Gary Moore ‘Live – From Baloise Session’ (Provogue Records)

Gary Moore ‘Live – From Baloise Session’ (Provogue Records)

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Gary Moore was one of those unique musical forces of nature. An untrained musician, a guitarist who played from the heart and with the internal instinct to be able to make his instrument cry and talk, sing and weep with every ounce of the passion he put into crafting what were basically a few pieces of electronics, metal and wood into something that spoke to the human heart and soul on the both the most basic and cerebral of levels.

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Horslips ‘At The BBC’ (Madfish)

Horslips ‘At The BBC’ (Madfish)

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Often referred to as the founding fathers of Celtic rock, Horslips are one of the truly great Irish rock acts of the 1970s. Their fusion of traditional Irish music with progressive rock and hard rock made them one of the most successful bands in their homeland during the ‘70s and gained widespread acclaim overseas too. Forming in 1970 and splitting in 1980, they returned to action again in 2004 for the best part of a further decade. During both stints, Horslips made numerous recordings for the BBC both on radio and TV, and it’s those recordings that are gathered together here in this new extensive five-disc CD/DVD box set.

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Wayside/Blanket – Haarlem, Patronaat – 28 May 2025

Wayside/Blanket – Haarlem, Patronaat – 28 May 2025

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Every now and then the stars align and something drops onto Jase W’s radar which takes him by surprise seemingly out of nowhere and tonight’s show at Patronaat in Haarlem wass one of those moments. Since moving away from the ÜK he had had to accept that there was probably going to be a fair amount of bands he loved to see when he was in Manchester that may never appear near him again and one of those was blanket. So, imagine his surprise when the initial other half of this tour, Post-Profit, decided to throw in the towel and was replaced by none other than one of his shoegazey post-rock favourites from Blackpool. Taking up the other half of this endeavour were headliners Wayside, who thankfully didn’t have to pack in their journey all the way from Australia. Jase is admittedly very new to Wayside so he was quite excited to see what they smashed out tonight in Patronaat’s gezellig Stage 3. 

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THE ÜBER ROCK SINGLES CLUB DAILY PICK – MR PINK

THE ÜBER ROCK SINGLES CLUB DAILY PICK – MR PINK

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It’s something of an incongruous hat-trick for these Belfast alt-rockers, who first came to our attention last year when they came storming out of the left field of the local scene and surprisingly but deservedly bulldozed and bullied their way to the final of the annual Bloodstock 2 The Metal battle of the bands competition. Despite having got tanked at that final stage, the band have remained on our radar and now unleash their inner #Psycho with their latest standalone release, which sees them become the first band to be chosen as our #DailyPick for the third time.

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Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses NI Grand Final – Belfast, Voodoo – 9 May 2025

Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses NI Grand Final – Belfast, Voodoo – 9 May 2025

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“If we don’t support this scene, Live Nation sure as fuck won’t” declared Bloodstock booker Simon Hall as he stood proudly (and humbly) before this sold out Belfast crowd at the finale of this year’s tenth iteration of the franchise that does more than any other to encourage and promote the underground rock and metal scene, not only in this little corner of the Überverse but much further afield (as proven when, just two weeks previously, the big lad had to endure sipping cocktails on a beach in Cyprus in the cause of this very mission).

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Make Them Suffer/Resolve/Conjurer/If Not For Me – Amsterdam, Melkweg – 23 May 2025

Make Them Suffer/Resolve/Conjurer/If Not For Me – Amsterdam, Melkweg – 23 May 2025

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It’s Friday in Amsterdam and it’s the end of the stomp around the ÜK and Europe for Make Them Suffer on their triumphant return following their support slot of Bury Tomorrow last year. Melkweg’s OZ room wasn’t going to know what fucking hit it.Even more so because of the outrageous package that is rolling with them for this in the form of French synthy metalcore outfit, Resolve, the lovely lot in British tech-death heavyweights, Conjurer and ÜS metalcore group If Not For Me. A veritable mixture of metal from around the world and here to finish off the tour in the incredible city of Amsterdam.

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