On the 7th May, Universal is re-issuing 4 classic albums from The Small Faces which were originally released btween 1965 and 1969 – Small Faces, Immediate, From the beginning & Ogdens nut gone flake. The albums are being released as deluxe editions, and as with the other albums Universal have released as deluxe editions recently…
The compilation album Northern soul: 20 Original Classics, was released in July 2010, and now the team behind it are back with a second volume of Northern soul classics. The tracks have been compiled by Johnny Chandler, with sleevenotes by Paolo Hewitt author of books on Oasis, The Jam, Small Faces and The Beatles. The…
The Cult are due to release their new album ”Choice of Weapon” on 21st May. The album is being produced by Bob Rock who produced previous albums by The Cult – Sonic Temple, The Cult and Beyond Good and Evil. Ahead of the album release, the band have released two singles so far – ”Lucifer”…
American rock band Counting Crows have sold over twenty million albums in their twenty year career, and are about to release their first album for over four years – ”Underwater sunshine”. The album is their first independant release, and they’ve chosen to do something a little bit different. Rather than just writing a new album,…
The band name Luley may not be familiar, but it is the band of a man with a great track record – Klaus Luley. In the early 80s he was the front man of German melodic rock band Tokya. Following the demise of Tokyo he formed the band Craaft and again enjoyed considerable success in…
Festivalphoto: Your debut album, Many Fish To Fry, is due out at the beginning of April. Can you tell us a bit about the album? Jake: First albums are a bit like the first question of an interview or the first time you meet someone. You don’t know each other yet and just want to…
This DVD/Blu-ray release is a live concert. Filmed at the historic Genessee theatre in Waukegan, Illinois the concert includes songs from Ringo’s solo career as well as hits from The Beatles. The first thing to strike me is how young Ringo looks – he certainly doesn’t look anywhere near his real age, and is in…
The night starts with Skam – a local three-piece band. Despite them going on stage a mere ten minutes after the doors opened, there is already a decent sized crowd. They have a classic heavy rock sound which clearly went down well and certainly impressed me. They’re fun to watch too – their bass player…
The Ready Stance (ex-Ass Pony’s / Middlemarch) release debut album Damndest, May 21st www.readystance.com In rock ’n’ roll some tales are just too perfect to make up. And the back story of The Ready Stance is definitely one of them. A truly perfect storm that unfolded within one square block of the historic district in…
”Holiday at Lake Bodom (15 Years of Wasted Youth)” is a new ”CD+DVD career retrospective” – in other words its a greatest hits package from Finnish metal band Children of Bodom. It’s hard to believe but its true – Children of Bodom have been with us for fifteen years. The band took their name from…
Stalingrad is the latest album from German metal legends Accept. It’s the bands second album with their current singer Mark Tornillo (formerly with TT Quick) and one of their few albums without their longtime singer Udo Dirkschneider. Obviously there will be plenty of people who would rather they had kept Udo as their singer but…
Ant May from Festivalphoto grabbed a quick word with two of the guys from Dripback just after their performance at Hammerfest. Festivalphoto: OK you’ve just played on the third stage here at Hammerfest. How did you enjoy that? Dripback: We’ve literally just come off stage, changed clothes and then come straight up here. Yeah it…