Stay Clean Jolene Stay Clean Jolene Title: Stay Clean Jolene (BandCamp, Dead Broke Rekerds, Rad Girlfriends Records, Drunken Sailor Records, Bombed Out Records, Just Say No to Government Music Records, iTunes) Artist: Stay Clean Jolene (Facebook, Twitter, BandCamp, Last.fm) I'm a sucker for Christmas, I love the whole sentimentality of it. The signs that one … Continue reading Stay Clean Jolene st LP
Comrades – We Got This
Comrades We Got This Fast and full on punk rock. Blistering and angry with dual vocals and angry lyrics. Is there a correlation between anger and not caring? Comrades want to confront, they want to curse and spit and defecate if they feel like it. Or so their lyrics say. "This town I call my … Continue reading Comrades – We Got This
King Tuff – Black Moon Spell
Black Moon Spell Sub Pop Records 2014 I pretended to be a tourist in my city last night and went on a ghostbus tour. On it we were told stories of Dracula, Dr Clossey, decadent Dublin and gravediggers. It was a fascinating two hours as I stepped from the reality of football training and logistics … Continue reading King Tuff – Black Moon Spell
Protomartyr – Under Color of Official Right
Protomartyr Under Colour of Official Right Hardly Art This is the second album from Protomartyr. 14 songs that emanate a post punk riff based sound. There's touches of the Fall, Wire and maybe even Television but with a garagey background. Amongst it all is the baritone voice of Joe Casey. it doesn't quite have the … Continue reading Protomartyr – Under Color of Official Right
Nomeansno – Dance of the headless bourgeoisie
Nomeansno Dance of the headless bourgeoisie Wrong Records The benefits of telling history stories is that events have usually happened and consequences thereof also exist. Of course in many cases we don't learn and repeate the mistakes and achievements of previous days. IN 1998 Nomeansno released their 12 song double album, thier eight album, and … Continue reading Nomeansno – Dance of the headless bourgeoisie
Young Attenborough – Isolation
Young Attenborough Isolation "Find your feet Let the machine sleep Seek out the beauty in the street" Is how this album finishes but what words eh? I know it's not always that easy but what if it was? Do we really new to spend our time slaving away for our next product to buy? We … Continue reading Young Attenborough – Isolation
Helen Chambers – Penny Arcade
Helen Chambers Penny Arcade Specialist Subject records This meanders from quaint English folk to Americana with a yorkshire accent to acapella and country. There's a vulnerability to Helen Chambers voice which adds to the allure. When she sings "keep singing the songs that will stop me from feeling alone" it shows opens up human nature … Continue reading Helen Chambers – Penny Arcade
Goober Patrol / 7 day Conspiracy Split album
Goober Patrol / 7 Day Conspiracy Split Fixing a hole records Goober Patrol are from Norwich and have been brandishing their high tempo ska pop punk sound for many years now. 7 Day Conspiracy are from Sittingbourne, which Wikipedia tells me is near Kent. 200 Km down the east coast from Norwich, but they have … Continue reading Goober Patrol / 7 day Conspiracy Split album
Pissed Jeans – Shallow
Track by track review for Pissed Jeans remastered Shallow LP, out October 7 on Sub Pop I'm sick - Garage and in your face describing the virus in his body - maybe Garage No Age playing in the club style of Butthole Surfers Boring Girls - Jesus and Mary Chain but with more direct vocals … Continue reading Pissed Jeans – Shallow
Kimberley Steaks – Live And Die in West Scotland
Kimberley Steaks Live and die in West Scotland Make That A Take Records The latest collection from Dundee punkers Kimberley Steaks. Very much early East Bay Sound. It couild be Green Day, maybe Crimpshrine, maybe Fuel or Jawbreaker but most definitely their Scotish cousins. 12 songs dealing with loss and despair and a sense of … Continue reading Kimberley Steaks – Live And Die in West Scotland