pop rock
Premiere: Al Di Meola & Dodi Battaglia release new track, One Sky
When two guitar legends combine, sparks fly. Or at least that’s what we’ve gleaned from listening to this brand new track, One Sky, from American fusion legend Al Di Meola and former slinger for 70’s prog-poppers Pooh Battaglia. It’s out today on 7” vinyl and streaming and we’re delighted to be premiering it this morning …
Album Review: The Killers – Imploding the Mirage
Following a huge delay (thanks again, coronavirus), Las Vegas’ The Killers have finally released their bombastic sixth album Imploding the Mirage. Coming at us via Island Records on 21st August, the album comes just one year ahead of the band’s 20th anniversary, and with it comes some interesting sonic changes for the band, whilst keeping …
SEE: Black Honey drop brand new single, ‘Beaches’
ONE of the UK’s most beloved bands, Black Honey, have dropped their new single and accompanying video for “Beaches”, ahead of their highly anticipated new album which is yet to be announced. The video has been made in lockdown using the creative outlets that have been our sole company for the last three months – …
Album Review: Bang Bang Romeo – A Heartbreaker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Bang Bang Romeo’s debut album is a genuinely difficult one for me to review. When I first unexpectedly encountered them back in March 2014 tearing up the stage of The Leadmill mid-way down a card of mixed ability local talent, Bang Bang Romeo were a thrillingly raw four piece that were still exploring the parameters …
Live Review: Hush / The Kaleidoscopes, Record Junkee, Sheffield, 05/05/18
It’s always a pleasure when a live band are as good as their recordings and with Hush, the latest pop rock offering from Sheffield, the band are not only as polished and professional, but also as raucous and fun and insanely catchy as their music suggests. Off the back of their latest single “King and …
Track: Hush – King and Queen
Sheffield four-piece Hush combine cosy pub rock familiarity with stadium-sized singalong anthems and their latest single “King and Queen” is no exception. Lead singer Ben Ibbotson’s vocals are pure raw rock, leading us through a hazy, sweaty drunken night out whilst both bass player Dec and guitarist Heather do some dextrous feats of wonder with …
Live Review: Busted, Leeds O2 Academy, 21.2.2017
It has been some time since Busted released an album and headed out on the road. The last time around, a large proportion of their fans were probably negotiating a minefield of pre-teen dramas- while some may have been even younger than that. This is to say that Busted were a band that sound tracked …
Not Forgotten: Fleetwood Mac – Tango in the Night
Like many acts who hit their creative peaks in the 60s and 70s, Fleetwood Mac struggled with the 80s. By the middle of the decade, the willingness to experiment with their tried and tested formula that they had demonstrated so definitively on Tusk, had been lost. 1982’s Mirage had been a disappointingly standard Fleetwood Mac …
Discover: Korda Marshall
When you get used to defining genres and all the sub genres within, yes the terms still make sense but you start to lose the understanding of what they meant in the first place, just like saying a word over an over. Listening to Korda Marshall, it’s a great reminder that pop rock was originally …