Author: Team Uber

Texas Hippie Coalition – ‘The Name Lives On’ (MNRK Heavy)

Texas Hippie Coalition – ‘The Name Lives On’ (MNRK Heavy)

Posted by | Apr 6, 2023 | ,

You have to be a long-time devotee of Über Rock and our various spoutings to recall Monk’s love for this coalition of blue-collar redneck rockers from the deep south of the good ol’ USof A, as it has been four long years since they last graced these pages – and devastated our stereo in the process. Yes, it’s hard to believe that we’ve had to survive a global pandemic and various other shenanigans since Big Daddy Ritch and his band of bikers, outlaws, troubadours and hellraisers last destroyed our speakers.. but, boy, are they back and kicking rawk ‘n’f’n’ roll arse… well, of course they feckin’ are…

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Mike Tramp – ‘Songs Of White Lion’ (Frontiers Music)

Mike Tramp – ‘Songs Of White Lion’ (Frontiers Music)

Posted by | Apr 5, 2023 | ,

It is an inexorable truth that it is impossible to escape the shadows of the past. What has happened in your past life always comes back to remind, and more often than not haunt. In the case of the music business, this is especially true, with artists constantly reminded of projects in which they previously have been involved, something which often hangs over them like the sword of Damocles, threatening to fall and behead their subsequent careers. But, strong artists choose to embrace their legacies and draw it into their psyche, acknowledging the place their previous projects have played in shaping them into the people they are today…

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Lucifer Star Machine – ‘Satanic Age’ (The Sign)

Lucifer Star Machine – ‘Satanic Age’ (The Sign)

Posted by | Apr 5, 2023 | ,

There are very few bands who can genuinely claim to produce album after album of what can equally genuinely be described as “all killer no filler”. Albums which just grab you by the balls, hold you in their inexorable grip, not letting go for a millisecond, forcing you to involuntarily bang your head along to the magnificence of each and every song, which in turn bury themselves deep in your aural cortexes and refuse to leave (and least not without substantial amounts of bribery)… Ever since Monk was first introduced them almost exactly four years ago to this very day, Lucifer Star Machine have proven to be one such act, with everything they record being one solid ‘banger after another…

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Highway 61 – ‘Driving South’ (Rum Bar Records)

Highway 61 – ‘Driving South’ (Rum Bar Records)

Posted by | Apr 5, 2023 | ,

They say that all good things come to those who wait, and in this case a trip down Highway 61 has been some 30 years in both the planning and undertaking for the four back-alley struttin’ cats who make up this particular LA rock ‘n’ roll meets old-school rivvum ‘n’ blooze combo, inspired by both the Covidications of recent years and the death of a close friend (and musical mentor), to get back together and complete some unfinished business left behind by their much younger selves…

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