Kevin Ayers: Where Do the Stars End – The Recordings 1974–1980 review
Phil Aston1st October 2026Esoteric’s earlier Kevin Ayers box, All This Crazy Gift of Time, covered the years from 1969 to 1973 in a...
Phil Aston1st October 2026
Whitesnake Vinyl Reissues Reviewed
Phil Aston1st October 2026There are two different ways of remembering Whitesnake. For many of us in the UK, the name brings to...
The Pretty Things Madfish Vinyl Box Set
Phil Aston12th September 2026There are some bands whose commercial success never truly reflects their importance. The Pretty Things are one of them....
Hackett and Rothery – The Roaring Waves: Review
Phil Aston12th September 2026I deliberately lived with this album before reviewing it, allowing the music to accompany Sue and me on our...
Jethro Tull J-Tull Dot Com Super Deluxe Review
Phil Aston6th September 2026Jethro Tull’s acclaimed series of deluxe album editions reaches 1999’s J-Tull Dot Com with Another Cast of the Net — a new 3CD/Blu-ray...
Exumer – Death Mask Messiah : Review
Wayne McAloon1st September 2026Teutonic Thrash Metal veterans, Exumer, return with their latest album Death Mask Messiah, and after more than four decades...
Tony Iommi New Solo Album Update & World Alone 7-Inch Single
Phil Aston1st September 2026Tony Iommi is preparing to release his first solo album in more than 20 years—and if the opening single...
Rainbow Live in Nurnberg 1976 3LP Review
Phil Aston28th August 2026Blackmore at His Peak Recorded at the Nürnberg Messezentrum Halle on 28 September 1976, this concert captures one of...
Ritchie Blackmore Rejoins Deep Purple: Six Minutes That Meant Everything
Phil Aston13th August 2026Ritchie Blackmore walked onto a stage in New York last night and played “Smoke on the Water” with Deep...
Status Quo Live! in 1977 – New Mixes on Vinyl
Phil Aston9th August 2026There is a line at the end of Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch: “It ain’t like it used to be,...
