Album Reviews

The artists formerly known as The Bad Flowers return with their debut album under the new moniker of Wolf Jaw. Sounds much heavier doesn’t it? On the left – The Bad Flowers, on the right – Wolf Jaw. No contest really. Wolf Jaw – a snarling, vicious sounding name for …

Black Stone Cherry, the UK’s favourite sons of Kentucky, return with their latest homage to the blues genre; ‘Black To Blues Vol.2’, and continue where 2017’s first volume left off. Beginning with a romp through Freddie King’s ‘Big Legged Woman’ (the guitar interplay sizzles), you get the impression that Black …

If the rumours, and cryptic clues posted on social media are true, then The Black Crowes are planning on reconvening. Bit of a puzzler really, not just because of the bad blood between siblings Chris and Rich Robinson, more down to the fact that with The Magpie Salute, Rich Robinson …

For their fifth studio album, ‘Boneshaker’, Aussie noise merchants Airbourne rung in the changes, broke out the acoustic guitars and turned everything down a notch or two. Yeah, as if. ‘Boneshaker’ is more of the full throttle, full pelt, fist-to-the-face madness that you would come to expect from Joel O’Keefe …

There’s a cruel irony in that it’s usually bands who are deemed to be ‘progressive’ that are the ones who’ll be hit with the greatest criticism when they dare to stray too far from the path that their fanbase has set out for them. It happened when Opeth first let …

Hard to believe, but ‘Old Lions Still Roar’ is actually the debut solo outing from Phil Campbell. Decades in Motorhead, a few years now with his Bastard Sons (on tour as we speak), but until now, nothing of a solo nature. So what does someone as respected, and genuinely loved, …

The thought of Alter Bridge changing it up, and trying something new on ‘Walk The Sky’ is enough to send shivers down the spine of any self-respecting AB fan. But thankfully the changes are kept to the song-writing process, and not the de rigueur flirtations with an Imagine Dragons-like sound …

Thunder still recording killer studio albums, and the resurgence of Toby Jepson. Just two of the many UK rock music highlights in this soon-to-end decade. Watching Jepson tread the boards as part of Dio’s Disciples hammered home the fact that the UK rock scene was worse off without him. He …

With the plaudits received for this years ‘Renaissance Men’ album still ringing in their ears, The Wildhearts are not lying back to soak up the applause. With even more live dates looming on the horizon, Ginger, CJ, Danny and Ritch are treating their fans with the release of their new …

Being a Beth Hart fan offers up a serious dilemma. On one hand her continued success in the UK means reaching a larger audience and regular tours, but on the other she was always an artist that you wanted to keep for yourself. You didn’t mind paying extortionate Ebay prices …