The Mad Platter

  • Artist: VANTOMME
    Title: Vegir (featuring Tony Levin)
    MJR catalog number: MJR090

    Vantomme is a project of Dominique Vantomme, keyboardist, composer, band leader and producer, equally as well known for […]

  • In anticipation of the impending release of their 25th studio album, Living the Dream, classic rock icons URIAH HEEP will embark on a North American tour in early 2018. Kicking off on February 6 in Ottawa, ON, […]

  • What do you get when you match a Brit from London who loves American AOR with an American from California who grew up on British Prog? Dukes of the Orient is the masterful pairing of vocalist John Payne […]

  • US band SIDEWALK SOCIETY have been releasing material at a steady pace for the last decade or so, with three albums, two EPs and half a dozen contributions to compilations of various kinds to their name. […]

  • German band LEAVES’ EYES have been around since 2003, and in the 15 years they have been active at this stage they have grown to be quite the popular band as well. “Sign of the Dragonhead” is their seventh full […]

  • Taking their name from a mis-heard Rolling Stones lyric, Green Seagull are the latest band to burst out of London’s burgeoning neo-psych scene. Their harmony-laden baroque/freakbeat sound draws upon influences […]

  • Dobbeltgjenger is an eclectic and playful rock band from Bergen, Norway, with a solid kink in their knee. The band’s lyrics tell tales of deep-rooted neuroticism accompanied by contagious grooves, a futuristic g […]

  • Airbag co-founder, songwriter and lead guitarist, Bjørn Riis will release a new mini album titled “Coming Home” on February 23rd 2018 on Karisma Records,the follow up to the highly acclaimed 2017 release, “For […]

  • In anticipation of the impending release of their 25th studio album, Living the Dream, classic rock icons URIAH HEEP will embark on a North American tour in early 2018. Kicking off on February 6 in Ottawa, ON, […]

  • Finnish band BOUNDSLUG appears to be a fairly recent addition to the Finnish rock scene. They are sparse with information about themselves, but it appears that the band appeared in 2016, and that they released […]

  • On January 20 at “Circolo Colony” of Brescia (Italy), Hamnesia will present their first LP “Metamorphosis” on the occasion of opening for Banco del Mutuo Soccorso.

    On January 20, Hamnesia, during the setting […]

  • “VIA LATTEA” (meaning: The Milky Way) is a declaration of love. Love for a special, particular, rugged and wild land, but sweet and enchanting: Sardinia.

    An island, always desired, conquered and liberated; […]

  • Dominique Vantomme of VANTOMME, is a pianist, keyboardist, composer, band leader, music educator and producer, equally well known for his work with many European pop and rock acts as for being the jazz piano […]

  • Released this past November in Europe, Rockshots Records announces the North American release of progressive metal guitarist DUSTIN BEHM’s debut solo album “The Beyond” on January 19th, 2018.

    Picking up the […]

  • Visionary and highly influential writer Michael Moorcock, who worked with the bands Hawkwind and Blue Oyster Cult, memorably stated that ‘it is the business of the future to be dangerous’.

    Ottawa thr […]

  • No, Toc will never play those songs again. They can’t do otherwise, can’t help to start over every time without being sure not to grind some new manias escaped from his last tours.

    Not having gave up bel […]

  • Tautologic is set to release “Re:Psychle”, a CD of songs inspired by real-life Chicagoans, on January 18th 2018. The album will be available through the band’s own label – Turtle Down Music and at Tautologic’s […]

  • EppyFest – the eclectic music festival run by Ian Fairholm of the Epileptic Gibbon Podcast, now in conjunction with Stephen Lambe and Huw Lloyd-Jones of Sonicbond Promotions – is happy to announce full details […]

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