There are a lot of retro-minded guitar bands who plunder the pre-punk 70s for nuggets of gold, but few quite as deft and inspired as the BROUGHT LOW are on Third Record.
Innovation in rock & roll is well and good, and mostly welcome. But sometimes you just wanna get back to three chords, big hooks and caffeinated energy, ya know?
The Plimsouls rip through a set of turbocharged power pop, stripped-down R&B and blazing rock & roll with the skill of veterans and the enthusiasm of teenagers.
Bloody Hell Fire is a work of pure spirit, unpolished talent and raw heart.
Australian underground rock legend DOM MARIANI teams up with British punk & roll journeyman NICK SHEPPARD to form the DOMNICKS.
STEVE CONTE is best known these days for filling the JOHNNY THUNDERS slot in the reconstituted NEW YORK DOLLS, but he has a musical resume stretching back nearly two decades.
Saving soul and rock & roll from the histrionic hordes.
Not only does Reilly speak clearly, with close attention to the little details that always stand out in our minds, but his songs are damned catchy, full of old-fashioned hooks and melodies.
JOHNNY SPITTLES, AKA JOHNNY CASINO, is a legend in the Australian underground rock & roll scene.
The Vancouver quartet lays down a supreme riff-rocking groove on its self-titled debut album as if it has no choice.