RUSH 40th Anniversary of Permanent Waves
Rush, the ‘Holy Trinity’ to their legions of fans worldwide have become the latest band to see an album get the 40th-anniversary update; Permanent...
Billy Bragg: A People’s History (Spenwood Books)
Musicians aren’t necessarily good writers or particularly clear minded enough to capture social history under a bigger lens than that of their own history,...
Scanner rise from the ashes and begin The Cosmic Race
Germany has a very storied history in heavy metal, from the early days of the Schenker dynasty with Scorpions and MSG to the titans...
Review: Donnie Vie – The White Album
Former Enuff Z’nuff lead vocalist Donnie Vie takes his infatuation with The Beatles to extremes with The White Album, not least in paying homage...
League Of Corruption stir up something in the water
If you're in the mood for some dive bar, dirty yet intelligent, Southern-tinged, groove metal then League of Corruption from British Columbia have you...
New Line-up on LBJ November Tour
Practically on the eve of their forthcoming
tour, the Laurence Jones Band
has announced a changing of the guard.
“I’m happy to announce the newest addition to...
Live Review: Alien Ant Farm / InMe / The Dirty Youth, Northumbria Uni, Newcastle
All photos by Brian J Nicholson
When you mention Alien Ant Farm - the two questions a lot people will ask are 'Are they still...
Solence Brang Controlled Chaos To Manchester With Dream State
Walking into Manchester Academy 3 on Friday night, I had absolutely zero prior knowledge of any of the three acts on the bill. Safe...
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar – The Reckless One
A follow up to Run To Me, that was nominated in Canada for a Juno Award in 2018, The Reckless One follows on, in what...
Review: Undergang Døden- Læger Alle Sår
Genre: Death Metal
Danish monsters Undergang have been busy de-composing music since 2008! With Death, Insanity, Darkness, and Suffering as the bands themes there is...




























