It has been five years since Nikki Sudden died suddenly of a heart attack after performing in New York, yet another rock 'n' roll maverick taken way too early. Cool as fuck UK record label Easy Action have released 'Playing With Fire', a collection of material recorded during the sessions for Sudden's last two studio albums that featured appearances from the likes of Ian McLagan, Mick Taylor, Darrel Bath and his old sparring partner Dave Kusworth. Dom Daley goes through the emotions as he checks it out....

Jason Daniel Baker discovered Drive Faster in highly Uber Rock approved fashion - catching the band live and being impressed enough to investigate further. With debut album 'Frame Of Mind', Drive Faster fuse moments of 80s sounding electro pop to bursts of electric guitar with interesting results. Read on for the wise words of JDB......

Von Hertzen Brothers are a trio consisting of...er...three brothers from Finland whose music is often described as 'prog-related'. Ben Hughes checks out the band's fourth album, 'Stars Aligned', and likes what he hears. Is he in danger of becoming Uber Rock's resident prog rock expert? Get your cards, son!!!

After going on 'indefinite hiatus' in 2008, US pop punks Yellowcard have reunited and signed a new record deal with Hopeless Records, culminating in their seventh studio album 'When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes'. Gaz E asks if a couple of years in the pop wilderness is a near death experience.....

Scandinavian hard rockers M.ILL.ION return with their seventh album 'Sane & Insanity' and we asked our melodic metal marauder Dave Prince to turn off his new Tiffany album and give it a whirl. Did he like it? Well, he describes one track as "an almost heaven-like slice of Euro rock" so I guess that answers our question. Read on for other pearls of wisdom from the Prince Of Parp!

Some things in life you can depend on, one of them is NYHC legends Agnostic Front never delivering a dull album. 'My Life, My Way' is their first new studio album in just under four years, and Darrel Sutton is ready to get (Vinnie) Stigmatised, all in the name of Uber Rock....

A band with a complete sci-fi theme playing completely acoustic numbers was hardly anyone's futuristic vision of the sound of music to come, yet The Moonband offer their version of Space 1969 with 'Open Space', a crazed astro-album tinged with Americana. Darth Dom Daley gets his head out of the stars long enough to tell you how it is.....

To celebrate Record Store Day 2011 on April 16^th, and with cover art inspired by a certain royal wedding, Brew Records have teamed up with Dance To The Radio to release a split 10" that features four noisy bands and includes the first music from Chickenhawk since they changed their name to Hawk Eyes. Gaz E investigates....