Adelaide outfit Repo have come up with an album I rate as the Australian release of 1999. Repo rock ‘n’ roll is an amalgam of Blue Cheer, the MC5, the Murder Junkies, Neil Young's Crazy Horse and the Stooges. The sound is vital, it’s live, and it’s refreshingly untamed. Repo are giving new definition to … Continue reading From The Archives: Repo – Fistful Of Redbacks – Album Review (1999)
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It’s all too convenient for artists from the 1980s to trade off on their established reputations and recorded output. Too few bother with new material and leave the creative cue permanently in the rack. Thank your lucky stars that Mick Medew doesn’t subscribe to such a theory, for Open Season stands as one of the … Continue reading Mick Medew & The Mesmerisers – Open Season (2019)
Over the past few years - Australian guitar whiz Joe Matera has built up a strong European following with his melodic, hard rock style proving popular in places like Scandinavia. So when Matera recently joined forces with Swedish outfit Rough Rockers – the pairing seemed a natural fit. Matera was in fact invited to join … Continue reading EP Review: Rough Rockers – Smoke and Mirrors (2019)
Now, as you’d all know by now, I’m a sucker for hooks and catchy melodies – who isn’t – and lemme tell ya – this EP is brimming with both – and as soon as I hit the play button on this – I was on board. The rollicking and riff heavy Rock n Roller kicks … Continue reading Poor Little Things – S/T (EP Review)
Just got ahold of the new single titled ‘Rejected’ from Sydney outfit Molly and the Krells and it’s a cracker. Ten seconds in, no make that 5 - and I was hooked and it’s a fair bet you will be too. A short drum intro is followed by a pause – and bam! the pedal … Continue reading Molly and the Krells: Rejected
