Star & Dagger arrived on UK shores for a short, seven-date tour and Uber Rock just had to be there to witness it. Why? Well, when a band features members of Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Cycle Sluts From Hell and "the girl from White Zombie" you'd be a fool to miss out. Gaz E knew this tour would be cool, he just didn't realise how cool......

The Urban Voodoo Machine celebrate their tenth anniversary with the release of 'Rare Gumbo', a compilation album collecting tracks from the band's rare first three EPs, b-sides and more, making for a mammoth twenty-two track beast of a record! Uber Rock's Ben Hughes tells us why this isn't just a great jumping-on point for new fans, but also essential for already clued-in followers.....

When Tom Keifer wrote 'Don't Know What You've Got (till It's Gone)' little did he know that he'd soon be talking - barely - about his own voice. Happily, vocal issues a thing of the past, the Cinderella frontman is back in trademark fine voice on 'The Way Life Goes', his long threatened solo album. Uber Rock's Matt Phelps gives the album more than a welcome push (push) by slapping the uber-approved stamp on it....highly deserving of it the record is too......

With his band’s third album, ‘Remain In Hope’, rarely off the URHQ stereo since we got our hands on our PledgeMusic copy, we thought for once we’d shut up and let the musician do all the talking. So on the eve of said album getting its full commercial release here’s Eureka Machine's mainman Chris Catalyst to reveal just one part of the musical jigsaw puzzle that makes up the the band’s powerpop-tastic sound.

Everyone at URHQ loves the Vintage Concert Bill retro feature from Bill Lindsey, frontman of iconic US shock rockers Impaler, and this month he makes us all jealous by writing about seeing KISS - proper KISS, not the current tribute band - on their Alive! World Tour in 1976. Wish you were there? Bill was, and if you hit that blood red link he'll tell you all about it.....

When The Wildhearts announced back at the end of 2012 that they would be playing four UK shows to commemorate the 20^th anniversary of their seminal debut album Earth Vs The Wildhearts’ one very eager scribe here at URHQ, namely Rich Hobson decided to go the extra mile for the cause and take in every show. Without free gig tickets, without any hotels, this is his story of life on the road following his favourite band. Respect!

At this moment in time Erica Nockalls is perhaps more widely known as the violinist with The Wonder Stuff, but with the release of her debut album ‘Imminent Room’ that looks like it is all about to change. We asked Dave Prince (our resident expert at URHQ regarding all things female fronted) to check out the ‘Imminent Room’, and he reports he might just have found his album of the year. Read on to find out more.

Uber Rock's Rob Watkins isn't always hanging out with old people (and by 'hanging out' we mean robbing their graves), sometimes he gets down with the kids, his medallion glistening in the stage lights as his shirt, unbuttoned to the waist, clings to his frame like a waif-like groupie. Hit that link to find out what happened when our man went techno with Enter Shikari....

You'd think Uber Rock's very own part-bionic rogue male Dom Daley would be sick of the sight of pills given his recent appointment with Dr. Love and his Rock 'n Roll Nurses, but no, our he-she can't get enough, especially when they're Cyanide Pills. Yes, the Leeds-based glunk rockers are back with 'Still Bored', an album that will leave you feeling the total opposite if you take a punked-up punt on it.....

Uber Rockers have said it before and we'll say it again: get to shows early to show support for the support bands - hey, it's in the title! You never know, you might just find a previously unearthed gem. Uber Rock's Ben Hughes journeyed to Leeds to catch the fine Rival Sons at one of the shows on their recent UK tour and came away with two cool new bands to check out......

"The Abomination" - that's what the Johnny Solinger-fronted Skid Row were called by mouths close to Uber Rock ears when the band last visited the UK a few years ago. Would time have been kind to the frontman with some of the biggest shoes - certainly biggest ego - to fill now that even more time has passed? Uber Rock's Ben Hughes entered a darkened, and very full, room hoping to get you good people all the answers......

It's a busy week for Rob Zombie: hot on the heels of his latest movie The Lords Of Salem being released in the States - worryingly going straight to DVD in the UK - comes his new solo record, 'Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor'. Uber Rock's very own Revolting Rob Watkins checked out the new album and found a release that is vermin marvelous......

Episode 10? How did that happen?! Convinced that we'd be thrown off the air after just one show, the heady heights of double figures played havok with the egos of the Uber Rock Radio Massive making for one top class two hour show! You want the Manowar Minute, the Saxon Six Seconds, the Loverboy 'Leven Seconds, the all-new Uber Rock Big Issue and, of course, the seminal Watkins's Tune? Of course you do! Hit Read More for listen again links.....

Reunited UK thrashers Xentrix head out on a three date tour this coming week, joining Evile as special guests to Kreator. Before the tour hits Dublin on April 26th, Manchester on the 27th, and London on the 28th, the band's guitarist Kristian Havard got in the mood by compiling his ultimate thirteen song mixtape.....

Funding their debut album via PledgeMusic, reaching their target after just three short weeks, Bristol rockers RIOT|NOISE have already starting hitting pledgers with the new record, an official release set for June 3rd. Today, exclusively for Uber Rock, the band's frontman Marty goes through the album, 'Stand For Something', track by track, explaining why you should invest in it....you were going to already though, right?

It had been eight long years since vocalist extraordinaire Jeff Scott Soto had last visited the shores of Norn Iron. But just a few weeks back he put the record straight by returning to Belfast for the opening night of his ‘Damage Control’ 2013 European tour. Mark Ashby was on hand for Uber Rock to capture a truly surprising night of melodic rock.