Simply Red announced the release of their thirteenth studio album, Time, on 26 May 2023. The first unveiled track from the album is “Earth in a Lonely Space”, which was already released as a single on 18 May 2021. The lead single, “Better with You”, was released on 2 March 2023, accompanying the album’s official announcement. Although the band’s long-time keyboardist Dave Clayton has recorded some parts for Time and played on “Better with You” with Simply Red during the...

Songs of a Lost World is the fourteenth studio album by English rock band the Cure, released on 1 November 2024. It is the band’s first release of new material in 16 years since the release of Dream in 2008. All the songs on the album were composed solely by singer/guitarist Robert Smith, for the first time since the 1985 album The Head on the Door. It is also their first studio album to feature Reeves Gabrels although he was...

Dark Matter review – the faithful will rejoice with superproducer Andrew Watt working his magic, the Seattle grunge veterans sound on point and full of energy in their 35th anniversary year. Discussions about Pearl Jam’s 12th record should dwell on the extraordinary longevity of this grunge-era band, who arrive in their 35th year largely intact and on the right side of history – pro-environment, pro-voting. For their latest album they have turned to 33-year-old rock fan turned superproducer Andrew Watt...

Bon Jovi have released another single from their upcoming album Forever, and it may remind fans of one of their earlier hits. Just like the 1986 classic Livin’ On A Prayer, the riff from Living Proof is powered by the talkbox, that peculiar effects-unit-cum-plastic-tube used to such great effect on songs like Aerosmith’s Sweet Emotion and Peter Frampton’s Show Me The Way. Two tracks that both use the talkbox? Both with the word ‘Living’ in the title? This cannot be...

Bon Jovi has released “Legendary,” the first song from their newly announced album Forever. Forever will be Bon Jovi’s first new album in four years. Before they could record it, frontman Jon Bon Jovi had to overcome serious vocal issues that ultimately resulted in him having rare surgery. However, he tells UCR the forced break gave him time to re-evaluate his life. “You know, you don’t really take the time to remember to smell the flowers, if you will. So...

Dogs of War Mötley Crüe consisting of lead vocalist Vince Neil, bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee and new guitarist John 5 have unveiled a video for their new single “Dogs of War”. In a recent interview with Billboard, Neil described the new single as “like old school meets new school. It’s got that old school vibe about it, but it’s new music. Nikki came up with it and he sent me the music and I thought it was really...

Legendary Finnish goth ‘n’ rollers THE 69 EYES finally unleash the stunning result of their collaboration with American songwriter Diane Warren. The soulful power ballad entitled ‘Fade To Grey,’ with music and lyrics by Warren, is out now via Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM). The song will additionally be available on a brand new vinyl variant of THE 69 EYES‘ current album “Death Of Darkness,” to be released in April 26, 2024 Diane Warren, often referred to as “the most important...