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Album review: STRATOVARIUS – Best Of

Posted on May 9, 2016 by jason

earMUSIC [Release date 20.05.16] Stratovarius have been around since 1985 and have to date released 16 studio albums, so as you can imagine this 29 song best of will only touch on the band’s impressive musical output to date. The … Continue reading →

Album review: NEMESEA – Uprise

Posted on May 9, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Napalm Records [Release date 29.04.16] You might be forgiven thinking that Dutch pop metallers Nemesea were new kids on the block out to steal Delain’s thunder. But they have been around for at least 10 years although without their compatriots’ … Continue reading →

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Album review: VARGAS BLUES BAND – Hard Time Blues

Posted on May 8, 2016 by petefeenstra

Santo Grial [Release date 15.02.16] Its 22 years since Carlos Santana covered Javier Vargas’s song ‘Blues Latino’. And while the Spanish guitarist has built up an impressive discography in the interim, the challenge he continues to sets himself is to … Continue reading →

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Album review: DIAMOND HEAD – s/t

Posted on May 8, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Dissonance [Release date 22.04.16] As Brian Tatler says in a recent interview with GRTR! Rasmus Bom Anderson has given the band a kick up the arse. The Danish singer has co-written the material but also provides excellent vocals throughout. I … Continue reading →

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Album review: RIKARD SJOBLOM – The Unbendable Sleep

Posted on May 7, 2016 by alanjones

Gungfly [Release date: 10.02.16] Rikard Sjoblom, for the uninitiated, is the multi-instrumentalist frontman for Swedish avant-progressive rock darlings Beardfish. He was also the prime mover behind Gungfly, who briefly piqued interest from the music press a few years back and … Continue reading →

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Gig review: DIAMOND HEAD – The Patriot, Caerphilly, 23 April 2016

Posted on May 6, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Being a young metal fan growing up in South Wales in the early 80s, we had an abundance of places to to search for music: HMV, independent record shops like Musiquarium, Roxcene Records and Spillers to name a few, we … Continue reading →

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Album review: MALAYA BLUE – Heartsick

Posted on May 5, 2016 by petefeenstra

MBM [Release date 08.04.16] Malaya Blue is a versatile singer who is equally at home singing a variety of musical genres as she is singing blues. ‘Heartsick’ is a lyric driven work which starts out as a blues album, but … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE RIDES – Pierced Arrow

Posted on May 5, 2016 by petefeenstra

Provogue [Release date 06.05.16] ‘Pierced Arrow’ isn’t so much a concept album as a confirmation of shared values, which extends from the music of Stephen Stills and Kenny Wayne Shepherd to their predilection for vintage cars. Their 10 track musical … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE ALAN PARSONS SYMPHONIC PROJECT – Live In Colombia

Posted on May 5, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

earMUSIC [Release date 27.05.16] 2-CD/DVD/Bluray/Vinyl “Damned If I Do” may have described a personal dilemma in March 2015 as I toyed with the idea of making the pilgrimage to a rare Alan Parsons date in London. Inevitably, an early look … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE SENTON BOMBS – Mass Vendetta

Posted on May 4, 2016 by jason

7HardRecords [Release date 15.04.16] This is the Senton Bombs fourth album and they have been plugging away for the past decade. I have not heard any of their previous albums but based on this one I will soon remedy that … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: GAMMA RAY, FASSINE, SUSAN AQUILA, SHELOOM

Posted on May 3, 2016 by jason

GAMMA RAY Lust For Live (Anniversary Edition) earMUSIC [Release date 06.05.16] earMUSIC’s Gamma Ray back catalogue re-issues series continues with this live album, previously only available on video on its original release back in 1993. The show was recorded at … Continue reading →

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Gig review: BRYAN ADAMS – Bournemouth International Centre, 29 April 2016

Posted on May 3, 2016 by andynathan

After a few years either commemorating landmark albums or playing acoustic shows, Bryan Adams was back on a more conventional tour of his adopted home country in support of last year’s ‘Get Up’ album, which was a return to form … Continue reading →

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Album review: PAUL GILBERT – I Can Destroy

Posted on May 3, 2016 by petefeenstra

In the Pete Feenstra Feature on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 8 May 2016 at 20:00 GMT, Pete chatted to Paul Gilbert, with tracks from the album ‘I Can Destroy’. More information earMUSIC [Release date 27.05.15] Paul Gilbert is … Continue reading →

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Album review: PLANET OF ZEUS – Loyal To The Pack

Posted on May 2, 2016 by jason

No prizes for guessing that Planet of Zeus hail from Greece and, having reviewed a couple of rather ear-catching things from that neck of the woods recently, it might just be time to go bar-hopping and check out the live … Continue reading →

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Album review: CHEAP TRICK – Boom Zoom Crazy…Hello

Posted on May 2, 2016 by jason

[Release date 01.14.16] Cheap Trick are back with their first album in a little while, ‘The Latest’ came out back in 2009. They have had a good year to date being inducted to the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: THE CARS, JENNY GILLESPIE

Posted on May 1, 2016 by jason

THE CARS Moving In Stereo: The Best Of Rhino [Release date 06.05.16] This best of is released after a recent box set, ‘The Elektra Years 1978-87′ and covers the same period, with one song – ‘Sad Song’ – from the … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROBIN TROWER – Where You Are Going To

Posted on April 29, 2016 by petefeenstra

Manhaton [Release date 06.05.15] You don’t so much listen to a Robin Trower album these days as simply immerse yourself in his grooves. His combination of guitar artistry, syrupy grooves, heartfelt vocals and a constant search for the emotional core … Continue reading →

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Album review: FRASER ANDERSON – Under The Cover Of Lightness

Posted on April 29, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Membran [Release date 06.05.16] Fraser Anderson is something of a well-kept secret. Unless you’re a regular Bob Harris listener. A Scot, who relocated to the southwest of France, Fraser Anderson’s 2003 debut ‘… and the girl with the strawberry’ was … Continue reading →

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Album review: MARCELLA DETROIT – Grey Matterz

Posted on April 29, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

[Release date 22.04.16] Synth = synthetic. Unfortunately, while that was de rigueur in the 80′s, it sounds a little clichéd several decades on. Gray Matterz, is however a reminder of a) what a good songwriter Detroit is, and b) what … Continue reading →

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Gig review: WILKO JOHNSON – The Forum, London, 23 April 2016

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Davoski

Support came from the prodigiously talented Joanne Shaw Taylor, who commands a sufficient following of her own to headline decent sized venues. As such, it was no surprise that the Forum was pretty rammed for her set. Nor that she … Continue reading →

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Gig review: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO – 02 Arena, London, 20 April 2016

Posted on April 28, 2016 by andynathan

For most of the past 30 years the notion that the Electric Light Orchestra would be selling out a 14 date UK arena tour would have seemed preposterous. Always derided by critics and seen as uncool, since their creative juices … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEAD LETTER CIRCUS – Aesthesis

Posted on April 28, 2016 by david.wilson

Rodeostar/ SPV [Release date 22.04.16] Australian alt-rockers Dead Letter Circus have now been together for 11 years and this is their third album. The guys have had some high profile support slots over the years with the likes of Muse … Continue reading →

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Album review: DUST BOWL JOKIES – Dust Bowl Jokies

Posted on April 28, 2016 by david.wilson

Rodeostar/ SPV [Release date – 22.04.16] This is the second album by the Swedish sleaze rockers Dust Bowl Jokies following on from their debut released back in 2012. Swaggering sleaze/ glam rock is the order of the day here with … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: BLACK ACES, A REBEL FEW, 2 WEEKS

Posted on April 28, 2016 by jason

BLACK ACES Shot In The Dark (Bad Reputation) The trouble being an Australian rock band, and particularly one that plays blues rock at a certain speed, is that you are going to inevitably draw comparisons with Australia’s best known rock … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAN REED NETWORK – Fight Another Day

Posted on April 28, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

In the first hour of his weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, on 29 May 2016, David Randall chatted to Dan Reed and played tracks from the album ‘Fight Another Day’. Frontiers [Release date 03.06.16] When we encountered … Continue reading →