Consistency is often the foundation of a healthy career when it comes to BritRock. The Brew have been around for over 10 years with zero line-up changes and have churned out six, fine and varied studio albums as a result. The trio hailing from Grimsby, Northern England also have a reputation as an excellent live act that is capable of turning every European club into a sweat-drenched Rock hellhole. 'Art Of Persuasion', due to be released this coming Friday, proudly displays the band’s influences – everything from Led Zeppelin to Wolfmother. Yet, the record easily avoids schlocky retro clichés. That said, while fuzzy, killer tunes such as 'Gin Soaked Loving Queen' and 'Excess' may have been raised on that sweet 70's spirit, The Brew (Video Of The Day) rightfully consider themselves modern rockers with classic roots. High-energy, timeless, and brimming with unforgettable hooks, Jason Barwick: vocals and guitar, Tim Smith: bass and vocals and Kurtis Smith: drums are also touring mainland Europe in October/November supported by The Hydden.

Fight The Fury, the newly announced and eagerly awaited Metal project from Skillet frontman and bassist John Cooper, will be releasing their debut EP 'Still Breathing' on Friday 26th October via Atlantic Records. To herald the release, the band has shared the new song 'My Demons' - today's Track Of The Day. The band also features Skillet guitarist Seth Morrison, along with drummer Jared Ward and guitarist John Panzer III. While the Grammy-nominated Skillet have proven to be one of the most successful Rock bands of the 21st century, having sold more than 12 million units worldwide, Cooper wanted to flex his creative muscles outside of his main outfit with Fight The Fury. The music crackles with a Metallic, anthemic, and riff-driven intensity, along with unforgettable hooks. The songs that populate 'Still Breathing' will take up residence in your brain for days at a time. Fight The Fury will also embark on their first-ever tour in Russia this December and details regarding future North American tour plans will be announced in the coming weeks.

Exceptional UK singer-songwriter and Grammy-nominated producer Dan Lancaster has unveiled his brand new track ‘Wild Life’, via Raw Kingdom/AWAL, which will form part of an exciting EP due later this year. ‘Wild Life’ sees Lancaster move into stratospheric Pop terrority, and yet again displays his extraordinary vocals and follows in the footsteps of the success of his debut single 'Move A Mountain'. He has also written, produced and mixed 8 Radio 1 A-Listed records in the last two years, working with Blink 182, Good Charlotte, 5 Seconds Of Summer and Bring Me The Horizon, as well as Fickle Friends, One OK Rock, Don Broco and Lower Than Atlantis. In 2017 Lancaster built and has subsequently worked in his own customised music studio in London. He has scored multiple Platinum and Gold albums and had Number 1 albums in the UK, USA, Japan, Canada and Australia, as well as being involved in records with over 800 million Spotify streams. Tuesday 16th October sees Dan perform his debut show at London’s Oslo, Hackney, translating his exceptional talent on record to the live arena.

Today's Blues On The Radio Track Of The Day is an hour filled with music from The Zoe Green Band, Fiona Boyes, James Manners, DC Blues, Tom Killner, Kirk Fletcher, Bernard Allison, Vanja Sky & Mike Zito, Beki Brindle Band, West Weston, The Wildes and (ahead of their show tonight at The Tuesday Night Music Club, The Comrades Club, Coulsdon CR5 2NF) Ruby & The Revelators.

Where can you go to capture the original spirit of a great Friday-night Rock & Roll gig? The David Sinclair Four (Video Of The Day) will be returning to the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond on 26th October, scene of legendary gigs in the 1960's by the Stones, the Yardbirds and many others, with a show which The Morning Star described as “a Bluesy Rock masterclass.” “The Crawdaddy is where London Rock & Roll began,” says David, whose new album 'Sweet Georgina' marks the latest chapter in a stellar career as a bandleader, songwriter and music journalist. “We can’t wait to go back there and kick out the jams.” Alongside him in the DS4 is lead guitarist and backing vocalist, Geoff Peel, together with the hand-in-glove rhythm section of the Mendoza brothers Jos (bass/BVs) and Rory (drums). Joining the band as a special guest for the Crawdaddy show will be master Blues-harmonica man Laurie Garman. The DS4 at the Crawdaddy – where Rock & Roll history lives on.

With a review of Sunday night's The Bad Flowers, Federal Charm and Those Damn Crows Borderline gig in the pipeline, today we have our Photo Gallery from the night here. We also have an interview waiting in the wings, following some great banter with Federal Charm guitarist Paul Bowe and drummer Josh Zahler, in advance of their set, who made us feel most welcome. Watch out for that Track Of The Day shortly.

Those Damn Crows, fresh from supporting The Quireboys, when we saw them at The Forum just over two weeks ago, once again proved that 'Rock N Roll Ain't Dead' with another blistering opening set at London's The Borderline last night. Followed by co-headliners and Stockport's very own Federal Charm (who we managed to interview before the gig), who finished off their tour on a high, dipping in to some great tracks from their recently released album 'Passenger' including their single 'Choke', 'Get Through', 'Death Rattle' and 'Concrete Creature'. Finally, a great night of live music was complete with The Bad Flowers (pictured), a great bunch, who we also last saw at the O2 Arena StoneFree Festival in June, with drummer and birthday boy Karl Selickis doing a fine job of keeping frontman/guitarist Tom Leighton and bass guitarist Dale Tonks in their rhythmic place. With tracks like 'Thunder Child' in their repertoire, they showed they are a force to be reckoned with. Anyway, with that interview to come, plus a review and our photo gallery - check out today's Video Of The Day.

Today's Black On Blues Podcast Track Of The Day is the second of a two part series featuring Blues artists from A-Z. The playlist for this week goes from M-Z namely Marcus Lazarus, Nick Moss Band, Octavia Blue, Peter Parcek, Reverend Raven, Scott Sharrard, Tas Cru, Vin Mott, Walter Wolfman Washington, Yuri Apsy and Zac Harmon.

Today's October 2018 WRC Bulletin looks back at our September gigs including L. A. Guns (31/8), Jawbone, The Quireboys, Sari Schorr, Camel, IT, Big Boy Bloater & The LiMiTs and our Sari Schorr, Pete Spiby, Bad Touch, Joe Bonamassa and Simon Hinkler CD reviews plus our Martin Barre and Big Boy Bloater interviews, plus we also look forward to our October gigs including Steve Hackett, The Pineapple Thief, Bigfoot, Bad Wolves, Southbound, Hogjaw, Primal Fear, Kee Marcello, City Of Thieves, IT, Glenn Hughes, Jeff Lynne's ELO, Doomsday Outlaw, Ryan Hamilton, Glass Tiger, Carpenter Brut, The Second Sons, The Marcus King Band, Born Healer and Devilskin. And If you didn't receive our Bulletin then go to our WRC membership page here and simply fill out the membership form and we will be in touch!

Just another reminder that this year’s Wrinklystock 7 takes place at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford, on Friday 7th December at 7.30pm and stars The Kast off Kinks, featuring three former members of the legendary band The Kinks! With support once again from Wrinklystock legends The Replicants, The Kast off Kinks are back together playing great music and re-living the good times whilst keeping the songs alive that made The Kinks a household name - featuring Mick Avory (original drummer on all the classic hits from 1964-84), Ian Gibbons (keyboards/vocals, Kinks 80’s & 90’s and still with Sir Ray Davies), John Dalton (bass/vocals, Kinks 60’s & 70’s) alongside Dave Clarke (guitar/vocals, formerly of the Beach Boys, Noel Redding & Tim Rose). Expect an evening of iconic hits including: 'You Really Got Me', 'Dedicated Follower of Fashion', 'Sunny Afternoon', 'Lola', 'Days', 'Waterloo Sunset', 'Come Dancing', 'All Day and All of the Night' plus more... A great night out, not to be missed! Tickets priced £23 can be purchased online here or from the MJC Box Office on 01322 291100.

'Desperate Man’ is the latest/sixth studio album from Eric Church, one of Country music’s premier names and biggest, most respected stars; an artist whose ground-breaking 2014 outing, ‘The Outsiders’, a chart-topper in the US and the biggest selling Country album of that year, paved the way for the Rock/Country blend that is such a rich seam today. Eric's follow-up album ‘Mr. Misunderstood’ went on to win ‘Album of the Year’ at the CMA Awards in 2016, reaching RIAA-Platinum certification earlier this year. Church has long maintained that putting music into specific genres is an outmoded concept, and ‘Desperate Man’ (11 tracks tellingly overseen by regular producer Jay Joyce) is further proof of EC’s broad range of influences – from Rock and Metal acts through to Hank Williams Jr. and Ray Wylie Hubbard, the latter getting a co-writing credit on the new album’s lead single and title track (see today's Track Of The Day).

"With a new energy, the revitalized quartet's opening track 'Swing Sinner' sets the tone for this eleven song strong collection. As with each track Guyer delivers his vocals with (for the most part) controlled aggression, and it soon becomes obvious this is a band with a lot to say, and one that is not afraid to say it." That was part of our take here on Federal Charm's new CD 'Passenger' which was released earlier this month and to coincide with the release of the album, the band complete their co-headline tour alongside The Bad Flowers (Video Of The Day) at London's Borderline tonight supported by Those Damn Crows.