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Album review : MICKEY THOMAS Over The Edge
Frontiers [Release date: 21.08.26] Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship and Starship’s history is well documented online. Mickey Thomas was Starship’s vocalist through the eighties. By 1989, the band’s output had dropped to zero, and Thomas hadn’t released any solo material since … Continue reading
EP review: THORNS – Ready to Strike
These Go To Eleven Records [Release date 26.08.26] Thorns. Thrash. They sound like ‘Tallica. More accurately ‘Kill ‘em All era ‘Tallica. Hetfield vocals, Lars drum sound, Kirk soloing from…all over . Yes, they sound like ‘Tallica”…..EXCEPT…..don’t be so lazy! Thorns … Continue reading
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Tagged EP, metal, Metallica, Overkill, Ready To Strike, review, Thorns, thrash metal
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Album review : GRAND – Guilty Pleasure
Frontiers [Release date : 21.08.26] We asked 3 separate AI sources… Gemini, Co pilot and Claude: “describe the melodic rock / AOR music of the eighties, specifically 1984”. We’ll publish the results sometime. Then we took this new release from … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, AOR, Claude, Co Pilot, Frontiers, Gemini, Grand, Guilty Pleasure, melodic rock, review
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Album review: SIMON KEMPSTON – A Poet Or A Painter
Self Portrait [Release date : 29.09.26] In a world of instant gratification, downloads and self hype, it’s almost a shock to come across a well crafted, singer song-writer and folk inspired album, with lyrical substance underpinned by thoughtful arrangements. And while … Continue reading
Album review : ODDLAND – Unilluminate To Illuminate
Frontiers Music [Release date : 21.08.26] At last, after 3 albums at the fringes, Oddland is now pushing the boundaries of structure and tone to the outer edges of Prog Metal. It’s a scary place to be if you can’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Oddland, Pain of Salvation, prog metal, review, Soan, Unilluminate To Illuminate
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Album review: THE DEVIL WEARS NADA – In Lust We Thrust
Eonian Records [Release date 10.07.26] This album is a throwback to the classic sounds of 1980s melodic rock and even the opening piece is a bit of retro radio, not dissimilar to something you might hear in Grand Theft Auto. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, hard rock, In Lust We Thrust, melodic rock, review, The Devil Wears Nada
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Album review: JACK BROWNING – Painted Skies
Bandcamp [Release date 16.09.26] Is this is only the second album from Jack Browning, I feel like I’ve been following this dude for years on Facebook, and the maturity in the songwriting is way beyond a second album. He has been … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, blues, guitarist, Jack Browning, Painted Skies, review, singer songwriter
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Album review : TOKYO BLADE – Hoist The Colours High
Cherry Red [Release date : 21.08.26] The unquenchable flame that is Tokyo Blade is about to release its 14th studio album in a career lasting the best part of 50 years. Hows that for durability? Hoist The Colours High is … Continue reading
Album review: NICOLE ATKINS – Drama
Sun Records/ Wicked Games Records [Release date 18.09.26] Nicole Atkins returns with her first all-new album in over six years. The album came together at the behest of her close friend and touring partner Chris Isaak, who signed her to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chris Issak, country, Drama, Nicole Atkins, pop, review, singer songwriter, Wilco
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Album review: TEN YEARS AFTER – Cricklewood Green (Deluxe Edition)
Chrysalis [Release date 28.08.26] Ten Years After are a British blues rock group who really don’t get enough love. After several breaks, reunions and line-up changes, they’re still going strong, after their formation in the mid 60s. With their roots … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alvin Lee, classic album, classic rock, Cricklewood Green, deluxe edition, reissue, review, rock, Ten Years After
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Album review: ALBERT BOUCHARD – Imaginos IV: Rhyme of the Star Clock
Deko Entertainment [Release date 25.09.26] The story so far… In 1981, Albert Bouchard was fired, mid-tour, from Blue Öyster Cult, the band he helped to form back in the 1960s. His immediate response was to hook up with the band’s … Continue reading
Gig review: ERIC JOHNSON – Lytham Lowther Pavilion, 4 August 2026
Joined by Nashville’s Daniel Kimbro on bass and ex-Joe Bonamassa and Chaka Khan, Tal Bergman on drums, Eric Johnson was playing the last date of a five week tour, taking in Europe and the UK. The great thing about catching … Continue reading
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Tagged 4 August 2026, blues, Eric Johnson, gig, guitarist, Lytham Lowther Pavilion, review, rock
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Album review: EVA UNDER FIRE – Villainous
Better Noise Music [Release date 10.07.26] The female-fronted pop metal genre is a fairly crowded space these days. We have – for example – Ad Infinitum (Switzerland), Elysion (Greece) and not forgetting the trailblazers who are sounding as good as … Continue reading
Album review: EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER – Works Live
BMG [Release date 24.07.26] Recorded in Montreal, Canada in 1977, this live album was originally released in 1979 as the single LP ‘In Concert’ it was originally intended to be a double album, but that idea was kiboshed by the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Carl Palmer, classic rock, ELP. Emerson Lake & Palmer, Greg Lake, Keith Emerson, prog, prog rock, review, Works Live
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Album review: LALU : A Mythmaker’s Demise
Frontiers Music [Release date : 31.07.26] Looks like Progrock supremo, Vivien Lalu’s got the band back together for his fifth album.In fact today’s Lalu is a lot like yesterday’s Lalu, both in compliment and style, with Mekong Delta’s Martin LeMar … Continue reading
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Tagged Frontiers Music, Joop Wolters, Martin LeMar, progrock, review, Simon Philips, Vivien Lalu
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Album review: PAULIE BOY BLUES – Back from the Dead Live in Brooklyn New York
Facebook Paulie Boy is on a mission to spread the blues, but is this album of six songs recorded rough, ready and live, the blues, or is it psychedelic rock? It’s certainly channelling Hendrix, and it’s certainly covering classic blues … Continue reading
Album review: OSIRIS – Within A Dream
Escape Music [Release date 14.08.26] Osiris is an all-Bahraini prog rock band founded in 1980 by brothers Mohamed Alsadeqi (guitars, vocals) and Nabil Alsadeqi (drums, percussion). They have been active ever since, bar a hiatus between 1993 and 2000. Osiris … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bahrain, Camel, Clive Nolan, Escape Music, melodic, OSIRIS, prog, prog rock, progressive, review, Within A Dream
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Album review: BYWATER CALL – Broken Souvenirs
Bandcamp [Release date 29.07.26] Diversity is definitely this Bywater Call’s strength. From Al Green type soul to stark americana acoustic Davey Graham style guitar picking with a vocal, to almost goth style moods, and the glue sticking this all together … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Green, album, Americana, blues, Broken Souvenirs, Bywater Call, Meghan Parnell, review, rock, soul
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Single review: THE COMMONERS – Runnin’ Blind
Website Orange is the new black, forty is the new thirty, The Commoners are the new Black Crowes, with ear worm chorus’s. It grabs you with a descending guitar riff whilst another clashes with power chords till the organ swirls … Continue reading
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Tagged blues rock, review, rock, Runnin' Blind, single, The Black Crowes, the Commoners, Tour
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Gig review: PARKER BARROW – Greystones, Sheffield, 22 July 2026
It couldn’t be any less than five stars, it really couldn’t. Supported by Georgia Nevada from Cambridge, who came over as a coquettish Dolly Parton type figure. She wasn’t rough enough round the edges for my liking, but a large … Continue reading
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Tagged 22 July 2026, blues, blues rock, Georgia Nevada, gig, Greystones, Parker Barrow, review, rock, Sheffield, soul
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Album review: WINTER IN EDEN – Never Untold
Explore Rights Management/Cherry Red [Release date 03.07.26] We’ve commented previously that this band is not exactly prolific and, sadly, we’re not aware of any live shows either. This probably says more about the state of music and opportunities to gain … Continue reading
Single review: WOOD BURNT RED – Fire Me Up
Facebook Now we’re talking – a UK southern rock band with country and Americana influences. ‘Fire Me Up’ is a song about resilience, fighting in the face of adversity, flipping the bird to your doubters. It hits you with a … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana, country rock, Fire Me Up, review, rock, single, southern rock, Wood Burnt Red
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Album review: BILLY MORRISON – Hollow
TLG/ZOID/Virgin Music Group [Release date 07.08.26] Billy Idol’s rhythm guitarist Billy Morrison has been carving out a successful solo career, including hit singles on the US mainstream rock charts with Ozzy Osbourne on ‘Crack Cocaine’, and again with Ozzy and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Billy Idol, Billy Morrison, country, Duff McKagan, Godsmack, Hollow, metal, nu-metal, Nuno Bettencourt, Ozzy Osbourne, punk, rap metal, review, rock, Run DMC, Steve Stevens, the Offspring
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Album review : ZAN / CODY – Beautiful’n Damned
Frontiers Music [Release date 24.07.26] As most will know, Zinny Zan and Harry Cody are both ex Shotgun Messiah, a band from the past whose two remaining members, rebranded, are making a future for themselves. There are some exciting tracks … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful'n Damned, Frontiers Music, Harry Cody, review, Shotgun Messiah, Zinny Zan
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Album review: PARKER BARROW – Hold The Mash
Website [Release date 17.07.26] Oh boy The Stones and Parker Barrow release new albums within a week of each other. The old guard release a masterpiece, and the new guard release what could be their masterpiece but it’s a little … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, blues rock, Fanny, Hold the Mash, Megan Kane, Parker Barrow, review, rock, rock 'n' roll
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