Former Turbonegro frontman Hank Von Hell is to mark the release of his latest solo album, ‘Dead’, with one of the most ambitious livestream concerts to be staged during the current Covid-19 pandemic.
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It’s time for another lockdown live-stream gig, which Jonny B guesses is almost like the nicorette of the music world. It may go towards quelling the live music cravings but it’s still not quite the same! Nevertheless, here at ÜRHQ we’re continuing to make the best of what we can get, so JB was sent to the comfort of his own lounge to enjoy a gig with two bands he’s pretty familiar with, and another two who are completely new to him. Tonight is the aptly named “Doom Saloon” live event hosted by one of JB’s favourites – Clutch, with support from Crowbar, Blacktop Mojo and Saul, all for the incredibly reasonable price of $9, which is a bit of a steal really!
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Stinky hail from Nantes, France and ILesley M has got to be honest: the connections in her brain conjured up blue cheese from these two pieces of information. Does the term mean something different in France than Scotland? Lesley did German at school so she’s not any help here. At least they had her attention. She dug a little and found that they used to be called ‘Stinky Bollocks’ – and refuses to think any longer about this. Anyway, the inevitable comments on a strange name over, some serious critique should follow…
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Formed in 2011, Danish hard rockers The KillerHertz – not to be confused with the Norwich thrash act (or even the Brighton DNB one) of a similar nomenclature – have not exactly been prolific in their career to date, having released just two albums (which both featured the mixing talents of Flemming Rasmussen) since their formation at the turn of the last decade. Now, three years down the line from the most recent of those offerings, they present us with this latest, much shorter opus of just four tracks.
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He knows he has said it a thousand times but John B loves it when artists will reach out and try something new. When he saw saw an EP from Phil Stiles, the frontman of Final Coil, whom he just recently reviewed favorably, our JB was excited. Nothing could have really prepared him though. This is very different than what he was expecting. There is a lot of depth here. Even for a short EP, there is still a lot to dig into. And a very interesting, ominous and oddly aggressive tone that he had not expected slightly….
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