I must admit Slow Burning Car is a new name to me, but the L.A. band already has 15 years on the clock and released four previous albums: Blowback (2007), Vol. 2-The Scattering (2009), Assumption […]
Covers albums are normally at their best hit and miss, essentially there’s two kinds – the ‘tribute’ type album that relies on your love of a particular artist and contains covers by multiple bands […]
For Immediate Release – Contante & Sonante is very proud to present the most anticipated album from Tomi Malm, as he delivers his most compelling collection of music titled Coming Home. Three years after […]
17 years old this year Voodoo Six have been through a good few line-up changes over the years and now sport their third vocalist. Since those early days only Tony Newton (Iron Maiden’s live […]
I remember buying the first ‘Vandenberg’ album way back in the early 80’s and I can recall that it must have been 1982 because that was the year for some unknown reason I bought […]
There’s a really dirty, punky sound to Diamond Rexx’s ‘The Answer’ the opening song from new album ‘Psych Ward’ a tale of a dark city and even more grit but less furor under the […]
There’s a big chunky riff that opens up ‘Hurricaned’ and instantly you’re back headbanging at a show sometime in the 80’s and if you like bands like Dokken, Bonfire and Scorpions, you’ll feel right […]
When I was a young kid just getting into Rock music there were a few songs that really made a mark on me. Along with Boston’s ‘More Than a Feeling’, Argent’s ‘Hold Your Head […]
Surely there are some people left in the world who think that art has its time and place and has to be appreciated through the lens of the times, lets face it there’s so […]
Things like this just shouldn’t happen – after releasing two great albums under the name Janet Gardner along comes album number three, billed this time as Gardner/James and it’s better still. The song-writing partnership of […]
I was talking to Gordon from Heavy Pettin’ just the other day about Argus the Wishbone Ash album that introduced us to this particularly English Rock band and the twin guitars it featured that […]
We sat down with Heavy Pettin’ founder member and guitarist Gordon Bonnar to talk all about the new lease of life the band has had since getting back together in 2017 for the Winterstorm Festival. […]
If you’re not taken in by the wonderful instrumental opening to ‘Gates of Heaven’ and the almost Ian Astbury vocal that rears in over the graceful Steppenwolf-like guitars then this probably isn’t the album […]
Sons of Legendary fathers lay down a fitting new chapter to the Allman and Betts legacies. The first thing that hits you about ‘Pale Horse Rider’ the atmospheric opening track and first single from The […]
Electric Mob was formed in Curitiba, Brazil by Renan Zonta (vocals), Ben Hur Auwarter (guitar), Yuri Elero (bass) and André Leister (drums) – four young guys who sound on this debut like seasoned professionals […]
It’s hard to get a take on 5ive Years Gone from opening track ‘Mary Jane’, it’s understated hard rock with a nice groove and nice melodies, and a little Classic Rock flavour, it’s pretty […]
Hate For Sale, The Pretenders’ eleventh studio album, is the first album to be recorded with the now longest-standing touring line-up of the group and the first to be written collaboratively by Chrissie Hynde […]
Formed in 2016, the quartet delivers relentless, memorable performances at the jet engine decibels of a Boeing 747. Consisting of vocalist Reed Alton, guitarist Shaddy Elsaghir, bassist Duncan McCartney, and drummer Keaton Byfield, the […]
Wales has some pretty canny Hard Rock bands in 2020 and here’s another you’ll have to add to that list – Raider whose debut EP ‘Tokyo’ is out now. If you hanker after the […]
The Answer have to be one of my very favourite Rock bands to come out of Belfast, and over the years they’ve made some wonderful music, the best of which you feel is yet to […]
Janet Gardner & Justin James are back mid coronavirus with their aptly-named third album ‘Synergy’ out on August 7th. They do say the third time’s a charm, but in truth so were the first […]
Ask me who my favorite song-writer is and it’s a very short list, but I think over the years Donnie Vie is consistently at that summit. The music he has made of the years just […]
TOKYO MOTOR FIST, the band featuring Trixter guitarist Steve Brown and Danger Danger vocalist Ted Poley released its sophomore album ‘Lions’, on July 10 via Frontiers Music, and what an album it is! We caught […]
Back in the very first days of the Rockpit I remember listening to a bunch of albums I’d just bought on a trip to the US. One of the very best was ‘Strip Rock Roll’ […]
Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts was due to be the opening act for Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe stadium tour last month before it was postponed to 2021, however, despite this, Tuk is […]
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