Steve Creep and the Wildcards – Bottles and Cans
People who keep rock music alive usually do it at great expense to themselves and potentially cause physical harm. It’s not like it used to be. The music and rocker fashion grew slowly in magnitude and, by the 1960s, had become the primary concern of people, especially teenagers, all over the world. Everyone dreamed of being Marlon Brando.
But it was easy to be a rocker then. And it’s easy to pretend to be one on the weekends. Who doesn’t like getting dressed up and pretending to be tough? The ones committed to it every day of the week, on the other hand, are involved in a kind of guerilla warfare. They are a minority. And those who are contributing the all-important music to these scenes are even more important.
Steve Creep and the Wildcards have not forgotten their rock n’ roll ideals. Judging by the single “Bottles and Cans”, the band is also not afraid to tell the truth as it is. This isn’t about flying Rolls Royce into swimming pools anymore. It’s about fighting to be a rocker. The music is classic punchy and announces to the world that if it should them, Steve Creep and the Wildcards are ready to fight back.
Wilson Music – Alive In The Dying Light
Football players were never meant to leave the field wearing a decent-looking jersey. If it’s not stained with sweat, blood, or mud, supporters will admit that the player didn’t do their job. They assume the player didn’t try too hard. And they’d be right.
Rock musicians should be judged in much the same way. But, for them, it goes deeper than that. It’s not just about sweating out, leaving the concert stage drenched. Katy Perry’s stage dancers do that, too.
The best a rock musician can hope for is that they will acquire the right techniques and strategies to allow them to get involved with songs. And, once they’re in there, the songs will whip them around like a storm does to a small ship. If they’re lucky, they’ll make it out alive. If not, the songs will make it out, at least.
Wilson Music’s “Alive In The Dying Light” has a lot in common with the best qualities of grunge/alternative music. It feels made under pressure. It contains something resembling an epiphany. It also has the gritty vocals of someone whose tone resembles that of Mark Lanegan. Best of all, Wilson Music’s rock music sounds battered into shape. Some people live for their songs, others find ways of living with them.