Deathtraps
Arguably the hardest working band in South Wales at the moment, putting bands half their age to shame, Newport threesome Deathtraps are just polishing off the “difficult second album.” Having known two of the Von…
Rock’n’Roll
Cancerslug – Rape Fantasy (Self)
Earlier this year Alex Story, the singer/songwriter for Huntsville, Alabama band Cancerslug, promised he would release a new album entitled Human Traffic Jams in the coming months. Unfortunately his other band, Doyle, with former Misfit…
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Street Dogs – Stand For Something Or Die For Nothing (Century Media)
Stand For Something Or Die For Nothing was what an old mate of mine who went on to join the US Marines used to say when raising a glass and it’s stuck with me ever…
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Graveyard – Peace (Nuclear Blast)
Despite the retro fuzziness and organ of opening track ‘It Ain’t Over Yet’, there’s a distinctly Motorhead-esque feel to the song, which slightly wrong-footed me as I was expecting the bands usual blend of soulful…
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Ravagers – Drowning in Blood (Spaghetty Town Records / Gods Candy Records / No Front Teeth Records)
It’s been three years since Ravagers’ Natural Instinct release, and if you thought the trash had been taken out in 2018 then you’d be very much mistaken. The empty supermarket own brand beer cans, the…
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My Life in Music… Jackslacks
Jackslacks new album Earthling Sessions is out now.
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Gygax – Monsteriffic Top Ten
Most of you reading this may already know about me, Eric, bass player and singer with Gygax, but please allow me to introduce one of my best friends and RPG enthusiast, Henry Glasheen. Henry is…
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Rose Tattoo – Blood Brothers (Golden Robot Records)
Reissue of the bands 2007 release featuring bonus live versions of some of the original albums tracks, released in preparation for the bands UK/Ireland tour in September 2018. I’m a huge fan of early Rose…
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Danny McCormack
It’s 10am, the April sun is shining and Danny McCormack of The Wildhearts / The Main Grains is in jubilant spirits in Newcastle. He has every right to be, as 2018 is proving to be…
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The Right Here – More Delusions (Rum Bar Records)
At present, it seems like a day doesn’t go by without another rock ‘n’ roll release landing in my mailbox from Rum Bar Records. Anyone would think the Boston label are sending over an endless…
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Watts – All Done With Rock N Roll (Rum Bar Records)
Boston’s sharp dressed men known as Watts are All Done With Rock N Roll. Surely not? I kinda get where they’re coming from. If you turn on some big, overground music festival coverage, the hipsters…
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The Norma Jean Baker’s Underwears – Panties (Appertte Recordings)
As the wind blew up Marilyn Monroe’s white cocktail dress in The Seven Year Itch in 1955, I don’t think she would ever have imagined that some French ne’er-do-wells would be carrying her legacy via…
