Get Ready to ROCK! » alternative https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sun, 03 May 2026 16:35:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: BIG BAND OF BOOM https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-big-band-of-boom/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-big-band-of-boom/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:59:16 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=107117 BIG BAND OF BOOMRagtime Records [Release date 13.03.26] “Imagine the Kill Bill soundtrack played by Rage Against the Machine with an orchestra” is the blurb used to entice the wary listener into the music of twelve piece, Birmingham based, Big Band of Boom. … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-big-band-of-boom/feed/ 0 Gig review: BASEMENT – Electric, Bristol, 21 September 2025 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/09/gig-review-basement-electric-bristol-21-september-2025/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/09/gig-review-basement-electric-bristol-21-september-2025/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2025 07:25:37 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=104570 BASEMENT - Electric, Bristol, 21 September 2025Basement are back! After 6 long years of festivals and US tour dates, the Suffolk-based quintet played 5 dates across the UK. My months of eager checking of their social media had finally paid off, and I was lucky enough … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/09/gig-review-basement-electric-bristol-21-september-2025/feed/ 0 Album review: COMING UP ROSES – How Did We Fall So Far? https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/06/album-review-coming-up-roses-how-did-we-fall-so-far/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/06/album-review-coming-up-roses-how-did-we-fall-so-far/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2025 08:40:09 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=102977 Coming Up RosesBandcamp [Release date 20.06.25] Coming Up Roses are a London-based quartet fronted by singer/bassist Emily Sera, who relocated from Singapore to the UK in late 2022 together with guitarist Darius Oon so they could pursue their dream of being in a … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/06/album-review-coming-up-roses-how-did-we-fall-so-far/feed/ 0 Gig review: KALANDRA – The Tivoli, Buckley, 29 May 2025 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/05/gig-review-kalandra-the-tivoli-buckley-29-may-2025/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/05/gig-review-kalandra-the-tivoli-buckley-29-may-2025/#comments Fri, 30 May 2025 09:54:55 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=102674 250529_kalandra10a‘A Frame Of Mind’ has been a favourite album of mine and made my ‘Best of 2024′ and I was sorry not to have seen the band playing a brief UK tour in late September last year. I couldn’t believe … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/05/gig-review-kalandra-the-tivoli-buckley-29-may-2025/feed/ 0 Feature: Baker’s Dozen – Librarians With Hickeys https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/12/feature-bakers-dozen-librarians-with-hickeys/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/12/feature-bakers-dozen-librarians-with-hickeys/#comments Sat, 07 Dec 2024 11:21:24 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=99644 LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS - How To Make Friends By TelephoneLibrarians With Hickeys are an indie pop rock duo consisting of Ray Carmen and Mike Crooker. Here both of them choose an eclectic Baker’s Dozen… Ray Carmen (in more or less no particular order) 1. Paul McCartney – Maybe I’m … Continue reading →

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