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POMPADOUR 'CUT TO THE CHASE' EP REVIEW
Bristol trio Pompadour have certainly earned their indie rock stripes with their debut release. Their melodies are edgy and sharp in all...


ALBUM REVIEW: QUIET RIOT 'HOLLYWOOD COWBOYS'
Personnel changes and various ups and downs during the last 36 years has meant that Quiet Riot have struggled for an identity for some...


ALBUM REVIEW: ASM 'COLOR WHEEL'
ASM's fourth release is conceptual in nature, taking inspiration from the color pallet to determine the sound of each track. In true ASM...


ALBUM REVIEW: OTHERWISE 'DEFY'
For their first release on the Mascot record label, Las Vegas rockers, Otherwise, have pulled out the stops to make an album that appeals...


BLACK STONE CHERRY BLACK TO BLUES VOL 2 ALBUM REVIEW
Black Stone Cherry are back with another round of blues as the Kentucky rockers dive back into their roots. Vol 1 showed off their first...

ALBUM REVIEW: THE JOY FORMIDABLE 'A BALLOON CALLED MOANING 10TH ANNIVERSARY'
Ten years ago the Welsh trio defied convention by releasing a debut album, that was in fact a deluxe EP with a running time of half an...


JOE BONAMASSA LIVE AT THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE ALBUM REVIEW
It's often said that if you work alongside brilliant artists, it makes you up your game. From the virtuoso piano into from Reese Wynans,...


JAN AKKERMAN CLOSE BEAUTY ALBUM REVIEW
It's been eight years since Jan Akkerman's last solo release, and if he wanted to confirm the idea that absence makes the heart grow...


MAGPIE SALUTE HIGH WATER II ALBUM REVIEW
When Magpie Salute released their debut, High Water I, it became obvious that part II was going to come along. For Rich Robinson, the...


FLYING COLORS THIRD DEGREE ALBUM REVIEW
When a group of musicians with such a diverse lineage get together, you just have to add a tiny spark and watch the whole thing go off...


DANNY BRYANT MEANS OF ESCAPE ALBUM REVIEW
Danny Bryant- the UK’s answer to Walter Trout- returns with another full scale blues album. That certainly aims to give blues fans what...


BETH HART WAR IN MY MIND ALBUM REVIEW
War In My Mind is a tempestuous album that overflows with songs about addiction, death, mental illness, abandonment and extremes: records...
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