Author: Peter G Gleeson

Marion Fiedler “Can I Ride in your Backpack” Project
January 20, 2021 No Responses

Marion Fiedler “Can I Ride in your Backpack” Project

Marion Fiedler ist Musikerin / Sängerin aus Dresden, Ostdeutschland. Having discovered American Jazz whilst growing up on the other side of The Wall, she is now an accomplished composer and performer of music across the spectrum and the Atlantic, sharing...
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TOM (The Organised Misuse) “Never Stop the Rock” independent album released 1 June 2013
January 16, 2021 No Responses

TOM (The Organised Misuse) “Never Stop the Rock” independent album released 1 June 2013

It’s not often that we delve into the archives but the opportunity presented itself when, through Twitter, I found “Never Stop the Rock” from TOM in my feed. Founded as a one-man act during the 1990s in Granada, Spain, by...
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Ben Wood and the Bad Ideas “Soho” independent single released 31 December 2020
January 5, 2021 No Responses

Ben Wood and the Bad Ideas “Soho” independent single released 31 December 2020

It’s hard to put a finger on what Ben Wood and the Bad Ideas are achieving musically. Which is to say, it’s a unique sound they’re creating, having gone back to Obsessed with You (which I found on the “Permanent...
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The Hellfreaks “Doldrum Dynasty” single from their “God on the Run” album on Sunny Bastard Records (album released 23 February 2020)
December 22, 2020 No Responses

The Hellfreaks “Doldrum Dynasty” single from their “God on the Run” album on Sunny Bastard Records (album released 23 February 2020)

Hell Sweet Hell was my introduction to Hungary’s The Hellfreaks who have been on this crazy ride with, essentially, Shakey Sue and various guitarists, bassists, and drummers since recording their first demo in 2009 and winning the Hungarian national &#8220...
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Need “Norchestration: A Song for the End” album through Ikaros Records released 12 January 2021
December 12, 2020 No Responses

Need “Norchestration: A Song for the End” album through Ikaros Records released 12 January 2021

I loves me some prog. And I loves me some metal. And when the opening chunks of Torn tore out of my speakers from their October 2006 The Wisdom Machine debut album, I knew I was in for a treat!...
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Coco Reilly self-titled debut album through Golden Wheel Records released 9 December 2020
December 6, 2020 No Responses

Coco Reilly self-titled debut album through Golden Wheel Records released 9 December 2020

Coco Reilly is Lenore Betteridge vs Marian Call vs Dick Dale vs Plastic Barricades with a contemporary wall-of-sound treatment that would have Phil Spector wanting to make a come-back. Warm, summery, dreamy, and laid-back to the point of coming aroun...
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Boneyard “Oathbreaker” independent debut album released 24 October 2020
December 4, 2020 No Responses

Boneyard “Oathbreaker” independent debut album released 24 October 2020

Boneyard, founded in Edmonton Canada in 2015, comprise Pamtera (vocals, guitars), Dennis Cooke (bass- and rhythm-guitars), Jeff Cunningham (drums), and Grant Tarapacki (lead guitars). With collective experience in line-ups including Tyrant, Septimus, and Power...
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Rude GRL & CC “Like Wow!” EP released 8 January 2021
November 29, 2020 No Responses

Rude GRL & CC “Like Wow!” EP released 8 January 2021

Bass-player and producer extraordinaire Chris (CC) Constantinou is on a good thing with Rude GRL, producing some street-smart beats under social commentary on several releases, including “Guns of Brixton” which is as current now as it was in 1979 when...
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Yumi and the Weather “Some Days” EP through Small Pond Recordings released 4 December 2020
November 29, 2020 No Responses

Yumi and the Weather “Some Days” EP through Small Pond Recordings released 4 December 2020

Yumi is Ruby Taylor on guitars, vocals, and songs. The Weather is Frankie Knight (keys, samples, and backing vocals), Anthony Keegan (bass), and Will Woodfine (drums). This collective’s seventh EP, following “Find Another” (November 2018), “Look at the...
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Plastic Barricades “Self-Theories” independent album released 23 November 2020
November 29, 2020 No Responses

Plastic Barricades “Self-Theories” independent album released 23 November 2020

Formed in Tallin, Estonia, in 2007, Dan Kert (guitars, keys, vocals) and Paul Love (drums, backing vocals, guitars, keys, production) are Plastic Barricades. Prior to relocating to London in the middle of September 2012 they had toured on the back...
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