FEATURE INTERVIEW: CARDINAL BLACK
A feature interview with Tom from the band which aired in two parts over two successive Fridays – and then aired again a few weeks ago as a two-in-one feature hour. Another fine rising band from Wales, music that immediately arrested rock show listeners. Great song writing with a modern rock flavour.
THE ELLIS MANO BAND – ‘AMBEDO’
JULY ALBUM OF THE MONTH OK folks, it’s time to take the black T shirts off and get those chinos on for summer. Here’s an album that reminds us that guitar rock music today extends far beyond heavy rock riffs, mosh pits, devil horns and those sometimes tired-looking black T shirts (usually with a skull […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: THE DAMN TRUTH
The interview segments from last week’s hour special with Lee-La Baum from the band. We discuss the new album, life after lockdown and the band’s preparations for this week’s livestream concert from a church in Montreal, Canada on Wednesday June 9th at 8:00pm Eastern Standard time (1am in the morning in the UK on Thursday […]
SPIKE – ‘LATE NIGHT SONG BOOK’
JUNE ALBUM OF THE MONTH As the dark era of Covid and repeated waves of home lockdown finally draw to an end, here we have an album that, in substance and spirit, speaks for the difficult times we have lived through. Once upon a time, album reviews were all about great production, big walls of […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: SPIKE’S LATE NIGHT SONG BOOK
Ahead of the release of his lockdown solo album and run of UK dates in May 2021 – the first rock artist back in venues after lockdown eases – a telephone chat with The Quireboys’ frontman Spike. Despite the grim Covid context, fun and smiles with one of the UK’s true rock n roll entertainers […]
TWISTED ILLUSION – TEMPLE OF ARTIFICE
MAY ALBUM OF THE MONTH There’s an unprecedented amount of new music released every week – but there’s not that much that’s truly jaw-dropping on first listen. This is where Twisted Illusion come in. To this day, I remember very clearly the listener reaction to the band during our Wellbeing Festival last August. A hot […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: THE DUST CODA – FINAL CHARGE INTO THE TOP 40
The Dust Coda is another contemporary rock n roll band from Earache Records set to break into the official album chart. They entered the mid-week chart at 11 – and the coming days will decide whether grass-roots fan power can keep the band in a chart position against the draw of the big pop giants. […]
CRY FOR MERCY: ‘RESIST’
APRIL ALBUM OF THE MONTH This review is probably a reflection of the character, enterprise and engagement of a band that spans the duration of a pandemic – and concludes with a fine debut album. When I set up the rock caravan on the first day of the first lockdown, the terms of engagement were […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: SCARLET REBELS SIGN WITH EARACHE RECORDS
Scarlet Rebels join Massive Wagons, Those Damn Crows and The Dust Coda by signing with Earache Records, the label is championing the New Wave of Rock n Roll and the label that has been putting rising rock back in the official album charts with unmatched consistency. As news of the Scarlet Rebels/Earache partnership surfaced, I […]
FEATURE INTERVIEW: LUKE MORLEY ON NEW THUNDER ALBUM
British rock royalty, Thunder, return with another sizzling album – ‘All The Right Noises’. Ahead of its release, I spoke with songwriter and guitar maestro Luke Morley on the album’s genesis, a year of lockdown and the viability of European touring in the Brexit era. Have a listen and order an album bundle here:https://www.thunderonline.com/site/