In all of my years of reviewing, I don’t think I’ve seen so much love for a band to forge ahead and keep on going for their thousands of followers who have been so overwhelming with support. The band is Fireheart and watch them fly out of the starting blocks …
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A warm welcome back is well deserved for the Staffordshire, England based quartet The Midwich Affair (in my eyes, they’re the Fantastic Four), as they fire over another scintillating single, ‘Edge Of Regret’, classing themelves as “Alternative rock adventures with an old style new wave sensibility”, point proven by a …
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Dead Demons come out fighting, point proven with their latest barroom brawl titled ‘Fight Back’, that follows their last headbanging offering, ‘Evolution’. The self proclaimed “Assembled on a cold winters night, late 2019 in the shadows of an apocalyptic South Yorkshire” are back and biting as this melody with muscle …
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Vanitas returned in 2025 with their single ‘Your Demise’ and show no signs of slowingdown, continuing their new era with newest single ‘Lucid Dreams’ out now. I think I’ve ran out of fingers and toes to count how many reviews I’ve done over the last few years for Vanitas, the …
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Joe Bonamassa, the Peter Pan of rock and blues returns with a brand new single ‘Breakthrough’, taken from an album of the same name to be released on July 18th via his own J&R Adventures. My take on this shattering new song is that it’s blasted out with a huge …
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Welcome back Maxwell Jeffries, the mad professor of metal, point proven by recently released single ‘King Under The Mountain’, another monstrous track to an already released arsenal of music. It’s the second single from Underking’s next upcoming 2025 release. The single is definitely one for the headbangers as it riffs, …
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Welcome to Chasing Penguins! Are they an Olympic sport? Obviously not as the Swedish band caught me off guard with this wonderful single ‘Curtain Call’. The successors to the throne of ABBA? One never knows! It’s the follow up to a single, last released in 2024 when they rose from …
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Australian hard rock band Asteroid B-612 originally formed in 1992 before taking a hiatus in 2004. Fast forward 25 orbits around the sun and the band are making a return with new single Park Bench Gods
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Talk about pigeonholing an artist before listening to them properly, so I’m eating a huge slice of humble pie here whilst listening to the rather splendid new single ‘Stand On My Own’ from Chantel McGregor, taken from forthcoming, independently released studio album, The Healing. To my ears it opens with …
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Toronto, Canada based roots rockers, The Commoners arrive back to the UK to celebrate their upcoming album The Commoners – Live in The UK. The album is released Friday May, 16th 2025 via Gypsy Soul Records and is available to pre-order the vinyl and CD from https://thecommoners.ca/store/, and pre-save digitally …
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Here’s our Spotify Playlist for April 2025. April, month of the fool. ‘Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread’ or so said Alexander Pope in his poem An Essay on Criticism. If you haven’t got anything nice to say then our motto is say nothing! Some of the tracks you’ll …
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No wanted dead or alive polished production here, just a gritted teeth three minutes of how the west was won, fired out with all guns blazing, courtesy of The Dead Cowboys debut single and video Bad Friends And Good Times, offering a first taste of their unique and unapologetic sound, …
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Self proclaimed power rock duo, The Virginmarys return kicking and screaming with ‘My Nettle’ the fourth single taken from their The House Beyond The Fires studio album, released on November 1st 2024 which I had the pleasure of reviewing it for Planetmosh, and ‘My Nettle’ is one of the more …
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Brighton based Creeping Jean don’t creep up on you, instead they knock you for six, point proven by their latest single called “God Bless Honking Clover”. Known for their electrifying live performances and groove-laden indie anthems, Creeping Jean deliver more of their gritty, anthemic, psychedelic rock ‘n’ roll this month …
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Slowly but surely, The Arena Crewe is becoming one of my favourite venues in Crewe, thanks to the vision and verve of co-owner Lawrence Thomason and his hard working team, point proven by his event on April 11th 2025, Original Bands Night. As the title says, the four bands all …
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California punk band Infamous Stiffs have just released latest single Loose Screwz, from their upcoming EP The Ornery Six, via Golden Robot Records. A pummelling rhythm and a shout of ‘Let’s Go’ by Snotty Scotty quickly leads us into a high energy song which immediately grabs your attention (or infamous …
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Brighton based nutters Creeping Jean, a new band to me fire out a banging new single called ‘Spice Rack’. My first impression is that it’s a boogie until you can’t boogie no more banger. A retro fuelled fuzzed up stoner rock tinged ballbusting barnstormer that fires out this tongue in …
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Swiss born French singer-songwriter-guitarist Félix Rabin, who seamlessly blends Euro soul-pop with rock, blues, some funk and even a touch of prog, will release his brand new EP Blue Days on Friday 4th April 2025 via Damp Music.Félix and his band will also be supporting the new EP with a …
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Reviewers: Alex English and Ant Firmin // Photos: Ant FirminDown a narrow staircase, beneath the low ceilings of a Halifax pub, time seems to slow. The flicker of fairy lights and the low murmur of voices give the space an almost secretive feel – like stumbling into a hidden ritual. …
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Southern California rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck have officially announced the release of their ninth studio album, Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes, due out August 22nd via Journeyman Records. Produced by the legendary Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Rival Sons), the new album finds the band firing on all …
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