Author: Bernard Baker

JENNY DON'T AND THE SPURSUNLUCKY LOVE new singleout 17.04.24(Fluff and Gravy Records) stream  |  video BROKEN HEARTED BLUEnew albumLP | CD | digitalout 14.06.24 pre-save/add   |  Bandcamp pre-order Based in Portland, Oregon in the US Northwest, Jenny Don't and the Spurs have spent over a...
SCARLET REBELS RELEASE NEW SINGLE + VIDEO "SECRET DRUG" ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM 'WHERE THE COLOURS MEET' OUT 16 AUGUST 2024 VIA EARACHE RECORDS SNEAK PEEK AVAILABLE VIA LOCAL CHARITY STORESHaving already hoisted their flag into the UK Top 10 with...

REVIEW: AYREON – ELECTRIC CASTLE LIVE AND OTHER TALES (2020)

After years of not playing shows, Arjen Lucassen has clearly now got the bug but it’s on his own terms. His well-known dislike of...

REVIEW: LOWRIDER – REFRACTIONS (2020)

In the mid-ninety’s things were happening in California. Desert rock was being born and for my money Kyuss and Fu Manchu were the standard...

CLUTCH @ LOWENSHAAL, NUREMBERG – 7TH DECEMBER 2019

Just over a year ago, ahead of Clutch’s Christmas dates in the UK, I saw them play in Amsterdam and declared them the best...

REVIEW: IDLEWAR – CEDE (2019)

As a starting point of this review, I looked at what I had to say about their last album ‘Fractured; ‘Compared to previously releases Fractured...

REVIEW: STEW – PEOPLE (2019)

Strap in, it’s yet another one of my album reviews where I wax lyrical about the latest Swedish retro sounding rock band. This time...

REVIEW: TOOL – FEAR INOCULUM (2019)

So thirteen years after the mighty 10,000 Days, Tool finally get around to releasing a new album. The build-up to this has kept the...

REVIEW: PEARL HANDLED REVOLVER – FANTASY REIGNS (2019)

There are many unanswered questions in life. Why is Ed Sheerin so popular? Who watches Love Island? Who is Donald Trump’s hairdresser? I could...

REVIEW: GOV’T MULE – BRING ON THE MUSIC – LIVE AT THE CAPITOL THEATER (2019)

The live album – the staple of many seventies record collection. More often they were doubles and they were often career defining releases that...

REVIEW: GIN LADY – TALL SUN, CROOKED MOON (2019)

In the past I’ve reviewed the two previous Gin Lady albums (both 8/10) and made references to early Wishbone Ash and 70’s West Coast...

REVIEW: DEWOLFF – LIVE AND OUTTA SIGHT (2019)

I’m not sure why but up to now, I’ve never heard a DeWolff song. This is surprising as on the face of it DeWolff...

REVIEW: KING HOBO – MAUGA (2019)

It’s supergroup time – this one comprises Jean-Paul Gaster (Clutch) on drums, Per Wiberg (Kamchatka/Spiritual Beggars/Candlemass/ex-Opeth) on vocals, bass, and keys, and Thomas Andersson...

REVIEW: SHOTGUN SAWYER – BURY THE HATCHET (2019)

Two years on from their debut album (Thunderchief – given 10/10 on this site), California’s Shotgun Sawyer return for Round Two.  Now signed to...

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