Single and EP Reviews

Following on from the success of their third studio album Restless, released on July 5th 2024 via Gypsy Soul Records, Toronto, Canada roots rock and roll band The Commoners release ‘Restless’, a single taken from the album. They also have good news for them that comes from being special guests …

They don’t hang around in Orange County, California, point proven by Robert Jon & The Wreck who have hammered out nine studio albums since 2011 and have just released a new single ‘Point Of View’ via Journeyman Records. Currently in the middle of a successful European tour, so much so, …

Forever In The Making, a new band to me and I’m glad their PR Dan Carter introduced me to their ballistic metal majesty, point proven by their latest single, ‘Above The Snakes’. The Derby UK based band were formed in 2013, were held back during lockdown, but return kicking and …

Currently on a UK tour, Eddie 9V electrifies with new single The Road To Nowhere, taken from his upcoming studio album Saratoga, released via Ruf Records on November 22nd, 2024. The Atlanta, Georgia based guitarist honed his craft from the age of 15, paving his way to the roots and …

Adelaide, Australia celebrated guitarist, singer and songwriter Orianthi releases the third single and music video ‘Some Kind Of Feeling’, produced by Kevin Shirley taken from a forthcoming 2025 album of the same name via Woodward Avenue Records on Friday, November 15th 2024. To my ears, it’s a feelgood sassy and …

Birmingham UK based noisemongers Vanitas release ‘Wait And See’, on November 15th 2024, their last single from a very impressive 2024. This will be my tenth review for them and it’s always a pleasure as their material goes from strength to strength, with their cinematic djent styles, veering off in …

Thud! That noise is my jaw hitting the floor after the first of many playbacks of ‘Blues Is Still Alive’, the first single off the album of the same name, due for release on February 25th 2025 from harmonica virtuoso Will Wilde, via Vizz Tone Records. The single features a …

I’ve always had a soft spot for Staffordshire based The Midwich Affair, seeing them play their cover sets, then breaking out on the circuit with their own original material. Their latest offering is their tenth single ‘Do You Remember Me?’ They always manage, with ease to knock me off my …

Autumn Killers are back with a vengeance as they release ‘Black Heart’, the second single taken from their current studio album Making Waves, billing themselves perfectly as alternative electronic rock from South Wales UK. They’ve pulled out all the stops here as this is their most unnerving song to my …

I can’t quite think how long I’ve been looking forward to hearing a band’s new album, as on January 31st, 2025, Black Eyed Sons unleash Cowboys In Pinstriped Suits via Off Yer Rocka Recordings. A tantalizing taster is a new single taken from it, “Foolin Yourself”. After one listen, I …

Wolverhampton, Black Country based hard rockers Tender Vendetta seem far from tender as they bash out their recently released four track debut Redux EP. Opening track ‘Redux’ is a hairy headbanger to give those neck muscles a workout, taking me back to those early Motorhead albums when they were unstoppable …

It’s time to bang your head as Hedra unleash their The Pecking Order EP, not just pecking but ripping your head off! They are a Norwich based heavy metal band, formed in 2014 by guitarist Kamil Korsak and vocalist Jim Marten to make an alternative style of heavy metal music, …

It’s time to whoop and a holler like a lucky son of a gun as EDDIE 9V releases ‘Halo’, a single taken from his upcoming studio album Saratoga, to be released on Friday,November 22nd,2024, via Ruf Records. During November and December in the UK, he’ll be supporting Robert Jon & …

As the old saying goes, “You can’t keep a good band down”, point proven by Fahran, formed in Derbyshire, 2012. The five piece rock, metal, alternative band have now gone for a harder edge, shown by ‘Sever The Ties’, third single unleashed from their new studio album, The Hope That …

I saw Kent based noisy bastards Spreading The Disease a few months ago at a gig in Whitchurch, Shropshire, sporting a new line up following a four year break which sees them chomping at the bit to regain their fire and fury which they’ve done with ease, courtesy of new …

The wait is over, as Massive Wagons release their seventh studio album, Earth To Grace, released by Earache Records on November 28th, 2024. They’ve just released their third single from it, ‘The Good Die Young’ and after only one play, I think it’s the best song they’ve penned. Lead vocalist …

Jack J Hutchinson has his roots in the blues, albeit on the heavier side, point proven by ‘Road To Hell’ of course not a cover of the Chris Rea classic but a song taken off his current studio album ‘Battles’. It’s new lyric is a Western inspired video that features …

Currently putting the finishing touches on a live album, and a record they made with multi Grammy award winner and producer Dave Cobb, Vancouver, Canada based Lions In The Street release ‘Shangri-La’, the second single taken from their forthcoming Moving Along album via Cargo Records on November 8th 2024. The …

It’s here! It’s finally here, as Nantwich based ankle biters Twitch’s Rats, lash out with their debut, four track EP, Nobody Left. I’ve been following them since their covers days, releasing a single of hard rock, ‘Shot Down’ in March 2024 and now this four track EP shoots from the …

Hot on the heels of their July 2024 single ‘Northwest Coast’, taken from their upcoming fourth studio album The House Beyond The Fires on November 1st 2024, ‘There Ain’t No Future’ is a real balls to the wall four minutes of rage to say the least which I think tips …