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Southern Gothic, Magic and Voodoo: Lose Control (Chantel McGregor)

29/09/2015

On Lose Control, Chantel McGregor puts the emphasis on riffs, and takes a less-is-more approach when it comes to soloing...

Wildhearts at Shepards Bush Empire. 2015

Loitered Lens: The Wildhearts

28/09/2015

Photos of The Wildhearts 25th September – London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire...

Loitered Lens: Hang the Bastard

28/09/2015

Thunderous doom and mighty riffage, Hang The Bastard at The Underworld...

Mighty and Thunderous grooves at Camden Underworld (Hang the Bastard)

26/09/2015

The word of Hang The Bastard was both mighty and thunderous...

Love being dirty. Loving sounding dirty (Mother’s Cake)

24/09/2015

Austria's hardest rockers talk to Trebuchet after their clamorous European support slot with Limp Bizkit...

Hitting the Key, or Falling Flat? (Operation: Mindcrime)

22/09/2015

Geoff Tate's voice, once a magnificent lead instrument, is a shadow of what it once was. ...

Renaissance Hit or Folk Flop? All Our Yesterdays (Blackmore’s Night)

17/09/2015

About as much in common with actual renaissance music as Dungeons and Dragons has with medieval history...

I want to party hard, but you won’t let me (Best Friends. Sebright Arms)

16/09/2015

Where is the quirky charming genius of 'Surf Bitches', 'Nosebleeds', 'Happy Anniversary'? I want to party hard tonight but you won’t let me. Best friends...

Whip Crack or Bad Craic? (The Bones)

15/09/2015

a smart, catchy sixth album, but rock and roll kinksters The Bones lack the originality to stand out...

Loitered Lens: Cloud Atlas

13/09/2015

Huge guitar, soulful vocals, a strong rhythm section and great use of atmospherics...

Staying Classy Whilst Skirting the Edge of Cheese (Praying Mantis)

09/09/2015

Praying Mantis play polished twin-guitar hard rock, more AOR than metal. It's a long way from NWOBHM, although they were always on the melodic side...

Acoustic Americana & My Nebraska (Warren Haynes)

05/09/2015

Interview with Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers and Gov't Mule guitarist Warren Haynes on Ashes & Dust...

Handmade, Limited, New. The Next Swans Album… in YOUR Hands

03/09/2015

Swans handmade 2xLive CD, The Gate, Limited to 2500 Copies! Available now. ...

Love, Fear and the Time Machine (Riverside)

03/09/2015

Not only the best album of Riverside's career, but a strong contender for album of the year...

Loitered Lens: Limp Bizkit (Brixton Academy)

01/09/2015

Photos from Limp Bizkit, Queen Kwong & Mother’s Cake kick out the jams at the Brixton Academy 27th August 2015....

They’re still here, but have they still got it? (Motörhead)

30/08/2015

Motörhead : With their 22nd album Bad Magic, have the legends still got it?...

Pop a cap on your head. Limp Bizkit rock Brixton

29/08/2015

Limp Bizkit, Queen Kwong & Mother’s Cake kick out the jams at the Brixton Academy 27th August 2015. ...

Legends of music congregate for the faithful (Ramblin’ Man Fair 2015)

28/08/2015

It was a weekend to wear your denim (double or triple) and not to care too deeply about musical fashions, time, or even bad behaviour. ...

Elder statesmen of the third wave: The Oblivion Particle (Spock’s Beard)

27/08/2015

Swirling Mellotron and Hammond organ, blasts of hard rock guitar, rich layered vocal harmonies, and a strong sense of melody. ...

Shooting stars! 1967-75 in pictures (Led Zeppelin)

26/08/2015

Exhibition of candid photographs of the Led Zeppelin's earliest years '67-75 where the elevation of youth, beauty and music combine....

Loitered Lens: Ramblin’ Man Fair

23/08/2015

Photos from Ramblin' Man Fair. Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th July 2015, Maidstone, Kent...

Deeper and Darker: Magnet EP (The Fierce and the Dead)

21/08/2015

If Spooky Action had something of a punky, garage-rock vibe, Magnet is darker and denser...

The Sonics at Koko, London, by Carl Batson

And still they scream (The Sonics 2015)

20/08/2015

The suited old gentlemen taking the stage might have entered the Forum slowly, but as soon as the beat kicked in the dust fell off the band, and the beast emerged....

Two Joans, good grace & strong cider. Cambridge Folk Festival 2015

14/08/2015

Blessed by great weather the festival was a sold out success with myth making performances from The Proclaimers, Joan Baez, Wilko Johnson, Joan Armatrading and The Unthanks....

Exclusive track: Eighteen Nightmares at the Lux (Asphyxia)

13/08/2015

Listen to Asphyxia : Eighteen Nightmares at the Lux - released 14th August....

The Fall, Clapham Grand, November 2015

11/08/2015

Characterised by an abrasive guitar-driven sound and frequent use of repetition, The Fall are always underpinned by Smith's distinctive vocals and often cryptic lyrics....

Loitered Lens : Cortes

08/08/2015

Cortes delivered the spoils to an eager London audience....

Easy on the whiskey now! Cockadoodledon’t (Vinyl re-release)

06/08/2015

Listening to Th' Legendary Shack Shakers feels like swillin' liquor in a Kentucky barn which, if you're very lucky, you aren't sharing with the hogs....