Claim To Fame - Scorpion vs Tarantula (self released)

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By The Barman

The Barman

15 May 2014

Hits: 6480

Their influences couldn’t be more obvious if they’d stamped the words: ‘AC/DC’, ‘Dictators’ and ‘Joan Jett’ on their heads with a branding iron. If you like this hard rock outfit from Arizona, the good news is that there are two more recent albums with which to assault your senses.

• punk
• metal
• scorpion vs tarantula
• phoenix
• arizona
• she goes hard
• don't waste it
• claim to fame

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Cadillacs - Garry Gray (self released)

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By The Barman

The Barman

15 May 2014

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It’s been a long time since Garry Gray strode stages in Australia with a de-toothed chainsaw swinging at hip level as he fronted the psychodramatic Sacred Cowboys, so it’s reassuring to hear his menacing tones emanating from a studio again. This four-track EP is a taster to an album and measures up to expectations nicely.

• garry
• gray
• cadillacs
• sacred
• cowboys

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More Primitive - Lonely Shack (Alive Natural Sound)

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By The Barman

The Barman

15 May 2014

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Never underestimate rock and roll’s ability to look inwards, and backwards, to re-heat its own bones in an attempt to sound new. Cue Lonesome Shack, who hail, geographically if not spiritually, from the flanellete shirt and trucker cap American frontier of its North-West.

• alive naturalsound
• lonesome shack
• more primitive
• seattle

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Before The Devil Knows You're Dead - Chickenstones (self released)

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By The Barman

The Barman

14 May 2014

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It seems a lifetime ago when the two great outposts of Sydney rock and roll were its northern and southern beaches. They were feeder tributaries to the inner-city and spawned bands like the Celibate Rifles and the Trilobites, to name just a couple. 

The venues that were their spawning grounds have long closed down, the bands willing to play their own music thin on the ground. Only a hardy few are still willing to take a risk and make the swim up-stream.

• rock
• sydney
• chickenstones
• before the devil knows you're dead
• tiffany
• palmer
• doc
• ellard

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Brokegrove Lads issue Mick Farren tribute song

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By The Barman

The Barman

13 May 2014

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Sometime I-94 Bar scribe Ken Shimamoto has birthed a new band online. Brokegrove Lads is a psychedelic improv rock group with musicians from Fort Worth and Albuquerque and their first release is a single, composed in tribute to late Deviants vocalist, writer and Pink Fairies alumnus Mick Farren.

• psychedelic
• Mick
• ken
• shimamoto
• brokegrove lads
• improv
• farren

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Penny plays Perth

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By The Barman

The Barman

13 May 2014

Hits: 6600

One of Australian underground music’s most special, enduring and well-travelled talents Penny Ikinger will play shows in Perth and Fremantle for the first time in May, en route to Japan to record with Deniz Tek.

• deniz
• tek
• career-records
• live
• perth
• penny ikinger
• wet taxis

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A Stooge re-surfaces

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By The Barman

The Barman

12 May 2014

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There's not much more information than what's on the poster but onetime Stooge Jimmy Recca (now living in L.A.) is playing a show in Arlington, Virginia. If you want to know about Mr Recca and his Stooges history, you could do no better than reading this interview by Ken Shimamoto originally penned for Easy Action Records.

• iggy
• stooges
• pop
• ken
• shimamoto
• jimmy
• recca

Incantations - New Christs (Impedance)

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By Bob Short and The Barman

Bob Short and The Barman

11 May 2014

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The New Christs have a long history running through possibly the most convoluted list of line-up changes any band has endured and still retained a moniker.  This has meant new albums have held a certain fear factor.  What will they sound like this time?  Can anything they do compare to the towering peak of “Distemper”?  Let’s face it.  If that’s your five-star album, you have a lot to live up to.

• rob
• younger
• new christs
• incantations
• impedance records,

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Obadi Diablo - Suzie Stapleton (Beast Records)

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By Edwin Garland

Edwin Garland

11 May 2014

Hits: 5391

No one really sounds quite like Suzie Stapleton. Being an original artist, that is a supreme compliment. Suzie also really takes risks with her music - and that is another compliment.

• beast records
• suzie
• obadi diablo

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