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This album was given the very brief description of Black Rock Country when I spied it in the list of ready and willing releases. Gotta say that description intrigued me. I was envisaging something like the Canadian terror country of… Continue Reading →
I imagine that like many folks who visit Ave Noctum, I would not describe myself as much of a Country music fan. The main reason is that the majority of music given that title that the public gets exposed to… Continue Reading →
Something a bit deliciously different here but boundaries are meant to be pushed and we cannot be listening to the same styles all the time, things would quickly get stale. Heading off to the south coast and the seaside City… Continue Reading →
Longevity is not something that Rock music was originally founded on, with established musical forms, and the establishment itself turning up their collective noses and dismissing what was new. As that sound continued beyond all initial estimations of demise, well,… Continue Reading →
Who doesn’t like a bit of country music, or at least a bit of Johnny Cash? I like Johnny Cash a lot, especially his lyrics and his poetry (yes, he wrote poetry, too). That’s why I was not put off… Continue Reading →
Grabbing the chance to wade into Royal Thunder’s world is always a bit of a pleasure. The Atlantan quartet are right up my alley often warping the softer edges of classic rock and grunge with deft psych touches to create a… Continue Reading →
There should be a law within the world of music journalism, whereby any review written as a track by track analysis means the author is punished via a beating with a bag of oranges. However, there are some albums that… Continue Reading →
When I saw the band was called Raw and they write songs titled Death waltz and Chopped Em Up I was expecting loud raging death metal. Thank fuck that is not what I got. Raw are a two piece from… Continue Reading →
Dee Calhoun, aka Screaming Mad Dee, is without a doubt best known for currently fronting US Doom, with a capital “D”, stalwarts Iron Man, a band that should be essential listening for any worshipper of the down tuned riff. However,… Continue Reading →
Ricky Warwick is without a doubt one of rocks longest lasting and most prolific troubadours, with a career, from his early days as live rhythm guitarist for New Model Army, to now fronting Black Star Riders, an extension of the… Continue Reading →
Beer-chuggin’, pill-poppin’, speed-snortin’ punk rock ‘n’ roll reprobates the Supersuckers have been making a spectacle of themselves since 1988, touring with anyone and everyone from Social Distortion to Motorhead with their main man Eddie Spaghetti dispensing his beautifully deft gutter… Continue Reading →
Supersuckers. Look, some things are just true and this quote from the Lemmy one is about it: “If you don’t like Supersuckers, you don’t like rock ‘n’ roll.” So if the name up there means shit all to you go… Continue Reading →