THE HANGMEN: january 18th - senta @ mojo + january 19th - belgrade @ dom omladine (support band: dmt) Read the rest of this entry »

SPEEDBUGGY, USA: september 15th - novi sad @ ns time (support band: dmt) + september 16th - belgrade @ dom omladine (support band: ventolin) Read the rest of this entry »

COSMIC PSYCHOS: september 29th - belgrade @ skc (support band: borise decko borise) + october 2nd - novi sad @ scena (support bands: concrete worms + dmt) Read the rest of this entry »

A punk guitar album? Well, in its purest form that is what The Good * The Bad * The Ugly is and why it is such an outstanding disc.

Each track here is constructed around Vincent’s expert ability to craft old-school punk hooks - the ones that made his original band the Testors such a well known name amongst serious punks - and a solid back-up band of The Stooges’ Scott Asheton on drums and The Damned’s Captain Sensible on Bass. Originally, the concept was to keep it to the trio of Vincent, Asheton, and Sensible. But after the basic tracks had been recorded, Vincent decided to bring on board some of punks most notable guitarists from past and present to give the songs an extra kick in the arse. When it works, it sounds incredible such as on “That Sound” which features Captain Sensible, Dexter Holland of The Offspring, and Tony Fate of the Bellrays. Even “Skag,” which comes across more as a straight up rock tune, works nicely with Wayne Kramer of the MC5 laying down a signature solo. Read the rest of this entry »

In 1984 The Scientists exchanged a promising future as Australian ?pub rock? icons for relative obscurity in Britain, all on the strength of one glowing review of their Mini LP ?Blood Red River? from NME?s Barney Hoskins. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a brief outline of Sonny Vincent’s history, to some it may read like the perfect script for a movie about a Rock’n'Roll desperado on his way to becoming an icon. But this story is not from any movie folks or about any media hype, it’s about the real thing? A real rock’n'roll hero with the passion, the energy and the feeling. Read the rest of this entry »

by Tom Schulte
Often very much akin to the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, especially in the vocal delivery, this group takes a more deconstructivist view toward their alt-soul material. That is, they go in for a less full sound with a more skeletal arrangement that allows space between one accentuating burst and another. Uptight is a loose and raw storybook album of decadence and discovery with lyric content that crosses Jim Thompson and J.D. Salinger for an outsider, urban noir.

It’s no wonder The Blackout sounds familiar. Not only does Speedball Baby revel in the basic elements of rockabilly and blues-punk much like Jon Spencer Blues Explosion does, but two Jon Spencer Blues Explosion members play on this album. Jon Spencer and Judah Bauer are credited for having written the best songs, too: “Wanna Scratch It?” and “Do the Blackout,” respectively. Read the rest of this entry »

Tav Falco first felt the twinges of musical inspiration growing up in rural Arkansas, where he was drawn to the rustic blues and jazz forms that abounded in the Mississippi Delta area. While working as a brakeman on the Missouri Pacific railroad, Falco would hop rides into Memphis- where ?music was just in the air,? Falco remembers-to hear legendary country blues men like Sleepy John Estes, Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Fred McDowell and Houstan Stackhouse. Read the rest of this entry »

?ikica Simi?

Razne subkulturalne skupine su plesale “horizontalni mambo” sa bluzom. Orgije su se uvek, kao ?to dolikuje, zavr?avale orgazmi?kim trijumfom. Pegavi, rahiti?ni engleski de?aci, gladni svega u posleratnoj bedi, ?ezdestih godina pro?log veka su, igraju?i skaredni ples sa bluzom izmislili muziku koju volimo. Se?ate se Rolingstounsa, Enimalsa, Jardberdsa, sastava Krim. Sli?ne posledice imao je susret bele, vaspovske (WASP), ju?nja?ke omladine sa ovim “crnim” muzi?kim idiomom: Olmen braders bend, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Wet Willie. Nedavno, poigravaju?i se bluzom, D?ek i Meg Vajt su spasili rok muziku najavljene smrti. Da je to mogu?e nekoliko godina ranije je nagovestio D?on Spenser. Read the rest of this entry »