Author: Team Uber

THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS: ÜBER ROCK’S ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2021

THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS: ÜBER ROCK’S ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2021

Posted by | Dec 31, 2021 | , ,

While 2021 has been another traumatic and troubled year for the music industry, especially on the live front, rock ‘n’ rollers the Überverse over have once again been proven themselves to be a resilient and imaginative bunch with a continuing avalanche of high-quality new music on a scale that would bury a small eastern European republic. Our team of ninja reviewers have been consistently amazed at how artists, both individually and collectively, have consistently risen to the challenges we have all faced over the past 12 months to produce, in many cases, the best work of their careers to date.

Read More
THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS: TEAM ÜBER’S ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS: TEAM ÜBER’S ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

Posted by | Dec 31, 2021 | , ,

While 2021 has been another traumatic and troubled year for the music industry, especially on the live front, rock ‘n’ rollers the Überverse over have once again been proven themselves to be a resilient and imaginative bunch with a continuing avalanche of high-quality new music on a scale that would bury a small eastern European republic. Our team of ninja reviewers have been consistently amazed at how artists, both individually and collectively, have consistently risen to the challenges we have all faced over the past 12 months to produce, in many cases, the best work of their careers to date.

Read More
THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS (ALMOST) LIVE

THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS (ALMOST) LIVE

Posted by | Dec 31, 2021 | , ,

No doubt, 2021 has been another traumatic and troubled year for the music industry, particularly on the live front. While festivals and gigs did slowly return as the year progressed, many restrictions remained in place for months upon end, with some form of “normality” only returning towards the latter part of the year. However, there remained, and still remain, inconsistencies in how the Government and the various devolved administrations handled, and continue to handle, the situation. Different regions “opened up” at different times, meaning that tour schedules continued to be disrupted and re-arranged to comply with local restrictions.

Read More
REPEAT, REWIND: Our Favourite Re-Releases Of 2021

REPEAT, REWIND: Our Favourite Re-Releases Of 2021

Posted by | Dec 31, 2021 | ,

Re-issues of classic albums have always been a staple of any record company’s release schedule. Often appearing to mark the anniversary of the original appearance of a specific album, they afford bands and fans alike to look back at particular moments in musical history. They also are valuable ways of introducing new fans to discover often long-lost gems which missed the first time around – or classic albums that were released long before they were born and therefore have only heard about in the myths and stories told by their older counterparts. Three of our top ninja reviewers look back on this past year and share what classic re-releases have brought a nostalgic tear to their eyes and re-ignited their memory cells as to what attracted them to the original albums in the first place.

Read More
EXTENDED PLAY: Our Favourite Bite-Sized Morsels of Musical Mayhem

EXTENDED PLAY: Our Favourite Bite-Sized Morsels of Musical Mayhem

Posted by | Dec 31, 2021 | ,

For many years, the EP – or ‘Extended Player’, to give it its full title – was a criminally overlooked format. But, in recent years, it has made something of a deserved comeback, as bands face the challenge of continually producing new material but often not being able to commit to the cost of, or time to, recording full-length albums. They have been especially important over the past 22 months of on-and-off-on-again lockdowns and restrictions, as the format has enabled artists to snatch valuable moments of recording time to get new product out to their fans and keep their profiles raised.

Read More