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Youth rock: Swiss Army Wife and Candid reviewed by Alt77
September 10, 2021
CANDID – Wasted Time
Genre: Indie Rock
Similar artists: Blossoms, Circa Waves, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Inhaler
The majority of serious rock listeners and, especially, music journalists, treat cheerful-sounding pop music with disdain. Now, I don’t…
La Sanyea Dengue – Dimensional Mystery Tour
Genre: Punk, Post-Punk, Garage Rock
If you grew up in a small town in a big country, or in a smaller nation where rock music isn’t exactly a priority, chances are that you will be overwhelmed when you do visit a…
Witchy ways: Izy Bandha and Jealous reviewed by Alt77
August 21, 2021
Jealous – Thunder
Genre: Punk, Garage Rock, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Sleater Kinny, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Slits, X-Ray Specs, Bikini Kill, The Cramps
Some people love the kind of artists that feel approachable. As Holden Caulfield best summed it up, it…
Here to stay: Lord Huron and Baithead reviewed
March 15, 2021
Baithead – Baithead, Pt. 2
I like to have my Universe pulled upside down at least once in a while. I think of myself as someone with a pretty intimate knowledge of most styles of rock, but like the goth kid invited to a beach party, I’ve observed and admired…
Black Bordello – Leeches
I’ve always been fascinated about how much mileage DJs are able to get from records that nobody ever really cared about, usually for a good reason. Sure, there was a time when this wasn’t the case, but sampling licks from Queen…
Kape Yeel – Badass Kids
One of the cool things about popular music, to me, has always been how many chancers, fakes, and cons it has introduced. Of course, I am able to say that because, unlike many of the artists that have actually managed to make it big in the…
For Tuesday – wrong party
Youthful abandon always looks better in retrospect. That may be due, especially, to the fact that for many, the window in which they are able to cut loose is a very narrow one and replaced soon by responsibilities and the burdens of…
Those Fucking Snowflakes – By The Power Of Barnard Castle
Those Fucking Snowflakes are a punk band so good, funny and determined to stir up a reaction, that they’re bound to become a sensation on word of mouth alone. Well, I used to think that Inappropriate…
Arm the poor – American Youth
I really dig Arm the poor. They’re the kind of band I’d happily listen to on repeat. And, even though I’m not sold on all the rhetoric they share, I admit, a very similar mindset to my teenage self and political…