August 2025 - Jace media music

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Laura Evans Takes Flight with Soaring New Single “Superman”

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Review By Halina Wegner Welsh singer-songwriter Laura Evans continues her unstoppable 2025 streak with her infectious new country-rock single “Superman”, a joyful and groove-laden track lifted from her forthcoming sophomore album Out of the Dark (out August 8th). Riding high on the success of earlier singles “Honest” and “Nobody Loves Me Like [more…]

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Rock

BLACKWOOD – Release Me: Nashville’s Rock Revolution in Full Throttle

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Review By Glen Parkes Once upon a time, Nashville was shorthand for pedal steel twang, rhinestones, and the kings and queens of country music. But here in the 2020s, the city’s skyline hums to a different rhythm. The honky-tonks are still there, sure—but down side streets and inside dim-lit clubs, the air [more…]

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Live Reviews

“Bloodstock 2025: Four Days of Metal Mayhem That Shook Catton Park to Its Core”

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Review And Images By Dave Martin The crowd were treated to some of the best metal has to offer. The acts much like the audience were a mix of seasoned veterans and first timers and this melting pot just added to the overall feel of the event. Saturday After the set the [more…]

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Live Reviews

Alfold Rock and Blues Festival 2025 –Day one

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Review by Tim Marcus with photos from Sam Conquest Photography As the summer festival season, for the two of us at least, draws towards a close, we look back fondly on one of three weekend festivals that we managed to cram into the space of just five weekends, Alfold Rock and Blues. [more…]

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Live Reviews

Extreme at The Piece Hall – A Night Where Rock History Roared Back to Life

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Review and Images By Paul McWilliams If there’s a perfect way to bottle the magic of live rock ’n’ roll, Extreme’s night at The Piece Hall on 7 August 2024 might be it. The air in Halifax was already buzzing hours before the first chord was struck, with the courtyard filling under [more…]

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Hard Rockers Shackle release debut EP ‘Un-Shackle Me’ on 22nd August.

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Review by Phil M. What started out as Wes composing riffs for his YouTube Channel has now become a full-blown band, with the addition in 2023 of his long-time friend Josh on drums followed by Dan on rhythm guitar and Stevie on bass. The EP kicks off with ‘Goddesses’ with a mondo-style [more…]

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Live Reviews

Firevolt Festival – Thursday Night Lights the Fuse for the Festival

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Where – Whitebottom Farm, Etherow Country Park Compstall, Stockport When 7th – 10th August 2025 Review and Photographs by Linda McDermott VIP Night 7th August After nearly four hours on the road to reach this beautiful country park, the anticipation starts to build as we pull into the festival site. Tents are [more…]

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Live Reviews Metal

Bloodstock 2025, the festival that just kept giving.

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Review and Images by Dave Martin Catton Park played host to 20,000 metalheads for a for day weekend of music and mayhem that many will never forget. From those who had already battled to play at the festival through the metal to the masses program to the headline acts, the crowd were [more…]

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Lucie Sue’s “Battlestation” – A High-Voltage Declaration of Rock Sovereignty

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Lucie Sue’s “Battlestation” – A High-Voltage Declaration of Rock Sovereignty Review By Glen Parkes Lucie Sue is no stranger to defying expectations. With her second album Battlestation—set for release on August 28th, 2025—this French rock force takes her sound to new, fearless heights. Alongside her bandmates Mitch, Laura, and Enzo, she delivers a [more…]

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Metal

Rage, Revelation, and Relentless Brutality – Signs of the Swarm’s To Rid Myself of Truth

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Review By Ian Walker With their sixth full-length To Rid Myself of Truth, Pittsburgh deathcore giants Signs of the Swarm have taken rage and vulnerability, stripped them down to the bone, and fused them into an unrelenting 11-track beast. Due out August 22 via Century Media, the album sees vocalist David Simonich, [more…]

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Singles

Madrai Light Up the Night with 80s-Infused Anthem “When The Lights Go Down”

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Review By Glen Parkes Northern Ireland’s own Madrai are back, and this time they’re turning the emotional intensity up to arena level with their 80s-inspired new single “When The Lights Go Down” — dropping August 15th. Following the raw vulnerability of their debut track “Leaving On My Own,” the four-piece prove they can not only bare [more…]

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Singles

The Hot One Two Return with a Fierce New Chapter in “The Reaper”

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Review By Halina Wegner The Hot One Two are back, and they’re coming in hot — quite literally — with “The Reaper,” the first single from their forthcoming album Virtues (due October 2025). Known for putting the swagger back into UK rock ‘n’ roll, this Cambridge-based quartet — Simon West (vocals), Nick [more…]