Rock n Roll

Album & EP Reviews R 

Red Fang ‘Whales And Leeches’ CD/LP/DD 2013

7th October 20133rd September 2019 Sam Orr 2013, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Red Fang, Relapse Records, Review, Rock n Roll, Sam Orr, Stoner Rock, Whales And Leeches

Portland’s finest band have emerged from two mindblowingly good albums that harken back to the likes of early Torche yet

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Album & EP Reviews Z 

Zig Zags ‘Scavenger/Monster Wizard’ 7” 2013

29th September 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, 7", Acid Rock, Garage Rock, Monster Wizard, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rock n Roll, Scavenger, Who Can You Trust Records, Zig Zags

Rock and roll should be raw, raucous, rowdy and righteous. If it ain’t any of these things it has no

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A Album & EP Reviews 

American Sharks – S/T – CD/LP 2013

6th September 20133rd September 2019 Sean Filkins 2013, American Sharks, CD, Heavy Rock, LP, Punk Rock, Review, Rock n Roll, Sean Filkins, Self Titled, The End Records

American Sharks came blasting out of my speakers for the first time with an unexpected reckless fury that I welcomed

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Star & Dagger ‘Tomorrowland Blues’ CD/DD 2013

16th July 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, Blues Rock, Cauldron 333, CD, Digital, Grunge, Megaforce Records, Pete Green, Review, Rock n Roll, Star & Dagger, Tomorrowland Blues

I’ve got to admit it, and I’m sure I’m not alone on this (right everyone?!), but I’m a little bit

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Melvins ‘Everybody Loves Sausages’ CD/LP/DD 2013

2nd April 20133rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão (the) Melvins, CD, Covers, Digital, Everybody Loves Sausages, Ipecac Recordings, LP, Melvins, Melvins Lite, Noise-Rock, Review, Rock n Roll, Saúl Do Caixão

Ask several discerning Melvins fans which of the group’s two dozen (well, something like that, I’ve lost count!) albums they

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Twin Guns ‘Sweet Dreams’ LP/DD 2012

12th March 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, Digital, Garage Rock, Jamie Grimes, LP, Psychobilly, Punk, Review, Rock n Roll, Self Released, Sweet Dreams, Twin Guns

I have, and for as long as I can remember always have had, this unfortunate tendency to associate sound with

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lecherous Gaze ‘Bagagazo’ 7″ 2012

6th October 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, 7", Bagagazo, Garage, Lecherous Gaze, Ollie Stygall, Punk, Review, Rock n Roll, Sleaze Rock, Who Can You Trust Records

Some bands just capture a spirit in their name; The Sex Pistols, Guns N Roses, Metallica, Slayer…etc. The name speaks

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mighty High ‘Legalize Tre Bags’ CD/LP/Digital 2012

22nd June 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Legalize Tre Bags, LP, Mighty High, Ollie Stygall, Punk, Retro, Review, Ripple Music, Rock n Roll

Yeah I know I’m in a band on the same label as these guys but that doesn’t necessarily mean I

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Album & EP Reviews H 

Hot Lunch ‘Killer Smile’ 7” 2012

16th June 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, 7", Fuzz, Garage Rock, Heavy Rock, Hot Lunch, Killer Smile, Ollie Stygall, Retro Rock, Review, Rock n Roll, Who Can You Trust Records

Whoa, without so much as a knock at the door these guys come stumbling into your home and take over

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mellow Bravo – S/T – CD/DD 2012

31st March 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues, CD, Country, Digital Download, Hard Rock, Mellow Bravo, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rock n Roll, Self Titled, Small Stone Records, Stoner

Goddamn!!! Us music journos don’t like being confused!!! We don’t like it when bands make us think about what we’re

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Love Mound ‘The Noose, The Tree And The Desert Sky’ CD 2011

10th March 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Groove, Grunge, Love Mound, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rock n Roll, Self Released, Stoner, The Noose The Tree And The Desert Sky

As much as I love rock music I find myself increasingly despairing of the current state it’s in these days.

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