Tag Archives: pop

Album review: GARY MARX – Green Ginger Jive

Posted on September 17, 2024 by jason

Wrecking Ball Sounds [Release date 05.10.24] Guitarist Gary Marx was a founding member of the Sisters of Mercy and on this album he travels back to the 70′s, specifically the glam rock heyday of the likes of Suzi Quatro, Slade … Continue reading →

Gig review: LAZARUS HEIGHTS & Ken Barrett & Friends – Le Bistrot Gourmand, Bars, SW France, 7 Sept 2024

Posted on September 9, 2024 by petefeenstra

Every gig has a context, and this one is billed as triple anniversary show plus an album launch. There was also an ambitious plan for an outdoor gig under the stars, which was scuppered at the last minute by a … Continue reading →

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Gig review: JOHNNY HATES JAZZ – Waterside, Sale, 7 September 2024

Posted on September 8, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

David Randall chatted to Clark Datchler for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio following an earlier interview tracing his early career with Johnny Hates Jazz. He discusses the band, his solo career, and the 2024 tour dates. First broadcast 14 April … Continue reading →

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Album review: SUSY WALL – The Spaces In Between

Posted on September 1, 2024 by jason

Bandcamp [Release date 27.09.24] The Spaces In Between, the debut album from Susy Wall, has been in the pipeline for a couple of years. Although Susy has been singing from an early age, it is only in the past couple … Continue reading →

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Book review: REMEMBERING LIVE AID by Andrew Wild

Posted on August 25, 2024 by jason

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 30.08.24] Although the fortieth(!) anniversary of Live Aid is next July, this book by Andrew Wild gets in early on any anniversary events/books and is a great way to jog the memories of those who were … Continue reading →

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Album review: HEALTHY JUNKIES – Listen To The Mad

Posted on August 15, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

Banana Castle Records [Release date 22.11.24] www.healthyjunkies.co.uk With the success of the 2024 Olympics the French must be feeling rather proud. A band with a French female singer might now have a distinct advantage. But Nina Courson is no Celine … Continue reading →

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Book review: ULTRAVOX – Every Album, Every Song by Brian J Robb

Posted on August 4, 2024 by jason

SonicBond Publishing [Publication date: 26.07.24] Ultravox had 17 UK top 40 singles between 1981 and 1984, yet never had a number one single. ‘Vienna’ was famously kept of the top spot by Joe Dolce’s ‘Shaddap You Face’ (a song that … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, BOOK REVIEWS | Tagged book, Brian J Robb, Chris Cross, Classic Albums, electronic, electronic pop, melodic, Midge Ure, pop, review, rock, Sonicbond Publishing, Ultravox - Every Album Every Song | Leave a comment

Album review : BLUES PILLS – Birthday

Posted on July 31, 2024 by petefeenstra

Pete Feenstra chatted to guitarist Zach Anderson and drummer André Kvarnström for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 28 July 2024. Throwdown Entertainment / BMG Rights Mascot [Release date : 09.08.24] Swedish rock band Blues Pills have … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAVID BOWIE – David Bowie

Posted on July 6, 2024 by jason

Deram [Release date 26.07.24] The late David Bowie had a long, successful and influential career, and most will (or should) be familiar with the bulk of his catalogue. Finally finding his ‘sound’, a groove, at the turn of the 70s, … Continue reading →

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Gig review: TIM ARNOLD ‘Super Connected’ – The Cockpit Theatre, London, Tuesday 4 June 2024

Posted on June 13, 2024 by jason

Where do we start with effect of screen addiction and the role social media plays on one’s mental health? This is what singer/songwriter Tim Arnold has been researching for the past seven years culminating in the release of his latest … Continue reading →

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Album review: HUNGRYTOWN – Circus For Sale

Posted on June 9, 2024 by jason

Big Stir Records [Release date 21.06.24] Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson are Hungrytown, who have released three albums since they formed in 2005. All three have won accolades and Year’s Best Of recognition from within the roots and folk community and beyond. Expectations … Continue reading →

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Book review: On track…THE DIVINE COMEDY by Alan Draper

Posted on May 11, 2024 by jason

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 29.02.24] At end of the 1980s Neil Hannon formed his first line-up of The Divine Comedy. In 1989, he signed a deal with independent label, Setanta Records, which led to The Divine Comedy becoming the label’s … Continue reading →

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Book review: On track…OASIS, NEIL YOUNG, AC/DC, PROCOL HARUM (every album, every song)

Posted on May 9, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

Sonicbond Publishing www.sonicbondpublishing.com [Publication dates 26.01.24*, 29.02.24**, 05.04.24***, 10.05.24****] The wide spread of the On Track… series is confirmed by Paul Tornbohm’s dissection of Carpenters*. Surveying the pop duo’s output from 1969, Tornbohm approaches his task from the viewpoint of a … Continue reading →

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EP review: BARBARA – Happy Days

Posted on April 28, 2024 by jason

Website [Release date 22.05.24] Barbara are Henry & John Tydeman, songwriting brothers from Brighton and have played music together since they were children. They started the band proper in 2020 and decided on the name ‘Barbara’ because they wanted a … Continue reading →

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Book review: On track…THE POLICE – Every Album, Every Song by Peter Braidis

Posted on April 14, 2024 by jason

The Police On Track Every Album, Every Song

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 12.04.24] Forming when punk was starting to become a force, The Police – drummer Stuart Copeland, vocalist/bassist Sting and guitarist Andy Summers – released five albums between 1978 and 1983, coupled with a succession of hit … Continue reading →

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Album review: PHIL THORNALLEY – Holly Would

Posted on April 3, 2024 by jason

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 →

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Gig review: 10cc – Bristol Beacon, 7 March 2024

Posted on March 8, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

David Randall chatted to Graham Gouldman about his career. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 12 August 2018. I worked out it’s nearly fifty years since I last saw 10cc live, and this was at the height of … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: RICHARD TRETHEWEY, THE SCHMOOZENBERGS

Posted on March 6, 2024 by jason

Richard Trethewey – Two Halves [Release date 15.03.24] Second album from Cornish musician Richard Trethewey is one that was first imagined for vinyl, as side one is songs inspired from Cornwall’s river estuaries, whilst side two would feature songs based … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Quick Plays | Tagged Americana, folk, instrumental, Ma Polaine's Great Decline, Molecules, mouse, pop, Richard Trethewey, singer songwriter, the Schmoozenbergs, traditional, Two Halves | Leave a comment

Album review: LITTLE LORE – Seven Stories (Parts one and two)

Posted on January 21, 2024 by jason

Bandcamp [Release date 23.02.24] Tricia Duffy, aka Little Lore, release the second part of her album in two parts/EPs. This version collates all seven songs together and is also available on CD, as well as download and streaming. Producer and … Continue reading →

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Upcoming: European, USA & World Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2024)

Posted on December 29, 2023 by GRTR! HQ

Compiled by Jason Ritchie Please check with venue and/or relevant website(s) to confirm availability. Updated 16/12/2024 UK & Ireland Tour Dates and Gig Listing (2024) To search quickly within this page (“Find In Page”): Press Ctrl+F (on Windows PC, Chromebook, … Continue reading →

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Gig review: OCEAN COLOUR SCENE – Eventim Apollo, 16 December 2023

Posted on December 20, 2023 by jason

There’s always been a sense that, despite their success, Ocean Colour Scene have been one of the most under rated bands to emerge during those heady, somewhat hedonistic days of the Britpop era. Certainly, whilst the constant inclusion of one … Continue reading →

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Album review: MAE McKENNA – Reissues

Posted on December 14, 2023 by GRTR! HQ

BGO www.bgo-records.com [Release date 10.11.23] My first introduction to Mae McKenna was her 1991 album ‘Mirage And Reality’. Bob Harris on his overnight BBC Radio 1 show was a big fan and played the album regularly. I spotted it in … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Reissues | Tagged album, country pop, Elliot Randall, Everything That Touches Me, Mae McKenna, MOR, pop, reissue, review, Walk On Water | Leave a comment

Book review: On track…THE BEAT, DEPECHE MODE

Posted on December 10, 2023 by jason

On Track…The Beat, General Public & Fine Young Cannibals by Steve Parry Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 30.06.23] A fascinating read into how the Beat led to the creation of General Public (who many may ask and they once supported Queen!) … Continue reading →

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Album review: WIZZARD – The Singles

Posted on November 28, 2023 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release Date : 1.12.23] Roy Wood’s Wizzard, a singular seventies’ UK pop phenomenon, burned brightly for 5 hugely entertaining years. A band immortalised (whether they liked it or not) by perennial seasonal hit, ‘I Wish It Could Be … Continue reading →

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Album review: KLARK KENT

Posted on November 26, 2023 by jason

Kryptone Records/BMG [Release date 17.11.23] Best known as the drummer for the rock/reggae/punk band The Police, Stewart Copeland has had a long and successful career. Aside from Curved Air and The Police, he has released several solo albums and composed … Continue reading →