Author: Keith Tracy

Canada's Supermodel Taxidermy is a dynamic force in the thrash metal and hardcore punk scene, delivering a unique blend of intense guitar hooks, heavy drums, and catchy bass lines. Formed after the success of the solo project EP...
The switch from "In The Beginning" to "End Of Illusion" on "Afterlife" - the first of these epic albums- is actually a decent signpost to the record as a whole. It goes from grandiosity to heavy in...

EMPYRE, BASTETTE @ GIFFARD ARMS, WOLVERHAMPTON 18/06/2022

From the days when the Reading Festival was a proper rock festival, through the transformation of Monsters of Rock into Download, the festival scene...

OMD @ SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM 6/11/2019

If, 40 years ago, you'd told either Andy McCluskey or I that I’d be sitting in Symphony Hall watching OMD play to a sold out...

REVIEW: GASOLINE OUTLAWS – GASOLINE OUTLAWS (2019)

Over my many years I’ve ignored a fair number of bands based purely on the band name and that old adage to never judge...

REVIEW: GRETA VAN FLEET – ANTHEM OF THE PEACEFUL ARMY (2018)

It’s hard to think of a band in the last decade or so that in rock circles comes more hyped than Greta Van Fleet,...

REVIEW: POETS OF THE FALL – ULTRAVIOLET (2018)

I am fairly sure that each one of us at some point in our lives has looked at our album collection and wondered how...

RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR, MOTE PARK, MAIDSTONE

Right, let’s get the basics out of the way. This is not a band by band review because it’s impossible to see them all,...

BROTHER FIRETRIBE – ACTRESS AND BISHOP, BIRMINGHAM 12/06/2018

Life is full of surprises. Some are good, some leave you in tears. There are some surprises upon which you reflect that it’s pretty...

FOREIGNER @SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM 15/05/2018

Editors note: Two of MV's reviewers were both at the same gig last night. They both decided to spend their hard-earned money on Foreigner,...

MAGNUM, REBECCA DOWNES @SYMPHONY HALL, BIRMINGHAM 20/04/2018

The irony of the March concert at The Town Hall being frozen and snowed off only to be rearranged for what has turned out...

FALLEN STATE, LIBERTY LIES, PSYCHO VILLAGE @ACADEMY 3, BIRMINGHAM 5/4/2018

The older I get, and believe me I’m incredibly old, the more perplexing certain questions seem to become.  Let me give you some examples. Olives. ...

Steven Wilson @ Symphony Hall, Birmingham 22/3/2018

Who needs drugs when you can have your mind blown by the King of Prog? Should you mention the name of Steven Wilson to a...

ANVIL @ROBIN 2, BILSTON 20/02/2018

Keith goes to the Black Country to watch Anvil do what Anvil do There was a period of time not that long ago (in the...

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