NOW
PLAYING on the MIGHTY WURLINGTZER
February
2010
1) Status Quo – ‘Live In Stockholm, 24.11.71’ (Private
recording – Raw ‘n’ raucous Quo from the ‘Dog
Of Two Head’ tour)
2) Mott The Hoople – ‘Live At Hammersmith Apollo, London
6.10.09’ (Private recording of an historic night)
3) Rory Gallagher – ‘Live At Queen Mary College, London
2.12.81’ (Yet another private recording… sorry!)
4) Airbourne – ‘No Guts, No Glory’ (Roadrunner –
As good as I hoped it would be!)
5) Treat – ‘Coup De Grace’ (Frontiers – One
of the best Scandi-rock albums ever released)
6) Raven – Walk Through Fire’ (SPV – A welcome return
for the REAL Gallagher Brothers)
7) Joe Bonamassa – ‘Black Rock’ (Provogue –
How on earth does this guy remain so prolific without sacrificing
quality?)
8) Burzum – ‘Belus’ (Byelobog Productions –
A post-incarceration incineration)
9) Hawkwind – ‘Hawkwind: At The BBC – 1972’
(EMI – Oft-bootlegged Paris Theater gig finally goes legit)
10) Coheed And Cambria – ‘Year Of The Black Rainbow’
(Roadrunner – A fascinating prequel to their previous inter-related
concept albums)
11) Savatage – ‘Still The Orchestra Plays: Greatest Hits,
Volumes 1 & 2’ (Edel – The best bits, with a handful
of unheard extras)
12) Newman – ‘The Art Of Balance’ (Chrome Dome –
Monster melodic hard rock… and they’re British!)
13) Todd Rundgren – ‘A Wizard, A True Star’ (Bearsville
– His 1973 classic, re-discovered after having seen it performed
live)
14) Reckless Love – ‘Reckless Love’ (Spinefarm –
Sunset Strip-style hair metal, all the way from Finland)
15) Backyard Babies – ‘Them XX’ (Versity Rights
– 20th anniversary collection… I forgot they were **this**
good!)
16) Ozzy Osbourne – ‘Live At The Heavy Metal Holocaust,
Port Vale FC, 1.8.81
(Private recording – Exhibit from the days when Ozzy was still
a rock star)
17) Taking Dawn – ‘Time To Burn’ (Roadrunner –
A fresh-faced take on traditional hard rock themes)
18) Spirits Burning – ‘Our Best Trips: 1998-2008’
(Voiceprint – Space-rock sampler, featuring Steven Wilson, Daevid
Allen, Robert Calvert and more)
19) Parade – ‘The Fabric’ (Nautical/Voiceprint –
It’s prog, Jim, but not as we know it…)
20) Rob Zombie – ‘Hellbilly Deluxe 2’ (Roadrunner
– Sequels usually suck. This one’s great!)
21) Sanctuary – ‘Refuge Denied’/‘Into The
Mirror Black’ (Iron Bird – Warrel Dane’s pre-Nevermore
history explored)
22) Guardian – ‘First Watch – 20th Anniversary Edition’
(Retroactive – Produced by Stryper’s Oz Fox… a real
blast from the past!)
23) Sherwood – ‘A Different Light’ (MySpace Records
– Shamefully overlooked modern rock gem from 2007)
24) Priestess – ‘Prior To The Fire’ (Tee Pee –
Pounding riffs and twin-guitars… good combination!)
25) The Dangerous Summer – ‘Reach For The Sun’ (Hopeless
– Hugely melodic indie-rock)
January
2010
1) FM – ‘Metropolis’ (Riff City – Is their
first album in 15 years worth the wait? Yessir…)
2) Kiss – ‘Kissology Vol 3, 1992-2000’ (Eagle Vision
DVD – Ten more hours of vintage live footage)
3) Giant – ‘Promise Land’ (Frontiers – Very
little Dann, but nothing to get in a Huff about)
4) Brian Howe – ‘Circus Bar’ (Frontiers –
Tremendous, hook-laden fare from former Bad Co/Nuge/White Spirit frontman)
5) Motorpsycho – ‘Heavy Metal Fruit’ (Rune Grammofon
– No convenient tag fits music as outstanding as this; just
hear it for yourself)
6) Wig Wam – ‘Non Stop Rock ‘N’ Roll’
(Frontiers – Surely you won’t hear a better glam-sleaze-melodic-metal
album this year?!)
7) Britny Fox – ‘Britny Fox’/‘Boys In Heat’
(Iron Bird – Two-for-one from classic-era hair-metal combo)
8) Keel – ‘The Right To Rock’ (Frontiers –
25th anniversary edition, with bonus tracks)
9) Jackdaw4 – ‘Retrospectacles’ (Fixit – Albums
#1 and #2, plus bonus tracks)
9) American Dog – ‘Mean’ (Colonial Canine –
Still dirty, still drunk, still rockin’!)
10) Stage Dolls – ‘Always’ (AOR Heaven – The
odd duff track, but mostly great)
11) Trans-Siberian Orchestra – ‘Night Castle’ (Atlantic
– It’s a grower, a **real** grower…)
12) Third Eye Blind – ‘Ursa Major’ (Mega Collider
– See above…)
13) Sonata Artica – ‘Winterheart’s Guild’
(Spinefarm – Re-issue of semi-legendary power-metal album from
2003)
14) Dare – ‘Arc Of The Dawn’ (Legend – Hurrah…
They’ve made the lead guitar a little more prominent again!)
15) W.A.S.P. – ‘Babylon’ (Demolition – Better
late than never!)
16) Ten Years After – ‘Live At Fiesta City’ (LpEC
DVD – Life after Alvin continues, very nicely thank-you!)
17) Keel – ‘Streets Of Rock ‘N’ Roll’
(Frontiers – Patchy in places, but a creditable comeback)
18) Bruce Kulick – ‘BK3’ (Frontiers – Guest-strewn
solo album from much-travelled former Kiss axeman)
19) State Of Rock – A Point Of Destiny’ (Metal Heaven
– Chunky but hummable hard rock, with Tony Mills on vocals)
20) Dommin – ‘Love Is Gone’ (Roadrunner –
The opening song, ‘My Heart, Your Hands’, is sensational)
21) Beholder – ‘The Awakening’ (Lime – Gutsy,
robust, uncompromising British metal)
22) Freedom Call – ‘Legend Of The Shadowking’ (SPV
– Flamboyant, colourful power-metal)
23) Band Of Skulls – ‘Baby Darling Doll Face Honey’
(Shangri-La – Garage-flavoured indie-blues-rock with a heavy
edge)
24) The Smoking Hearts – ‘Pride Of Nowhere’ (www.myspacecom/smokinghearts
– The phrase “punk-edged rock ‘n’ roll”
is getting very tired, but these guys kick arse!)
25) Andre Matos – ‘Mentalize’ (SPV – Ambitious,
melodic power-metal from the former Angra frontman)
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