Review: Cheap Trick – All Washed Up Cheap Trick Unlimited/BMG (November 14th 2025) Reviewer – Chris O’Connor More than fifty years after forming in Rockford, Illinois, Cheap Trick remain one of America’s most enduring and consistently rewarding power-pop institutions. Now 21 albums deep into a career that has outlasted trends, scenes, and several generations of […]
Barnabas Sky – Over The Horizon Pride & Joy Music (August 22nd, 2025) Reviewer – Chris O’Connor German guitarist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Markus Pfeffer returns with his latest Barnabas Sky project, ‘Over The Horizon‘. Joined by drummer Thomas Rieder, Pfeffer delivers a record brimming with melodic rock and metal flavours, backed by an all-star lineup […]
Review: Various Artists – Piano That Rocks Earache Records (August 23rd, 2024) Reviewer: Chris O’Connor If you are on any social media platform of late, and are a rock music fan, you will doubtless have already seen the adverts for this album. Four of the current Earache Records roster have re-imagined some of their biggest […]
Jean Paul’s Dream Vision – Quimera Juan Pablo Arroniz Romero (June 19th 2024) Reviewer: Chris O’Connor Now this is an ‘interesting’ release. How so? This album is the brainchild of Spanish guitarist Jean Paul, who has gathered around him 46 international musicians to record/re-record sixteen of his own songs collated from the past decade. These artists […]
Big Wolf Band – Rebel’s Journey Self Release (April 19th 2024) Reviewer: Chris O’Connor Now three albums into their career, Birmingham Blues Rockers Big Wolf Band have never sounded more confident or assured. This could well be because they are now an award-winning band, or because frontman Jonathan Earp has used this album as a […]
Review: Preacher Stone – ‘V’ NoNo Bad Dog Productions (March 29th 2024) Reviewer: Chris O’Connor I absolutely love Southern Rock, it’s been a genre I’ve been into forever, having literally hundreds of albums of said music in my collection, and I’m always on the lookout for new ones. I am very happy to be able […]
Review: The Curt Towne Band – At It Again Self-Released (November 10th 2023) Reviewer: Chris O’Connor Get ready to be transported to the heart of Southern Rock euphoria with the sensational sophomore album, ‘At It Again,’ courtesy of Jacksonville’s very own musical maestros, The Curt Towne Band. Brace yourselves, because this is not just an […]
Review: Eye – Anthology Pride & Joy Music (January 20th, 2023) Reviewer: Chris O’Connor This release is something of a mystery. I don’t normally have to confess to knowing literally nothing about a band I’m reviewing, but on this occasion – I am, like a majority of other people, something of a ‘virgin’ when it […]
Review: Motörhead – Iron Fist (40th Anniversary) Sanctuary Records (Spetember 23rd, 2022) Reviewer: Chris O’Connor Yes, it really has been 40 years since the three amigos cut loose with what would prove to be their final studio outing, and here it is remastered for your aural delectation. This album has always held a special place […]
Review: Arjen Lucassen’s Star One – Revel In Time Inside Out Music (February 18th, 2022) Reviewer: Chris O’Connor The term ‘Genius’ is widely overused in my opinion, however in the case of Arjen Anthony Lucassen, it is absolutely fitting. Whether it is under his own name, or under Ayreon, Guilt Machine, The Gentle Storm, Stream […]
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