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The Good The Bad And The Zugly – ‘Algorithm & Blues’ (Fysisk Format)

The Good The Bad And The Zugly – ‘Algorithm & Blues’ (Fysisk Format)

Posted by | Feb 4, 2020 | ,

TGTB&TZ will be very familiar to regular ÜR readers, as we have been championing their cause for several years now, fighting their corner long before they even thought about bothering the attentions of the mainstream media – which, of course, they have now done, mainly thanks to singer Ivar Nikolaisen being recruited to the ranks of countrymen Kvelertak. Of course, the Norwegian deathpunks have always been something of a shifting collective of musicians, with various members drifting in and out of other projects such as Kosmik Boogie Tribe and The Devil And The Almighty Blues (both of whom have also featured in these pages).

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Ash – ‘Teenage Wildlife: 25 Years Of Ash’ (BMG)

Ash – ‘Teenage Wildlife: 25 Years Of Ash’ (BMG)

Posted by | Feb 4, 2020 | ,

It is interesting to have your first introduction to a band be a 54-track long album covering 25 years of their music. John Bedard is not sure how he has missed Northern Ireland power poppers Ash all this time, but he’s glad to have been introduced to the band now. Getting introduced after a band has this much material out there is a lot of fun. You get to see a good chunk of the evolution of the band’s style over the years. Also, thanks to this being over so much time there is a nice variety to the album that you don’t get when listening to a more traditional album while never sounding like they have abandoned their sound.

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Desert Colossus – ‘Eyes And Tongues’ (Self-Released)

Desert Colossus – ‘Eyes And Tongues’ (Self-Released)

Posted by | Feb 4, 2020 | ,

When you hear the term “stoner rock” it is perhaps understandable that your mind conjures up images of windswept Nevadan mesas rather than those of windmills and landscapes painted by Dutch impressionists. But it is the latter in which, despite their name, Desert Colossus are very firmly rooted, hailing as they do from a picturesque municipality just to the north-west of Amsterdam best known for its, erm, windmill museum and Nobel-winning physicists.

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Pröwess – ‘Blacktop Therapy’ (Self-Released)

Pröwess – ‘Blacktop Therapy’ (Self-Released)

Posted by | Feb 3, 2020 | ,

It’s so easy for things to get lost in the system, and often they do. This particular offering – the debut full length album from North Carolina crüe Pröwess (yes, despite the umlauts, this quintet of rock ‘n’ rollers hail, not from the banks of the Rhine but the deep south of the USofA) – has lain around ÜRHQ for a little more than a month now, before finding it’s way onto the playlist one bright and sunny morning… and you know we just love the small of rock ‘n’ roll in the morning.

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Those Damn Crows – ‘Point Of No Return’ (Earache Records)

Those Damn Crows – ‘Point Of No Return’ (Earache Records)

Posted by | Feb 3, 2020 | ,

Those Damn Crows had a phenomenally successful 2019 on the back of their first album, ‘Murder And The Motive’, which highlighted in three sets at Download.  The question everyone was asking was could they follow up that success with a second album.  We’ll leave the answer to that for a while… If the ticket sales for their headline tour are anything to go by, with all but one of the dates sold out well in advance, then its gonna be another fabulous year for the boys from Bridgend.

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