Author: Team Uber

The Republic Of Mars – ‘The Beast From The East’ (Somewhere On Mars Records)

The Republic Of Mars – or ‘Respublica Mars’ in the literal translation of their name – hail from the city of Vladivostok, perhaps best known to us of a certain generation as the home base of Russia’s Pacific fleet during the Cold War. Their geographic origin provides the apposite title for this, their first English-language album, as the name of their native city itself commonly translates as “lord of the east”.

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Scumbag Millionaire – ‘Poor And Infamous’ (Suburban Records)

If rock ‘n’ roll riffs alone could make you a millionaire, then these Swedish scumbags would have an endless stream of zeros in their musical bank balance, as that is exactly what they produce – rockin’ riffs by the bucketload. Couple that with an insatiable appetite for clocking up the road miles, and drinking beer, and you certainly have a winning formula, at least as far as these three loveable rapscallions (and we at ÜRHQ) are concerned…

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