
Album Review – EARTHEN GRAVE – Earthen Grave
Ripple Records ( Release date – out now) Formed back in 2008 and led by former Trouble bassist Ron Holzner, Earthen Grave have honed their sound over the last 5 years. This is the band’s first album and … Continue reading
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Album review: BRANDY ZDAN – Lone Hunter
Cavalier Recordings [Release date 09.09.13] The Canadian folk scene that is a hotbed of talent that will launch an ‘ABC of Canadian Music’ tour in October featuring Brandy Zdan (as in Zinedine), Po’ Girl Awna Teixeira, and Cara Luft … Continue reading
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Quick plays: FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY, THE CUSTODIAN, HEAVENS FIRE
FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY – Echogenetic Dependent (released 19th August) Front Line Assembly are a Canadian electro-industrial band who have been going for over 25 years now. This new album had the band stating they would return to their more electronic … Continue reading
Album review: LAWLESS – Rock Savage
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
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
Album review: ROADHOUSE – Gods & Highways & Old Guitars
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
Album review – MEGADETH – Super Collider
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
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
Album review: BURZUM – Sol Austan, Mani Vestan
Byelobog Productions – Out Now. Having paid his dues to both the Norwegian penitentiary system and society at large, Kristian Larsson “Varg” Vikernes has since been a very busy man indeed. Under his highly controversial moniker Burzum, and with the … Continue reading
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Album review: POWERWOLF – Preachers Of The Night
Napalm Records – Out Now. Fans of Heavy Metal have understood the importance of and pledged their allegiance towards the mighty riff since guitar wizard Tony Iommi first began to perfect his power chords back in the late 60s. But … Continue reading
Album review: MAGGY SIMPSON – Lab Rat and Lobster
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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Tagged album, Glyder, Lab Rat and Lobster, Maggy Simpson, review, rock, Shane Counter
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Album review: DANA FUCHS – Bliss Avenue
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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Album review: GLORYFUL – The Warrior’s Code
Massacre Records – Out Now. Making a name for oneself in the music industry has always been an uphill battle and, with recession and slow economic climate still affecting many, the prospects for any of the old continent’s young bands … Continue reading
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Album review: EDENBRIDGE – The Bonding
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
Album review: NEWMAN – Siren
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
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
Album review: HELRUNAR & ARSTIDIR LIFSINS – Fragments – A Mythological Excavation
Prophecy Productions – Out Now. As a teenage metalhead immersed in the Heavy Metal scene of the mid 80s, I had often relied on split releases, whether in full length, EP or singles format, as a means of keeping myself … Continue reading
Album review: PURSON – The Circle And The Blue Door
Rise Above – Out Now. Retro rock is enjoying a renewed wave of interest and, and in typical fashion for the music industry, record labels are in a rush to capitalise on it by signing as many such bands as … Continue reading
Album review: DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD – Sticky Wickets
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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