Category Archives: Review

They say it’s easy to be a poet, all you need is a good reason and a bad day.  Song writing?  That’s a different challenge.  The difficulty lies in finding the right music to fit the words.  HerOrangeCoat knows just how to do that, and there is no better example than her latest single AnotherContinue reading “HerOrangeCoat – Another Day to Hide”

New Age Grace are the best thing to come out of Leicester since Walkers’ crisps.  Their latest single ‘Not Like Them’ is a classic example of atmospheric rock with powerhouse vocals, courtesy of Amy Huckerby.       Kenny Cassells’ guitar work underpins this radio friendly track that deserves mainstream airplay.  Lyrically the song conveys images that leaveContinue reading “New Age Grace – Not Like Them”

Empty Guns have reloaded, and their new single ‘Prelude to Madness’ shows they really are the master blasters of rock. It’s been more than 2 years since Empty Guns last single ‘Lick the Devil’s Horns’, but they’ve not been idle.  Signing to Canadian SODEH Records they’ve diligently built up an international following on both videoContinue reading “Empty Guns – Prelude to Madness”

Ruby Archer is a multi-award winning singer, songwriter and musician from New South Wales, Australia.  Her band Ruby and the Groovy Doobies is whipping up a storm, gaining rave reviews for their live performances.  Not bad for someone who’s just turned eighteen.   Ruby Archer comes from a musical family and took to the piano atContinue reading “Ruby Archer – Crazy”

TASH (aka Tara Noble) is back; heavier and more dramatic than ever.  ‘When The Lights Cut Out’ is a mighty offering and is also TASH’s most progressive metal track to date.  The song opens up with enough melody from the synths to draw you in, and then TASH smashes you between the eyes with herContinue reading “TASH – When The Lights Cut Out”

The queen of chaos returns.  Yes, it’s TRUNC, and they’ve come to carpet bomb your ears with their latest single ‘Bored’.  This is the first song that Martha Philips has completely written, recorded, produced, mixed, mastered, released and pretty much given birth to.  The gal’s got talent, and she’s putting her degree in music toContinue reading “TRUNC – Bored”

A new era with New Divide.  Whilst many bands have made their peace with oblivion, New Divide still seem determined to put a ding in the musical universe.  ‘Delora’ is their latest offering.  It’s moody, expressive and totally gripping. Singer Charlotte delivers a fine vocal performance, adopting an easy-going style to convey the dark messageContinue reading “New Divide – Delora”

On a recent night out at Corporation in Sheffield I had the pleasure of listening to an excellent band called Towhead.  They describe their music as Alternative rock with a Yorkshire bite, and that’s not a bad description.  A lot of Yorkshire bands cash in on the dialect whilst singing in ‘Yorkshire isms’, but inContinue reading “Towhead – Stranger in the Mirror”

It’s classic rock Friday here at makeit-loud.com and today we have The Blues Emergency from Toronto.  Their debut album ‘The Machine’ demonstrates the band’s extensive talent.  Take opening track ‘Head On’, with its whiskey soaked intensity and guitar notes that are as bent as a politician.  Quite an apt analogy, given the socially conscious lyricsContinue reading “The Blues Emergency – The Machine”

Swim school once described themselves as “Tesco value Wolf Alice”, but this Edinburgh based band have moved way beyond the value aisle. It all begins with singer and guitarist Alice Johnson; whose vocals emanate a kind of nonchalant power.  Combine this with the crystal clear delivery and you have an intoxicating blend.  The hook friendlyContinue reading “swim school”