2025 is turning out to be an extremely challenging year as we continue to compile our shortlists for our album of the year selection, as each an every week another release blows us away and […]
In Full disclosure I bought their debut album which to this day is still one of my favorites. I followed their career and have always liked them because they’re quirky and different but in a […]
“Sweet Fanny Adams Revisited” is a fiery live reimagining of The Sweet’s seminal 1974 album Sweet Fanny Adams, recorded live in 2012 by Andy Scott’s lineup. The album had become pretty rare since its release […]
Of all the British Rock bands of the 70’s that went on to find glory overseas UFO was certainly one of the very finest yet one that seems to be less celebrated than the likes […]
Blues in my opinion is a very pure form of music, At it’s best it’s not music you just listen to, It’s music you feel. It was born out of struggle and because everyone knows […]
Mark Knight & The Unsung Heroes just dropped their brand-new album, ‘Sixth Time’s the Charm’, today on July 15, 2025 — marking Knight’s eleventh studio release and the fifth with The Unsung Heroes. All 11 tracks were […]
Devilskin’s ‘Re‑Evolution’ their fourth long-player, dropped on July 11th, and marks ‘a bold evolution in their sound and songwriting’ according to local press. As long-time fans of New Zealand’s finest Metal export, we checked it […]
If you want your Rock to not only sound great but have a lyrical depth that adds so much to the experience then Vermantics’ latest four‑track EP ‘The Pictures You Paint’ (released July 4, 2025) […]
It begins as it means to go on: with ferocity, with urgency, with a sort of feral exactness. Screaming Down The Track by Robyn Payne & The KC Factor (with Elise Beattie on vocals) is […]
Let’s be clear: in the pantheon of rock’s great gestures, the idea of “coming home” might seem a bit thin, oversteeped in cliché. But Broken Apex, the tenured yet curiously unsigned rock band led by […]
Envy Marshall’s Hurt is more like negotiation than song—between want and war, between command and collapse. The Australian rocker doesn’t so much sing as wield. Her voice, a rasping blade honed on experience, is designed […]
Sometimes you hear an album and it takes you to another place even though today and that very place are separated by decades of noise, and even though the mountains and valleys look very different […]
Becoming Led Zeppelin opens with the sound of “Good Times Bad Times” backed by a video of Led Zeppelin playing live. Intertwined are black and white clips of wartime footage, presumably World War II since […]
First thing in full disclosure. I know absolutely nothing about this band but I have come to learn that it features Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills. As soon as I found that out all […]
There’s a feral intelligence at work in Idiot Rock Star, and it howls. Gaslight—this scrappy, wiry, lockdown-forged trio from Melbourne—doesn’t sidle politely into the frame. They crash in with guitars blaring like air-raid sirens, lyrics […]
Let’s get one thing straight: Buckcherry’s Roar Like Thunder (2025) is an electrifying, no-holds-barred rock ‘n’ roll juggernaut that demands your attention. As a lifelong fan and one of the band’s photographers (yes, I contributed […]
When I first got my hands on Circling from Above, the latest offering from Styx, I’ll admit I was a tad skeptical. As a longtime fan, I’ve always had a soft spot for Tommy Shaw’s […]
Much as I love Fishbone they are a band that doesn’t have too many huge commercial moments in their smooth and sophisticated career, rather just consistent quality adored by those that don’t need any chart […]
Can you think of many more artists that have been quite as ‘Defiant’ as the ever-youthful Jimmy Barnes? No? Neither can we. From his well-documented upbringing, colourful life from his Cold Chisel days, tangos with […]
Seattle has a storied musical history. From the arena rock of Heart to the birthplace of grunge and leading alternative label Sub Pop Records. The city is also the birthplace of snot nosed punk rockers […]
There’s a moment in Change Your Mind when the chorus drifts by like a half-remembered dream, a lullaby with a bitter undertow. The groove is deceptively soft, a slow, swaying rhythm that rocks you like […]
The way some listen to bands these days 2022 might seem like such a long time ago, but that was the last we heard from Inglorious as a band. But they’re back and original bassist […]
If, like me, you love The Commoners three studio albums and their Southern Rock and Roots charm, a live album will probably have your attention too especially if you have been lucky enough to have […]
Big Red Fire Truck’s Tokyo Karaoke Bar is a fever dream soaked in neon; a song that unspools like a memory you can’t quite place but can’t let go of either. It’s a dispatch from […]
Back in 1999 just when rock and Roll and especially Hard Rock was a distant memory to some along came Buckcherry, along with a few others who have sadly passed by the wayside, and reintroduced […]
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