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Gig review: CARDINAL BLACK – Sub 89, Reading, 15 November 2024
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Gig review: SUZI QUATRO – London Palladium, 13 November 2024
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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS
Album review: A TREEHOUSE WAIT – Kaleidoscope
Volkoren [Release date 25.05.24] Singer songwriter Jenny Gajicki and producer Emil Sydhage have come together again for this latest piece of Scandi Noir (their debut ‘Interlude’ was in 2016). Jenny has a vocal delivery not dissimilar to the late Dolores … Continue reading
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Tagged A Treehouse Wait, album, alt rock, electronica, indie, indie pop, Kaleidoscope, review
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Album review: BLUE ÖYSTER CULT – Ghost Stories
Frontiers [Release date 12.04.24] Blue Öyster Cult have always been an enigma and this ‘new’ album continues that trend, or as the press blurb states – “This highly anticipated album marks a fitting finale to the recording legacy of one … Continue reading
Album review : THE CRYIN’ SHAMES – Please Stay, Joe Meek’s Tea Chest Tapes
Cherry Red [Release date: 12.04.24] The Cryin’ Shames were late to the Merseybeat party, and departed almost as soon as they arrived. This a 2 CD reissue of every recording made by the band in its various guises. 48 tracks … Continue reading
Album review: JJ GREY & MOFRO – Olustee
Alligator [Release date 23.02.24] JJ Grey & Mofro’s tenth album ‘Olustee’ is a heartfelt journey through the musical swamp lands of North Florida, though the various story telling themes routed in the past, present and fired by his fertile imagination, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, funk, gospel, J.D. Loudermilk, JJ Grey & Mofro, JJGrey, R&B, review, rock, Sly Stone, soul, Todd Rundren, vocal
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Album review: EMERSON, LAKE & POWELL – Complete Collection
Spirit of Unicorn Music [Release date 12.04.24] Emerson Lake & Palmer had imploded by the mid-eighties and the age of prog and pomp ceremony was seemingly over. In the late seventies there had been a last flourish of excess with … Continue reading
Album review: THUNDER – The Magnificent Seventh, Robert Johnson’s Tombstone, Bang! (reissues)
BMG [Release date 04.04.24] The latest batch of Thunder reissues span the years 2005-2008. All are available on vinyl for the first time. In 2005 the band released their seventh studio album called, appropriately enough, ‘The Magnificent Seventh’. It was … Continue reading
Album review: BEAUX GRIS GRIS & THE APOCALYPSE – Hot Nostalgia Radio
Grow Vision [Release date 03.05.24] And suddenly everybody is rediscovering their pop roots. In many ways Beaux Gris Gris’s ‘Hot Nostalgia Radio’ is the perfect title for an album which celebrates the art of songwriting and is fuelled by the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse, blues, county, Craig Cunningham, ELO, Greta Valenti, Hot Nostalgia Radio, review, Robin Davey, rock, Sam Robertson, Smokey Robinson, soul, Stephen Mildwater, The B 52's, Tom Rasulo
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Album review : BLOODBOUND – The Tales Of Nosferatu – Two Decades Of Blood (CD and DVD)
AFM Records [Release date : 19.04.24] It was 20 years ago today that Swedish keyboard player Fredrik Bergh and guitarist Tomas Olsson jumped the genre ship from AOR to Power Metal. They left behind popular melodic rock band, Street Talk, … Continue reading
Album review: PHIL THORNALLEY – Holly Would
Lojinx [Release date 29.03.24] This reviewer enjoyed Phil Thornalley’s last album, 2022′s ‘Now That I Have Your Attention’, a veritable musical delight for fellow lovers of ELO, Tom Petty and all things Jeff Lynne related. On this album Phil Thornalley … Continue reading
Album review: THE MIDDLENIGHT MEN – Issue 2
Middlenight Records [Release date 05.04.24] Although The Middlenight Men first came to life in 2019, singer and guitarist Nick Hughes has a long and rich history in music – he’s been a member of Terrorvision for the last eight years. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Issue 2, Leon Cave, melodic, Nick Hughes, pop rock, punk pop, review, Status Quo, Terrorvision, the The Middlenight Men
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Album review: P.O.D. – Veritas
Mascot Records [Release date 05.05.24] It has been 30 years since they broke onto the scene with their debut album. Being a keen Nu-Metal fan, this was very exciting for me and highly anticipated. I was hoping that the album would … Continue reading
Album review: FOGHAT – Slow Ride – Live In Concert
Cleopatra [Release date 05.04.24] British band Foghat, who were formed by members of Savoy Brown and Black Cat Bones in the early, have produced some of the finest blues/rock ever laid to record over the years, and some live albums … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues rock, boogie, CD, classic rock, DVD, Foghat, Lonesome Dave Peverett, review, rock, Roger Earl, Slow Ride - Live In Concert
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Album review: BLACKTOP MOJO – Pollen
Facebook [Release date 05.04.24] This reviewer loved Blacktop Mojo’s last album, 2021′s self-titled release and expectations are high for this new one. The band’s line-up has had one change since with guitarist Chuck Wepfer being replaced by Malcolm Booher. He joins the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blacktop Mojo, grunge, hard rock, Pollen, review, rock, soul, southern rock
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Album review : SON OF MAN – Gaslight
Pete Feenstra chatted with George Jones about the new album and development of Son Of Man. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 7 April 2024. Esoteric Antenna [Release date : 26.04.24] ‘Gas Light’ is Son Of Man’s third … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, album, AOR, Bob Richards, classic rock, David Gilmour, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, Gaslight, George Jones, interview, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Man, Marco James, Micky Jones, Pink Floyd, Ray Jones, review, Richie Galloni, Son Of Man, The Eagles, The Fixx, THE WHO, Yes
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Album review : VAN DER GRAAF – Vital (2 CD Remaster)
Cherry Red [Release date : 29.03.24] The year after England won the world cup, English musician Chris Judge Smith took a “summer of love” trip to San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury, a pivotal point on the Flower Power map. It is … Continue reading
Album review : FIREWIND – Stand United
AFM Records [Release date : 08.03.24] 10th album from Power Metal band, Firewind. The band, Gus G, Herbie Langans, Petros Cristo and Jo Nunez have established their Power Metal credentials over and over again during the last 25 years, with … Continue reading
Album review: LILLIAN AXE – The Box Vol 2, The Quickening
Cherry Red [Release date : 29.03.24] The Quickening is the second instalment of a two part series documenting the recorded life and times of metal’s most underrated band, Lillian Axe. There are six CDs. CD1: Deep Red Shadows (2010) w/7 … Continue reading
Album review : TROJAN / TALION – The Complete Recordings 1984/90 (5 CD Boxset)
Cherry Red [Release date : 28.03.24] Boxset of remastered material from UK Thrash/Speed Metal band, Trojan, aka Talion. 5 CDs, 49 tracks. CD1: TROJAN : Chasing The Storm studio album, 1985 CD2: TROJAN : Capturing The Storm – Live At … Continue reading
Album review : LEAVES’ EYES – Myths Of Fate
AFM Records [Release date : 22.03.24] Fans of the band, or even just the genre, will know that German Symphonic Metal band, Leaves’ Eyes are totally immersed in Nordic and Celtic mythology. Pipes, fiddles, choirs, growls, all spin up through … Continue reading
Album review: PROG COLLECTIVE – Dark Encounters
Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra Records [Release date 29.03.24] If this is “dark prog” then dark prog sounds to me like jazz/rock fusion. Once you are past the descriptors, a look at the cast list suggests this might be a rather tasty fusion … Continue reading
Album review : VARIOUS ARTISTS – I See You Live On Love Street, Music From Laurel Canyon 1967-75 (3 CD Boxset)
Cherry Red [Release date : 22.03.24] For those geography lovers among us, LA’s Laurel Canyon Boulevard snaked up through the hills from Hollywood then down into the San Fernando Valley (as in “Valley Girls”), with little avenues branching off left … Continue reading
Album review: MYRATH – Karma
earMUSIC [Release date 08.03.24] I was a fairly late convert to the Myrath cause, only really becoming aware of the band with the release of their ‘Live At Carthage’ album in 2020. Delving into their back catalogue I found an … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Arabic, EarMusic, Hellfest, Heroes, Karma, Live At Carthage, Malik Ben Arbia, metal, Middle East, Myrath, prog, review, rock, Zolher Zagati
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Album review: AMELIA COBURN – Between The Moon And The Milkman
Bandcamp [Release date 08.03.24] Amelia Coburn maybe releasing her debut album, however, she has been building up her musical reputation having reached the finals of the BBC2 Radio Folk Awards, participated in the English Folk Expo Artist Mentoring Scheme and … Continue reading
Album review : CRUZH – The Jungle Revolution
Frontiers [Release date : 22.03.24] Welcome to The Jungle Revolution, third album on the Frontiers label from Swedish band, Cruzh, and their second with vocalist, Alex Waghorn, winner of Idol Sweden in 2017 (singing Journey’s ‘Faithfully’). Among their admitted influences … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Waghorn, Cruzh, eighties, FM, Idol Sweden, Journey, Jungle Revolution, melodic rock, review, Toto
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Album review : LORDS OF BLACK – Mechanics Of Predacity
Frontiers [Release date : 15.03.24] The Lords Of Black are on their sixth album now, so they must be doing something right, Mechanics… is a thematically sound treatise on the human condition, in which they“embark on a profound exploration of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Lords Of Black, power metal, Predator, Prey, prog metal, review, Ronnie Romero, Survival
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