Author: Andy Thorley

REVIEW: DEAN OWENS – SPIRIT RIDGE (2025)

I'm on record as saying that Dean Owens is the best storyteller of his type on these shores.The problem with statements like that is—even...

PANTERA, POWER TRIP, KING PARROT @ BP PULSE LIVE, BIRMINGHAM, 23/02/2025

Kevin "Bloody" Wilson's "Absolute C**t of a Day" ushers out King Parrot. And to be fair, if your Sunday is sub-optimal, then his fellow...

REVIEW: THE HELLACOPTERS – OVERDRIVER (2025)

The Hellacopters are so desperate to rock that they begin "Avenger" with a crescendo, and "Token Apologies" only gets better from there.Everything that is...

REVIEW: REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND – HONEYSUCKLE (2025)

There ain't nothing like the plaintive wail of an acoustic guitar at the best of times, and that's even more true when it's played...

REVIEW: TEMPLE OF DISCORD – IN THE AS (2025)

Ok, so you're probably thinking, "The last thing we need is another occult metal band"—kind of mystical, kind of Sabbath, just lurking in the...

REVIEW: CHASE MATTHEW – CHASE (2025)

It’s tempting, as an Englishman, to assume that every single person in Nashville is a star—but Music City native Chase Matthew is going to...

URIAH HEEP, APRIL WINE, TYKETTO @ SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM 19/02/2025

In many ways, Tyketto are the great lost band of US '90s hard rock, and there’s a parallel universe where they headline tonight. They...

REVIEW: THE DEADNOTES – ROCK N ROLL SAVIOUR (2025)

My grandad used to use the word "character" as a compliment. "He's a bit of a character," he’d say. For him, it meant someone...

FRANK TURNER AND THE SLEEPING SOULS @ THE WULFRUN AT THE HALLS, WOLVERHAMPTON 18/02/2025

For the half-hour before Frank Turner comes on stage, they play some Motown hits. "My Girl" is about halfway through when Frank Turner appears.Is...

REVIEW: JOHN LODGE – LOVE CONQUERS ALL (2025)

This is the bit, dear reader, where I make myself out to be an uneducated philistine, but when you say to me, "The Moody...

REVIEW: KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – THIS CONSEQUENCE (2025)

When we took my best mate’s little lad (now not so little) to see Iron Maiden back in 2018, he took one look at...

REVIEW: YOU CAN’T TELL ME I’M NOT WHAT I USED TO BE (2025)

Massy Ferguson has long been a reliable source of good-time Americana, a band that could soundtrack a beer-soaked evening with friends just as easily...

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