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Album review: KATATONIA – The Fall Of Hearts

Posted on July 8, 2016 by alanjones

Peaceville [Release date: 20.05.16] There are occasions aren’t there when only a quietly muttered ‘wow’ really does justice to whatever you’re experiencing at the time? There was a moment halfway through track 6, ‘Residual’, that I thought ‘I’m in the … Continue reading →

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Album review: FIRST SIGNAL- One Step Over The Line

Posted on July 6, 2016 by andynathan

Frontiers Records [Release Date 03.06.16] Even by the standards of the production line mentality that bedevils the melodic rock genre, First Signal’s second album may appear to risk a lack of cohesion. The one survivor from the team that created … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: FIELD MOUSE, THE AMAZING

Posted on July 6, 2016 by jason

FIELD MOUSE – Episodic US band who expanded from a two-piece that made the debut album, ‘Hold Still Life’, to this album’s line-up of Rachel Browne (vocals/guitar), Andrew Futral (guitar), Saysha Heinzman (bass), Tim McCoy (drums) and Zoë Browne (synth/Rhodes/vocals). … Continue reading →

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Gig review: Breaking Bands Festival – Stoke Prior Country Club, 27-29 May 2016

Posted on July 6, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Still in its infancy, Breaking Bands Festival has yet again shown how to organise, run and sell a music festival that was sold out way before the event. And, over the May bank holiday weekend and following days, it was … Continue reading →

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Gig review: JOE BONAMASSA – Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 3 July 2016

Posted on July 4, 2016 by david.wilson

Without doubt Joe Bonamassa is one of the biggest blues stars in the world at the moment. Over the last few years he has grown a large and very loyal following who turn out in numbers whenever he rolls into … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROADHOUSE – City Of Decay

Posted on July 3, 2016 by petefeenstra

This hour long special was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on Sunday 17 July. Gary Boner chats to Pete Feenstra about the band and new album. Krossborder [Release date 15.07.16] In a career spanning over 20 years … Continue reading →

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Album review: URIAH HEEP – The Classic Rock Years (6 Disc Box Set)

Posted on July 3, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

In June 2014 David Randall chatted to Bernie Shaw for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio and in this exclusive edit Bernie chats about setlists and his own early involvement with the band. (6:21) The Store For Music [Release date 24.06.16] … Continue reading →

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Album review: STEVE SUMMERS – Rainmakin’

Posted on July 3, 2016 by petefeenstra

Casket Music [Release date 22.04.16] Steve Summer is a veteran studio guitarist with an enduring love for the niche British rock/blues market. ‘Rainmakin’ is strong on riffs, bursting solos, well crafted material and exuberantly played covers, that will appeal to … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE KORGIS – Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime (The Complete Rialto Recordings 1979-1982)

Posted on July 2, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

In March 2013 David Randall chatted to The Korgis’ Andy Davis and in this exclusive edit he discusses their major hit and the later album ‘This World’s For Everyone’ released in 1992 and subsequently reissued by Angel Air Records. (4:19) … Continue reading →

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Gig review: DOWNLOAD, Donington Park, 10-12 June 2016

Posted on July 2, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

My last visit to Donington was back in 1988 when – as ‘Monsters Of Rock’ – it also featured Megadeth and headlined by Iron Maiden. I never really embraced the three day event and with not enough bands of interest … Continue reading →

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Album review: LAURENCE JONES – Take Me High

Posted on July 1, 2016 by petefeenstra

Ruf [Release date 22.07.16] It’s often said that an artist’s second album can be a problematical one. And while Laurence Jones has barely paused for breath to even consider a sophomore slump, he suddenly find himself cutting his fourth album in … Continue reading →

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Album review: ALLIGATOR RECORDS – 45th Anniversary Collection

Posted on June 30, 2016 by petefeenstra

Alligator [Release date 10.06.16] With a back catalogue of 300 albums and a roster that spans generations, Alligator Records has every right to make a claim to being the premier independent blues label of our time. The ‘Alligator 45th Anniversary … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: BREAD OVER BOMBS, GONE DEAD TRAIN, THE MIRROR TRAP

Posted on June 29, 2016 by jason

BREAD OVER BOMBS www.breadoverbombs.org Interesting backstory to this band from Los Angeles in that they put the profits of the band’s music into providing food for food banks. They have to date provided over 10,000 meals for people via the … Continue reading →

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Gig review: RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW – Genting Arena, Birmingham, 25 June 2016

Posted on June 28, 2016 by andynathan

For us rock fans of a certain age – perhaps from early forties to sixty-ish – Ritchie Blackmore sits in the pantheon of rock royalty. As guitarist and songwriter in both Deep Purple and his own band Rainbow, he pushed … Continue reading →

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Album review: PUNKY MEADOWS – Fallen Angel

Posted on June 28, 2016 by jason

Escape Music [Release date 20.05.16] I will admit from the start I have never really been a big fan of 70′s pomp rockers Angel. I have tried many times to get into their music as I love pomp rock, but … Continue reading →

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Album review: APOCALYPTICA – Plays Metallica By Four Cellos (20th Anniversary Edition)

Posted on June 25, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Odyssey Music Network [Release date 22.07.16] Metallica played by a string quartet? Keen-eared readers will know that this isn’t such a wayward proposition. Back in 1999 Hetfield’s Heroes recorded a live album with the San Francisco Symphony demonstrating the tunes … Continue reading →

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Gig review: STONE FREE FESTIVAL Day 2 – O2 Arena, London, 19 June 2016

Posted on June 22, 2016 by andynathan

Rick Wakeman - STONE FREE FESTIVAL Day 2 - O2 Arena, London, 19 June 2016

While the first day of the debut Stone Free festival had an eclectic mix of bands, the second was far more coherent with the theme of progressive rock both in the main arena and the Indigo. Combined with an older … Continue reading →

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Gig review: LUKE ELLIOT – Aces and Eights, London, 21 June 2016

Posted on June 22, 2016 by jason

Small underground bar and an intimate atmosphere with subdued lighting, candles and gilt lined mirrors – bit like being in a Sherlock Holmes story. The upstairs is a pizza/bar fashioned on 1950′s rock ‘n’ roll era. All in all an … Continue reading →

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EP Review: THE SPINS – Colours

Posted on June 22, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Plug & Play Recordings [Release date 25.06.16] A French/English/Estonian pop/rock group? Whatever next? Based in France, but with members geographically separated, there’s no clue as just how much of an active ‘group’ they are, but the The Spins are a … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: DANA IMMANUEL, EVE SELIS

Posted on June 22, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

DANA IMMANUEL & THE STOLEN BAND Come With Me [Release date 05.08.16] A curious release, coming reasonably hot on the heels of banjo-toting, whiskey-drinking north London based singer-songwriter Dana Immanuel’s last album Dotted Lines which attracted a 4 star GRTR! … Continue reading →

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Gig review: STONE FREE FESTIVAL Day 1 – 02 Arena, London, 18 June 2016

Posted on June 21, 2016 by andynathan

Alice Cooper - STONE FREE FESTIVAL DAY 1 - 02 Arena, London, 18 June 2016

Once upon a time, gigs took place indoors, or in football stadiums for the very largest acts, and festivals in a muddy field. While rock festival demographics have gradually got older, the havoc wreaked by the vagaries of the English … Continue reading →

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Album review: EVELINE’S DUST – The Painkeeper

Posted on June 21, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

[Release date 11.03.16] Italian prog anyone? Inspired by the usual suspects – King Crimson, Genesis, et al, and current exponents like Steven Wilson, Eveline’s Dust – a four piece Pisa, Tuscany – have produced a rather fine follow up to … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: deVIENCE, LOVE AND A .38

Posted on June 21, 2016 by jason

deVIENCE – S/T Broken Road Records If you’ve been writing reviews for a while every now and then you stumble across a debut album that slips into your record collection and stays there for years, and the self-titled debut effort … Continue reading →

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Album review: ZUCCHERO – Black Cat

Posted on June 21, 2016 by jason

Polydor/Universal [Release date 29.04.16] Zucchero may not be that well known in the UK, although I remember his sterling version of Las Palabras de Amor’ at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert back in 1992. This album has already topped his … Continue reading →

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Album review: SCORPION CHILD – Acid Roulette

Posted on June 20, 2016 by jason

Nuclear Blast [Release date 10.06.16] Save Save Second album by Scorpion Child, a five piece hailing from the US consisting of Aryn Jonathan Black (vocals), Christopher Jay Cowart (guitar), Jon “Charn” Rice (drums), Alec “Caballero” Padron (bass) and Aaron John … Continue reading →