Music News & Reviews from the Rock, Metal, Blues, Prog, Punk & Jazz Genres as well as stage and festival shows
On the 3rd of April, as part of the Europan tour, Finnish band Finntroll played live at The Underworld, after nearly a decade, supported by their far Nordic friends Skálmöld (joining from Iceland). While both bands fall into the metal category, Finntroll has deeper routes […]
Gig reviewsManchester’s own Hot Milk have returned to the scene after an epic festival run with a brand new album A Call To The Void. This will be the band’s first studio album after an amazing run with some incredible EPs. This album comes just before […]
Album reviewsCheck out ‘Nafanua‘: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2deBF5O49C0 Hailing from the vibrant region of South Auckland, New Zealand, Shepherds Reign embodies the essence of their Polynesian heritage through their music. Led by the dynamic Filiva’a James on vocals and keytar, the band consists of Gideon Voon on guitar, Oliver Leupolu on guitar and production, Shaymen Rameka on drums, and Joseph Oti-George on […]
NewsSTREAM ON ALL SERVICES HERE || YOUTUBE HERE LEAD SINGLE & TITLE TRACK OF A NEW EP: ‘BINMAN’OUT 15 JULY 2022 – PRE-SAVE HERE CAT SFX tread toward more infectious territory with their latest single “Binman”, out today (1 July) via It’s Creation Baby. The […]
NewsIt is probably the hottest day so far this June, seven o’clock in the evening and it’s still 30 degrees, so it’s fair to say I’m not overly looking forward to being in a room with six or seven hundred people. The 1865 is Southampton’s […]
Gig reviewsSpeed Metal Punks Municipal Waste Will Be Main Support Celebrating its 40-year tenure as one of music’s premier thrash metal bands, Anthrax announces its first European tour since the summer of 2019. Kicking off on September 27, 2022 in Birmingham. Crossover thrash band Municipal Waste […]
NewsA MATTER OF LIFE & LOVE – OUT NOW VIA XTRA MILE RECORDINGS SKINNY LISTER hit the road this Autumn with a UK and European headline tour. Coming on the back of the release of their latest album ‘A Matter of Life & Love’, the […]
NewsNEW SINGLE “AFRAID TO DIE, TOO SCARED TO LIVE” : BUY AND STREAM THE SINGLE HERE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO STREAMING ON YOUTUBE HERE “HEARTACHE BY THE POUND” RELEASED FRIDAY, JULY 29 : PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM HERE “Kirk Fletcher has laid down 10 tracks of soulful, […]
NewsPRE-ORDER THE ALBUM : https://troyredfern.com/shop/ : album to be released on September 23 2022. ALBUM AVAILABLE ON LIMITED EDITION YELLOW AND RED SPLATTER VINYL : NEW SINGLE “COME ON” OUT NOW BUY & STREAM THE SINGLE HERE WATCH THE “COME ON” MUSIC VIDEO HERE “Backlit with […]
NewsPiL played Manchester’s 02 Ritz with Brix Smith’s new band as support. Review and photos by Lauren Allard. It’s 6th June 2022 and I’m at the 02 Ritz in Manchester watching John Lydon, a legend in the UK Punk Rock scene take the stage. As […]
Gig reviewsThe iconic US blues-rock guitarist Walter Trout is set to release his 30th solo album, Ride on 19 August via Provogue/Mascot Label Group. Ahead of this he will be returning to the UK for his June 2022 headline tour and will be joined by Elles Bailey. Walter Trout is the beating heart of the modern blues rock […]
NewsFollowing the sad news of the passing of drummer Alan White, YES will go ahead with their forthcoming The Album Series Tour 2022 in June celebrating the 50th anniversary of their iconic album Close to the Edge, dedicating the tour to Alan. Alan White joined […]
NewsOUT NOW STREAM ON SOUNDCLOUD HERE Brighton-based multi-instrumentalist YUMI AND THE WEATHER is pleased to share the new single “It’s All In My Head”, the title-track of Yumi’s upcoming album (planned for release this Summer). STREAM HERE A densely layered mesh of discordant guitar lines […]
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