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Babylon Shakes – ‘Exile to the Velveteen Lounge’ (High Vol Records)

Babylon Shakes – ‘Exile to the Velveteen Lounge’ (High Vol Records)

Posted by | Jan 28, 2019 | , |

Babylon Shakes unleashed half of this album on us almost a year ago but have now added five more songs to create a debut full length that turns the calendar back over 30 years ago when the likes of Faster Pussycat, LA Guns and Bon Jovi were featured in countless magazines on the newsstand. If you solely want something that is stretching musical genres or creating new genres, this album is not for you. If you want a sleazy rocking trip through the gutters with songs that feature choruses designed for audience participation, Gerald Stansbury cannot recommend this enough. This seems to be a great time for sleazy hard rock with the sudden emergence of American Jetset as well as bands like the Cruel Intentions, Hardcore Superstar, Reverend Backflash and the re-emergence of bands like Tora Tora and Jetboy.

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Something Is Rotten In The State Of Pledge

Something Is Rotten In The State Of Pledge

Posted by | Jan 28, 2019 | , |

PledgeMusic has been one of the most popular crowd-funding platforms for musicians for almost a decade: indeed, it is the model on which most similar funding mechanisms are built. It has allowed thousands of fans to support thousands of their favourite bands by doing exactly what the name suggests – pledging money directly to the funding of the music they love. Over the years, it is reckoned that the platform has generated more than £100 million in income for some 50,000 plus projects.

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Evil Scarecrow/Ten Foot Wizard – Southampton, Engine Rooms – 24 January 2019

Evil Scarecrow/Ten Foot Wizard – Southampton, Engine Rooms – 24 January 2019

Posted by | Jan 27, 2019 | , |

An industrial estate in the Southampton docks isn’t normally the place you’d find people milling around on a cold January night. The temperature is low enough to freeze the heritage off the hound but even so, a decent number of people have gathered at the Engine Rooms for a few hours of good time party metal. The atmosphere is relaxed and easy going and by the time the final notes ring out just before eleven, there are beaming faces everywhere. Evil Scarecrow might not be the coolest band in the world but for one chilly winter evening, they brought the songs and the laughs in equal measure.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK – HANDS OFF GRETEL

VIDEO OF THE WEEK – HANDS OFF GRETEL

Posted by | Jan 27, 2019 | , , |

It has to be admitted, we are huge – no, make that HUGE – fans of Hands Off Gretel here at ÜRHQ. So, when we heard they were dropping a new single, complete with an accompanying visual treatment, then it was virtually a no brainer that it was going straight to the top of our list of contenders for our latest ‘Video Of The Week’. And, to be honest, in terms of pure, in your face straight ahead r’n’f’n’r, they led the field by a country mile.

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