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Quick plays: WILL POUND, ANDY FLEET, BEN KUNDER
WILL POUND A Day Will Come [Release date 08.05.20] The latest album by Will Pound is based on his travels across Europe, where he is joined by many of the musicians he met on his travels. It is subtitled ‘A … Continue reading
Album review: MIKE BATT – The Penultimate Collection
Dramatico [Release date digital 08.05.20; physical 26.06.20] Mike Batt’s long and varied career is celebrated on this double album, which highlights his work as performer, composer and arranger. This collection features Mike Batt’s original solo material, along with his own … Continue reading
Feature: Albums that time forgot – 21 GUNS – Nothing’s Real
Z Records [1997] The 1990s was a hard time for melodic hard rock bands feeling the chill wind from Seattle. Joey Tempest from the band Europe told me that they also succumbed to the prevailing trend, and that when visiting … Continue reading
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Tagged 21 Guns, album, feature, hard rock, interview, melodic, Mike Sturgis, Nothing's Real, Phenomena II, review, Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy
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Album review: CRYPTEX – Once Upon A Time
SPV/Steamhammer [Release date 08.05.20] Cryptex are the trio of Simon Moskon (lead vocals, keys), Marc Andrejkovits (bass, backing vocals) and Andre Jean Henri Mertens (guitars, backing vocals), with drums being handled by Simon Schröder. Cryptex have been around since 2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged ACT, album, Cryptex, melodic, metal, Once Upon A Time, pomp, progressive, Queen, review, rock
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Album review: THE BLOODY MALLARD – Realm
Bandcamp [Release date 08.05.20] The Bloody Mallard came into being from another worldly place it could be said, as the musical ideas formed were reminiscent of many mushroom trips in rural Kent by guitarist and main man Tom Walding. Production … Continue reading
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Tagged album, instrumental, melodic, progressive, psych rock, Real, review, rock, the Bloody Mallard
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Album review: KIP MOORE – Wild World
Snakefarm Records [Release date 29.05.20] Country rock singer/songwriter, Kip Moore is now on his fourth studio album in ten years. Each of the previous three were US Billboard Top Ten entries, so like many country artists, he knows how to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, country, Kip Moore, melodic, pop, review, rock, Snakefarm Records, Wild World
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Album review: LITTLE RED KINGS – The Magic Show Part One
Bandcamp [Release date 29.05.20] Little Red Kings last album ‘Callous’ was a veritable delight of blues, rock and gentler acoustic moments. Expectorations are high with this fan on any new music from the band. As vocalist Jason Wick explains about … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, classic rock, Little Red Kings, melodic, NWOCR, review, rock, rock 'n' roll
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Album review: INDIA ELECTRIC CO – The Gap
Pre-order here [Release date 01.05.20] India Electric Co. – the duo comprising of vocalist Cole Stacey and multi-instrumentalist Joseph O’Keefe – are back with their second album, five years on since their debut, ‘The Girl I Left Behind Me’ was … Continue reading
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Tagged album, folk, India Electic Co, indie, instrumental, melodic, Midge Ure, review, roots music, the Gap
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Album review: AMY BIRKS – All That I Am And All That I Was
Website [Release date 03.04.20] The world needs beauty and this can mean many different things to different people. To some it is a glorious vista, to others the innocent laugh of a small child, to others still it is the … Continue reading
Single review: GHOSTS OF MEN – Trouble
Regent Street Records [Release date 01.05.20] Serial festival performers and Planet Rock favourites,The Ghosts Of Men are carving out a reputation for themselves as the future of the two piece (guitar and drums) rock band. Their three previous releases are … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Keys, Ghosts Of Man, melodic, review, single, Trouble, White Stripes
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Album review: KATATONIA – City Burials
Peaceville Records [Release date 24.04.20] When, on the 28th of February 2020, I visited the “Gagarin 205” club for the purpose of attending what can only be described as an outstanding performance by the Prog Metal quintet Katatonia, never in … Continue reading
Album review: PATTERN SEEKING ANIMALS – Prehensile Tales
Inside Out [Release date 15.05.20] Pattern-Seeking Animals were formed by producer and writer John Boegehold (synths, keyboards) teaming up with current members of Spock’s Beard – Ted Leonard (vocals, guitar) and Dave Meros (bass) – plus former Spock’s Beard member … Continue reading
Feature: Albums that time forgot – IT BITES – Map Of The Past
Inside Out (2012) www.itbites.com The second (and final) album released by the reformed It Bites, that saw John Mitchell (Arena, Kino) take over from Francis Dunnery in fronting the band. John Beck (keyboards) and Bob Dalton (drums) remained from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Albums that time forgot, Bob Dalton, feature, Inside Out, It Bites, John Beck, John Mitchell, Map of the Past, melodic, pop rock, progressive, rock
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Album review: PAVEY ARK – Close Your Eyes and Think of Nothing
Bandcamp [Release date 20.03.20] Some music transcends its place and time and becomes truly a work of art for the ages. Pavey Ark’s ‘Close Your Eyes and Think of Nothing’ has joined that elite club and is truly one of … Continue reading
Album review: PURE REASON REVOLUTION – Eupnea
Inside Out [Release date 03.04.20] Reunions can be a tricky thing, sometimes a welcome return that reinvigorates a band, letting them dip into their back catalogue and bringing new gems but, more often than not, a last chance cash grab. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, electronica, Eupnea, Inside Out, melodic, progressive, Pure Reason Revolution, review, rock
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EP review: YAKIMA – Go Virtually
[Release date 03.04.20] Yakima are a four piece consisting of John Houston (guitar & vocals), Neil McArthur (bass & vocals), Paul Bradley (guitar) and Kay McLaren (drums & percussion). The words lo-fi and dreamy pop get mentioned in articles about … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Star, dreamy pop, EP, indie pop, lo-fi, melodic, review, The Byrds, Yakima
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Album review: HATS OFF GENTLEMEN IT’S ADEQUATE – Nostalgia For Infinity
Bandcamp [Release date 06.05.20] Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate are Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland along with Kathryn Thomas on flute and vocals on one song. The theme of the album is the frailty of civilisation, from a variety of … Continue reading
Album review: ERIC ROBERSON – Erro Live: Vol. UK
Blue Erro Soul [Release date 16.03.20] “We celebrating music tonight and we celebrating those who have made music and made art”. So proclaims Eric Roberson, he might also proclaim that he’s celebrating those who make music independently. In the age … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Eric Roberson, Erro Live: Vol. UK, live, melodic, R&B, review, soul
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Album review: YES – The Ladder, Open Your Eyes
YES The Ladder (Collector’s Edition CD, Gatefold Digipack) EarMUSIC/Edel [Release date 20.03.20] How much was producer, Bruce Fairbairn responsible for the the band’s return to creative form on 1999′s “The Ladder”? Considering that his path through the nineties was littered … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan White, albums, Billy Sherwood, Bruce Fairbairn, Chris Squire, Jon Anderson, melodic, Open Your Eyes, prog rock, review, Steve Howe, The Ladder, Yes
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Album review: THE MOOD GROOVE – Some Left, Some Stayed
Indie [Release date 29.02.20] The Mood Groove, formed by JK Northrup and Ed Balldinger, released their debut album back in 2018 as an outlet to create and record music that stretched their collective imaginations and to invite listeners to something … Continue reading
Album review: SNAKE OIL & HARMONY – Hurricane Riders
Zero One Entertainment [Release date 28.02.20] Five years ago, Danny Vaughn (Tyketto) and Dan Reed (Dan Reed Network) decided to combine their talents in to form a live acoustic touring act called Snake Oil & Harmony. Since then they have … Continue reading
Album review: THE BURRITO BROTHERS – The Notorious Burrito Brothers
Store For Music [Release date 06.03.20] This is one of those situations where a little knowledge is a bad thing. Without any “previous” one would pick up this disc and be introduced to very pleasant, competent country rock. Non-threatening, if … Continue reading
Album review: RICHARD MARX – Limitless
BMG [Release date 07.02.20] Richard Marx returns with his first new album in over five years, produced in part by himself and featuring co-writes with Sara Bareilles, Matt Scannell (Vertical Horizon), Darrell Brown (Dolly Parton, Keith Urban), his son Lucas and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Jana Kramer, Limitless, melodic, modern pop, review, Richard Marx
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Album review: DUSTBOWL REVIVAL – Is It You, Is It Me
Medium Expectations/Thirty Tigers [Release date 31.01.20] Dustbowl Revival present their fifth album and one that sees them shift away from their original Dixieland jazz, swing and Depression-era folk songs. The band revolves around the singing talents of Z Lupetin and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Dixieland jazz, Dustbowl Revival, folk, melodic, Paul Simon, review
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Gig review: BILLY LOCKETT – O2 Academy 2, Oxford, 2 February 2020
We have ventured into the Academy a few times but have never been to the more compact upstairs Academy 2, which was the venue for Billy Lockett’s show. He’s certainly taking a big step and gamble by going out on … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 February 2020, acoustic, Billy Lockett, gig, live music, Mabes, melodic, Oxford, piano, pop, review, singer songwriter
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