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The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Eivør
Monk’s latest selection is something ever so slightly left-of-centre as it could be seen as more of an electro-pop offering than a rock tune, but it pushes the sort of experimental boundaries that the boss has grown to explore more and more in recent times. It comes from Faroese singer.composer/songwriter Eivør, who combines her background in traditional Nordic folk, jazz and prog rock with her new found passion for dark gothic-infused electronica with this, the latest single to be extracted from her forthcoming new album.
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TOUR NEWS: Mike And The Mechanics announce mammoth 2025 run
Mike And The Mechanics have announced a 30-date tour that will take them the length and breadth of England, Scotland and Wales next Spring.
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YOBS ‘YOBS’ (Fuzz Club)
Liverpool misfits YOBS release their self-titled debut album via Fuzz Club, following on from their debut double single, ‘Fortune Teller’ b/w ‘Cemetery Man’, which saw the garage-punk four-piece burst on the scene late last year in a gloriously scuzzy and hedonistic blaze. As Jim R discovers, it’s a short, sweet and incendiary statement of intent from a band set to make a serious impact.
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The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Rich Ragany
My latest selection is the latest solo offering from the frontman best known for his work with outfits such as The Role Models, The Loyalties and most recently, The Digressions. Yes, Rich Ragany is delivering us ‘A Pleasant Fiction’ with the first cut from his forthcoming album. The lead track features a very special guest in guitarist Ken Mochikoshi-Horne of Los Angeles punk legends The Bronx.
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: KISSIN’ DYNAMITE
Monk’s latest choice of audio-visual treat comes from German glam rock revivalists Kissin’ Dynamite who, after inviting us to ‘Raise A Glass’ now address their inner monsters with the second in the series of thematically-linked clips offered up as tasters for their forthcoming new album, on which they are determined to prove they are definitely, and defiantly, ‘Back With A Bang’…
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The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Maverick
Monk’s latest pick of the pops sees us back on home turf, as Belfast hard hitters Maverick regale us with the tale of ‘Bloody Mary’ on the latest tasty appetizer for their upcoming fifth studio album.
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The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Amy Katt
Monk’s latest choice sees Manchester songstress Amy Katt melding a smorgasbord of influences – heavy metal, emo, rock and dance – to produce a powerful and provocative – and, indeed, declarative – second single.
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The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Chronic Fatigue
Monk’s latest hot choice – so hot it’s not officially released until tomorrow – comes from a band with whose name, also the title of this, their second single, he can readily identify, especially after ten night shifts in a row!
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The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Pollyanna Blue
My latest selection is something of a double whammy for Bristol alt-rock trio Pollyanna Blue, as they find themselves in something of a ‘Daydream’ at being a #DailyPick for the second time in almost exactly as many months.
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The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Savage Lands
My latest choice is a truly powerful statement from a band who literally take things to the next level when it comes to their belief in, and commitment to, protecting and preserving our increasingly shrinking natural environment – the very Savage Lands from which they take their name!
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The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Pretty Ltd.
Monk’s latest pick comes from a Dublin trio who define a genre all of their own – “velourcore” – and they’re determined prove that it’s an ‘Easy’ process to do so with this tasty morsel of tongue-in-cheek anthemic indie-pop.
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The Über Rock Singles Club – Awesome April (Part Two)
Since we last opened the doors of the Singles Club for its fortnightly iteration, we have received around 200 submissions for much sought-after inclusion on our playlist. Obviously we have been able to profile some of these as and when they are released via our hugely popular #DailyPick feature, but now it’s time for our regular round-up of some of the other hottest sounds to have found their way onto our deathdecks and into our aural memory bands over the past two weeks…
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