Thanks to our good friends at Cherry Red/Esoteric Records we have a brand new copy of the deluxe edition of the classic RENAISSANCE album Live At Carnegie Hall. A three-disc set, including an extra track recorded at the same show hitherto unreleased on CD, plus another live show, without the orchestra, from a 1976 BBC..
Imperial Jade – On The Rise (Listenable Records)
If you were expecting some kind of Euro-rock hybrid, with a hint of flamenco or paella-heavy lyrical content, think again... Imperial Jade are a Spanish hard rock band who released their debut album in 2015, and whose second album On The Rise was originally released in Spain only. Fortunately for the world at large, On..
Derek Shulman: Un-boxing The Giant
For the majority of their career, Gentle Giant was that rarest of breeds: uniquely challenging, singularly unlike any other rock band, with no hit singles or radio airplay, or anything approaching 'danceable'. Yet they garnered and cultivated a fiercely loyal, almost ravenous core of fans and admirers. These listeners weren't content to settle for standard..
Infringement – Alienism (Crime Records)
This lot got together one cold November evening in Oslo in 2015, them being Norwegian, the plan being (as with all of us?!) to guzzle whiskey and contemplate forming a band. Infringement was formed shortly after and their debut album Transition released in 2017. This was a concept album exploring the development of a single..
Collateral – “Collateral” (Roulette Media Records)
Well, this lot have had a busy year! British four-piece rock band Collateral are set to release their highly anticipated eponymous debut album on February 21, 2020. The year started with the release of their debut EP 4Shots! on November 17 2018. This featured a single "Midnight Queen" which got to the top of the..
OLIVER WAKEMAN
From A Page - Live from Lyon 2009, Plus Four Previously Unreleased Songs - plus a new chapter to the yes story... We were actually trying to do something creative, and actually bringing together some music that we felt would be a positive addition to the Yes canon." The ultimate affirmative is Yes - and..
STRAWBS – DEEP CUTS (Esoteric)
a mix of more commercial, easily melodic material alongside harder-edged fare for those who didn't want too much sugar with their Strawbs! By 1976, when Deep Cuts originally appeared, The Strawbs were getting to the end of their original 1970s run, and would split following two more albums, in 1978. The previous album, 1975's Nomadness,..
Malone Sibun – Come Together
Only “the most exciting blues rock super-group in the UK” right now. That’s the label being applied to Malone Sibun by the European Blues Awards ceremony, despite not yet having an album released. Malone Sibun are a partnership of soulful UK-based Detroit blues-rock star Marcus Malone and British blues rock guitarist Innes Sibun, who met..
HAWKWIND / BLACKHEART ORCHESTRA – Manchester Albert Hall, Nov 15 2019
Born To Go unfolds sinuously, visiting areas of deep space all too infrequently explored by latter day Hawkwind PHOTOS: Chris Walkden Amazingly, this current UK jaunt marks the 50th anniversary of Hawkwind as a band, which in itself is quite extraordinary. Of course, Dave Brock is the only original member left, and has been for..
Blackwater Conspiracy announce their second album Two Tails & The Dirty Truth of Love & Revolution
Blackwater Conspiracy release their second album Two Tails & The Dirty Truth of Love & Revolution on 14 February 2020 on Bulletproof 20/20 Records, distributed by Absolute via Universal / Sony DADC. This record features eleven brand new tracks and is the follow up to their acclaimed debut “Shootin’ The Breeze”. The album was produced..
FRENCH MIDDLE EASTERN/FUSION PROG METAL QUINTET MOBIUS UNVEIL DETAILS AND PREORDERS OF FORTHCOMING STUDIO ALBUM KALA
Having recently performed at this year’s Euroblast Festival alongside the likes of Car Bomb, Voyager and Between The Buried And Me, modern progressive metal outfit MOBIUS are thrilled to reveal the first details and pre-order links for their forthcoming sophomore studio album Kala. Arriving on 30th January 2020, Kala - the Sanskrit word for “time”..
