Tag Archives: Rock

Review: The Birthday Massacre – La Belle Angele, Edinburgh

Sold-out shows. Venues upgraded. Waiting lists for tickets. It would seem that Canadian outfit The Birthday Massacre are onto something over this side of the Atlantic. With so many different genres attached to the sound that the six-piece makes (dark wave/electronic/dark-pop/goth/rock), it can often cause pigeonholers’ heads to explode, but …

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Review: Creeper – Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death

Need a fresh, new album to stream this Halloween? A certain Southampton goth rock/horror punk sextet have got you all covered. Happy Halloween, one and all, guys and ghouls… After the success of their 2023 record Sanguivore, which was voted Metal Hammer’s best album of the whole year, Creeper have …

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Review: The Inspector Cluzo – King Tuts, Glasgow

As far as years go, 2025 has been pretty good for French organic farmers by day, DIY blues rock duo by night, The Inspector Cluzo. A new studio album (their 10th), ‘Less Is More’, was released to great critical acclaim. Several live dates in Europe opening for Neil Young, and …

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Review: Glenn Hughes/Sophie Lloyd – The Garage, Glasgow

As Glenn Hughes alludes to midway through his barnstorming set, promoters don’t like this kind of tour from him. They want a Deep Purple-related anniversary tour that they can splatter all over the billboards: like the “Glenn Hughes presents…Classic Deep Purple Live” tour from a few years back, that kind …

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Introducing: Analog Amara

Analog Amara is a Colorado band led by vocalist Amanda Hawkins, joined by Jim Wilcox (ex-Authority Zero) and Max Powers. Their sound combines soulful, vulnerable verses with soaring, anthemic choruses and lush shoegaze textures. Get to know them, below: “A rocket scientist, American Idol alum, and former Atlantic Records drummer …

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Review: Those Damn Crows – SWG3, Glasgow

As Those Damn Crows mainman Shane Greenhall mentions from the stage during the Welsh chart toppers set, it’s almost two years to the day since Those Damn Crows last played this venue. And the hugely likeable frontman seems genuinely taken aback that the 1,250 venue is much busier than last …

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Review: Mammoth – The End

Out with the old, in with the new. Notice something different from this album cover? Some of you eagle-eyed fans will notice that a certain 3 letters have gone missing from the artist’s name. That’s right – from this day forth, Wolfgang Van Halen’s solo band will now be simply …

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