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Album review: THE BRUTALISTS – We Are Not Here To Help

Cleopatra Records [Release date 06.09.19] Following on surprisingly quickly from their superb debut album, The Brutalists have recently release new effort “We Are Not Here To Help”, and I am pleased to report that this follows on exactly as you … Continue reading
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Tagged album, garage rock, Nigel Mogg, pub rock, reggae, review, ska, the Brutalists, The Quireboys, We Are Not Here To Help
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Album review: DADDY LONG LEGS – Lowdown Ways

Yep Roc Records [Release date 10.05.19] Lowdown Ways is the third studio album from New York’s Daddy Long Legs – a rambunctious blues trio spewing their contemporary take on speed-infused blues as garagey as topless calendars and oily rags. Featuring … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues rock, Daddy Long Legs, Dr Feelgood, garage rock, Johnny Cash, Lowdown Ways, review, rock
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Album review: THE BLUES AGAINST YOUTH – Evil Flatmates

Annibale Records Gianni TBAY (The Blues Against Youth) comes from Rome, still has all his teeth, limbs and senses and has probably never been stabbed in a bar fight but this guy is the real-deal, one-man garage blues band. There … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Evil Flatmates, garage rock, Gianni, review, rock, the Blues Against Youth
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Album review: THE PEAWEES – Moving Target

Rum Bar Records [Release date 14.09.18] The Peawees hail from Italy and have been playing their infectious brand of rock ‘n’ roll meets garage rock & power pop for over twenty years. They have toured with the likes of the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, garage rock, Moving Target, New Wave, power pop, review, rock, rock 'n' roll, rockabilly, the Peawees
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Album review: METRO VELOUR – Hey You

Facebook Based in the small picturesque village of Montauroux in the Côte d’Azur region of the south of France, Metro Velour are an old school garage punk band. The four-piece is composed of Sebastian Smith (rhythm guitar and vocals), Louis … Continue reading
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Tagged album, garage rock, Hey You, Metro Velour, New York Dolls, punk, review, rock, Sebastian Smith, The Ramones
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Album review: DEATH BY UNGA BUNGA – So Far, So Good, So Cool

Jansen [Release date 06.04.18] I reviewed Norway’s Death By Unga Bunga’s last album ‘Pineapple Pizza’ back in 2016, which was an enjoyable mix of Cheap Trick meets garage rock. Now on the band’s fifth album they bounce back with another … Continue reading
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Tagged Biters, Cheap Trick, Death By Unga Bunga, garage rock, pop punk, pop rock, power pop, review, rock, So Far So Good So Coo, Thin Lizzy
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Album review: TODD GRIFFIN – Mountain Man

Bad Reputation [Release date 22.12.14] ‘Mountain Man’ has a lovely retro feel – part garage rock, part straight ahead rock and roll – and survivor’s lyrics that never dim in their optimistic outlook. … Continue reading
Album Review: THE IT*MEN – Greatest Hits

Stow House Records [Release Date 2013] Such is the unlikely life story and desperate pun off the album title, that you do start to wonder if the whole The It* Men thing is a spoof, or a thinly disguised reference … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Gmetro, Bo Diddley, Dr Feelgood, garage rock, Greatest Hits, Iron Butterfly, Jim Morrison, Ken Janssen, MC5, Motorhead, review, The It*Men, The Tubes
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Gig review: THE GRAVELTONES – Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes,London,17 September 2013

Blink and you’ll miss them. The explosive Graveltones came, saw and conquered with a frenzied, hi-octane, riff driven wall of sound and the kind of visceral intensity not seen since the raw doorstep blues of Hound Dog Taylor. The band … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, Charlie Francis, Don't Wait Down, garage rock, Hound Dog Taylor, Jesse Fuller, Jimmy O, John Otway, Led Zeppelin, Mike Sorbello, review, The Graveltones
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Album review: THE URBAN VOODOO MACHINE – Rare Gumbo

Gypsy Hotel Records [Release date 20.05.13] Even the most riotous and irreverent of bands sometimes need a break. And ‘Rare Gumbo’ is compilation album that gathers together The Urban Voodoo Machine’s bits and pieces in the form of EP … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, bourbon gypsy blues, Captain Beefheart, garage rock, gypsy stomps, murder ballads, Paul-Ronney Angel, Rare Gumbo, rock& roll, Rolling Stones, The Clash, The Godfathers, The Jim Jones Revue, The Pogues, The Urban Voodoo Machine
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