Monk’s latest pick of the pops comes from this intriguing London alt-rock combo, who have spent most the year consolidating their new line-up and material that reflects their new steadfastness, which this new offering certainly does, living up to its name in terms of bite and spit:
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Robin Guy, perhaps best known to the ÜR massive as the drummer with cult glunksters Rachel Stamp, has died after a six-year battle with cancer. He was 54 years old.
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We know that many power and symphonic fans are getting ourselves excited for the new Nightwish album; but, before we get to that, let’s take some time to check out some self-released music in the form of NightWraith (can you see what we did there?). Jonny B is not going to get on his soapbox too much about this, but every major band out there started out as an independent artist, so it never stops being important to support emerging bands. Hell, that’s why people like us exist – to bring them to your attention!
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Now, we’ve all made some bad decisions in our time, but picking this latest slice of seedy, sleazy rawk ‘n’f’n’ roll from the dirty back alleys of Vancouver to share with the Überverse is definitely one of Monk’s better ones, this or any other day of the week (month, year, century, millennium… whenever)…
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So after a mad dash back from working in Rotterdam for the day it seemed a massive storm has blown into Amsterdam and seemingly caught the whole city by surprise, Jase W included. So our European correspondent was completely soaked but managed to make it in time for the doors to open for Bambie Thug. Following on from a pretty stellar performance at Eurovision and a highlighted spot at Download Festival this year, JW had been eager to catch them and was been granted that chance this night.
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