Southern California punk legends Bad Religion are to release their 15th studio album on September 27th.
Punk
Strummerville – A Film by Don Letts
Directed by Don Letts, “Strummerville” is an informative short documentary on the groundbreaking charity set up to continue Joe Strummer’s legacy by aiding struggling artists.
Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
On the evidence of The Monitor, Titus Andronicus might be the most exciting indie-rock band around.
Alejandro Escovedo – Bush Hall, London 30/04/09
It’s very, very tempting to drop the overused ‘L’ word to describe former punk and founding father of alt-country Alejandro Escovedo.
The Rank Deluxe – You Decide
There are moments where You Decide does work, but for all its social awareness and attempts at guitar heroics, this is a below average rock record with no real stand-out songs.
Crystal Antlers – Tentacles
Crystal Antlers debut album is a thrilling, visceral assault on the ears, but is let down at times by the production, says James Dalrymple
Death – …For The Whole World To See
Recorded in 1975 and never released until now, Drag City bring us the electrifying debut by Detroit proto-punk three-piece Death. Andy Johnson reviews.
Introducing: We Rock Like Girls Don’t
The clue’s in the name – a brash and adrenaline fuelled mesh of noise. We found out a bit more about the Girls behind the name.
Introducing: Houston Calls
Houston Calls get Introduced this week, their brand of punk fuelled power-pop just the thing on a Monday morning.
Eagle and Talon – Thracian
Tom Whyman thinks outside the box, tries to be clever, fails, but does indeed tell you why Eagle And Talon are fantastic. Oh, and he wishes we were Pitchfork… the bugger.
Lovvers – Think
If only Lovvers had seen sense and put some of their old-school punk energies into throwing the producer of ‘Think’ out of the nearest window, they may have been onto a winner. Sean Bamberger tries to retain the lovve whilst talking about the negatives and positives of this oddball release.
Goldblade – Mutiny
Manchester-based punk band Goldblade comes under the razor-sharp TLOBF review scalpel, in the context of their latest effort, the pirate-themed Mutiny.
