The X-Ray Eyes – Destiny is Depressed (Self Released)
It’s album number three for Leeds based punk rock ‘n’ rollers The X-Ray Eyes, and as you’d expect with a Cyanide Pill in their ranks, there’s no sign of slowing down following 2016’s See Through…
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Ginge Knievil’s Top 10s of 2018
TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2018 1. The Speedways – Just Another Regular Summer (Gods Candy Records) “Restart the Cortina engine, keep the windows down, rewind the cassette back to the start and drive off into…
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Jon Spencer – Spencer Sings The Hits (In The Red Records)
What the hell’s that noise? “BING! BANG! BOOM! BING! BANG! BAM! BOOM! BOOM! BANG! BAM A LAMA BOOM BANG!” It’s only the Blues Explosion main man Jon Spencer firing up his debut solo album. You’re…
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The Dahmers – Down in the Basement (Lövely Records)
With Halloween just around the corner, what better way to get in the mood for all things fiendish than to give a spin to the new one from The Dahmers. These Swedish freaks have been…
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Leathers – Twist Your Blood EP (Killing Moon Records)
Dig out your dancing shoes and talc up the linoleum, for West Country garage rock lovers Chris Mitchard and Ed Calvert are back in the game with Leathers. Formerly of the Dynamite Pussy Club, the…
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The DC Spectres
Rat Scabies? Dave Tregunna? Brian James? Sonny Vincent? Just a few names linked to The DC Spectres. Head honcho David Checkley explains all. Read on, garage rock fans! Interview by Ginge Knievil. MM: Hey, tell…
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The Troubled Bones – Pyschosis (Self Released)
When people band the term garage rock around these days, it can more often than not refer to distorted, full-tilt, four to the floor, all-out speed driven rock ‘n’ roll. On the flip side, and…
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Scumbag Millionaire – Burn Baby Burn (Suburban Records)
I’ve been saying it for 20 odd years, but I’d love to live in Sweden. Like, REALLY love to live in Sweden. It’s the bands, man. Maybe Swedes will tell me it’s an urban myth…
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The Hip Priests
Love ‘em or loathe ‘em, there’s no way of ignoring ‘em! The Hip Priests are Nottingham’s deep down and dirtiest delinquents. With a new album on the way, it only seemed right that Mass Movment’s…
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X-Rays
If there’s one band that’s a law unto themselves, it’s the X-Rays. Legends is a term used too regularly, but where garage punk is concerned in the UK, then the cap more than fits. Mass…
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Nosebleed – Scratching Circles on the Dancefloor (TNSrecords)
If you were to look up TNSrecords in the dictionary over recent years, then the definition would say something along the lines of “quality D.I.Y. punk rock.” Whether it be Wonk Unit, Revenge of the…
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Fuzzy Vox – No Landing Plan (Kidnap Music)
French garage oiks Fuzzy Vox have hit the UK radar pretty hard due to the recent support slot around these shores with The BellRays. Health stopped me attending any of the dates, but the not…
