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Album review: SKINDRED – Smile

SKINDRED - Smile

Earache Records [Release date 04.11.23] This reviewer knew Skindred by name but never really listened to them (more fool me!) until hearing ‘Gimme That Boom’ on a new arrivals playlist on a streaming service. Then off down to HMV to … Continue reading

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Gig review: KISS – Hydro, Glasgow – 8th July 2023

KISS – Hydro, Glasgow – 8th July 2023

I first saw Kiss on the Lick It Up tour in October 1983 in the Edinburgh Playhouse and here we are nearly 40 years on to witness the band’s last ever UK show. I caveat that last statement by pointing … Continue reading

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News: GLEN MATLOCK, SAXON, GRAND DESIGN (February 2023)

GRAHAM BONNET BAND - The Tivoli, Buckley, 24 August 2018

Angel release their new album ‘Once Upon A Time’, via Cleopatra Records on April 21. Babylon A.D. release ‘Live Lightning’ via Perris Records on March 17. Elles Bailey releases an expanded version of her ‘Shining in The Half Light’ album on 17 March. The expanded version includes … Continue reading

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Album review: THE ALARM – War

THE ALARM - War

The Alarm [Release date 26.02.21] The Alarm are back with a new album, written and recorded in isolation, which physically arrived with fans six weeks from its inception thanks to a special limited edition blank CD-R they can burn themselves. … Continue reading

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Gig review: STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL, Ebbw Vale, 28-29 July 2017 (Part One)

Trucker Diablo - STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL, Ebbw Vale, 28 July 2017

The annual pilgrimage climbing the mountain in the valleys of South Wales seems to have come around far quicker this year than any other, and the reliable Welsh weather played a major part in some issues regarding camping and parking.  … Continue reading

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Quick plays – HELLSPRAY, HURON, THE SHAMBOLIC

HELLSPRAY – Bring On The War

Album review: HELLSPRAY – Bring On The War Self Release  [Release date 07.08.15] This is the second album by Swedish metal band Hellspray following on from their debut ‘Part Of The Solution’. The band master in hard and fast metal … Continue reading

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Gig review: SKINDRED/SOiL – Manchester Academy, 2 February 2014

Skindred - Manchester Academy, 2 February 2014

3 bands, 3 music styles and 1 outcome, one awesome night of entertainment. It’s the last night of the UK leg of Skindred’s ‘Kill The Power’  tour before they head off to Europe and beyond for the next few months … Continue reading

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Gig review: HARD ROCK HELL 7 – Pwllheli, Wales, 28-30 November 2013

Area 51 - Hard Rock Hell, November 2013

Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up (Rizlas? ed.) for the greatest show on earth, this certainly encompasses the feeling around the HRH community as “Hard Rock Hell 7 – Cirque De Rock” rolls into its now well established new home … Continue reading

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Two weeks until Guilfest 2012!

Countdown to GuilFest’s 21st Birthday, 13th – 15th July in Stoke Park, Guildford! Under two weeks to go!! GuilFest’s 21st anniversary is coming round fast – there are now under 2 weeks to go until the UK’s premier family festival … Continue reading

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BRYAN FERRY, CHIC feat. NILE ROGERS, SKINDRED for Guilfest 2012

Organisers have scored a major coup for GuilFest 2012 as Art Rock legend BRYAN FERRY CBE is confirmed to headline the main stage on the night of Sunday 15th July at GuilFest 2012.  Regarded as the embodiment of high glamour, … Continue reading

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