Mini review

Starlite & Campbell is a prog.band formed by married couple and multi-instrumentalists Suzy Starlite and Simon Campbell. Because they play so many instruments together and are both vocalists, there is only one guest musician. ‘Starlite one’ is their third album. There is a lot of variation in the music: ‘Saving Me’ has a fairly catchy … Read more, available in English and Dutch

British female formation ‘Girlschool’ has been around for 45 years. ‘WTFortyfive?” is their 14th studio album, the release date is 28 July. The first few seconds of ‘It Is What It Is’ are quite quiet, then the ” speed rolls on”. The lead vocals are pleasantly raw. The backing vocals and music are rousing, soon … Read more, available in English and Dutch

The melodic metal band King Kobra has a new line-up. ‘We AreWarriors’ is their new (seventh) studio album. This one has a pleasant rock-metal start with ‘Music Is A Piece Of Art’. The (rousing) songs have fine balance between rhythm and melody. Vocals and music are also in balance. Paul Shortino’s voice still has a … Read more, available in English and Dutch

‘Unchained’ is the seventh album by The BluesBones (Belgium). During a live studio setting, the instruments were captured in one take, well done! The balance between vocals and music is fine. The relationship between the instruments themselves, and the balance on the headphones is good. Nico De Cock sings parts of the lyrics, other parts … Read more, available in English and Dutch

Last year, Andrew “Fletch” Fletcher passed away; he was co-founder of synth-pop band Depeche Mode. Memento Mori’ is the first album released by vocalist Dave Gahan and guitarist/keyboardist Martin L. Gore together. The inspiration arose at the beginning of the Covid pandemic. The 12 songs describe a variety of moods, including anxiety, joy, obsession and … Read more, available in English and Dutch