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Earthside European Tour 16/2/26
Cinematic Rock visionaries Earthside have announced their long-awaited debut European headline shows for this May and June as they draw the curtain on the colossal 'Let The Truth Speak' chapter, having recently released today's Video Of The Day, 'Earthsink', an explosive collaboration with U.S. experimental Metal artist Daedric, that rises with celestial beauty before crashing down with Earthside’s trademark, world-shaking intensity. The clip supports the recent release of 'L
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19 hours ago1 min read


Connolly Hayes At TTNMC Tonight 17/2/26
Today's very latest 2025 WRC Award winning Blues On The Radio Podcast Of The Day starts and finishes with Connolly Hayes, ahead of their gig tonight at Coulsdon's The Tuesday Night Music Club, plus there's a preview of Milkfest '26 (pictured) as well as the five Finalists for International Artist Of The Year in the UK Blues Awards, so expect to hear tracks then from Climax Blues Band, Alice Armstrong, Brave Rival, Errol Linton, Mississippi MacDonald, The Milk Men, Elles Baile
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19 hours ago1 min read


Monday Rocks! 16/2/26
Featuring former members of Samson, Ya Ya, Dante Fox, Blood Red Saints and Red, White & Blues, and following their acclaimed 2022 debut album ‘Black Tide’, Hard edged, soulful rockers, White Skies are set to release their sophomore CD, 'Shouting At The Hurricane' on Friday 27th March, as well as having just dropped their first single from the album, 'If This Is It (Get Ready)', of which this song that showcases the harder side of the quintet, is also one of today's six of the
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Greg Spawton Interview 16/2/26
Following yesterday's Hour One, today's Podcast Of The Day is Hour Two from the very same Prog Rock Files broadcast, presented by Garry Foster, featuring an interview with special guest Greg Spawton from Big Big Train that's sandwiched in between tracks from the band as well.
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19 hours ago1 min read


UK Rise Of The Roach 17/2/26
After celebrating the 25th Anniversary of their groundbreaking album 'Infest' last year, two-time Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling pioneers, Papa Roach, have not only just unveiled the next wave of their ‘Rise Of The Roach’ world tour including the UK and Ireland in November, but they also released their powerful new single 'Wake Up Calling', which is today's official lyric Video Of The Day. This is the third single released from the upcoming new Papa Roach album due later
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19 hours ago1 min read


Tuesday Rocks! 17/2/26
A cumulation of several years of hard work, writing, recording and performing songs they love, featuring a diverse range of songs, but sticking to the band’s core theme of Hard Rock with emotive lyrics, last Friday Brisbane Rock quintet Sound Affliction released their debut album, 'Behind The Walls', of which their final album single 'Fly' is one of today's six of the best 'Tuesday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Bi
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19 hours ago1 min read


Prog Rock Crack 15/2/26
Today's Podcast Of The Day is Hour One of a recent Prog Rock Files broadcast, presented by Garry Foster, featuring Big Big Train, Envy Of None, Einar Solberg, Crack The Sky, Undoubting Thomas, Riffstone and Genesis.
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2 days ago1 min read


Sunday Rocks! 15/2/26
Having been holed up in the studio for the last 18 months, UK Heavy Rock Proggers Godsticks are finally being released into the wild once more this April, ready for a run of UK shows and armed with ten new songs from their long awaited seventh studio album 'VOiD', that's out via Kscope on Friday 27th March, of which the first glimpse into the quartet's darkest, heaviest and most uncompromising album to date, their single 'M.I.A.', is also one of today's six of the best 'Sunda
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2 days ago1 min read


Kashus Culpepper's Act I 15/2/26
For GRAMMY® Artist to Watch Kashus Culpepper, last month his musical journey culminated in his highly anticipated 18-track debut album, 'Act I', that deftly mixed Americana twang, intimate Soul and searing Southern Rock, of which his love letter to his hometown, 'Alabama Beauty Queen', is today's stunning Video Of The Day. Revealing the different facets of Culpepper’s sound and storytelling, his music has always been about following an authentic path rather than a predictable
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2 days ago1 min read


Weekend Blues Club 14/2/26
Today's very latest Blues Club Podcast Of The Day has another two hours of non stop Best in Blues and a bit of this and that, with More Music and Less Chat, featuring Elles Bailey, Mr Lonely, Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps, Walter Rootsie and His Blues Connection, The James Hunter Six, Big Dave & The Dutchmen, Altered Five Blues Band, Fat Harry & The Fuzzy Licks, Burning Rope, Alice Armstrong, The Zac Schulze Gang, The Milk Men, The Derek Trucks Band, Danny Bryant (pictured
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3 days ago1 min read


Valentines Wishing Well 14/2/26
Formed in Nashville by vocalists/guitarists Dexy and Chris Valentine, but now based in Los Angeles, yesterday US Dream-Pop duo Magic Wands very aptly released their brand new single, 'Wishing Well’, that sounds like an immediate Post-Punk meets Shoegaze classic, with its insistent rhythm and swirling guitars, and a vocal that adds to its hazy atmosphere, which is today's lyric Video Of The Day. Known for their heavily textured guitars, synth drones and ethereal vocals to conj
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3 days ago1 min read


Valentine's Day Rocks! 14/2/26
For fans of Curtis Mayfield, Modest Mouse and Interpol, incorporating elements of Lo-Fi, R&B/Soul, Pop, Trap, Jazz, Folk and Rock, as well as being known for their anonymous nature and complete detach from the social media norms, mysterious underground American based musical group Oreaganomics kicked off 2026 in style with the release of their new album ‘Locked Out on Valentine’s Day’, alongside their infectious single ‘Work Not Heart', which is also one of today's six of the
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3 days ago1 min read


James Bruner Camden Photo Gallery 13/2/26
Exactly one week after we saw his quartet as special guests to Orianthi at Islington's O2 Academy, last Thursday James Bruner returned to London to headline Camden's The Black Heart, with the 24 year old Illinois born and Nashville based singer having recently received a lot of traction in the Rock press, so check out today not only Denise Lester's Photo Gallery from the gig, but also watch today's 'Big Shot' Video Of The Day, also filmed by Denise that very same night.
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4 days ago1 min read


New Releases Friday Rocks! 13/2/26
If you're a fan of legends like Kiss and Black Sabbath, then get ready to turn up the volume today because Patriarchs in Black are back with their explosive new album, 'Completely Covered in Black' via NoLifeTilMetal Records, as this powerhouse release features 11 tracks as well as bonus tracks that promise to ignite the airwaves with heavy riffs plus a tribute to Rock and Metal classics. So catch a sneak peek with their standalone single 'Left Behind', that's one of today's
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4 days ago1 min read


Martin Barre Interview 13/2/26
After his audition in late 1968, Martin Barre was Jethro Tull's guitarist for 43 years, and his music career was recently covered in an autobiography, 'A Trick Of Memory', published by McNidder & Grace in November last year, so ahead of playing this year's A New Day Festival at Faversham's Mt Ephraim over the long weekend of 21st to 23rd August, have a listen to today's Podcast Of The Day and Barre's latest interview with David Randall, that includes tracks from several album
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4 days ago1 min read


Primaluce's Way Of Perfection 12/2/26
Paris-based Progressive Metal quintet Primaluce return with their new twelve-track album 'Way Of Perfection' tomorrow 13th February, and ahead of its release they premiered the music video for album opener 'The Wind Remains', that not only introduces the record’s sense of scale and atmosphere, but it's also today's epic Video Of The Day. Indeed, 'Way Of Perfection' marks a defining moment for the project, as it's Primaluce’s first fully vocal album and the clearest expression
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5 days ago1 min read


Rock & Blues Guru 12/2/26
2024 WRC award-winning Pete Feenstra has spent the last forty years or so listening to, writing about, talking about, and promoting Rock music, with a particular interest in the Blues, and Pete's latest Rock & Blues show is today's Podcast Of The Day, featuring Michael Katon, Jim Keller, Revolution Highway, The Mel Outsider Reformation, Kula Shaker, Julian Taylor featuring Jim James, Guru Guru, Three Mile Shout, Dirty Dave Osti, Kezia Gill (pictured), Othman Wahabi, Lukas Nel
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Thursday Rocks! 12/2/26
Continuing to carry the torch first lit by founder Daevid Allen in the late ’60s, Psychedelic Institution Gong return on Friday 13th March with seven-track album 'Bright Spirit', that marks the third instalment in a trilogy recorded with long-time collaborator Frank Byng, which sees Gong at their experimental best, more adventurous and more open to the dream than ever, such as album track 'Stars In Heaven', that's also one of today's six of the best 'Thursday Rocks!' Tracks O
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5 days ago1 min read


Vicar Blood Interview 11/2/26
Today's very latest The Zach Moonshine Show Podcast Of The Day goes full Death Metal assault with an interview with Cleveland’s Vicar Blood, plus there's music from Nikola's Cage, Anima, Mysanthrium, Mistress, Cruenta Venganza, Marie Catherine, Ozzy Osbourne, Dissonance, Negative Sixxx, Sküll, Vitriol, Testament, BDF, The Grand Myth, Rotten Blasphemy, Rock 'N' Roll Villain Society, Netherdred, Crymwav, Black Reuss, Cyanate, Aseptic and WAKAS.
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6 days ago1 min read


Wednesday Rocks! 11/2/26
JUNO nominated and Maple Blues Award winner Spencer Mackenzie's new eleven-track album, 'Empty Chairs', will be released next Friday 20th February by Gypsy Soul Records, with Spencer having dropped last month his fourth album single, 'Don’t Know Where I’m Going', delivering a deep, gritty guitar tone and an electrifying, fast-moving rhythm section in his rendition of Rory Gallagher’s acoustic classic, of which this reimagined cover is also one of today's six of the best 'Wedn
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6 days ago1 min read
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