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Muck And The Mires – ‘Quarantine-Age Kicks’ (Rum Bar Records)

Muck And The Mires – ‘Quarantine-Age Kicks’ (Rum Bar Records)

Posted by | Apr 27, 2020 | ,

As we enter another week of enforced self-isolation, and with the music business very firmly in lockdown for the foreseeable future, our good friends over at Rum Bar Records have sought to chase away the Monday blues and bring extra sunshine into our lives by turning the clock back to brighter days and presenting us with this appropriately titled collection of nine newly remastered tunes from the back catalogue of veteran Boston garage rockers Muck And The Mires.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK – THE HOMELESS GOSPEL CHOIR

VIDEO OF THE WEEK – THE HOMELESS GOSPEL CHOIR

Posted by | Apr 26, 2020 | , ,

Despite the current lockdown, we are still receiving a healthy bundle of submissions for our coveted ‘Video Of The Week’ title. While some artists are trying to find new ways of visually interpreting their songs, others obviously have had the guts of their filming completed in advance of the global quarantine, with the finishing touches being added in isolated post-production. This week’s selection sees a balance of these two approaches, with the latter exemplified by our first offering.

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Dirt Box Disco – ‘TV Sex Show’ (Avenue Recordz)

Dirt Box Disco – ‘TV Sex Show’ (Avenue Recordz)

Posted by | Apr 25, 2020 | ,

Dirt Box Disco will be a name more than familiar to long-term regular ÜR readers, as they have (dis)graced these pages more times in the past decade than Donald Trump has topped up his fake tan during the same period… and, that’s a lot!  Part of the reason for their frequent appearances has been their sheer productivity: a band who, until recently, never seemed to stop gigging more incessantly than said Mr Trump has heralded “fake news”, they have now presented us with their eighth – yes, you read that right – studio album in less than ten years – and the first since the even more prolific Spunk Volcano stepped up to take over main vocal duties since the departure of WEAB around this time last year.

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Dawnwalker – ‘Crestfallen’ EP (Self-Released)

Dawnwalker – ‘Crestfallen’ EP (Self-Released)

Posted by | Apr 25, 2020 | ,

When it surfaced earlier this month, it could have been claimed that this six-track EP was the first direct product of the Covid-19 lockdown. Despite having been issued under the Dawnwalker name, and in the tradition of the band featuring a revolving cast of players, ‘Crestfallen’ is actually a collaboration between members of five different UK bands, with Dawnwalker’s Mark Norgate at the centre of a nexus which also featured musicians from Sacred Son, Pijn, Metasoma and Gold Baby. Each of the nine collaborators recorded their individual contributions in their own home studios (or even via iPhones), sending their parts back and forth to one another via the internet, before the finished product was pulled together and mixed into the result with which we are here presented.

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Señor No – ‘94/20’ (Bang! Records)

Señor No – ‘94/20’ (Bang! Records)

Posted by | Apr 24, 2020 | ,

Señor No may be a name familiar to some longstanding ÜR readers, as they have been leaders of the Basque rock ‘n’ roll scene for some 26 years now; in fact, the band’s self-styled “mastermind”, Xabi Garre, is widely regarded as one of the progenitors and flag-wavers for the scene in that particular corner of the Überverse, having been one of founding members of San Sebastian legends La Perrera. Now, Garre and his current bandmates have chosen to explore their extensive back catalogue with this, a collection of new recordings based on previously rare and/or unreleased tracks – hence the symbolism of the album’s numeric title!

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