"Half Moon Panic have only been together eighteen months but are accomplished musicians in their own right and gel very well. The vocalist Gerard Jacques managed to overcome the mangled tuning of the microphone on their stirring rendition of ‘Fortunate Son’; the microphone adding an almost tape-slap effect that made it sound like a studio recording from the sixties. Nights are always special when accidents happen like these." That was part of our take just under three years ago, when we saw Half Moon Panic supporting Jim Kahr at London's historic Ealing Club, and our fellow wrinklies have just released an explosive, rockin' new single, 'Beautiful Places', recorded at 'The Pit Sessions', which is also today's Video Of The Day.

The multinational group’s first outing in eight years, recorded and filmed in France on the last stop of a tour to promote the band’s fifth and most audacious album to date, ‘The Absolute Universe’, Transatlantic - the Prog Supergroup of Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Roine Stolt and Pete Trewavas, recently announced the release of a new live album/film entitled ‘The Final Flight: Live At L’Olympia’, which is out on Friday 17th February via InsideOutMusic, of which their live performance of ‘Owl Howl’, a highlight from ‘The Absolute Universe’ album, is one of today's six of the best 'Monday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Praise The Sun, Redemption, Killhall, The Wring and Black Reuss.

Following the release last September of his latest album, 'Destination Unknown', via Marshall Records, Laurence Jones's band, consisting of Bennett Holland on Hammond, keys and synth, Jack Alexander Timmis on bass guitar and Samuel Jenkins on drums, are back on the road this month, and exactly five years ago today, we interviewed Laurence before his soundcheck at London's much missed Borderline, which is today's Podcast Of The Day. With the album clocking in at forty one minutes, the Blues Rock guitarist and singer-songwriter packs an effortless Rock punch, whilst also not forgetting his Blues heritage, so make sure you catch him this year when he also headlines the Leeds Blues Rhythm & Rock Festival at the Brudenell Social Club on Sunday 26th February, with support from The Ryk Mead Band, Stephen Dale Petit, Catfish, Crow Black Chicken and Xander And The Peace Pirates.

The last time we covered David Crosby was back in May 2020 when we reviewed the reissue of CPR’s two studio albums 'CPR' and 'Just Like Gravity', plus the group’s two live albums - 'Live at Cuesta College' and 'Live at the Wiltern', so like many others we were sorry to learn of the passing on Wednesday of the former Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young legend at the age of 81, and in tribute, we once again let the music do the talking with today's Video Of The Day of Crosby, Stills & Nash performing 'Marrakesh Express' and 'Blackbird' at Woodstock in 1969.

Showcasing new single and album releases with the emphasis on independent artists and labels, in the final of three Get Ready To Rock Podcast Of The Day retrospectives, David Randall plays a selection of favourite tracks played in the show in the latter part of the year, including Genghis Nash (pictured), Armor For Sleep, Brighter Than A Thousand Suns, Desoto Jones, Attic Theory and more.

Following their explosive set at HRH NWOCR2 at Leicester's O2 Academy last night, Cologne based Rock n Rollers, Sweet Electric, fronted by Brad Marr from Australian band Massive, who now resides in Germany, stop off at London's The Black Heart in Camden tonight as part of their UK tour, and their latest classic Rock n Roll single, 'Hard Times', featuring big drums and riffs, high screeching vocals and an infectious singalong chorus, is also one of today's six of the best 'Sunday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further forthcoming and recent releases from Elk City, Wishing Well, Shores Of Null, Shakra and Cyanide 4.

If you enjoy raw Bluesy vocals, hard as oak, but as smooth as mahogany, with music poured into a melting pot of Southern English Rock swamp balladry, then Junkyard Choir's new album, 'Wild Ones Never Die', due to be released on Friday 24th February, is definitely for you, as evidenced by their first single and today's Video Of The Day of 'I'll Be Gone'. The band released their debut 'Let Sleeping Dogs Lie' in 2015 and the follow up, 'Trouble In Mind' (2018) as a Bluesy Rock duo, eventually becoming a six-piece last year, featuring Mark Woods' gravelly voice plus his troupe of musicians, who, fuelled by red wine, ended up burning the midnight oil, recording the new album in a dingy little studio in Croydon!

Originally put together by guitarist and songwriter Daniel Olaisen (Blood Red Throne), debuting with ‘Wintersleep’ (2014), followed by ‘Big City Life’ (2018), released yesterday, ‘Sunwind Sails’ is the second album by Norwegian hard rockers Big City to feature vocalist Jørgen Bergersen, after the well received ‘Testify X’ (2021), that sees the singer and his bandmates kick everything up a notch from the Melodic Hard Rock meets Metal stylings of their previous releases, such as 'Diamonds In The Rough', one of today's six of the best 'Frontiers Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by three similarly timed Frontiers releases from Heroes & Monsters, Issa and Ten, plus two further tracks from Malo De Dentro and The Doubted.

2022 WRC award-winning Pete Feenstra has spent the last forty years 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 Robbie McIntosh, Roy Gaines, Gracie Curran And Friends, The Neutrons, Laurence Jones (pictured), Martin Stephenson & John Perry, Mighty Mo Rodgers, Hundred Seventy Split, Daniel Blanc, Bob Stroger & The Headcutters, Volbeat, WC Clark, Little Johnny Taylor, Stone and Chet Ivey & His Fabulous Avengers.

Today's latest Blues Club Podcast Of The Day, has another two hours of non-stop Best in Blues and Beyond with More Music and Less Chat, featuring new releases, classic tracks and UK IBBA Presenters' Picks from Phantom Blues Band, Little Steven, Ben Levin, Harlem Lake, Jewel Brown, Paul Carrack & The SWR Big Band, Backbone Blues Band, Ruth Brown, The Lucky Losers, Barbara Blue, Bee, The Bluematics, Katie Bradley, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Brave Rival (pictured) and many more.

For fans of Sonic Youth, DIIV and Swervedriver, and taken from their album 'Glances' released via Overdub Recordings last September, 'Not My Sound', released last Friday, is the very first song ever written by Kodaclips, before they even found a name for the band, and it's also the song that gained them enthusiastic appreciation from A Place to Bury Strangers, when the Ravenna Heavy Shoegaze outfit opened their Italian shows, and this sun-blocking wave of sound that fills the senses, is also one of today's six of the best 'Friday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Valiant Sentinel, Red Cain, Alase, Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys and Less Than Three.

"'Somebody To Love', her first single from 'The L.A. Sessions', immediately brought to mind Samantha Fish, however the beauty of our current plethora of female Blues Rock guitarists is that they all bring something different to the live table. Santos is no exception, such as her versatility, once again demonstrated in her stomping cowboy boots on the riff of 'Slow Down', rockin' out with the extremely impressive Kelly." Chislehurst's Beaverwood Club, beckoned a welcome return on Tuesday to live music, kicking off the first band night of 2023, which saw the UK return of the critically acclaimed, Spanish Rock-Blues guitar queen, Susan Santos, so check out today AJ's complete take on the gig, John 'Mr. Rockrpix' Bull's photos, plus our 'Shakin' All Over' Video Of The Day, filmed on the night.