Tag Archives: review

Album review: BEDEMON – Symphony Of Shadows

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Yiannis

Svart Records – Out Now. Bedemon is a name that not many people, however much involved in Heavy Metal music, are expected to know. This has mainly to do with the fact that, even though they have been in existence … Continue reading →

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Single reviews: THE TRADE, ORDINARYSON, VALENTIINE

Posted on March 5, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Valentiine – Love Like Valentiine – Vanessa (guitars / vocals), Erica (bass/vocals) and Shelly (drums/vocals) are a 3-piece all girl garage rock outfit from Melbourne, Australia. Their debut UK single – Love Like- is reminiscent of the Shirley Manson / … Continue reading →

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Album review: BLUE TO BROWN – Blue To Brown

Posted on March 5, 2013 by petefeenstra

Remedy-records [Release date 18.02.13] Blue To Brown features the father and son duo of former Gets/z Loose vocalist and voice over artist Rob Brown and the multi instrumentalist and occasional vocals of Duran Duran guitarist and song writer … Continue reading →

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Quick Plays: JOSH ROUSE, JOHN SMITH, THE LEISURE SOCIETY, JACKIE OATES

Posted on March 3, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

JACKIE OATES Lullabies Jackie Oates is a traditional folk singer songwriter who’s won countless awards since emerging on the scene in 2003. She’s also toured with Seth Lakeman and is a member of the folk ‘super group’ Imagined Village alongside … Continue reading →

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Album review: ANNIE KEATING – For Keeps

Posted on March 3, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

While Bob Harris listeners may be acquainted with the name, New York based Americana singer songwriter Annie Keating will be unfamiliar to most. But her self-released fifth album, For Keeps, should go some way to redressing that balance. For the … Continue reading →

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Album review: FRANKA DE MILLE – Bridge The Roads

Posted on March 3, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

London based singer songwriter Franka De Mille has the distinction of being the only independent artist to be selected for the British Phonographic Industry’s Why Music Matters campaign alongside icons such as Nina Simone, The Beatles, Kate Bush, Louie Armstrong … Continue reading →

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Album review: W.E.T.- Rise Up

Posted on March 3, 2013 by andynathan

Frontiers Records [Release date 22.02.13] In a genre whose natural tendency is to look backwards, few new melodic rock acts have been as eagerly anticipated as W.E.T. Their 2009 debut, fusing the talents of prolific and versatile ex Malmsteen, Talisman … Continue reading →

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Album review: JIMI HENDRIX – People, Hell & Angels

Posted on March 2, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Experience Hendrix/Sony [Release date 04.03.13] Can there be any more Hendrix wine to tease from an ageing vine? It seems that with each new distribution deal (now with Sony Legacy) the opportunity is used to recycle and repackage material for … Continue reading →

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Gig review: VIRGIL & THE ACCELERATORS – RNCM,Manchester,23 February 2013

Posted on February 28, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Virgil & The Accelerators - Manchester, 23 February 2013

RNCM (Royal Northern College of Music) was rather a strange venue for what could potentially be a lively gig. While the sound was excellent and the lighting was perfectly acceptable the layout was for a theatre and an all seated … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE PETER ULRICH COLLABORATION – The Painted Caravan

Posted on February 27, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Market Square Records [Release date 11.03.13] www.marketsquarerecords.co.uk There is a certain ethereal quality in this album, an eclectic mix for sure from the percussionist Peter Ulrich who featured in cult bands Dead Can Dance and This Mortal Coil. If Ulrich’s … Continue reading →

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Album review: JADE VINE – Nothing Can Hide From Light

Posted on February 26, 2013 by alanjones

(Self-released: 7.1.13) There is an old adage that states that you should never judge a book by the cover. I think another maxim should be never judge an album by its first track. ‘Last Day Of Apathy’, the opening track … Continue reading →

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Album review: GATE 6 – God Machines

Posted on February 25, 2013 by alanjones

. (Self-release: September 2012) What is it about Europe and fine progressive rock music at the moment? The likes of Poland (with Riverside, Believe, Satellite et al), Sweden (with Airbag, Katatonia, Aoria, etc.) and Germany (Frequency Drift, InVertigo, etc.) are … Continue reading →

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Gig review: URIAH HEEP – The Tivoli, Buckley, 21 February 2013

Posted on February 22, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Virgil & The Accelerators - Buckley, 21 November 2013

That anyone can pay £20 to see one of the UK’s most enduring rock bands, and then gawp at their phone looking at the football results, may say more about the state of music in 2013 and – moreover - … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAN REED – Signal Fire

Posted on February 18, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Zero One Music [Release date 18.02.13] Let’s get one thing clear. Don’t expect another ‘Tiger In A Dress’ and start thinking semi-acoustically. Dan Reed’s previous album, 2010′s ‘Coming Up For Air’, dispensed with the funk metal of his late-eighties big … Continue reading →

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Album review: OCTOBER TREE – The Fairy’s Wing

Posted on February 14, 2013 by alanjones

(Canvas Productions, 2012) If there’s one thing in life that really gets up my nose it’s indulgence. Self indulgence is bad enough, but pandering to somebody else’s indulgence is just plain wrong. And this is what has … Continue reading →

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Album review: SAILOR FREE – Spiritual Revolution

Posted on February 14, 2013 by alanjones

(Tide Records, 2012) This is definitely an album of ‘despites’. Despite not having English as their first language, despite this being a concept album and despite having a band name like a John Inman sit-com – this … Continue reading →

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Album review: X11 ALFONSO – Charles Darwin

Posted on February 14, 2013 by alanjones

(Self-release, 2012) Every so often an album like this appears, that is so left-field, so out of kilter with the way things are, that it is extremely difficult to listen to and be totally objective. Not that it is totally … Continue reading →

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Album review: ACELSIA – Don’t Go Where I Can’t Follow

Posted on February 13, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

The debut from Norwegian three piece Acelsia, has a sound far bigger than its component parts. With all songs written by vocalist / pianist Marlene Markussen and guitar, bass and synth player Odd Henning, and with Bjorn Tore Erlendsen (of … Continue reading →

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Album review: LARKIN POE & THOM HELL – The Sound Of The Ocean Sound

Posted on February 13, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Edvins Records [Release date 04.03.13] 5 extended EPs and a live DVD over their two year career to date, and sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell have elected to share their first long playing outing with Norwegian songwriter Thom Hell. The … Continue reading →

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Album review: 10cc – Tenology

Posted on February 13, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Universal/Mercury [Release date 19.11.12] It’s about time 10cc’s excellent back catalogue got a decent airing. Up to now all we’ve really had is a set of distinctly average re-masters. That is, with the exception of the release of their classic … Continue reading →

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Album Review: ERIC JOHNSON – Up Close Another Look

Posted on February 9, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Mascot Records [Release date 01.04.13] Whilst I have always been aware of Eric Johnson and his influence on a whole raft of modern guitarists I have never really investigated his music. ‘Up Close – Another Look’ should change all that. … Continue reading →

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Album review: PAUL RAYMOND PROJECT – Terms & Conditions Apply

Posted on February 7, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Hear No Evil Recordings [Release date 28.01.13] Paul Raymond may be best known as the quiet one in UFO and perhaps surprisingly this is his sixth solo outing. ’Terms & Conditions Apply’ will appeal to UFO fans, but more broadly … Continue reading →

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Album review: CODE OF SILENCE – Dark Skies Over Babylon

Posted on January 27, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Mausoleum [Release date 25.02.13] Put together by Eden’s Curse bassist Paul Logue, Code Of Silence - if this debut album is anything to go by - is surely a band on the cusp of great things. Fronted by Brazilian vocalist Gus Monsanto … Continue reading →

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Gig Review: THE BLACKOUT – Edinburgh 22 January 2013

Posted on January 24, 2013 by david.wilson

I first saw The Blackout a couple of years ago supporting My Chemical Romance at the SECC in Glasgow. That night the guys had the SECC crowd eating out of their hands by the second song, not bad for a … Continue reading →

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Gig review: CARAVAN – The Lowry, Salford – 14 January 2013

Posted on January 19, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Pye Hastings, Caravan - photo by Simon Dunkerley

The night was to start with a support slot from Garron Frith, A local Manchester singer songwriter who is building up a steady following. To describe a style is not always easy but he has been likened to Stephen Stills … Continue reading →