Yours truly has just raised the premium on his life insurance, because there can be nasty consequences when you criticize an album that has been put on a pedestal for a very long time. On […]
SinglesGoingSteady#07: Bloodshot Bill – Keep Movin’ On [Pig Baby Records; 2018] It’s a tough task to pick just one 7” from Bloodshot Bill’s impressive catalog of records, which began building in 2001, but someone has […]
SinglesGoingSteady#06: The Manikins – Spend The Night Alone [Plastic Idol Records; 2006] Spend The Night Alone is picked from The Manikins’ third album Lie Cheat & Steal [P. Trash Records, 2005]. It’s a jet-powered power […]
SinglesGoingSteady#05: The Bobbyteens – I Wanna Go Home [Outer Universe Research Records; 1998] When the female California-bred updated answer to The Trashmen, The Trashwomen, disbanded in the middle of the 1990’s, Trashwomen Tina Lucchesi and […]
This article is sadly prompted by the untimely death of Andrew Matheson. It is a translation and reworking of my previous appreciation of Andrew Matheson & The Brats’ debut album Grown up Wrong, published in […]
As tradition calls for since 2015, here’s twenty personal favourites among newly recorded albums released in 2024. Each album comes with a commentary and a featured track as a taster. Most artists have been around […]
SinglesGoingSteady#04: The Gories – Cry Girl [Wild Honey Records; 2024] 04 is both a new and old sensation. Although recently released, The Gories recorded Cry Girl in Memphis back in 1990. Cry Girl has previously […]
SinglesGoingSteady#03: Thee Cha Cha Chas – Rock’n’Roll Till I’m Dead [Folc Records; 2023] Thee Cha Cha Chas’ approach to music can best be summed up as “good clean fun”. Unpretentious, straightforward garage punk rock’n’roll with […]
SinglesGoingSteady#02: The Fevers – Don’t Tell Me It’s Wrong [Get Hip Recordings, 2005] The Fevers churned out some really good power pop stuff between 1998 and 2006; two albums, two singles and one EP. Their […]
SinglesGoingSteady #01: Randells – Seven Inch [Jarama 45RPM Recs.,2022] What could be better than starting this series of highly recommended – but perhaps not so well-known – songs with one that celebrates the 7″ format […]
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