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Austin Taft – ‘Skeletons’ (Self-Released)

Austin Taft – ‘Skeletons’ (Self-Released)

Posted by | Jun 2, 2021 | ,

It’s often the case that you can listen to the leading single (or singles) for an album and get a pretty good idea of what the rest of the album will sound like. But then there are other albums that change directions more times than the ÜK Government that you’re left constantly wondering what will happen next and find yourself unable to pin it down to a distinct genre. And that’s exactly how Jonny B felt when he launched himself into the results of Austin Taft digging out his ‘Skeletons’.

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Rise Against – ‘Nowhere Generation’ (Spinefarm)

Rise Against – ‘Nowhere Generation’ (Spinefarm)

Posted by | Jun 1, 2021 | ,

Jonny B is going to start things off with a confession – he absolutely loves Rise Against. They’re one of those punk bands from his teenage years that seems to have grown up with him, and not the other way round. This means that even though he’s now in his 30s (please don’t remind him – oops, we just did) he still feel a connection to each new album they release. When he first heard the title track, ‘Nowhere Generation’, he just knew that he had to get his hands on this album to see if it meets his ever-increasing expectations of TIm McIlrath and the lads. Fortunately, he’s in such a role that allows him to get an early taste of an album for him, his generation, and those that have followed – the ‘Nowhere Generation’.

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Jess And The Ancient Ones – ‘Vertigo’ (Svart Records)

Jess And The Ancient Ones – ‘Vertigo’ (Svart Records)

Posted by | May 31, 2021 | ,

There is a track on this, the fourth album from Finnish occult-influenced psych rockers JATAO that basically encapsulates and abstracts it into one neat sub-three minute precis, and that is lead single ‘Summer Tripping Man’… because, ‘Vertigo’ is basically a lysergic trip filled to the brim with feelgood vibes that induce a sense of hallucinogenic relaxation, combined with moments of heavy freaking out, that draws you into its irresistible embrace and makes you forget about all the travails of the world around you for the 40 minutes or so of its run time.

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The Über Rock Singles Club – Mayhem In May (Volume Three)

The Über Rock Singles Club – Mayhem In May (Volume Three)

Posted by | May 30, 2021 | , ,

Well, it looks like the rays of light at the end of the dark tunnel that has been the past 13 months of isolation and generally being shit upon from great heights may be growing brighter day by day, with the vaccination programme being rolled out with increasing pace, trial live events taking place and the various roadmaps seeming to actually present some form of direction and pathway back to at least a semblance of the normality we enjoyed before the pandemic wrecked chaos on our collective and individual lives.

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