Dust And Her Embrace
‘As dark as my heart can be now, I’m changing my life, I’m waiting for light’. We travel back to the USA now for the new album from Sevendust, rocking all over the world since 1994, a colourful and varied...
Category: EP/Album Reviews
Attack A Slackrr!
Southampton, that hotbed of musical finery, sitting prettily on the coast you will find Slackrr a trio of top dudes and a dudette that are eager to share their latest album. Here to ‘Set The Night On Fire’ these guys...
Misery Business
‘The doldrums they call me, remember you’re mine’. Our cousins from Cornwall, 50 Year Storm have been mightily busy, they have a new song out now called ‘Doldrums’ and what better way to serenade this misery we have all been...
The Road Ahead
For the last two years a band of merry youngsters have been plugging away, crafting their own, original work and gigging profusely on the grassroots circuit. I first came across RoadClosed last year and reviewed them at the Digbeth Rising...
Album Review: Skindred – Smile
Black Star Riders ‘I’m living a life that’s free without your constant complications’. So, on the release of their last album, I found myself skulking outside the Skindred tour bus that had trundled into town. I waited, hoping to catch...
Liam Gallagher’s immersively emotional ‘Knebworth 22’ live album gets reviewed.
LIAM GALLAGHER KNEBWORTH-22 (Live Album) 9/10 Live albums have the opportunity to be legendary time capsules that capture a moment in musical history, and Liam Gallagher’s ‘Knebworth-22’ ticks all those boxes. Vibrations of anticipation turn into r...
Hex In The City
Time for a little magic my friends, today I have a band who were formed a year before lockdown, at which time nobody knew how our lives would be changed forever. King Voodoo worked on their music, oblivious to the...
Loco Love Train
Fresh from a stint with Guns N’ Roses in June we celebrate the release of the new album by The Dust Coda, who bring their loco love train to a town near you very soon. So, pass the bourbon and...
Nero My Name
‘Control, divide, enslave, destroy.’ Nero, the Roman emperor between Claudius and Galba, was notorious for many a bad deed, including incest, arson and murder, although history has given us varying recollections and opinions about his character and actions...
So Dark You’ll Need The Lights On: The Curse of KK Hammond “Death Roll Blues”
If you’re lookin’ for a sound that’s as deep and dark as the murky waters of the Mississippi delta, then you gotta check out The Curse of K K Hammond’s debut album, ‘Death Roll Blues’. It’s a fusion of delta...