Having been 2024’s most explosive movers and shakers in blues rock, The Karma Effect‘s announce their re-mastered eponymous debut album to offer rock fans the chance to delve into the rising of the band before they struck lightning with their UK Top 20 sophomore album ‘Promised Land‘ (released via Earache Records in 2024). Although comprising […]
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 […]
Review: Firevolt Festival, Friday August 9th 2024 Etherow Country Park. Stockport Reviewer / Photographer: Dan Mann After only being able to attend the Sunday last year, I was looking forward to all three days this year. Alas a family emergency put pay to that and I was only able to attend on the Friday. But […]
Earache Records announce a new piano compilation album, ‘Piano That Rocks‘. An ode to the beauty of stripping a song back to its core, ‘Piano That Rocks‘ is a carefully curated compilation celebrating the lighter side of rock. The album offers 10 tracks of piano bliss and declares itself as serene music for dangerous times. The […]
Anthemic hard rock act, Austin Gold, release a new video for their latest single ‘Never End‘, on Tues 18 June 2024. ‘Never End‘ is the final single from their album, ‘Those City Lights‘ (review here) released via TMR Rock Records, before the boys focus on their next studio release. The video was shot at their […]
Review: Electric Black, The Karma Effect, Bad Touch Rescue Rooms, Nottingham (April 6th, 2024) Reviewer: Photographer: Dan Mann It was an early start on Saturday night, partly because of the three band bill, but also so Nottingham’s students could have their disco or whatever it is they do apart from stare at phone screens! But […]
Maid of Stone Festival has completed its 2024 line-up with another 14 bands, bringing the total across the weekend to 39. Hard rocking Mexican outfit The Warning will make their Mote Park debut. Described as one the most ‘exciting new bands in rock music today’, the Villarreal sisters lead an action packed line-up that also features well-respected British […]
Steelhouse Festival announces its final five acts for the 2023 event. Those Damn Crows are announced as Saturday special guests playing directly before Airbourne in what is their only UK festival appearance this summer, and their final one of this year. Ginger Wildheart and The Sinners and former Revival Black/Myke Gray vocalist, Dan Byrne are added to the opening night’s line-up while the Planet Rock-approved slide maestro Troy Redfern will open proceedings on Sunday. Adding further international flair to this year’s line-up is Brussels-based rockers, Black Mirrors. Talking about their Saturday special guest appearance, Those Damn Crows lead vocalist, Shane Greenhall said – “We can’t tell you how stoked and happy we are […]
Short listed in TWO categories (Best Family Festival & The Grassroots Festival Award) at the UK Festival Awards 2022 in just it’s second year, Call Of The Wild Festival is certainly aiming to be the leader of the pack. With its family friendly atmosphere and diverse line up, there’s something for absolutely everyone and with […]
With a stellar line-up already announced for Saturday, and the special guests and opening poll winners yet to be revealed, Stonedead 2023 is already shaping up to be the best year yet. The team has always added something special though with the Friday night party and this year they’ve knocked it right out of the […]
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