Swedish Rockers storm Amsterdam. If someone was to make a list of the greatest live bands they had ever seen, then I feel there would be a fair few who would place The Hives if not at the top of the list, well they would be pretty bloody close. I […]
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PiL and Meryl Streek kicked off their UK tour in Sheffield and TotaRock was there Meryl Streek’s album “796” came to my knowledge at the tail end of last year. It is a remarkable record with anger, disgust and in many ways hope seething from it’s very core. The hope […]

With the formidable Dan Leigh on vocals, axeman and riff ripper Dan Baker on Guitar, the brilliant Conor O’Keefe on bass and the first-class skins-man Paul White on drums, Jordan Red performed a seamless set of alternative rock and high-octane metal with a smack of an industrial sound to a […]
The instrumental trio Karambolage releases its debut album, ‘Prås‘ on September 28, 2023. The album is a collision of instrumental rock, progressive dessert-doomand bold noise-jazz, between melodic moments to epic riffs and intrusive dissonances. The trio formed in 2022 by members of Bersærk, Eigengrau a.o., and the band recorded the […]
Spontaneous to the last, when a cancellation slot came up last minute at the Underworld Spike decided to do a solo gig, but when Nigel Mogg found out about it and flights from LA were found to be reasonable, the idea of another Original Quireboys gig was born. Mercury is […]
X Japan fans in the know were thrilled to obtain exclusive tickets to the London premiere of the stunning directorial debut of Yoshiki ‘Under The Sky’ attended by the man himself with an added Q and A at the Odeon cinema Covent Garden. For the very lucky there was an […]
LOUD WOMEN Fest 2023: A Celebration of Female and Non Binary Voices LOUD WOMEN Fest is an ever-growing, recognisable event that is hosting its 7th festival, celebrating some of the most powerful female and non binary voices in music right now. Also, for the first time since its inception, this year’s […]
This was a late notice impromptu concert where Alcatrazz took the opportunity to put on a special show, as they rehearsed for a European tour killing two birds with one stone, complimentary for the first come, first served at the iconic Cart of Horses in East London, home of Iron […]