Tag: alt rock
THE ÜBER ROCK SINGLES CLUB DAILY PICK – WHITEHALL
We were more than happy to take up the invitation to #ComeVisit these alt-rockers deep in the dark heart of their native Brooklyn and share some quality time spinning this latest extract from their upcoming new album, which itself is due later this year.
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Days Of Jupiter ‘The World Was Never Enough’ (Reigning Phoenix Music)
After maintaining self-imposed radio silence for something like six years, this Swedish alt-rock crew have come storming back with an album which, in Monk’s personal opinion, puts a lot more high profile genre contemporaries such as Alter Bridge in the darkest and shadiest of corners (a controversial statement in itself, given that DQ is the Uber Kingdom’s #1 Kennedy/Tremonti fan so the boss is probably getting the “all picture no sound” treatment until the next AB album comes out to try and prove him wrong).
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The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Mr Pink
This Belfast four piece, whom Monk first stumbled across during last year’s Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses competition, in which he has to admit he regarded them as something of an incongruous wild card but somehow managed to deservedly fight their way through to the final, are taking us into the #Unknown with this, their fourth single, and second to win our prestigious #DailyPick award:
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The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Balaam And The Angel
Monk’s latest selection marks something of a moment in time as it is the first new music in more than 30 years from these Scottish-born siblings and alt-rock progenitors.
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The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Socks And Ballerinas
The more astute of you will have noticed that the deathdecks at the Singles Club have been a bit silent for the past week or so. The reason for that is simple: we took a well deserved break away from the rambunctiousness and rowdiness of the rock ‘n’ roll Überverse to recharge our batteries. Now, back suitably refreshed and reinvigorated, we are BACK, the amps have been suitably warmed up, the volume once again turned up to neighbour-annoying volumes and the ‘PLAY’ button pressed as hard as we can hit it…
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK – BADFLOWER
We’re on the comeback trail with our latest selection, the first new song from these Californian alt rockers in a little more than three years, which sees them return to clarion-calling, defiant action with this declarative return, an insightful commentary on paranoia run amok, all the while cutting through frivolity and aiming straight for the gut, churning hard-to-swallow topics into satisfying digestible ‘bangers such as this unapologetically classic retro pop punk offering:
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Dead Poet Society/Ready The Prince – Manchester, Rebellion – 19 March 2024
While Rebellion is primarily known for hosting a multitude of shows surrounding metal and its subgenres, this recent sold out gig consisted of alternative rockers Dead Poet Society and their support act Ready The Prince.
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Nothing More – Bristol, SWX – 17 February 2024
This was part two of the delayed review writing from two very different but no less impressive recent gigs attended by our man in South Wales. The first time Dave O saw Nothing More was in the Motorpoint in Cardiff in 2018 when they supported BFMV. That was a very impressive performance with Jonny Hawkins “driving” the mechanized Scorpion. Whilst this is not our valley correspondent’s usual genre of music, these are one of the “alt-rock” “prog metal” bands he will try to see if they are in the South Wales area – or just across the Bristol Channel for that matter!.
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Alter Bridge/Halestorm/Mammoth WVH – Mancheser, AO Arena – 9 December 2022
Jase W doesn’t think he’s been to Manchester’s AO Arena this year half as much as he should have been but one of the few stops our resident gigaholic had got this year was for the almighty Alter Bridge! With them for this stint were Halestorm, a firm favourite for their touring lineups and Mammoth WVH. Jase had been eager to hear some of the ‘Walk The Sky’ tracks done live so this was absolutely going to be it!
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Uber Rock Introduces… IOTA
One of the most febrile and productive hotbeds of this battered old rock ‘n’ roll Überverse undoubtedly is the historic port city of Bristol, from where the latest hot prospect to emerge is alt-rock quintet IOTA. They have just released their latest single, which sees them taking further ‘Control’ of their musical destiny, in advance of their imminent debut EP.
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Über Rock Introduces… Coastal Fire Dept
When you think of rock ‘n’ roll centres of the Überverse you automatically think of the big hitters: London, Hamburg, Nashville, Los Angeles… The Channel Islands, that little offshoot archipelago nestled off the French coast is not one such location which would necessarily and automatically spring to mind… Yet, it was from there that a little combo by the name of Coastal Fire Dept first came to our attention last September, when they impressed DJ Astrocreep enough to wrestle their way onto our ‘Singles Club’ playlist.
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The Pretty Reckless/The Cruel Knives – Belfast, Ulster Hall – 23 October 2022
The first thing to be noticed about tonight’s crowd as it files gradually yet inexorably into this historic venue and begins to fill every available millimetre of floor space is its eclectic nature. There are old school metallers (such as Monk and DQ) who virtually lived within these hallowed walls back in the heady days of the Eighties rubbing shoulders with black leather clad new age goths and first (and now second) generation emo kids. Such is the power of good old-fashioned rock ‘n’f’n roll, to bring together people of all ages and backgrounds, even on a miserable Sunday evening in a fog-bound Belfast, for an evening of same…
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