Author: Team Uber

TAZ – ‘Wake Up & Sweat’/’Shipwrecked’ (Eönian Records)

The annals of rock ‘n’ roll are filled with the stories of hundreds, if not thousands, of could have, should have, would have beens, many of whom never really could, should have or would have really made it anyway, but an equal number of whom genuinely stood a chance of breaking out into the big time and making it large, as I believe the kids on the streets say these days… Most of these stories lie buried in the cold case files of the glam, hair and sleaze metal scene which dominated LA’s infamous Sunset Strip back in the late Eighties and early Nineties, when the pervading odour hanging in the air was that of cheap hairspray and even cheaper make-up…

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Solothurn – ‘Servitude’ (Self-Released)

There can be no doubt that the Northern Ireland rock and metal scene has exploded into the post-Covid era with a sense of re-invigoration and declaring its intent to prove that it is one of the most relevant and vibrant anywhere in the Überverse, with both established acts and new kids on the block emerging from that enforced hibernation with a sense of unsatiated hunger that has resulted in one of the most exciting and productive periods in the region’s musical history.

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Amorphis/Sólstafir/Lost Society – Utrecht, Tivoli Vredenburg – 29 October 2023

Jase W figured he was going to run into the infamous Dutch train crowds sooner or later and today was that day as he arrived in Amsterdam Centraal for his train to Utrecht to be greeted by an army of people on the platform. Nevertheless he made it with ten minutes to spare before Lost Society kicks off tonight’s show with Amorphis at the headlining spot with special guests, Sólstafir.

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