As a long time fan of metal superheroes Edguy, I am constantly amazed at the frequency with which their frontman and songwriter Tobias Sammett manages to fire out quality albums and in between recording and touring with them still has the time, energy and creative...

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Alaska Campus are from Hertfordshire? This news surprised and alarmed me… It surprised me because I thought they sounded distinctly American. I was sure they were either from the US, or a special circle of Hell reserved for Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey. I was alarmed because Hertfordshire...

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It’s been 14 years, five studio albums and one hiatus since Art Alexakis last brought Everclear to these shores. Hell, fans of the band have been born and grown old enough to get into tonight’s show in that time. However, for those who remember the...

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My five-year-old daughter is obsessed with the movie “Pitch Perfect”. I did not think I would be a failure as a father quite this early. Anyway, being the push over that I am, I have downloaded the soundtrack and purchased the movie for her so...

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Though you might not know it by looking at most of my reviews this year, 2012 was a pretty good year for music.  I actually listened to a lot of new stuff on my own that was fantastic, even if the albums I’ve reviewed for...

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Split between choices for your 2012 summer soundtrack?  Dowsing and Parker’s split 7″ release might just be the best of both worlds to fade and fuel your past summer woes. Dowsing, in their words, put out some “feel good sad jams.” From Chicago, Illinois and...

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Stone Iris’ new EP, “Illuminations,” is not bad. “Why, Jason, that’s a funny way to start a review,” you say.  And you’re right. Of the problems I have with this EP, I still can’t say that it’s bad. The musicians are talented, the production’s great,...

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Leave your brains at the door folks; you definitely won’t need it for the next two hours as Germany’s Fair Warning bring you the cheesiest collection of songs known to mankind. The cynical amongst you would disregard this album as pompous over-the-top cack eternally trapped...

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Formed in 2006, the melodic pop rock band that is My Favourite Runner Up are hitting the nation by storm with their widespread radio airplay on BBC Radio 1 and on Alex Baker’s unsigned show on Kerrang!  The four-piece has been touring relentlessly since the...

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Upon first hearing MoRo’s debut album, my first two thoughts were American and pop. I was surprised to learn that this four-piece band is, in fact, from London. I was also pleasantly surprised to find that I couldn’t pigeon-hole them into the pop bracket. This...

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There is a new noise to breathe life into rock just as it teeters on the edge of stale. Bursting forth from Hudson Valley, New York, is the impressive ‘Heavy Hearts & Counterparts’ from Verse The End, four tracks that shout out for deserved attention....

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The history of hard rock and heavy metal is littered with the corpses of failed record executives who decided to back the next great female rock vocalist only to have their charges disintegrate in their faces as the twin towers of expectation and, frankly, dull...

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Atlas&i are celebrating the release of their debut album, “In Desolate Times”, through Small Town Records. The 6-piece melodic rock band hail from Norwich have created a blend of rock, pop and metal, mixed it all up with a dash of emo, ending up with...

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Stars of the Search Party are an uncompromising sextet from the leafy suburbs of Guildford, Surrey. Following on from the success of their first EP ‘Lost in the Dust’, the latest release ‘Lost in the Dust Part II’ is about to be unleashed on the...

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Black Circles, a three-piece Alternative Pop Rock band from Chatham, Kent, serve up their latest single ‘Little Girl’. From the outset it is clear that the trio have talent and song writing ability. However, on the first play of ‘Little Girl’ I wasn’t totally convinced...

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