THE AMORETTES – BORN TO BREAK
MAY ALBUM OF THE MONTH The Amorettes – BORN TO BREAK Some albums sparkle for a moment on release day and some have the power to endure. The new Amorettes album, their most accomplished and rounded album to date, is definitely in the latter camp and I have a feeling is one of those albums […]
THE DEAD DAISIES – BURN IT DOWN
APRIL ALBUM OF THE MONTH: THE DEAD DAISIES – BURN IT DOWN The Dead Daisies are back with an almighty bang. Building on the critical success of ‘Revolucion’ and ‘Make Some Noise’, the new album ‘Burn It Down’ represents a bit of a new chapter – perhaps even a new beginning – for the band. […]
Thundermother – Thundermother
MARCH ALBUM OF THE MONTH: THUNDERMOTHER – THUNDERMOTHER Some of my albums of the month are picked purely on the songs. Sometimes an album lands that stands for something bigger. This album makes an emphatic, bold statement about the power of a band to endure and overcome. Thundermother is back with a new line up, […]
PONTUS SNIBB’S WRECK OF BLUES – TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG
FEBRUARY ALBUM OF THE MONTH PONTUS SNIBB’S WRECK OF BLUES: ‘Too Late To Die Young’ This month it’s time for a change of mood for our album of the month – a break from the rocking riffs, pounding bass lines and crashing cymbals that characterise the endless flow of new rock releases. Bonafide’s charismatic […]
Magnum: Lost On The Road To Eternity
JANUARY ALBUM OF THE MONTH A lasting memory of 2017 was seeing Magnum play at Ramblin’ Man Fair. I couldn’t quite work out why they were billed on the prog stage and some of the people I spoke to weren’t sure if they wanted to go over to the prog stage, with other bands playing […]
BROKEN WITT REBELS – BROKEN WITT REBELS
December Album of the Month Our final album of the month for 2017 – and after a staggeringly good year for debut and new album releases, could the best have been saved ‘til last? The self-titled debut album from Broken Witt Rebels has been a long time coming but, like a fine wine, it is […]
SKAM – The Amazing Memoirs of Geoffrey Goddard
November Album Of The Month They say on their Twitter page that they rock harder than you would believe. It’s true. British three-piece SKAM return next month with their career-defining album to date. The culmination of two early albums and a schedule of relentless touring, all roads lead to the new album – The Amazing […]
TRUCKER DIABLO – FIGHTING FOR EVERYTHING
October Album Of The Month It’s been a hectic couple of months for new album releases, and the task of picking just one album of the month has been testing. For October we were torn between three contenders before something landed from the heavens. Trucker Diablo. They’re back and they mean business. One of those […]
THE QUIREBOYS – WHITE TRASH BLUES
SEPTEMBER ALBUM OF THE MONTH It’s the blues people – but not quite as you know it. In the same fashion as The Quireboys confidently strode on to the Blues stage at Ramblin’ Man Fair and knocked the ball out the park in front of a full house, so here we have the follow-up to […]
Fireroad – Flesh Blood & Bone
AUGUST ALBUM OF THE MONTH For those that bemoan where the next generation of rock talent is going to come from – you just have to open your eyes. I first stumbled across Fireroad by accident two years ago, when they supported The Quireboys for an acoustic show. I met Richard Jones at the bar […]