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Wrinkly Rockers News Archive
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Connor Selby 100 Club Review 5/3/26
Solid Entertainments award winning Tuesday Blues returned to London's The 100 Club last week, featuring fast-rising rootsy British singer-songwriter Connor Selby (pictured), as well as special guests Paul Cook Blues Band and Saiichi Sugiyama, so see today not only Denise Lester's review and photos from he gig, but also watch Connor's Video Of The Day of 'That's Alright', filmed by Denise on the night.
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Mar 51 min read


Cryptopsy Interview 5/3/26
Today's very latest The Zach Moonshine Show Podcast Of The Day goes full throttle with a crushing guest appearance from Matt McGachy of Cryptopsy, plus there's music from Hetsheads, Nikola's Cage, Hela, Mistress, Jonathan Clingman, Resumption, Ozzy Osbourne, Birthweak, Rob Zombie, Sepultura, Beyond Creation, Speedp***y, Carol Phillips, Burnt Witch, Flight of Odin, Grave Mass, The Prodigal Son, Battlegrave, My Dark Fate, Deep 6, Pale Alison and Fahrenheit Paradox.
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Mar 51 min read


Wednesday Rocks! 4/3/26
After years at the helm of acclaimed Rock band Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, two-time Grammy Award winner Bryant is now forging a distinct path as a solo artist with his fifth solo single 'Screwed & Tattooed' released last Friday, and written with his hero and another two time Grammy Award winner Rodney Crowell, that's also one of today's six of the best 'Wednesday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Karmamoi, Mosfite,
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Mar 41 min read


Handsome Rock & Blues 4/3/26
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 Marcus Flynn, Sylvie Kreusch, Warhaus, James Armstrong, Charlie Mariano, Phil Thornalley, Micky Jones Band, DeWolff, Robert Finley, Handsome Jack, Mike Bourne Band, Eliza Neals, Joe Jackson, Ghost Hounds, Anthony Gomes
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Mar 41 min read


Bottle Echoes Of Life 4/3/26
After 15 years of evolution, French Alternative/Industrial Rock outfit Bottle Next returned transformed at the end of January with their five-track EP 'Echoes of Life', now as a sharpened quintet, having stripped away the excess to reveal a more focused and elegant intensity, without losing their signature grit, such as today's Video Of The Day of their EP track 'Scorn'. Indeed, this is not a comeback but a recalibration, as 'Echoes of Life' positions Bottle Next at the foref
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Mar 41 min read


Mike Vernon 3/3/26
Best known for having produced albums for some of the most famous artists in British Rock and Blues history, Blues legend Mike Vernon MBE (pictured receiving his 2024 UK Blues Federation Lifetime Achievement award), very sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 81. And in tribute to his extraordinary musical career, we let Mike's music do all the talking with today's 'Have You Heard' Video Of The Day, taken from the 1966 John Mayall/Eric Clapton 'Blues Breakers' collaboratio
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Mar 31 min read


Tuesday Rocks! 3/3/26
Continuing to carve out a space as one of the most exciting new voices in Modern Rock, as well as ahead of their highly anticipated European tour in October, Nashville-based Alternative Rock trio Cinema Stereo draw inspiration from a wide range of influences including Queen, The Police and Aerosmith, and are known for their fearless creative approach, raw emotion and captivating lyrics, having recently released their latest explosive single 'So Sorry My Dear'. that's also one
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Mar 31 min read


Mark Harrison At TTNMC Tonight 3/3/26
Today's very latest WRC Award winning Blues On The Radio Podcast Of The Day starts and finishes with 2026 UK Blues Awards Acoustic Artist of the Year nominee Mark Harrison ahead of his show with his band at The Tuesday Night Music Club in Coulsdon tonight, as well as music from the other finalists in that category, namely Martin Harley, Oli Mississippi MacDonald, Sean Taylor and Trevor Babajack Steger, plus a preview of the runners and riders in the Album of The Year category
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Mar 31 min read


Monday Rocks! 2/3/26
Re-released by Shore Dive Records last Friday, and following their 2023 debut 'Maybe Tomorrow', San Tropez return with the quintet's nine-track 'Museum of Modern History', drawing on touchstones such as Slowdive, Galaxie 500 and Swervedriver, as well as deepening their hazy blend of Shoegaze, distinctly American Dream Pop and Indie Rock, of which the album opener 'Swear Of The Sunlght' is one of today's six of the best 'Monday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five f
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Mar 21 min read


John Young Interview 2/3/26
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 John Young from Lifesigns, that's sandwiched in between tracks from Syd Arthur and Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks, as well as Lifesigns themselves.
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Mar 21 min read


Tom Davies Album Review 1/3/26
Formed in 2019, Blues Rock quartet Tom Davies & The Bluebirds were nominated and went on to become finalists in the Emerging Band of the Year category at the UK Blues Awards in 2025, and on Friday 10th April they release their eleven-track debut album 'Angel On The Mississippi', written and arranged by Tom, so see today not only Ivan De Mello's review but also watch today's Video Of The Day of the album track 'You're Gonna Wreck My Life'.
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Mar 11 min read


Prog Rock Birdsong 1/3/26
Today's Podcast Of The Day is Hour One of a recent Prog Rock Files broadcast, presented by Garry Foster, featuring Perfect Beasts, Exploring Birdsong, Big Big Train (pictured), Steven Wilson, Solstice and Magenta.
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Mar 11 min read


March Rocks! 1/3/26
Today's latest WRC Bulletin looks back at March, including our Operation Julie, Danielle Nicole, Joe Webb, Aynsley Lister, Orianthi, Fantastic Negrito, Man Of The World, James Bruner, Chantel McGregor, The Wood Demons, Tiny Magnetic Pets and Soho Calling Festival photo galleries/gig reviews, plus our Tom Davies & The Bluebirds album review, as well as our normal comprehensive February News Archive. We also look forward to March with our six 'March Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day sh
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Mar 11 min read


Blues Club Bluesbreakers 28/2/26
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 Ally Venable, Mike Zito, Elles Bailey, Kim Wilson, Robert Jon & The Wreck (pictured), Greg Coulson, Ed Alstrom, Mr Lonely, Alex Lopez, King Solomon Hicks, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, The Zac Schulze Gang, Eric Bibb, Rebecca Downes, Ross Harding, Otis Walker Band, The Badrock Blues Band, Dirty Shoes Band, To
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Feb 281 min read


Sleazy Money Sink Or Swim 28/2/26
For fans of Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith and Motley Crue, tonight rambunctious South Wales hard rockers Sleazy Money play their 'Sink Or Swim' Single Release Show at Treforest's Green Rooms, of which this dirty, bluesy Rock n Roll track about getting shitfaced and grafting women, is today's self produced (in a photobooth), tongue in cheek, Video Of The Day. Formed in 2024 and hailing from the gritty streets of Merthyr Tydfil, the quartet are already turning heads with their raw,
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Feb 281 min read


Magpie Arc Interview 27/2/26
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 guests Tom and Alex from The Magpie Arc, that's sandwiched in between tracks from the band as well.
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Feb 271 min read


Soho Calling Review 27/2/26
Irish Alt-Rock heavyweight's Thumper (pictured) not only released their blistering new ten-track sophomore album 'Sleeping With The Light On' last Friday, but ahead of their biggest headline show to date next Wednesday at Dublin's The Academy, on Wednesday night the six-piece also headlined the Soho Calling Festival at London's The Social, along with Hunny Buzz, Yangbans and Joe Butler, so see today not only Ivan De Mello's review and photos from the gig, but also watch today
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Feb 271 min read


New Releases Friday Rocks! 27/2/26
Heading out on a UK tour next Wednesday, including Putney's The Half Moon in London on Wednesday 29th April, as well as diving deep into the band’s eclectic musical DNA, from huge riffs that shake the ground to beautiful melodies and grooves that carry you away like the tide, not only are Wille & The Bandits back today with their most ambitious project yet, their new ten-track album 'Salt Roots', but the quartet's third album single, the Latin Rock of 'Reina del Mar', is also
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Feb 271 min read


Undoubting Prog Rock 26/2/26
Today's Podcast Of The Day is Hour One of a recent Prog Rock Files broadcast, presented by Garry Foster, featuring What Strange Beasts, Crack The Sky, HeKz, Big Big Train, Undoubting Thomas, Peter Gabriel and Andrew Stone.
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Feb 261 min read


Milkfest '26 Rocks! 26/2/26
The timings (pictured) have been announced for Milkfest ’26, that takes place this coming Sunday at Indigo @ the O2 in Greenwich on 1st March, bringing some of the biggest names on the UK Blues scene for a one-day festival to raise money for The Dementia UK Charity, including Average White Band/McCartney/Pretenders legends Hamish Stuart & Robbie McIntosh and Blues Rock greats the Climax Blues Band, plus a special guest appearance by Elles Bailey, and today's 'Milkfest '26 Roc
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Feb 261 min read
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