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Strange fantasy: Ringfinger and JARKO reviewed
August 31, 2022
JARKO – Crooked County Fair
Similar artists: KGLW, Dead Kennedys, Primus
Krautrock, Psychedelic Rock, Alternative Rock
The people who first heard The Ramones must have felt like they’d just stuck their fingers through an electrical socket. Who could be so…
Refuge: Count Pariah and 18 Fevers review
August 22, 2022
18 Fevers – Danse Macabre
Genre: Punk, Post-Punk, Alternative Rock
Sex and death are two topics often covered in rock music, and most often together. They both possess a similar sort of allure, especially to young people, the core target audience of this type of…
Prance time: CHRISTOPHERSEN and The Bad Man reviewed
August 16, 2022
The Bad Man – Time
Genre: Punk, Post-Punk, Garage Rock
It’s hard for true-blue punk-rockers nowadays. They were the ones who famously brought anarchy to the world. They embraced an all-benevolent form of chaos. Punk-rockers were supposed to gross out and…
Saint Small – You Must Destroy What Will Destroy You
Genre: Punk, Indie Rock, Garage Rock
Similar artists: The Hives, Ty Segall, Guided By Voices, Superchunk, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, The Vines
The modern search for decent rock n’ roll is as…
Bang Bang Jet Away – Devil Take The World Away
Genre: Lo-fi Rock, Garage Rock
In Play it again, Sam, Woody Allen converses with a made-up Humphrey Bogart as he looks for advice and occasionally complains that it’s easy for Bogart to make those kinds of…
Daisy Grenade – Real Horror Show
Genre: Pop Punk, Grunge
Similar artists: Charly Bliss, Pup The Band
“My execution date is set and I’ve been holding my breath since then“. You only get one chance at a first impression and Daisy Grenade are…
In a state: Common Goldfish and Dennis Ian
June 16, 2022
Dennis Ian – Two Figures
Similar artists: Black Country, New Road, Bright Eyes, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Americana, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
Singing and what you look like don’t matter in the grand, old tradition of making pop music. That’s, at…
West Wickhams – This circus is over
Genre: Post-Punk, Gothic / Dark Wave, Indie Rock
The so-called post-punk bands always had a knack for finding a problem and then exploiting it to its limit in the form of a song. Sure, this was something that the original punk…
Fine bass: CHUNK and Final Body reviewed
June 1, 2022
Final Body – Sick Quitter
Genre: Post-Punk, Gothic / Dark Wave, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Joy Division, Idles, Gang of Four, Corners
There’s no other rock style that is drier than post-punk. As dry as a drum. This is music, usually, made by lead…