Tag Grunge
There are 2 bands from the U.S. called ‘Fashion Week’, one plays lame indie bollox, and the other one sounds like they may want to kill you. …Thankfully, it’s the latter band that concerns us here. I say thankfully, to… Continue Reading →
Here we have some self-proclaimed rock ‘n’ roll heroes from Greece, yes that’s a bold PR statement, but marginally accurate! I listened to this release a few times long before I did some digging or read the PR material, I… Continue Reading →
Having released two singles back in 2012 (Inside your head and Momma’s son), Greek grunge rockers SolarMonkeys are finally releasing their first full length album – Payblack. The Greeks have a unique sound which draws heavily from the Seattle grunge… Continue Reading →
With only a demo and a couple of singles this Italian band gives us their full length debut and like many intelligent bands they do not rest on genre descriptions or indeed current trends but favour an approach that will… Continue Reading →
Everybody is guilty of musical snobbery of some form or another no matter how liberal they may claim to be, this humble scribe included. Picture the scene, a metal night club of the early nineties where there was a uniform… Continue Reading →
This band like Alice in Chains. A lot. At one time that would have been cool, because there was no Alice In Chains. Now there is again. Ya get me. OK that is off my chest These guys are good… Continue Reading →
Jupiter Zeus are a 4-piece stoner rock meets psyche rock band hailing from Perth, Western Australia who formed in 2008. Formerly called ‘Nebula’, the new version of the band play a similar style of music – stoner rock grooves filled… Continue Reading →
“Fuck me, this thing is heavy”. It takes a fair bit to get me to start talking to myself, yet here I am in an empty room getting crushed to death every time I spin this innocent-looking rotund piece of… Continue Reading →
What’s in a name? Take PurpleHaze Ensemble’s moniker for instance. You’d imagine this Polish quartet to be a Jimi Hendrix covers band who, before each gig, spun a coin to see which band member would get to set fire to… Continue Reading →
I have to feel somewhat sorry for the neighbours. They have only just recovered from me blatting out Alfahanne at rather loud volumes and now they have been subjected to Riddarna, no doubt driving them somewhat mad. Although musically both… Continue Reading →
This is a French band that has had some tour supports with Girlschool and by the sounds of the extremely brief press blog, has played at the likes of Hellfest. Of course, this doesn’t necessarily mean they were handpicked for… Continue Reading →
Subtitled ‘Movements In The US Indie Music Underground’ Late Century Dream takes an authoritative snapshot of six relevant US enclaves and talks with those that developed them about the emerging underground musical scenes over the 80’s and 90’s. Although this… Continue Reading →