Steelhouse Festival – Ebbw Vale – 24-26 July

Steelhouse Festival – Ebbw Vale – 24-26 July

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On a glorious sunny day during the best summer since 1976, Steelhouse 2026 rolled across the Welsh hillside with the unforced charm that continues to set it apart. Thankfully, the nearby mountain wildfires were being brought under control and were far enough away not to cause any undue health concerns. With negligible rain throughout July, the drive up the hillside felt like a trip into Joe Bonamassa’s ‘Dust Bowl’. Across the weekend, the bill mixed muscle, melody and personality in a way that felt true to Steelhouse’s identity rather than tailored for a broader, blunter crowd-pleaser. From a Friday opener led by King Kraken and Parker Barrow to a Sunday finale topped by Steel Panther, the festival once again proved that its strength lies in atmosphere, community and careful placement.

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Peter Murphy ‘Peter Live – Volume Three – 4th & B San Diego 2000’/‘Peter Live – Volume Four – Metro Chicago 1990’ (Cadiz Music)

Peter Murphy ‘Peter Live – Volume Three – 4th & B San Diego 2000’/‘Peter Live – Volume Four – Metro Chicago 1990’ (Cadiz Music)

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Probably best known as frontman of post-punk legends Bauhaus, Peter Murphy is also a prolific solo artist with numerous solo albums under his bat wings. This month Cadiz Music, in association with Murphy’s own Silver Shade label, release two more volumes of the ‘Peter Live’ series of archival live recordings, with these ones visiting performances a decade apart 1990 and 2000.

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The Über Röck Singles Clüb Daily Pick – Rumour Den

The Über Röck Singles Clüb Daily Pick – Rumour Den

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Our latest selection marks something of a turning back of the clock for Monk, as he used to hang out with singer Al Gilmore and a bunch of other like-minded but otherwise isolated rockers and metalheads in the sleepy seaside town of Carrickfergus. In fact, the boss used to manage one of the bands he fronted – Nineties hopefuls Abandon, who managed to get coverage in the likes of Kerrap! and Metal Hammer (although that was probably more down to the connections forged by one Steve “Wee Bollox” Strange). Now, some three decades after their life journeys followed divergent paths, they find themselves back on the same rock ‘n’ roll highway with a new, and heavier (who said you have to grow old gracefully?), alt-rock reincarnation of one of Monk’s aul chum’s subsequent projects:

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The Über Röck Singles Clüb Videö Of The Week – Slaughter To Prevail

The Über Röck Singles Clüb Videö Of The Week – Slaughter To Prevail

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Having got all #Grizzly on us with their latest album, released late last year, the Russian metal monsters have turned back the pages of history with this fiery retelling of one of their country’s most famous folk tales, released as a standalone offering to coincide with their latest run of shows, which kicked off in Greece just three nights ago and bring them to these shores in two weeks time…

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MUSIC VENUE TRUST WELCOMES BUSINESS RATE CUT

MUSIC VENUE TRUST WELCOMES BUSINESS RATE CUT

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The charity which fights to protect and grow the UK’s grassroots music venues has welcomed the first step by the new Burnham administration to help do likewise by announcing a 20 per cent reduction in business rates for live venues in England, and has called on the three devolved administrations to do the same.

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The HU invade Buckingham Palace

The HU invade Buckingham Palace

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Earlier this month, Mongolian folk metal horde The HU achieved something their most famous ancestor, Genghis Khan, could never have imagined, by not only once again sweeping triumphantly into the heart of the UK but also into the inner sanctum of one of its most heavily guarded landmarks – the home of King Charlie himself.

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer ‘Works Live’ (BMG)

Emerson, Lake & Palmer ‘Works Live’ (BMG)

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Back in 1977 the punk revolution was in full swing, railing against the opulence, excess and self-indulgence of the rock superstars of the day, especially the progressive rock ones. So what were archenemies Emerson, Lake & Palmer doing at the time? A world tour with a full 70-piece orchestra and a choir, that’s what. That tour is captured on ‘Works Live’, a 1977 recording culled mainly from the Montreal Olympic Stadium performance, which now gets an updated and remastered release.

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