Reviews of albums, EP’s, DVD’s, music books and more
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 […]
As soon as I started listening to the first song off Horisont’s latest album, ‘Sudden Death’ which is due for release on May 15, I was stolen away and thrown back to a time […]
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 […]
Initially beginning as a one-man band from out of Calgary in Canada over ten years ago, Black Pestilence have gone on to evolve into a 3 piece and release 5 albums as well as […]
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. […]
Shane Clark and Matt Wood have been jamming music together for about 22 years. They started Worse in 2008 while both of them were between tours from their respective bands at the time ( Shane […]
Melbourne rockers Riff Raiders are back with their second full-length release and it’s an absolute cracker of an album. “Rock ‘n’ Roll Daydream” which was released on 30 March 2020 through Rue Morgue Records, […]
Released to coincide with their incredible 50th anniversary in 2019, this documentary traces the history of a band who became the unlikeliest stars of the generation. It starts off setting the scene with shots […]
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’. […]
Stockholm’s masters of melancholy, Katatonia, have outdone themselves once again with yet another beautiful, meticulously written masterpiece titled ‘City Burials’. With a career spanning close to 30 years, Katatonia have evolved throughout the […]
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 […]
Melbourne three-piece Grasshole have released their follow up to their debut album ‘Fuzz of Flavour’ with their second full length release ‘Wildfire’. With heavy stoner-punk influences infused into their 90’s sound, Grasshole found themselves […]
To mark this year’s 15th anniversary, ‘Hartmann’ are putting out a brand new album ’15 Pearls & Gems’ in April. The album (co-produced by Sascha Paeth – Avantasia, Beyond The Black, Kamelot) includes five […]
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 […]
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