There are certain things in life you can rely on. The sun will rise in the east, politicians will lie to you, beer tastes better when there’s a loud guitar involved, and Airbourne will never, […]
There’s a slightly embarrassing admission I need to make before we get into The Damn Truth’s fourth album. Their 2021 record Now or Nowhere was not merely well received here at The Rockpit — it […]
KingDiederik’s F&%KED UP WORLD arrives with the subtlety of an overdue notice beneath the door. It has no interest in allegory or the ornamental melancholy of playlist-era protest. Victorian songwriter Derek Steedman has a list: […]
There’s something to be said for a band that knows exactly who they are, where they come from and, most importantly, who they are making music for. Kickin Valentina have never been about chasing trends, […]
Some albums arrive with expectations but others arrive carrying forty years of memories. As someone who bought Shotgun Messiah‘s debut on import the day it was released—having already fallen head over heels for Kingpin—you could […]
The Black Pepper Band’s My Precious Time is the sort of song that does not announce its seriousness with dramatic lighting or swollen production. It walks in at conversational volume, finds the room, and gradually […]
Emme Lentino’s Rabbit Hole arrives with the glossy confidence of a modern pop-rock single and the thematic ambition of an artist trying to map the emotional weather of now. Its subject is familiar but urgent: […]
There are albums that can define a band, and then there are albums that can redefine one. Slide It In for me sits squarely in the latter category. Sure, 1987 is the record that turned Whitesnake […]
The Rockpit has been around for 16 years this year, and over that time we were amongst the very first to review each of Michael Monroe’s releases, starting with the live record Another Night in […]
There are few bands in hard rock with a legacy quite like L.A. Guns. Back in the late ’80s they kicked off their career with a remarkable run of albums that still stand as some of […]
I’ll admit it. The name got me. The cover art certainly didn’t… Seeing an album by MÖTT immediately stirred memories of one of England’s greatest rock bands. For a brief moment I wondered if there […]
It’s funny how time sneaks up on you. When Tesla released the Real To Reel albums almost twenty years ago now, they immediately became two of my favourite covers records. Reading that sentence back makes me […]
The last time I saw Rob De Luca we were sitting in Fast Eddys – that great Perth institution themed on an American Diner, now sadly gone – we were eating fish and chips and […]
Some albums don’t need sprawling epics to make a progressive statement. Audrey’s Fever and Other Stories proves that imagination, melody and intelligent songwriting can achieve just as much in bite-sized form. Junk Fingers pack thirteen […]
Men Are Like Potato Chips is the kind of song that announces its thesis before you press play. The title alone tells you the track will be funny, flirtatious and built around a metaphor that […]
Alex Mather’s Plead The Fifth understands the most important rule of the current country-pop moment: the hook has to arrive like it has already been living in your head. There is no long preamble, no […]
Love At First Shot knows exactly what it is doing before the first chorus lands. Grayson’s lead track from Round By Round is a contemporary country single with no interest in pretending to be anything […]
Over the 16 years of The Rockpit we’ve received review submissions from all over the world — some that sit comfortably within the site’s hard-rocking core and others that challenge it in unexpected and rewarding […]
There are albums that impress on first listen, and there are albums that stay with you long after the final note fades. 42 Days, the long-awaited new album from the Rose Carleo Band, firmly belongs […]
There’s something slightly bittersweet about reviewing The Final Ride. On one hand, this is a powerful live document from one of hard rock’s most enduring guitar heroes in George Lynch. On the other, it underlines […]
Opening with a huge song is exactly what you should expect from John Diva & The Rockets of Love, and they absolutely do not disappoint. After three killer 80’s-styled hard rock albums, Your Favorite Drug […]
There are bands that evolve… and then there are bands like Gypsy Pistoleros who the term ‘evolution’ seems too slow – they shapeshift, shed old skin, and emerge wearing something even more outrageous. Dark Faerie […]
Denmark’s rising AOR contenders Boys From Heaven return with their third studio album The Wanderer, landing May 22, 2026 via Frontiers Music, marking their debut for the label, The album finds the band doubling down […]
After nearly a decade between records, you’d be forgiven for wondering what Robin Beck might have left in the tank. But if ‘Living Proof’ tells us anything, it’s that writing her off would be a […]
Chrome Vanity is the high-octane solo project of veteran Los Angeles bassist and producer Matt Geinitz. A seasoned road warrior, Matt has toured the country providing the low-end thunder for national acts like Six Gun Sal and The Alibi, and […]
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