ANTHRAX – “Worship Music” (Nuclear Blast / Riot!)

Just how good are Anthrax? Heaps good! Now I saw Anthrax back in 1990 on their Persistence Of Time tour and they were great. Like really great. And here’s a story from that show: They played at the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide. This was back in the days when cameras were not allowed into venues [...]

THE MONSTERS – “Pop Up Yours!” (Voodoo Rhythm)

I don’t think the world was ever really ready for The Monsters yet here we are again, 25 years later and the blues trash garage schlock rockers from Switzerland have returned with another slab of tasty raw goodness. I remember the first day I heard The Monsters. I listened to them purely because they were [...]

SEBASTIAN BACH – “Kicking & Screaming” (Frontiers / Riot!)

Back when I was in year 10, this dude in my art class came to school one day wearing a chain hanging from his ear to his nose ring. I had to laugh. I mean, really, the dude thought he was Rachel Bolan. He did that whole glam / hard rock look but you know [...]

SIMON CHAINSAW – “Four On The Floor” EP (Kicking Records)

Back in April 2010, I headed overseas to go on tour with punk rock n roller, Simon Chainsaw, as he tore around Europe in support of his new CD, Eight Times Lucky released on Kicking Records. It was a wild ride of ups and downs, good times and bad (but not bad enough that I [...]

Vinnie’s been busy…

We Sink – S/T 10” vinyl (Chorus of One) After hearing so many limp wristed H/C bands from America (you know the ones, with the eyeliner, fringes, no hope for the future look) & even from my own Country, Australia, it’s rather refreshing when a band from a foreign land wraps a crowbar around your [...]

TRAMP – Indigo (Bootleg Booze)

After listening to the tunes on Tramp’s Myspace site, I was eagerly awaiting their debut to drop. When this turned up, I was ecstatic.Sweden’s Bootleg Booze record label have gone beyond the call of duty here and delivered a boxset of 4×7”ers comprising the band’s entire debut album and trust me, it won’t fail to [...]

ANCESTORS – Invisible White (Tee Pee Records / Impedance)

Ok, so we got 3 songs in half an hour. You know, if I had a beard and wore glasses, I’d probably ‘get’ this a lot more than I do. I think I need to be in the right frame of mind to really understand what is going on here. But with the loss of [...]

THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX – “The Local Fuzz” (Teepee Records / Impedance)

Back when I was growing up in the 80’s the longest song that I could remember hearing was not In A Gadda Da Vida by Iron Butterfly, nor was it Don McLean’s American Pie (that is one painful song… and if I never hear it again, it would still be too soon). Nope, it was [...]

Episode 141 – A walk around David’s Town on Good Guvday

This week Peta and Damo take a listen to the latest concept album release by the Canadian band, Fucked Up. The album is called “David’s Town” and Peta and Damo both managed to score a copy on Record Store Day last weekend so it just seems fitting that we both review the thing in its [...]

GREEDY MISTRESS – Interview and Review

Italian sleaze merchants Greedy Mistress have been rocking crowds for a number of years now. I managed to get a hold of Drummer Carlo Leatherface aka the Housewife Hooker to get all the lowdown. Kickback, relax & enjoy this here interview by Vincent von Fuhkk. Just to get formalities out of the way. Please give [...]

CADDY – “Electric Hero” (Diner Junkie Records)

I have said it before and I will say it again, Scandinavian musicians have this incredible knack for writing pop melodies better than most others. I mean, for example: Millencolin, I’m From Barcelona, The Yum Yums, hell, even fucking Abba were riddled with melodies guarenteed to stick in your mind for days on end, if not [...]

LEADFINGER – “We Make The Music” (Impedance)

Let’s take a walk down History Lane. I discovered the guitar slayin’ talents of Leadfinger back in around 1990. I was amazed by a Wollongong band I had bought a 7” of called the Proton Energy Pills. These 5 guys had a sound and songs that were highly infectious and just reeked of greatness. Then [...]

MOTHER AND SON – “Mother And Son” CD (Impedance)

I had heard about this band from seeing bits and pieces on the internet but had no idea what they sounded like. I was originally thinking it was gonna be some kinda stoner sludge rock thing. How wrong I was. What I found here was a 2 piece feed of bluesy swamp twang with shades of [...]

DEFILED – ”In Crisis” (Season Of Mist / Riot!)

I love Japan. It’s without a doubt one of the best places in the world. It’s full of crazy neon lights, machines that yell at you, bizarre sacred temples, koi fish, and hot women. Like this one time, I had just left Bar Current and it was like 7am. I was walking along the streets [...]

WALKER – “Actually, Being Lonely Isn’t All That Bad”

I ordered this album from a mailorder called Rhetoric Records sometime around ’97 or ’98. I heard a song on a mixed tape and instantly liked them. For those not in the know, Walker hailed from the Midwest of the USA; Indiana to be more specific, and they played some of the catchiest pop / punk tunes [...]

CHAINSAW HOOKERS – “First Blood” CD (Blood Rock)

It’d be hard to find fault with any CD that displays the torso of a hot babe covered in blood, wielding a chainsaw, on the cover. I mean, really, that’s kind of like a winning formula in my book. I could go with not even hearing the actual CD and just displaying this cover on [...]

KYLESA – “Spiral Shadow” (Season Of Mist / Riot!)

One time I was in Missing Link Records in Melbourne and was flicking through their Drone / Stoner Rock section and I discovered the band Kylesa. I immediately liked them cos they had awesome cover art. Yeah, I know, pretty lame but what can I say? I am into cool looking record covers. I had [...]

STEERING BY STARS – “Cables” LP (self-released)

This album just appeared on my doorstep one day. It was weird. Like nobody ever sends me vinyl to review and then there it was. I was stunned. Glorious vinyl from a band I have never heard of… from Adelaide! What the fuck? Bands in Adelaide still believe in vinyl? This was a good sign. I [...]

Episode 111 – Don’t Blame Your Troubles On Me

Following on from what I wrote on this blog last week with the review of the new Paul Collins album, this episode I go through the album, play tunes from it and talk about it and give you my biased review of his new power pop opus. Just click here and you will be able to [...]

Reviews for the 1st of August, 2010

Heaps of reviews today. Some of these were written at the time the album arrived and some of them were written over this last week. Still, here we go with another batch of music that was sent in for review. Songs from these releases can be heard on the Long Gone Loser Rock Show. Enjoy! [...]