Category: Rock

Review by Glen Parkes There is freedom running through the album. The songs do not sound written to satisfy a scene; they feel built for people who believe a riff and amplifier can be enough. That honesty gives the record bite, leaving The Bitter Pills with a debut that feels like a [more…]

Review By Halina Wegner Watching a band grow over the years is one of the great privileges of being a music journalist. I still remember first seeing Kris Barras Band at Ramblin’ Man Fair, where their blistering performance announced them as a band destined for bigger things. Catching up with Kris after [more…]

Review By Glen Parkes of Jace Media Music There are moments in rock music when a band appears to arrive fully formed, as though all the years of graft, disappointment, changing line-ups and countless hours spent on the road have finally found their destination. Black Water Redemption, the self-titled debut from the [more…]

Hard Rock Independent Release Release Date – August 28th 2026 Review By Smudge Smith Kelowna are from Scotland – doesn’t say where abouts and they formed in 2024. They wasted no time in knocking out an EP which I haven’t heard however if it’s anything like this then I’ll be obtaining a [more…]

Review By Glen Parkes There are debut albums that arrive quietly, testing the waters and waiting to see what happens. Then there are albums like KELOWNA’s Superstar, records that sound like a band has walked into the studio with something to prove and absolutely no intention of holding back. From the opening [more…]

Review by Kirsty Middlemist I discovered Kris Barras Band in 2021, which means I missed the blues-soaked opening chapter of Kris’s career and instead met the band mid-transformation. What hooked me was the harder rock direction that Death Valley Paradise and then Halo Effect leaned into — bigger riffs, bigger choruses, a [more…]

Heavy Rock BraveWords Records Release Date – August 14th 2026 Review By Smudge Smith Oh yes Storm Force are back with another mighty slab of heavy melodic arena sized rock. If you didn’t know Storm Force are centred around former Brighton Rock/Fraze Gang guitar slinger Greg Fraser who has the unerring knack [more…]

Album – Works Live  Release Date- 24th July  Review by Linda McDermott   More than four decades after it was first recorded, Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s Works Live returns in a newly remastered edition courtesy of BMG, released on 24th July. Featuring refreshed liner notes and updated packaging, the album is available as a standalone release [more…]