SEPTEMBER GOOD STUFF

20 GOOD THINGS IN SEPTEMBER

 

 

New discoveries, gigs, songs / albums on heavy rotation and general rock n roll influenced greatness.
 

1.       Dog Party – Lost Control.  Great new discovery.

2.       New Model Army – Between Dog and Wolf.  A brilliant new album.

3.       Louise Distras – Dreams From The Factory Floor.  Long awaited debut album finally released.

4.       Brum Punx Picnic 2013 – Sunday 1^st September.  10 Bands for £5.  Brilliant DIY day out.

5.       John Cooper Clarke / Mike Garry / Luke Wright – 17^th September live at Artrix, Bromsgrove. A classic night of poetry and humour. 

6.       The Hold Steady – We Can Get Together (from Heaven Is Whenever album).  Song has been stuck in my head for weeks. 

7.       Punk Rock Chaos 2 - Wagon & Horses 28th September with Rotunda / Angry Itch / Complete Dysfunction / Mangled / The Knobbers / Waste Of Organs 

8.       Sam’s 18^th birthday & epic tattoo!

9.       GTA V – Some great radio stations featuring, Off!, Circle Jerks, Adolescents, Black Flag, Lee Scratch Perry and others.  Oh and the games not bad.

10.   Get Dead - Bad News.  Another great new discovery.

11.   Beastie Boys – Ill Communication.  Dusted down and given a few spins thanks to Gregg’s top ten.

12.   The Fall – Rowche Rumble.  Man, everyone should love this song!

13.   Angry Itch – Scratch It Till it Bleeds.  Storming debut e.p.

14.   Marc Riley – 6 Music.  Well worth a listen

15.   The Clash – Sound System.  Not sure if it’s entirely a good thing but gives an opportunity for another listen.

16. Pixies - E.P.1

17. Joanna Gruesome - Weird Sister

18. Bad Sports - Bras

19. Chixdiggit - Double Diggits

20. XTC - Complicated Game

DOG PARTY - LOST CONTROL REVIEW

I stumbled across this album by accident after reading a brief resume of the band and thought to myself sounds worth a listen.  (the Giles sisters are a two piece rock n roll band from Sacramento - on Guitar-17 Lucy on Drums-15

And I am so glad I did. 

Lost Control bristles with an energy and sound that you very often don’t get from full bands with members in more senior years. 

Comparisons are obvious, White Stripes (that duo / two instruments thing) Ramones (that heads down no nonsense simple lyrics/ catchy riffs thing) but there is more.   They sound like the Runaways should have sounded!

There’s an enthusiasm here that you just don’t get with some bands.  Sure a catchy tune can make you forgive dumbass lyrics (Ramones anyone?) and there is some of that here, but the tunes are extra catchy at times (My Best Friend), and the lyrics sometimes belie the age of the band.  The album finishes with a couple of real highlights, The World is Not A Game and the very different sounding Alright.  They also thrown in a cover of X’s Los Angeles which shows they have more than scratched the surface of the punk rock time line.  

If you like your punk rock catchy as hell but with more than just a no nonsense approach buy this album now.  Dog Party may have already secured a place in my top ten albums of the year!

DOG PARTY - BEST FRIEND - LIVE

 

Dog Party - Best Friend - live version

 

Just heard the Dog Party album, Lost Control, totally brilliant, for such a young band (it's actually a duo and it's their third album).  This is a pared down acoustic version.  Hear the kicking studio version on the album