Forty years ago, Neil Diamond played 10 sold out nights at the Greek theatre in Los Angeles, an open air amphitheatre holding around 5700 people – thats a lot of people over a ten night run. The album ”Hot August night” was recorded at one of those shows, and on release it became a massive…
Aimee Mann is an American singer/songwriter whose music mixes rock, pop and folk. It’s a hard style to describe, but the closest artists I can think of are KT Tunstall and Amy MacDonald as they also blur the pop/rock boundaries and with Amy MacDonald in particular using the acoustic guitar then there are certainly similarities….
The Emperors of Wyoming are a country/folk rock band. Hearing that then if asked to name some bands they’re linked to, its unlikely that you’d pick Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins, House of Pain or Garbage, but linked they are. If you look further down this review at the list of band members you’ll notice…
Pianist Otmar Binder is joined by Alexander Lackner (Bass) and Michael Strasser (Drums) to form the Otmar Binder Trio. Together with BJ Cole (Pedal Steel) and multi-instrumentalist Christian Dozzler, they have recorded this album – Boogie Woogie Turnaround. As the name suggests, the music is Boogie-Woogie, a form of music that was very popular back…
Guitar maestro Gwyn Ashton’s back with Radiogram, a hard-driving renegade rock and blues album. On this outing, he’s joined by some big names in rock and roll history. A truly accomplished master of electric, acoustic and slide guitars, singer / songwriter / guitarist Ashton was voted third place as “Guitarist of The Year 2001” by…
From their early roots touring with The National and Gang Of Four, to releasing their debut with an elaborate 80-page flipbook hand designed and put together by band member Danny Seim, they have always had the creative intent to match the music. On their breakthrough record, ”Friend and Foe”, and the first through Barsuk, they…
Nico’s 1974 album, The End, was her fourth solo release, her fifth collaboration with John Cale (including The Velvet Underground & Nico) and her third with him as producer. John Cale had signed a new contract with Island records in 1973 and Nico was also brought to the label by A&R man Richard Williams, although…
MOTÖRHEAD – THE COMPLETE EARLY YEARS 19TH NOVEMBER 2012 Sanctuary / UMC In celebration of over 35 years in the business for Motörhead, Sanctuary/UMC is very excited to officially announce the release of Motörhead’s, The Complete Early Years boxed set. This limited collector’s edition, housed in a unique Motörhead case, is a truly remarkable set,…
ENSIFERUM, THE highly visual troupe who’ve long been a market leader when it comes to stirring, armour-plated anthems, have unleashed their brand new video for ‘In My Sword I Trust’; this is the lead track from the Finnish outfit’s forthcoming fifth studio album, ‘Unsung Heroes’, set for release via Spinefarm Records on August 27th. You…
SHINING SHINING ANNOUNCE TITLE AND RELEASE DATE OF UPCOMING ALBUM, NEW WEBSITE NOW OPEN… Sweden’s SHINING have today announced that their new album will be called “Redefining Darkness”. Unlike all previous SHINING albums, “Redefining Darkness”, which will be the band’s eighth full-length release, will not preface its title with a number. According to founder and…
REDLIGHT KING CANADIAN ROCKERS ANNOUNCED TO APPEAR AS SPECIAL GUESTS TO SHINEDOWN ON OCT/NOV EUROPEAN TOUR… REDLIGHT KING, the touring and recording project centred around vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Mark Kasprzyk, will join Shinedown on their European tour featuring seven UK dates. Tickets are on sale now. UK dates are as follows: 24/10 – Southampton 25/10 – Exeter…
THE TREATMENT YOUTHFUL UK ROCKERS ANNOUNCE DIGITAL RELEASE OF COVERS EP, ‘THEN AND AGAIN’, VIA SPINEFARM RECORDS AS THEY CONTINUE US MEGA-TOUR WITH KISS & MOTLEY CRUE… PROUD BRITISH rockers, The Treatment, have confirmed the digital release of their five-track covers EP, ‘Then & Again’. Originally limited to 300 signed physical copies and recorded in…