Cult power-pop hero Holmes (aka Roy Shakked) has begun work on his fourth release and he needs your help! For the follow up to 2011′s excellent covers album [entitled 'Covers', read a review here], Holmes has started a fundrasing campaign via Kickstarter. He says: I’m currently working on my 4th album release, independently. All songs [...]
On March 23rd, 2012 singer-songwriter Eric Lowen passed away following complications with ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease or motor neurone disease), a condition with which he had lived since 2004. While Eric’s work as one half of acoustic pop duo Lowen & Navarro (also featuring Dan Navarro, cousin of Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro) may [...]
It has been announced that David Bowie will re-issue his classic 1972 album ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars’ on June 5th. The release coincides with the album’s 40th anniversary. While the newly remastered CD will feature no bonus tracks, a bonus DVD audio disc (only to be included [...]
Multi-million selling, often derided Canadian band Nickelback have announced UK dates for October 2012. As part of their ‘Here & Now’ tour, Nickelback begin their run of UK appearances on October 1st. The confirmed dates are: London O2 Arena (October 1) Birmingham National Indoor Arena (2) Manchester Evening News Arena (4) Newcastle Metro Arena (5) [...]
Tom Galley’s previous offering from Phenomena bought together some great musicians, including Terry Brock, Mike DeMeo and Robin Beck. While it could be argued the vocal talent on ‘Blind Faith’ didn’t quite match the earliest incarnations of Phenomena with Glenn Hughes, Mel Galley and Cozy Powell, the album turned out extremely well. Not a perfect [...]
Earlier in 2012, US metal heroes Lamb of God visit Autralia and New Zealand as part of the Soundwave travelling festival. Soundwave TV presenter Christina Rowatt interviewed vocalist Randy Blythe and drummer Chris Adler during the tour, and you can now view their chat below. The 2012 Soundwave featured arguably the best line up of [...]
It has been announced that ex-Dixie Dregs/current Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse will be appearing on the European leg of the 2012 G3 tour. G3 is somewhat of an institution among Joe Satriani fans. The Chickenfoot guitarist founded the “G3″ tour many years ago as a vehicle to appear in a live setting alongside other [...]
The artwork and tracklisting for the upcoming Marilyn Manson album has been unveiled. Manson’s eighth studio record – entitled ‘Born Villain’ – presents the first new music from the Rev. Marilyn Manson and his crew since 2009′s ‘High End of Low’. It contains the following tracks: 01. Hey Cruel World… 02. No Reflection 03. Pistol [...]
It has been announced that the current line-up of Thin Lizzy – featuring classic members Scott Gorham and Brian Downey, fronted by The Almighty’s Ricky Warwick – are to support Guns N’ Roses on their upcoming UK tour. The confirmed May/June dates are as follows: May 19th Nottingham – Capital FM Arena May 20th Liverpool [...]
Often cited as one of Paul McCartney’s finest post-Beatles works, ‘Ram’ is released as a super deluxe edition in May. The 1971 release – the only one in McCartney’s vast catalogue to give Linda McCartney a co-credit – is very much a fan favourite, and includes the popular ‘Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey’. While ‘Ram’ has been [...]
