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Album review: M*ARX – ‘Red Planet Blue’

By Ian Ladlow
Goth pioneer Gary Marx - co-founder of of The Sisters of Mercy - returns to his East Coast glam rock roots with latest album 'Red Panet Blue'. With over thirty songs on the CD version, the album pays homage to the sounds of 1972, with guest singers of Gary's age selected to appear on several tracks. A fun album and an excellent tribute to the year of Gary’s musical epiphany! Continue Reading
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Album review: Slaughter and the Dogs are on ‘White Heat’ in this long-awaited return!

By Ian Ladlow
Guitarist Mick Rossi and his cohort of punk rock veterans have a new album coming out, ‘White Heat’, the first under the Slaughter and the Dogs banner in a long time. Featuring twelve new songs written by Mick, and one cover, the album comes out via Cadiz Music on 4th September 2026. A mature and natural progression from the band’s 20th century albums, filled with Mick and Continue Reading
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Album review: The Cramps ‘Gravest Gravy’

By Ian Ladlow
The never-before-released, Alex Chilton-produced 1977 album by The Cramps, 'Gravest Gravy', mixed & mastered by Henry Rollins & Ian MacKaye is the first release on newly restarted Vengeance Records. Not one of the songs feels like a demo – each is already fully formed.  Whether you are a lifelong Cramps fan or somebody who discovered the band through the appearance of ‘Goo Continue Reading
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Live review: The Wildhearts rock Reading’s Sub89 on 10th August 2026

By Ian Ladlow
It’s been nearly five years since The Wildhearts played Reading, and a lot has changed. By 8pm, the venue is already gearing up for a big crowd. As a result, local lads Small Town Saviours get a respectable reception from the eager audience. Opening with ‘Failure is the Mother of Success’, it’s clear that this is going to be a set concentrating on the heavier elements of Continue Reading
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Album review: Hank Deadwood: Ian Lowery – Unreleased and Re-imagined Vol 1 and 2

By Ian Ladlow
Now this is an interesting release – a collection of songs based on snatches of ideas the late Folk Devils singer Ian Lowery had recorded over forty years ago and which had remained hidden from the world for the majority of that time. The band’s old friend and former Parting Shots’ frontman, Dave Hodgson stripped the songs back, re-recorded the vocals and rebuilt each Continue Reading
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Album review: Could this be the final chapter for CJ Wildheart, with ‘Devil’?

By Ian Ladlow
The ever-prolific CJ Wildheart is back with ‘Devil’, his eighth solo album. “I’ll be honest, I really struggled with this one, not so much writing it, but trying to find the drive," CJ explains. "Each year it gets harder to survive as an independent artist, and I always put in 100 percent into everything I do and this time round I came so close to just stopping." CJ Continue Reading
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Album review: King Salami and the Cumberland Three land ‘16 Knockout Hits’

By Ian Ladlow
For twenty years, London-based King Salami and the Cumberland Three have travelled across the globe, mining those early Rock'n'roll sounds to create their own playful brand of ‘Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Punk’. about to release a sixteen-track compilation of their best songs, cunningly titled ‘16 Knockout Hits’. It’s a wild, occasionally sausage-fixated ride through the band’s Continue Reading