Get Ready to ROCK! » The Bangles https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:16:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : This Can’t Be Today – American Psychedelia and The Paisley Underground 1977-88 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-this-cant-be-today-american-psychedelia-and-the-paisley-underground-1977-88/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-this-cant-be-today-american-psychedelia-and-the-paisley-underground-1977-88/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:32:32 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=107043 This Can’t Be Today – American Psychedelia and The Paisley Underground 1977-88Cherry Red [Release date : 13.02.26] In the sixties, the term “Underground Music” bubbled up to the surface. It became associated with the counterculture and psychedelia, as teens and twenties began to find their voice, in life and in music, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-this-cant-be-today-american-psychedelia-and-the-paisley-underground-1977-88/feed/ 0 Album review : THE BANGLES : Watching The Sky (4 CD Boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/09/album-review-bangles-watching-the-sky-4-cd-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/09/album-review-bangles-watching-the-sky-4-cd-boxset/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:00:01 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=104444 THE 150 BANGLES WatchingCherry Red [Release date : 26.09.25] The title of this Bangles’ boxset, Watching The Sky, is taken from their third (and at the time, assumed to be their last) album, titled Everything, released in 1988. CD1 : All Over The … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/09/album-review-bangles-watching-the-sky-4-cd-boxset/feed/ 0 Album review : V/A – American Power Pop 1980-89 (3-CD Boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/07/album-review-va-american-power-pop-1980-89-3-cd-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/07/album-review-va-american-power-pop-1980-89-3-cd-boxset/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2025 15:35:00 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=103274 American 150 Power Pop CoverCherry Red [Release date : 18.07.25] Almost 80 tracks over 3 CDs…the third and final volume of Eighties’ American Power Pop will be released on the Cherry Red label later this month. Once again it’s a treasure trove of material. … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/07/album-review-va-american-power-pop-1980-89-3-cd-boxset/feed/ 0 Album review: VARIOUS – Girls Go Power Pop! https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/08/album-review-various-girls-go-power-pop/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/08/album-review-various-girls-go-power-pop/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2020 18:01:42 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=68178 VARIOUS – Girls Go Power Pop!Big Beat/Ace [Release date 28.08.20] Ace (via their Big Beat imprint) follow 2019’s impressive “Come On Let’s Go” power pop collection with a new 25 tracker. This time, compiler Dave Burke varies the theme by focussing on female-fronted acts. As … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/08/album-review-various-girls-go-power-pop/feed/ 0 Album review: PRINCE – Originals https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/06/album-review-prince-originals/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/06/album-review-prince-originals/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2019 18:40:45 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=59964 PRINCE - OriginalsWarner Brothers Records [Release date 07.06.19 exclusively on Tidal, 21.06.2019 CD, vinyl, streaming] In this multi-platform, content driven age it would be hard to imagine an artist ever producing too much material but such were his prolific studio habits, that … Continue reading →

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