Some albums simply do not fuck around. They will grab you by the balls from the opening note of the intro riff and relentlessly throw you around like a washing machine until you reach the end of the album and find yourself wondering what happened over the last 40 minutes or so. That’s exactly the sensation Jonny B had when he took a spontaneous punt at Dead Lord’s latest release and all-important follow up to their breakthrough album…
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Last year, rockabilly legends Stray Cats returned with their first new album in 26 years with ‘40’, so called as it marked the band’s 40th anniversary. It was a great album and a chart success. Following its release, the band embarked on an extensive tour of Europe and the USA, celebrating the album and the 40th anniversary. ‘Rocked This Town: From LA To London’ is a brand new double live album recorded on various stops during that tour.
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Sometimes a band will reach out to ÜRHQ directly to present us with their album for review, and someone who puts in that much effort for us to listen to their album deserves the attention right? That’s what Jonny B thought when the German synth-rock trio Northpolyptica got in touch with their very first physical release, ‘Seelenfrieden’, so he decided to dive in and see what was in store.
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Despite the ongoing, and some cases renewed, lockdowns in many parts of the Überverse, we are still receiving a healthy bundle of submissions for our coveted ‘Video Of The Week’ title. Many of them are produced against the background of continuing quarantine conditions in some countries, while others reflect artists being able to return and flex their creative muscles once again.
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It’s hard to believe it’s been a fortnight since the Singles Club opened its virtual doors and we fired up the death decks with a selection of the finest single-track releases to have come our way in recent weeks. Yet, here we are again with another bumper pick of the crop – actually, for the second successive iteration it’s one of our biggest clubs in a long time, with just shy of two dozen tracks for your aural and visual delectation, whittled down from the more than 400 submissions which have come our way over the past 14 days or so, and once again hopefully containing something to tickle almost everyone’s musical taste buds as we traverse multiple subgenres of the glorious artform we like to refer to as rock ‘n’f’n’ roll…
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