The Godfathers
I’m Not Your Slave / Wild and Free
Godfathers Recordings
The last time I reviewed a Godfathers release, the group’s tremendous 2017 album, ‘A Big Bad Beautiful Noise’ more… “The Godfathers”
The last time I reviewed a Godfathers release, the group’s tremendous 2017 album, ‘A Big Bad Beautiful Noise’ more… “The Godfathers”
Ayrshire-based singer-songwriter Sean McGeoch first made his mark in 2015 with the stunning debut Stara Zagora album, ‘Reality is the Nightmare’. more… “Stara Zagora”
Newcastle-based quintet Headclouds have recently made a big splash on North-East England’s music scene more… “Headclouds”
It’s been four years since the much-loved cult artist Roy Moller has released new music more… “Roy Moller and the Chain Pier Group”
“Damned right it’s political!” Richard Strange boldly claims of this more… “Doctors of Madness”
Hailing from Scotland’s post-industrial heartland, Reaction combine ’70s street-punk with gritty Americana on their barnstorming second album. more… “Reaction”
If The Legendary Stardust Cowboy had been raised in Detroit, he might have delivered this sizzling hot platter of all-guns-blazing garage cow-punk.
Having established a well-earned reputation as one of the hottest live acts on the Glasgow garage scene, The Reverse Cowgirls already have two full-length albums under their gun belts and show no signs of letting up on the mayhem on this 4 track EP.
The Captain Beefheart element to their sound is dialled down a notch on ‘Hot Dinners’, while the big switch labelled ‘MC5 Guitar Army’ is cranked way past 11. Lead guitarist Caff McCafferty continues to impress with his Greg Ginn-goes-garage-crazy axe assault, while Alaine Alison Walls remains the grooviest bass-stomper to emerge from the Clyde bayou. Thankfully, there are no line-up changes, with frenzied, hoodoo-voodoo drum tattoos supplied by John Gordon and Charlie Feathers’ long-lost Glaswegian brat Hugh Mclachlan leading the charge as the singing, strumming head cowgirl.
The two-fisted opener of ‘Hot Dinners’ and ‘Tombstone’ kicks out the jams with a full bore Brother Wayne Kramer/Fred Sonic Smith guitar offensive, while ‘This Means War’ blazes a trail through 60s garageland and atmospheric closer ‘What Every One Wants’ returns to the Cowgirls’ early Mudhoney influences.
Lux Interior would have adored this band. These hot dinners will stick to your ribs, so get your order in quick.
Aberdeen is rarely thought of as a hotbed of musical innovation, yet Stereogram Recordings’ boss Jeremy Thoms has long championed the city’s radical credentials. more… “The Vintage Calvinos”
Glasgow garage rock overlords return to their swamp-rock roots with some new twists. more… “The Primevals”
The New York punk community was shocked by the news of a horrific gas accident in January 2016 more… “Various Artists for Sonny Vincent appeal”