"And if you thought half way through the album that Bad Touch could not possibly take you in another musical direction - wrong. From its opening "1, 2, 3, 4!" the fresh and groovy 'Let The Sun Shine' (written unsurprisingly at Download) takes you down a path that smacks of the Stones! And taking of '70's intro's - Quo certainly springs to mind on 'My Mother Told Me' which is all about family support - but this stand-out track's metamorphosis gives me the sneaking suspicion that they have been keeping 'Bad Company'! So step forward 'Outlaw' with it's blistering guitar intro/outro plus Westwood's superb delivery of its Western lyrics - this is definitely Bad Touch's very own 'Wanted Dead Or Alive' - excellent." Check out today's Bad Touch Vid Of The Day taken at last night's album launch plus read AJ's 'Truth Be Told' CD review here.

The mosh pit was in overdrive on Tuesday night at Camden's Electric Ballroom - as our attempts to video Aussie Hard Rockers Airbourne testify (see today's Track Of The Day). To be fair the crowd were already warmed up following an awesome set from Pottsville's very own Crobot who we had the pleasure of interviewing before the gig - thanks to Brandon, Jake and Paul. Watch out for a brand new Wrinklycast soon plus a review from Wrinkly The Silver - but in the meantime check out our photo gallery here - please excuse the shaky pics!

Today's December 2016 WRC e-mail Bulletin not only looks back at our awesome Wrinklystock V, but also the November gigs we went to including Terry Reid, Blues Pills, Queen Extravaganza, JoanovArc, Hard Rock Hell X, Beth Hart, Dorje, Eden's Curse and Airbourne plus new CD reviews of Glenn Hughes and Blackberry Smoke. We also look forward to, believe it or not, Wrinklystock VI, our 2016 WRC Awards, plus all our December gigs including Bad Touch (including a CD review), Sugarman Sam, Black Stone Cherry and SIMO. Remember just go here to sign up for FREE membership where you can get discounts on selected gigs and merchandise! And if you are not currently on our e-mail circulation list then please send us your details in the contact box below!

British Southern Blues Rock group Bad Touch are supporting Whiskey Myers (today's Vid Of The Day) at London's Dome in Tufnell Park tonight. Their new studio album 'Truth Be Told' is also due to be released tomorrow when we hope to bring you a CD review. The new album sees the 5-piece rock band from Norfolk celebrating Classic Rock with Southern boogie influences, supported with heavy guitar riffs and an iron-clad, tight rhythm section, in the great tradition of Black Crowes, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Led Zeppelin.

Eden’s Curse continued their Cardinal Tour at London's Underworld in Camden on Sunday night and Big Ian and his mate Geoff were duly there covering the gig for the WRC. A Multinational Melodic Metal band who tend to turn those guitars up freaking loud and rock out old school style - check out our photo gallery here including support band C.O.P. UK - with a review and a Vid Of The Day to come!

Australian Hard Rock band Airbourne were formed in late 2003 by the O'Keefe brothers and were soon joined by rhythm guitarist David Roads, with their debut album ‘Running Wild’ arriving in 2007. It's a fact that the band are more popular in Europe than their homeland where obviously AC/DC rule the roost in crunchy rock which unfortunately is a problem. We first caught them at Ramblin' Man this year where the size of their following was impressive. So how did the second of their two consecutive nights at Camden's Electric Ballroom in London last night pan out given that they were supported by Central Pennsylvania-based rockers and WRC favourites Crobot following the release of their new album 'Welcome To Fat City'? With more photos and a review to come - check out today's Vid Of The Day prematurely curtailed by the mosh pit!

To support the release of their brand new album ‘Transit Blues’, The Devil Wears Prada consisting of Hranica on vocals, Jeremy DePoyster on guitar/vocals, Andy Trick on bass and Kyle Sipress on guitar, also joined by Giuseppe Capolupo on drums and Jonathan Gering on keyboards - kicked off their co-headline “The Rise Up Tour” with Memphis May Fire and Silverstein in Norwich last night. It's the band's first full UK outing since October 2013 and tonight they are at London's Koko where tickets are still on sale for £17. Anyway, check out today's Track Of The Day 'To The Key Of Evergreen'.

"Airbourne certainly raised the energy levels though with crowd pleasers such as ‘Live It Up’, ‘Running Wild’ and new song ‘Breakin Outta Hell’ from the album of the same name to be released in September. Joel O'Keefe's bashing of cheap cans of lager on his head, his regular rig climb up and down and crowd invasion during ‘Girls In Black’ went down well too. It would be easy to be cynical about Airbourne. Yes it is unashamedly gruff and primal Rock'n'Roll, but it is the ageless and tireless uniformity of the band's approach that makes this an honest and brazen delight. Huge, macho riffs collide with gleefully lobotomised tales of booze, chicks and the noble art of kicking ass always come with a giant, instantly memorable chorus attached. Let there be more rock, basically. Perfect festival performers...!" That was our take on Airbourne (pictured) at this year's Ramblin Man and we are off to see them at Camden's Electric Ballroom tonight supported by the mighty Crobot!

New music on this week's Route 66 Track Of The Day includes Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado, Dan Reed Network, Aaron Keylock and the Rolling Stones. Host Rory Auskerry also plays tracks from Montrose, Iron Maiden, Thin Lizzy (pictured), Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath and John Mayall. Plus there's the week's music news, the birthdays in Rock and Blues and a country rockin' show-stopper from Aron Leigh.

King King headline the Islington Assembly Hall tonight with special guests Broken Witt Rebels (pictured) who hit the stage at 7.20pm for a 40-minute set, followed by King King at 8.30pm for a 2-hour set. King King recently won five British Blues Awards including Best Album (Reaching For The Light) , Best Male Vocalist, Best Bass Player, Best Song (Rush Hour) and Best Songwriter. The band recently released King King Live; a triple disc live concert. Meanwhile Broken Witt Rebels (Vid Of The Day) recently won “Best Rock Act” at the first ever Unsigned Music Awards at London’s Troxy.

Today's Black On Blues Track Of The Day includes tracks from Brad Curtis And The Somex6 Band, Starlite Campbell Band, Trevor Sewell, Eddie Martin, Eight O Five Jive, Les Copeland and Stephen Foster & Howler.

Classic Hard Rockers The Jokers recently released their brand new single ‘Silver City’ with B/side 'Summer Time', taken from their highly-acclaimed third album, ‘Hurricane’ on Steamhammer / SPV. ‘Silver City’ was recorded at Liverpool’s Parr Street Studios, where it was produced, engineered and mixed by Tom Size (Aerosmith, David Lee Roth, Journey, Steve Miller Band, Huey Lewis, Mr. Big) at the Tomland Studios, San Francisco. 'Silver City' is a power-driven, hypnotic, sing-a-long rock tune with an infectious chorus and a groove you can't help but move to. The Jokers are Wane Parry on lead vocals, Paul Hurst on lead guitar, Phil Hartley on bass and Dan Evans on drums. After opening for Status Quo at Parc Y Scarlets Stadium in late August, The Jokers are finishing up their UK tour on Saturday 3rd December at The Brew, Warrington and Saturday 10th December at The E Rooms, Skelmersdale.