If like me you love a dose of Southern Rock and rate Black Stone Cherry as one of the best bands around then cast your eyes towards Wales! Yes Wales, home of The Stereophonics […]
Heavy Pettin’ was one of the very first Rock bands I saw live when they and Canada’s Helix supported Kiss at Stafford Bingley Hall many moons ago. I remember being so impressed I splurged […]
Adelaide’s Sonic Divide have a Melodic Modern Rock sound that at first listen isn’t a million miles away from Nickelback… there I’ve said it… That of course though is only part of the equation […]
Colorado-based thrashers Havok are back! After a whirlwind yet rewarding cycle for 2017’s Conformicide effort, the high-octane outfit have emerged from the studio victorious with their new album, V. Engineered, mixed, mastered by Mark Lewis […]
When you read a press release that name-checks some of your very favourite bands (in this case Blackberry Smoke, The Quireboys, The Black Crowes ) you always feel a certain trepidation along with that […]
Having been five years since Nightwish released ‘Endless Forms Most Beautiful’, a new studio album had been highly anticipated. In a bold move to release a double album, with one dedicated to symphonic orchestral […]
Here’s a new name for me but a great band that conjure up images of The Sunset Strip in its heyday. There’s a wonderful swing and groove to ‘Devil’s Canyon/Walking Contradiction’ that has you […]
Jack has never sounded better than on the bonus track here – the cover of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Babe I’m Gonna Leave You’ which I must admit I sneakily skipped to before I settled down […]
This is a simply luscious album if you love smooth velvety AOR that occasionally dips a toe into the soothing warm West Coast waters to deliver a gentle mellow vibe. The project’s sophomore release […]
Don Dokken’s ‘Solitary’ will be released on January 31st by Deadline Music, a division of Cleopatra Records, Inc, on all digital platforms plus CD and on a very special limited edition red vinyl pressing. […]
Six albums in Vega are sounding great and opener ‘Blind’ has the sort of assured swagger that sets your mind at rest that this will be another classic: it’s a song with ‘stamped on’ Melodic […]
I loved 2018’s ‘Waking Up Dead’ and two years later Bullets and Octane are back with another weighty slab of punk-fueled kick ass dirty hard rock and roll with ‘Riot Riot Rock ‘n’ Roll’. […]
Opening with the title track ‘Change the World’, Harem Scarem’s 16th studio release instantly reminds you of why this band should always have been huge. There’s no one out there in Melodic Rock land […]
Opening instrumental track ‘The Joker’ has Spanish guitar, pipes and a South American flavour that stretches to just over a minute and a half before bursting into real opener ‘Gotta Get Away’ a song […]
I spoke to Mike last week, something I’ve done regularly over the years and usually in conjunction with an album or a tour but 2020 sees like the year when no one will be […]
Canada and Rock and Roll – when you think of that what comes to mind? There’s such a rich musical history in the home of our our Commonwealth cousins from Rush to Lee Aaron […]
Welcome to one of my new favourite bands… There’s a cool Garage Rock thrust and abandon to opening track ‘Once Upon A Time’ and definitely some Blues in there but mainly a real Retro […]
As a kid I was a huge Missing Persons fan. I bought ‘Spring Session M’ on vinyl and was as an early teen secretly a bit in love with Dale Bozzio… but that’s another […]
One of my very favourite songs of all time is Tesla’s ‘What You Give’ not only is it a beautiful song its simple premise I think is good enough to live by. “It’s not what […]
For a while I thought that Blue Öyster Cult’s 1976 Classic ‘Agents of Fortune’ was getting re-released again this year along with a heap of BOC material on the Frontiers label, though the confusing 40th […]
I guess in Rock circles Mr Marx will always be remembered for his 1987 album ‘Richard Marx’ and the four top five singles it spawned, or maybe the three further top 5 singles that followed […]
To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the passing and honor the legacy of iconic vocalist Ronnie James Dio, BMG Records have reissued Dio’s long out-of-print 1996-2004 studio albums Angry Machines (1996), Magica (2000), Killing The Dragon […]
Bay Area thrash legends Testament are back with another album “Titans Of Creation” and it’s further proof the band are still putting out some quality music, over 3 decades in. With 2 singles making […]
Albany New York’s Blackcat Elliott make me want to visit that part of the world if this coronavirus thing ever blows over. While I was there of course I could also catch up with The […]
Kings of Dust is an intriguing mix “musicians from two of Jake. E. Lee bands (Badlands and Red Dragon Cartel) as well as 2000’s glam rock heroes Crash Street Kids and late 80s / […]
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