Galactic Cowboys return after nearly 20 years with Long Way Back To The Moon
Back again after an almost twenty-year absence comes the Galactic Cowboys with a new album, one which features all four original members of the...
B.B. KING ‘The Life Of Riley’ DVD Review
Alongside the wonderful B.B. King box-set I reviewed a bit ago, a documentary charting the remarkable life of the blues musician is being given...
Queenmaker are ‘Under the Kiss’
I admit to shuddering when I saw the band name and album title…could Queenmaker on their debut single, 'Under the Kiss' be borrowing from two...
Review: Oceano – Ascendants
A melodic wave of delayed chords washes over me and slowly becomes some kind of ominous premonitory to destruction. Then it hits me, swathed...
Review: Hellcats – Warrior Princess
With song titles like ‘Viking’, ‘Proud To Be Loud’, ‘Demon Dreams’ and indeed ‘Heavy Metal’ itself you know this is rawk writ large with...
American Punk-rockers The Menzingers open up on Hello Exile
American Punk-rockers The Menzingers bring the punk with their latest release Hello Exile, which welcomes us to the various human connections they’ve felt, and...
Review: Junior Bruce – Endless Descent
Founded August 2007 Junior Bruce are soon to release their newest ten track album Endless Descent - not long to wait!
I love the album cover...
Live Review: Hayseed Dixie, Academy 2, Newcastle
When you see most cover bands , or tribute bands, you know what you are going to get - a good laugh, a bit...
Next to None.. “Phases”
Next to None toe an interesting line between crunchy, aggressive American radio metal and wild, extravagant prog rock, with many stylistic left-turns all over...
Pattern-Seeking Animals raise some Prehensile Tales
Pattern-Seeking Animals (humans who seek out patterns which may/may not exist) were originally put together as a recording project in 2019 by keyboard man...
