Reviews of albums, EP’s, DVD’s, music books and more
One wonders how a guy with only three studio releases during his lifetime has a posthumous discography reaching well into double digits. This is without even counting unofficial recordings. Like many legacy artists, Hendrix’s swelled […]
I’ve had a soft spot from Finnish music ever since I was a very young teen and discovered the legendary Hanoi Rocks. For a country with a population of less than 6 million they […]
About a dozen years ago I travelled to the US to see Scorpions final tour catching them at the Rock In America Festival in Oklahoma where we got to chat back stage (and interestingly […]
It’s been five long years since I last had the pleasure in getting acquainted with a Shaman’s Harvest record. But the good news is here – the new album ‘Rebelator’ is out on March […]
As someone who thought that Love/Hate’s 1990 debut ‘Blackout in the Red Room’ was one of the best and most intriguing releases to come out of L.A. in the late eighties/early nineties and had […]
My editor has been telling me for years that Myke Gray who played guitar and wrote for Skin, Jagged Edge and Red, White & Blues has wrote some of the best songs of the period. […]
After a frighteningly good ‘covers’ outing last time out of the traps it’s back to all original Rock and Roll for Kory Clarke and co. with ‘Out On Bail’ hitting the streets via Livewire […]
It’s been four long years since Finnish sleaze rockers Reckless Love released ‘InVader’ (check out our interview with Olli about that album here) and on February 25th they return with their fifth studio album […]
Joe Matera has been a musician and a music writer for years, and based in Melbourne at the centre of the Australian music scene he’s been part of it all for a number of […]
Giant of course is one of those bands that never made it big back in the day and one whose albums are revered by fans. They had a great sound that should really have […]
I must admit it’s pretty cool to be given a copy of one of your favourite band’s albums three months before release date, and even though it’s not out till March I reckon I’ll […]
Bands that record just one studio album with a particular singer are an intriguing phenomenon. While not always fan-favorites, such albums hint at an alternative path for the band, a forking road, a history […]
In 1990, Lethal released their debut album, Programmed. At that point, I never heard this band on the radio, saw them on MTV, or knew anyone who had heard them (all of this is […]
If nice clean uplifting Melodic Rock/AOR is your thing then you couldn’t go far wrong with Memoria Avenue – listen to opener ‘Stuck’ and you’ll know what I mean. If you want to know how […]
I’ve waited a long time to hear this one, after enjoying the lead up singles over the last months I knew it would be good, but you know what? This has to be one […]
Ten new tracks after 5 years of waiting since 2016’s ‘Total Tranquility’ means the gaps between albums are blowing out as we waited a mere 4 years between the debut and the follow up […]
Spoiler alert – this isn’t an album of ballads… I remember when Ginger was a Quireboy and when he was a Throb, I was there at the first gigs in the UK, saw the […]
For me it’s been a love/love relationship with Dirtbag Republic since I first heard them and that continues with record number three. ‘Main Objective’ is a wonderful opener with lyrics about growing old and […]
Some bands really know how to lose momentum. Forming in 2013 and releasing the ‘Hard to Get EP’ (I’m still after that one!) it took three years to release their debut and here with […]
If you listen to opener and title track ‘Not the End of the Road’ with it’s huge melodies, uber-catchy chorus and sublime guitars and fail to be moved you probably don’t like the same kind […]
Jeez it will be 40 years next year since I bought my first albums – one of which was by the man himself – Alice Cooper’s ‘Love It To Death’ – an album that […]
The Darkness have always been great band in my book, some of course might not be able to get past Justin’s voice, others might find their fun levels disturbingly high but it’s hard to […]
Metal veterans Bullet For My Valentine are now on their seventh album, which sees them hitting out into heavier territory or as vocalist/guitarist Matt Tuck sees it – “This is the beginning of Bullet 2.0” I […]
“Are you ready to go wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiild?” Yes, you are. Skid Row’s on! The madness of heavy metal of the late 80’s, which went on to take over the world for years to come […]
Poison Boys – a name that conjures up both a retro and an underground somewhat Glam feel have been with us since 2014 releasing a few killer vinyl singles before they got to a debut […]
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