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Tonight it was an ‘expanded’ KK’s Steelmill as the big room was fully opened up to allow some room to breathe for the sold-out show. The show was opened by The Damn Truth, a collection of Canadians hailing from Montreal specially imported for this tour […]
Gig reviewsWatch the video for ‘Brambles’ HERE 2024 World Tour on sale now Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes | Photo credit: Brian Rankin Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes are today sharing new single ‘Brambles‘, the second song to be taken from their forthcoming album Dark Rainbow, […]
NewsAmazing Hollywood-style video shot at Pinewood for Christmas single. Trickster, the Austrian singer and entrepreneur from Linz, releases his amped up and swinging mash-up of Christmas classics ‘Silent Night vs Santa Claus Is Coming To Town’ on Trickster Recordings through Absolute. Blending nostalgia and festive […]
NewsLegendary guitarist Steve Hackett presents his brand-new live audio/visual extravaganza, with the release of ‘Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights: Live in Brighton’, set for release on the 15th September 2023. Filmed & recorded live on his 2022 UK tour, in the coastal city of […]
NewsOn 24th November the first in a series of box sets commemorating the life and music of one of the UK`s most extraordinary and prolific musicians, John Wetton, will be released. The An Extraordinary Life box set contains 8 newly remastered CDs, featuring the six […]
NewsDOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION launch second video ‘Keep On Moving’ from new album‘Celestial Songs’. Downes Braide Association (DBA) announce the release of the second single and video Keep On Moving from their long-awaited new album Celestial Songs (released on 8th September). Following their previous critically acclaimed […]
NewsMandoki Soulmates’ new single, Devil’s Encyclopedia, is an exciting sneak peek into their new album for 2024, as well as the ongoing Thirty Year Anniversary Tour (dates below). This new Rock soundscape comes from Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Jesse Siebenberg (Supertramp) and Tony Carey, along […]
NewsIt’s been a few years since I last saw Airbourne but all the reports suggest the band, Joel O’Keeffe in particular, are still as mad as a box of frogs – let’s see what transpires shall we! Before Airbourne hit the stage we have Florence […]
Gig reviews‘BURNING THRONE (DELUXE)’ OUT NOW VIA A WOLF AT YOUR DOOR. UK four-piece ACRES, share their expanded version of sophomore album, Burning Throne, out now via A Wolf at Your Door Records. Burning Throne (Deluxe) includes all original album tracks plus five brand new reimagined […]
NewsNEW SINGLE – “YOU’RE NOT ALONE” RELEASED FRIDAY 11 AUGUST STREAM SINGLE | WATCH MUSIC VIDEO TAKEN FROM THE NEW ALBUM – “BUILT TO LAST” RELEASED FRIDAY 20 OCTOBER 2023 PRE-ORDER ALBUM “ATLAS introduce both metal and more progressive ideas. They stand out and feel […]
NewsNEW SINGLE: “OH NO, I KNOW”; WATCH THE VIDEO HERE TAKEN FROM NEW ALBUM: ‘BEGGARS BELIEF’COMING SPRING 2024 + SOUTHAMPTON HOMETOWN HEADLINE SHOW. “distinctly from the school of Oasis, Embrace and Shed Seven with a grungy edge added on for good measure”THE SCOTTISH DAILY EXPRESS“Regent […]
News“Assured third solo album from electro-punk maverick” — Uncut “A cathartic wrestle with identity, Deliverance will sit well with fans of the original Stone Bizzare roster.” — MOJO “… while ‘Love Is’ ends the album with a wall of sound as face-melting as Fuck Buttons […]
NewsWatch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zenlJoCFLIg A plaintive seagull wheels overhead, all is peaceful in the ‘Crows Nest for now, but the lookout remains vigilant for ripples interrupting the calm. Great preparation is taking place below, for it is prophesied in the Book of Doom, the time grows near, […]
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