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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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The Reverend Shawn Amos & The Brotherhood – ‘Blue Sky’ (Put Together Music)

The Reverend Shawn Amos & The Brotherhood – ‘Blue Sky’ (Put Together Music)

Posted by | Apr 24, 2020 | ,

Following a year of almost incessant gigging in support of his 2018 album ‘Breaks It Down’, Shawn Amos – who, like all good bluesmen adopted an epithet, in this case “The Reverend” – and his band, who include Dave Matthews/Indigo Girls drummer Brady Blade and sometime Norah Jones/Carly Simon bassist Christopher Thomas in their ranks, relocated from the City of Angels to the Lone Star state to record this follow-up. It was a migration which opened up a whole new vista, as the album title suggests…

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Hellride – ‘Goodbyes To Forever’ (Fastball Music)

Hellride – ‘Goodbyes To Forever’ (Fastball Music)

Posted by | Apr 24, 2020 | ,

It’s not often that a band introduces themselves by saying farewell, but that is exactly what German acoustic metal trio Hellride have done with this, their second and final album. Hang on a minute… did we just say “acoustic metal”? Yes, indeed we did… Now, we’re used to metal bands doing acoustic versions of their songs, but for a band to devote their entire career to presenting the genre in a non-electric form has to be a somewhat unusual proposition – but that is exactly what Hellride have done during their brief career…

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