Author: Team Uber

thrown – ‘extended pain’ (Arising Empire)

thrown – ‘extended pain’ (Arising Empire)

Posted by | Mar 30, 2022 | ,

Someone in thrown hates automatic capitalisation. Lesley M knows this because they are bringing it to her attention on the downlow. Every time she write a sentence she must un-capitalise – if she had been lack-lustre enough to begin that sentence with this newly hatched bands’ name (How many hyphenated words can you fit in one sentence? Challenge accepted). Breathe. Of course, given her literary skills, this situation never arises. Apart from when the very first word she types must be that of the band….

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Dirty Shirt – ‘Get Your Dose Now!’ (Self-Released)

Dirty Shirt – ‘Get Your Dose Now!’ (Self-Released)

Posted by | Mar 30, 2022 | ,

Are you bored with your current playlist? Perhaps you are looking for something a bit different than the bands you typically listen to? Then look no further our music-loving friends. Let me introduce you to the Transylvanian folkcore of Dirty Shirt. What started out as a wedding band has morphed into a magical, musical amalgam that blends modern hardcore and nu-metal with traditional acoustic instruments and Eastern European musical influences giving us an entirely new breed of metal with known as Romanian crossover folkcore metal.

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Reckless Love – ‘Turborider’ (AFM Records)

Reckless Love – ‘Turborider’ (AFM Records)

Posted by | Mar 28, 2022 | ,

Referring to someone as being sleazy will most likely be taken as an insult and in some cases, if you’re not careful, may even result in a black eye or a fat lip. When it comes to rock ‘n roll, however, this is certainly not the case. Kris E is a huge fan of sleaze rock with its blues-based riffs, contagious hooks, and cocky attitudes. Give her some Faster Pussycat or Buckcherry and she’s definitely in her element. Maybe it’s the ‘80s in her, but who doesn’t like their rock and metal a little sordid and a bit unsavory?

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