Tag Archives: rock

Interview: BRIJITTE WEST

Posted on November 11, 2026 by jason

Former NY Loose frontwoman Brijitte West returns with a brand-new album, Brijitte West and the Greenowskis. West first made her mark in New York’s Lower East Side, drawing on the explosive musical aesthetics of the Ramones, the Stooges and the … Continue reading →

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Album review: SCARLET REBELS – Flawed By Design

Posted on November 8, 2026 by jason

Earache Records [Release date 13.11.26] No pressure on the lads in Scarlet Rebels as their previous album, 2024′s ‘Where Colours Meet’ made the Albums of the Year selections for myself and fellow scribes, Karen Clayton and Andy Nathan. Amazingly this … Continue reading →

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Album review: HANOI ROCKS – The Complete Collection 1981-1984

Posted on November 7, 2026 by jason

UMR [Release date 13.11.26] Helsinki, 1979. A band forms itself that would go on to have a massive impact on some of the biggest bands of the eighties and nineties. They are also, hands down, my favourite band. Vastly underrated … Continue reading →

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Album review: PURE REASON REVOLUTION – Terrifying Angels

Posted on November 1, 2026 by jason

InsideOut Music [Release date 25.09.26] Pure Reason Revolution formed in 2003, heavily influenced by the 90s alternative metal scene, giving a solid yet aggressive edge to the metal. A few line-up changes, and a split/reformation later, the band’s new album … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAINBURN – thirty-seven

Posted on October 31, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 04.11.26] Formed in Bangalore in 2011, Rainburn have built an international reputation through a series of releases and extensive touring across India. After surviving a near-death experience while stranded at sea, Rainburn frontman Vats Iyengar transformed the … Continue reading →

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Album review: KELLI BAKER – Mother

Posted on October 31, 2026 by petefeenstra

Gulf Coast Records [Release date 13.11.26] ‘Mother’ is a well honed and passionately sung conceptual rock-blues debut album from a New York based, Arizona raised vocalist, who makes the most of some cross-genre impulses to broach funk, soul and Americana. … Continue reading →

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Album review: ADAM SWEET – Mortuary Blues

Posted on October 29, 2026 by petefeenstra

Mortuary Music [Release date 02.10.26] Adam Sweet’s 3rd album ‘Mortuary Blues’ (he’s also released 2 EP’s), is a well crafted roots rock album which straddles classic rock, blues, funk and occasional hints of Nashville. The album title is not the … Continue reading →

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Album review: BLACK WATER REDEMPTION – Black Water Redemption

Posted on October 25, 2026 by jason

Facebook [Release date 02.10.26] God bless the 90′s. Grunge. Groove. ’70′s rock throwbacks. Rock reborn from hair metal. And bands with names like Black Water Redemption… Now THIS band know how to bring all that together, the swagger, the riffs, the … Continue reading →

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Album review: MARYANN COTTON – Chester Rose

Posted on October 25, 2026 by jason

Deko Entertainment [Release date 30.10.26] Oh my lordy, a rock opera concept album! By Alice Cooper! Are we back to the ’70′s?! Listening to this ! feel like I should eating fondue while wearing a tank top. So, some background … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAINBOW – Rarities

Posted on October 25, 2026 by jason

Demon/Edsel [Release date 27.11.26] Earlier this year Demon did a wonderful job with the Rainbow box Temple Of The King, taking in Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow’s first two album from 1975 and 1976, bonus tracks, and the three live in Germany … Continue reading →

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Gig review: STEVE HACKETT – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow,18th October 2026

Posted on October 23, 2026 by david.wilson

Following this gig, I had cause to call up the dictionary to check the plural of the word ‘maestro’. Turns out you can use Maestros or the Italian ‘Maestri’, which I find much more satisfying. My reasoning for this search … Continue reading →

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Album review: TAL RASHA – Luminology

Posted on October 22, 2026 by jason

Bandcamp [Release date 20.11.26] In these crazy days of AI-generated slop, isn’t it gratifying to know that some things, done in their most authentic and feral form, remain without equal. A four-piece comprised of drums, guitar, bass and lungs is … Continue reading →

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Album review: NAZARETH – The UK A’s & B’s 1972-1980

Posted on October 18, 2026 by jason

BGO [Release date 16.10.26] Legendary Scottish rockers Nazareth, who are still touring, formed from the ashes of 60s ballroom cover band The Shadettes, and released their debut album through Pegasus in 1971. Although it took them an album or two … Continue reading →

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Album review: SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND – Framed

Posted on October 17, 2026 by jason

Madfish [Release date 17.10.26] The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were literally a sensation, and formed in Glasgow in 1972, combining blues and soul singer/ guitarist Alex Harvey and progressive/hard rock band Tear Gas. Alex had been active since the mid … Continue reading →

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Album review: JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR – The Trouble With Love

Posted on October 15, 2026 by jason

Journeyman Records [Release date 23.10.26] Joanne Shaw Taylor is my favourite of all the current blues guitar slingers around. I think one of the reasons is her pop sensibility in her song writing. She packs as much punch in one … Continue reading →

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Album review: PHIL VINCENT – Passive/Aggressive

Posted on October 3, 2026 by jason

Rock Company Records [Release date 21.10.26] Seriously, does Phil Vincent ever sleep?! This is Phil’s second solo album of the year, and third overall when Tragik are included. Phil Vincent never skimps on value either, as the CD adds two … Continue reading →

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Gig review: EUROPE – Armadillo, Glasgow, 30 September 2026

Posted on October 2, 2026 by david.wilson

1986 – What a time to be alive! I was in my teenage prime (no laughing at the back!), still had hair and life was good. It was also a golden period for rock music with albums that would soundtrack … Continue reading →

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Album review: SHADES OF PLATO – The Golden Ratio

Posted on October 1, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

Platonic Arrangements [Release date 13.11.26] shadesofplato1.bandcamp.com ‘Welcome To The Carnival’ is a fitting entree for this, the fourth “in an occasional series” of what the band term “Tull/Sisters(of Mercy)/Stranglers mash ups”. The album is a heady mixture of influences, mostly of … Continue reading →

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Album review: DAVE PACKHAM – The Wedding Dance

Posted on September 29, 2026 by petefeenstra

Self release [Release date 11.04.25] Dave Packham is a singer song writer based in Shoreham-by-Sea East Sussex, who uses emotional turmoil as creative energy, on an album that I somehow overlooked on its release well over a year ago. It’s … Continue reading →

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Album review : BAD INFLUENCE – Celebrating 40 Years

Posted on September 28, 2026 by petefeenstra

Self release [Release date : 07.06.26] Bad Influence’s ‘Celebrating 40 Years’ double album is a timely reminder of the melodic qualities of one of South London’s finest rock and blues bands. The 28 tracks span 4 studio albums, an early … Continue reading →

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Album review : MOCKINGBIRD HILL– Melting Pot

Posted on September 28, 2026 by petefeenstra

Mad Ears Productions [Release date : 21.10.26] Mockingbird Hill’s ‘Melting Pot’ is an engaging and at times beguiling album, full of good songs, bluesy grooves and intricate musical detail. I don’t know the reasons why Andy Littlewood originally called his … Continue reading →

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Album review : THE MIGHTY BOSSCATS – Normal

Posted on September 25, 2026 by petefeenstra

Self release [Release date : 19.09.26] Having made his name with an impressive back catalogue of some 17 albums, in which he’s moved effortlessly though imagery-laden Americana, with all shades of blues, country and even jazzy influences, Richard Townsend and … Continue reading →

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Album review: DIAMOND RAIN – Chapter One

Posted on September 20, 2026 by jason

Pride & Joy Music [Release date 23.10.26] Diamond Rain are a new band led by the silver masked High Priest, who is backed by Arch Lector and The Faithful Disciples. It sounds on paper like a Lidl version of Ghost, … Continue reading →

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Album review: IT – The Stranger Inside The Self

Posted on September 19, 2026 by jason

Website [Release date 16.10.26] An interesting album by IT as the original album was written, recorded and produced by Nick Jackson back in 1994, and it was only ever released on self-made cassettes. Nick takes up the story, “In 2020, … Continue reading →

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Album review: OZRIC TENTACLES – Harmonic Mind

Posted on September 14, 2026 by GRTR! HQ

KScope [Release date 18.09.26] Festival favourites Ozric Tentacles formed at the Stonehenge Free Festival in 1983 and have kept a solid fanbase ever since. They released a number of cassette only albums during the 80s, releasing their first full album … Continue reading →