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Album review: TYLER BRYANT & THE SHAKEDOWN – Electrified

Posted on May 12, 2024 by jason

tyler bryant and the shakedown electrified

Rattle Shake Records [Release date 10.05.24] Album number six from Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown who still don’t look old enough to have made so many albums. Seemingly down to a trio of Tyler Bryant (vocals, guitar) Caleb Crosby (drums), … Continue reading →

Album review: BLACK SABBATH – Anno Domini 1989-1995

Posted on May 12, 2024 by jason

BMG [Release date 31.05.24] Another solid box from BMG, and four long out-of-print albums get a release. This set features Headless Cross (1989), Tyr (1990), Cross Purposes (1994) and Forbidden (1995). And before anyone goes “The Tony Martin Years”, this … Continue reading →

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Album review: DEMON – Invincible

Posted on May 11, 2024 by jason

Frontiers [Release date 17.05.24] You’d be forgiven for thinking you’d stepped back in time to the late 70s/early 80s, as the first half of 2024 has seen new albums from the likes of Magnum, Saxon, Judas Priest, Praying Mantis, Tygers … 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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EP review: REVENANT – What A Time To Be Alive

Posted on May 10, 2024 by jason

Facebook [Release date 10.05.24] Revenant are a new band, although the band’s members have plenty of musical experience, with Sugarman Sam (vocals, guitars) and Matthew Hudson (guitars) both previously in the Dead Jackals. They are joined bassist Robin Nutley and drummer Carl D. … 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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Album review: DEFECTS – Modern Error

Posted on May 7, 2024 by jason

Mascot Records [Release date 24.05.24] ‘Modern Error’ is breathtakingly raw with emotion. Conceptually, it is a deeply cathartic album that acts as a vessel for singer Tony Maue to organise his thoughts on the trauma of being taken into care … Continue reading →

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Album review: JACK BADCOCK – Cosmography

Posted on May 3, 2024 by jason

www.jackbadcock.com [Release date 03.05.24] Jack Badcock is best known as frontman and founding member of Dallahan. After releasing ‘The Driftwood Project’ EP in 2021 we now arrive in 2024 and Jack Badcock releases his first solo album. Jack plays guitar, … Continue reading →

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Gig review: WALTER TROUT – The Alhambra Theater, Paris, 30 April 2024

Posted on May 1, 2024 by petefeenstra

Walter Trout in Paris is an opportunity not to be missed and so it proves as Walter and his road tested band bring a capacity seated audience to its feet On a personal note it’s 35 years since I first … Continue reading →

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Album review: SHADES OF PLATO – Blackout

Posted on May 1, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

Platonic Arrangements [Release date 20.06.24] shadesofplato1.bandcamp.com/ Any album with a song title ‘Bacteria With Shoes’ demands attention. And you’ll find it on the third album from gothic rockers Shades Of Plato. By their own admission this album predicts a post-pandemic apocalypse … Continue reading →

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Album review: VARIOUS – Reimagining The Court Of The Crimson King

Posted on April 30, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

Purple Pyramid Records [Release date 19.04.24] King Crimson’s 1969 album is one of the most significant and influential prog albums and here gets a fresh coat of paint courtesy of a stellar gathering of prog and fusion A listers. And, … Continue reading →

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EP review: LITTLE FIREWORKS – Where Did the Light Go

Posted on April 30, 2024 by jason

Instagram [Release date 12.04.24] Little Fireworks are Scott Viney & Pierce Kavanagh, two lifelong friends from London who have been writing music together for over 7 years, in different projects, across various roles. Like many bands, the 2020 pandemic played … Continue reading →

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Album review : FRANCIS ROSSI & HANNAH RICKARD – We Talk Too Much (2024 vinyl version with bonus track)

Posted on April 29, 2024 by brianmc

earMUSIC [Release date : 03.05.24] 2014’s Aquostic (Stripped Bare) was Status Quo’s first full blown tilt at “reimagining” older material in an acoustic set up. It was a big success, commercially and critically. It led to this collaboration between Francis … Continue reading →

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Album review: BIG BIG TRAIN – The Likes Of Us

Posted on April 28, 2024 by alanjones

Inside Out [Release Date: 01.03.24] When David Longdon tragically died in an accident at his home in 2021, Big Big Train, one of the finest folk/prog bands this country has produced, were shattered to the core. How could they continue … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE MILK MEN – Holy Cow!

Posted on April 28, 2024 by jason

Website [Release date 03.05.24] The Milk Men comprise of former Pirates drummer Mike Roberts, Lloyd Green (son of guitar legend Mick Green, also a member of the Pirates in the past) on bass, vocalist Jamie Smy, and guitarist Adam Norsworthy … 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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Album review: ROBIN TROWER – Bridge Of Sighs (50th Anniversary Edition)

Posted on April 28, 2024 by jason

Pete Feenstra chatted to Robin Trower for his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 30 June 2024 Chrysalis (3CD/Blu Ray, 50th Anniversary Edition) [Release date 17.05.24] Blues/rock guitarist Robin Trower has had a long and distinguished career, … Continue reading →

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Album review: MANIC EDEN

Posted on April 28, 2024 by jason

Mascot Records [Release date 12.04.24] When Manic Eden released their self-titled debut, and only, album back in 1994 I was keen to get hold of a copy (I seem to recall this was a Japanese only release at first and … Continue reading →

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Book review: On track…MAGNUM – every album, every song – by Matthew Taylor

Posted on April 27, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 26.04.24] The merits of these “On track…” books lie in the authors’ comprehensive trawling of sources as much as subjective opinion. Matthew Taylor’s expose of Magnum drives a balance between the two. He has used a … Continue reading →

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Album review: WARHORSE – The Recordings 1970-72

Posted on April 27, 2024 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date : 26.04.24] In 1970, on leaving Deep Purple, bassist/songwriter, Nick Simper, joined Marsha Hunt’s backing band, later striking out on its own under the band name, Warhorse. In the seventies, Metal and Hard Rock blossomed in … Continue reading →

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Album review : WILDSTREET IV

Posted on April 25, 2024 by brianmc

Golden Robot Records [Release date 26.04.24] US band, Wildstreet, took note of music’s direction of travel (ie there’s no money in standing still) some years ago and have toured incessantly ever since… frequent appearances at SXSW & M3 Rock Festival, … Continue reading →

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Album review: QUINN SULLIVAN – Salvation

Posted on April 21, 2024 by petefeenstra

Provogue [Release date 07.06.24] Quinn Sullivan’s “Salvation” is a guitar driven white boy soul album, with jagged edged funk and fleeting blues influences. It’s a well crafted album that pushes Quinn Sullivan further into a singer-songwriter direction with a broad … Continue reading →

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Album review: LEE AARON – Tattoo Me

Posted on April 18, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

Metalville [Release date 26.04.24] Lee Aaron is probably at that stage of life where she doesn’t have to please anyone. She still makes relevant albums and if her previous ‘Elevate’ was not quite up to ‘Radio On!’ (in 2021) they … Continue reading →

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Album review: 25 YARD SCREAMER – The Memory Cheats (The Pictures Within 2023)

Posted on April 16, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

White Knight Records [Release date 24.01.24] 25yardscreamer.bandcamp.com/music 25 Yard Screamer, who we first reviewed back in 2005, are now typical of those solid bands who feed the gnarly backbone of prog rock without being touched by wider success or recognition. … Continue reading →

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Album review: D’ERCOLE – Near Death Experience

Posted on April 15, 2024 by jason

Rock Company Records [Release date 25.04.24] Album number ten from D’Ercole (and goodness knows what number album this is to feature the talents of Phil Vincent!), who consist of Phil Vincent (vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass), Damian D’Ercole (guitars) and B.F. … Continue reading →