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Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate – ‘Feeling Great’ EP (Self-Released)

Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate – ‘Feeling Great’ EP (Self-Released)

Posted by | Jan 4, 2021 | ,

Rounding off what was quite a ridiculous year, Jonny B had a few stragglers to review before he could completely say sayonara to 2020. The first of these was a little EP that hit the streets at the end of the year, courtesy of Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, who have been using some of the enforced isolation time to channel those creative juices and shape them into a release. Like the rest of Hats Off Gentlemen’s back catalogue, this common thread throughout the album is particular theme, which allows the guys the freedom to be creative with a mix of different styles and influences.

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THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS: ÜBER ROCK’S TOP ALBUMS OF 2020

THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS: ÜBER ROCK’S TOP ALBUMS OF 2020

Posted by | Dec 31, 2020 | , ,

Over the course of a year, our Über team listens to literally hundreds of albums, and once again we set them the onerous task of selecting what they feel to have been the best new releases of the past 12 months. In total, our crack team submitted more than albums for consideration, with their lists then fed into our state-of-the-art musical abacus to calculate our final top ten albums of 2020.

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THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS: REMEMBERING LIVE SHOWS

THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS: REMEMBERING LIVE SHOWS

Posted by | Dec 30, 2020 | , ,

To paraphrase a certain much over-played song by Led Zeppelin, “does anyone remember live shows?” Yes, we do… those occasions when we would travel the length and breadth of the Uber Kingdom, worshipping at the altar of rock ‘n’ roll and experiencing the best bands around in the environment in which they were best enjoyed – down the front in a hot and sweaty moshpit (or from the safety of the VIP area at the back of the room!)…

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THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS: 2020 “COVERED”

THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS: 2020 “COVERED”

Posted by | Dec 30, 2020 | , ,

We’re not normally fans of cover versions here at ÜRHQ, but it has to be admitted that 2020 has seem a plethora of them – perhaps a hefty percentage more than in any “normal” rock ‘n’ roll year – as artists have adapted to the various global lockdowns and used modern technology to either present their takes on favourite songs or collaborate (virtually) with like-minded fellow artists to put new twists on perennial favourites.

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