I've been aware of Radio Moscow since August 2007, when they submitted a friend add to me on myspace. I liked what I heard and bought the album. This is what I wrote as a review on amazon.co.uk after receiving the album:
"Radio Moscow was produced by the BLACK KEYS guitarist/singer DAN AUERBACH, after the band had handed him a copy of their demo. This album would be popular with Black Keys fans, although Radio Moscow do sound quite different from their label mates.
The band list among their influences Savoy Brown, MC5, Jeff Beck and The Stooges, and while this album would be popular with fans of these bands Radio Moscow do provide an album which is quite original. While there is the bluesy psychedelic sound of Cream and the precise fretwork of Jimi Hendrix, the feel of the album is quite similar to that of Fleetwood Mac's Then Play On. Tracks like Mistreating Queen" and "Whatever Happened commence with muscular riffs and then proceed into some extended jams, like Peter Green's Rattlesnake Shake. Deep Blue Sea features Auerbach on slide guitar and is a bluesy number while Lickskillet starts with an acoustic country feel before transforming into a dual-guitar fest the Allman Brothers would be proud of. A personal favourite is Timebomb, a more mellow number with impassive vocals "you can't control yourself, and you don't control me". You can feel he means it. The track Lucky Dutch contains a beefy riff similar to Ram Jam's Black Betty and in contrast Ordovician Fauna has an east Indian-influenced sound. While there is some instrumental filler (hence the 4 stars) the song writing is strong. Most impressive however is the energy in the instrumentation by the impressive guitarist/drummer Parker Griggs and steady bassist Luke McDuff. In short this album is highly recommended for fans of heavy blues rock, and with their constant touring they can only get better!"
Their new album Brain Cycles is out in April and you can hear the new single "Hold on Me" at their myspace address:
"The recently formed Edinburgh Blues Club has identified an appetite for the personal communication between musicians and audience that the blues long ago perfected." The Herald Newspaper (Scotland)
http://www.edinburgh-blues.uk
