Tag Archives: review

Book review: MARTIN BARRE – A Trick Of Memory

Posted on October 24, 2025 by GRTR! HQ

David Randall chatted to Martin Barre at the start of his UK tour dates in November 2025. This hour special includes tracks from several albums including Tull and Alan Simon’s ‘Excalibur’ project McNidder & Grace [Publication date 06.11.25] “The music … Continue reading →

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Album review: LAURA COX – Trouble Coming

Posted on October 23, 2025 by jason

earMusic [Release date 31.10.25] Album number four from Anglo-French guitarist and singer Laura Cox, who first came to wider attention via her YouTube channel in 2008. The album was mixed and engineered by Jean-Marc Pelatan, with tracks mastered by Ted Jensen … Continue reading →

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Album review: STEVE MORSE BAND – Triangulation

Posted on October 22, 2025 by petefeenstra

Music Theories Recordings [Release date 14.10.25] Steve Morse Band’s ‘Triangulation’ is a complex, intense and yet accessible virtuosic album which successfully evokes the conceptual ‘Triangulation’ album title. The ‘triangulation’ concept refers to geographically pinpointing your exact location at a specific … Continue reading →

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Album review: PAUL KELLY – Seventy

Posted on October 22, 2025 by jason

Website [Release date 07.11.25] Question – how many Australian artists do you know? Not many I am thinking. There are the usual suspects, AC/DC, INXS, Midnight Oil possibly, Johnny Deisel perhaps, and Nick Cave who is really an honorary Brit. … Continue reading →

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Album review : WEST, BRUCE & LAING – Out In The Fields – The albums 1972-74

Posted on October 21, 2025 by brianmc

Esoteric [Release date : 31.10.25] Three searing samples of the red hot rock’n’roll that emanated from supergroup, West, Bruce & Laing. No surprise really. Their genesis lies in the live improvisations of Jack Bruce’s previous band, Cream, and the hard … Continue reading →

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EP review: ELLIOT PORTER – I Choose the Moon

Posted on October 19, 2025 by jason

Website [Release date 30.10.25] Elliot Porter is a Cambridge based singer songwriter who has been building up a following, through gigging and a series of releases, including a cover of Frank Turner’s ‘Be More Kind’, which raised over £2,000 for … Continue reading →

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Album review : WRATHCHILD AMERICA – Climbing the Walls / 3-D (2 CD remasters w/bonus tracks)

Posted on October 19, 2025 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date : 24.10.25] Back in 1984, founding member, vocalist and bass man, Brad Divens gave up a career in the straight world to “make it” with his Thrash Metal band, Wrathchild America. It was a high risk … Continue reading →

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Feature: Albums that time forgot – PETER BARDENS – Heart To Heart (1979)

Posted on October 18, 2025 by GRTR! HQ

Arista (1979) Esoteric (Reissue, 2012) Peter Bardens has an interesting history. Although his career was cut short – succumbing to lung cancer in 2002 at the age of 56 – he spent time in the 1960s with Mick Fleetwood and … Continue reading →

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Gig review: KATHERINE PRIDDY – Harwell Village Hall, 17 October 2025

Posted on October 18, 2025 by jason

A sold out show – and the third Katherine Priddy gig hosted at Harwell to sell out – is always a great thing to see, especially at the grassroots level where you can still see and support acts as talented … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROBIN ADAMS – The Beggar

Posted on October 18, 2025 by jason

Website [Release date 09.11.25] Ok, lets tackle the elephant in the room – this could be Nick Drake’s fourth album. And I say that with the utmost respect and admiration. From the phrasing to the melodies the guitar tone and style … Continue reading →

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Gig review: GLENN HUGHES – Bristol O2 Academy, 14 October 2025

Posted on October 17, 2025 by GRTR! HQ

“Fuck politics. Music is the healer”. And there speaketh the Voice of Rock. But first, Sophie Lloyd who lent her support on this UK leg of the European tour. From what I can gather she doesn’t mind flaunting her body … Continue reading →

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Album review : ATOMIC ROOSTER – Circle The Sun

Posted on October 17, 2025 by brianmc

Cherry Red/Esoteric [Release date 10.10.25] 40 years between albums is pushing it a bit. But for Atomic Rooster, that’s where we are. The band’s last album, Headline News, was their seventh, released in 1983. Two generations ago, give or take. … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOHN LEES’ BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST – Relativity

Posted on October 14, 2025 by jason

Cherry Red Records [Release date 17.10.25] More than seven years in the making and some twelve years since the release of ‘North’ its 2013 predecessor, John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest’s second studio album, ‘Relativity’ proves that time well spent can … Continue reading →

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Album review: BRINSLEY SCHWARZ – Shouting At The Moon

Posted on October 12, 2025 by GRTR! HQ

Fretsore Records [Release date 14.11.25] Brinsley Schwarz emerged from the pub rock boom of the early 1970s. They will be best remembered for their infamous press junket in 1970 and a disastrous US debut. Oh, how times change. ‘Shouting At … Continue reading →

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Album review: ROOMFUL OF BLUES – Steppin Out!

Posted on October 11, 2025 by petefeenstra

Pete Feenstra chatted to Chris Vachon from Roomful Of Blues for Get Ready to ROCK! radio. First broadcast 19 October 2025. Alligator Records [Release date 24.10.25] ‘Steppin’ Out!’ is Roomful of Blues’ first studio album for 5 years and their … Continue reading →

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Album review: PAVLOV’S DOG – Wonderlust

Posted on October 10, 2025 by GRTR! HQ

Ruf Records [Release date 03.10.25] As we’ve indicated elsewhere, reviewing the 5-CD retrospective, Pavlov’s Dog have never received the success they might deserve and never sustaining the acclaimed heights (and large sign-up fee) of their debut album released in 1974. … Continue reading →

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Album review: PAVLOV’S DOG – Essential Recordings 1974-2018 (5-CD box set)

Posted on October 10, 2025 by GRTR! HQ

Ruf Records [Release date 27.09.24] What are we to make of a fairly basic box set from a band that have been described as “legendary” but who – this side of the pond – have largely gone unnoticed? ‘Essential Recordings’ … Continue reading →

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EP review: JIMMY OWEN – 10Ft Squared

Posted on October 10, 2025 by petefeenstra

Self Release [Release date 24.10.25] ‘10Ft Squared’ is the perfect introduction to Jimmy Owen, a guitar driven, singer-songwriter and restless artistic spirit, who straddles prog, fusion, Californian tinged soft rock, pop and unexpectedly the blues. It’s a mini album or … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS – X’s For Eyes

Posted on October 9, 2025 by jason

Better Noise Music [Release date 03.10.25] The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, since their formation in the early 2000s, has carved a unique space in the alternative rock scene. With the release of their new album it’s clear the band has continued … Continue reading →

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Album review: NINE BELOW ZERO – Blues Power Volume 1

Posted on October 8, 2025 by petefeenstra

Zed Records [Release date 22.09.25] Nine Below Zero’s ‘Blues Power Volume 1’ does what it says on the tin. The album represents the best blues tracks they bands has recorded over the last 20 years. And if the South London … Continue reading →

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Single reviews: CAITLIN KRISKO & THE BROADCAST – Let It Ride, Hello My Dear

Posted on October 8, 2025 by jason

Facebook These singles from Cailtin are coming like bullets from a gatling gun at the moment. So fast that I didn’t have chance to review ‘Let It Rid’e before Hello My Dear dropped on me. So briefly ‘Let It Ride’ … Continue reading →

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Album review: PUNCHDRUNK SAINTS – S/t

Posted on October 7, 2025 by jason

Cadiz Records [Release date 24.10.25] In 2023 The Cockney Rejects’ guitarist and founder, Micky Geggus, after much soul searching, decided to leave the band that he created in 1979. Along with original Rejects’ bassist, Vinny Riordan, Mick decided to embark … Continue reading →

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Album review: MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP – Don’t Sell Your Soul

Posted on September 30, 2025 by david.wilson

earMUSIC [Release date 03.10.25] The announcement for this album came as a bit of a surprise to many. Michael had been out touring his UFO live set around the globe, so where he found the time to fit in the … Continue reading →

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Album review: BURNING ROPE – Burning Rope

Posted on September 29, 2025 by petefeenstra

Self Release [Release date 11.10.25] The self titled ‘Burning Rope’ debut album is the work of a band striving to find an equilibrium in musical styles and direction. It’s an old school album which achieves its goal with deep grooves, … Continue reading →

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Singles review : TREAT – ’1985′ and ‘Adam and Evil’

Posted on September 29, 2025 by brianmc

Frontiers Music [Release date : 26.09.25] Arena Rock experts and more, Treat recently released ‘Adam and Evil’ and ‘1985’ as teaser trailers for their forthcoming long player, The Wild Card, due out in November. The band’s high-sheen recording craft is … Continue reading →