Kev Rowland

Delay Tactics: Out-Pop Options and Any Questions? (2024)

by Kev Rowland | Feb 9, 2025 | Reviews

What we have here is a double CD remaster of the first two Delay Tactics albums to celebrate 40 years since the second album, ‘Any Questions?’ which originally came out in 1984, along with 10 bonus tracks of unreleased studio and live material. The band were...

999: Emergency [At The Old Waldorf 1979] (2024)

by Kev Rowland | Feb 9, 2025 | Reviews

I was 13 in 1976, so the perfect age to be enthralled by what was going on in the punk scene, and while I was always a metalhead I was intrigued by the energy and enthusiasm of the genre, and when my father told me I was banned from having any punk records in the...

The Blasters: Over There. Live at The Venue London [The Complete Concert] 2024

by Kev Rowland | Feb 9, 2025 | Reviews

The Blasters were formed in 1979 in Downey, California, by brothers Phil Alvin (vocals and guitar) and Dave Alvin (guitar), along with bass guitarist John Bazz and drummer Bill Bateman and by the time of their first headline gig in the UK on May 21st 1982 the line-up...

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: Still Barking (2024)

by Kev Rowland | Feb 9, 2025 | Reviews

What is a review? They may purport to be many things, but at the base all it is, is one person’s (hopefully) objective and informed opinion. We all like different things, and while one person may love Marmite others may well feel it is the most disgusting spread put...

Winterfylleth: The Imperious Horizon (2024)

by Kev Rowland | Jan 31, 2025 | Reviews

Winterfylleth are back with their eighth album, the first in four years, following on from ‘The Reckoning Dawn’ since when there has been a line-up change with the departure of Dan Capp, who has been replaced by Russell Dobson (lead guitar, vocals), who is also a...