Tag: rock

No pleading nor voodoo but only tight riffs and impassioned howls

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”L/dropcap ooking forward to the first proper metal of 2015, the line up of Shvpes, All Hail the Yeti and the incomparable 36 Crazyfists was...

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Someone we all thought was cool. [Johnny Marr on Chris Spedding]

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaphe name Chris Spedding is likely to garner blank looks or ardent admiration, depending on your conversation partner. While he...

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The escapade to destroy pop music and rid the world of Pitbull isn’t an easy one.

I think there's enough songs about the stars now, Coldplay have about 40....

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Blues, English folk, Americana & a dash of Rock’n’Roll. [Josh Flowers]

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”J/dropcaposh Flowers & The Wild are one of those bands that manage to cross genres to create an unmistakable sound of their own. A blend...

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On the trail of the Nephilim…. Toundra’s battle for the hearts and minds of Madrid via Hackney

This is a seamless blend, a symphony with thunderous undertones....

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Amon Amarth, Huntress and Savage Messiah: 1865, Southampton [Live]

Moshers dropping to the floor and rowing like they were in a longboat, because it's not metal without irony.......

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Manns’ slightly plain voice is flawless, but uninspired.

There are some moderately engaging, essentially pleasant, songs on the album. Actually, they all are....

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No shades of grey here, it’s pure high definition vibrovision

The Greasy Slicks are a headline act, even if security doesn’t recognize their drummer....

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Bloodstock 2015 Update : Godflesh to Play

BLOODSTOCK is excited to announce their third headliner for the Sophie Lancaster Stage...

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Lonely Robot : Please Come Home

The first essential record of 2015 from the British progressive rock scene...

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I was full of shit and I still am (JJ Grey)

JJ Grey interview I want my music to be like a jambalaya, or some kind of dish where you can taste all the elements but they all blend together and make one taste. ...

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Loitered Lens : Luke Haines

Photos of Luke Haines at Islington Assembly Halls, January 2015...

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Zakk Wylde [Black Label Society] : Interview

I always tell kids that you gotta have passion for whatever it is you're playing. It's easier said than done....

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JD McPherson / The Cactus Blossoms : Islington Assembly Halls [Live]

An authentic rock and roll, rockabilly and rhythm and blues sound that sounded great...

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Ramblin’ Man Fair [25-26 July]

Blues, Classic rock, country, prog, gourmet food, a beer festival, spoken word stage, music cinema, luxury camping and accommodation. Hoo YAH!...

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Monthly Metal Mixup [Venom, Wells Valley, Olam EIn Sof]

It may not be ground-breaking but it’s great fun and it doesn’t put a foot wrong...

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I’m just a primate falling in love (Diagrams)

I couldn't quite say : 'Oh yeah I had a master plan and it all turned out exactly how I wanted!'....

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Loitered Lens : JD McPherson

Rockabilly blues from Oklahoma, photos of JD McPherson at Islington Assembly Halls, January 2015...

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Pretty Vicious

Pretty Vicious: four disaffected indie teenagers eager to put their hormone-fuelled stain on the music scene...

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Sometimes you have doubts and delusions and you go off the path a bit [Youth]

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”M/dropcapartin “Youth” Glover, known by many as the bassist and founding member of the influential Post-Punk band Killing Joke,  is...

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Loitered Lens : Diagrams

Diagrams live at the Lexington...

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The Marigold : Kanaval

An intersection between prog, drone, cinematic noise and the cathartic gospel...

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Chris Spedding : Joyland

Featuring partial reunions of King Mob, with cameos from Johnny Marr and Ian McShane, Joyland is greasy, elemental rock par excellence....

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Solefald : World Metal. Kosmopolis Sud

To say that they're referencing Dadaism or Situationism wouldn't be a cop out, but it wouldn't tell you anything either, and that is the danger of this record....

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Loitered Lens : Kreator

No frills full-on hardcore metal. Photos of Kreator at the HMV Forum, London...

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Ari Up on The Slits and Chris Spedding [Interview]

The Clash and the Pistols all became extended family to me. They were all like my brothers....

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Loitered Lens : Arch Enemy

Photos of Arch Enemy at the HMV Forum, London...

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Loitered Lens : Aynsley Lister

Following the fine tradition of the post-Christmas photo issue, photographs of rock guitarist Aynsley Lister live at Farnham Maltings...

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Loitered Lens : Hazel O’Connor, Hugh Cornwell, John Cooper Clarke

Hazel O'Connor, Hugh Cornwell, John Cooper Clarke live at Brixton Academy. Photos...

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Loitered Lens : Chantel McGregor

Photos of Chantel McGregor at the Bilston Robin 2, December 2014...

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