The Answering Machine - Obviously Cold

One for a sunny morning.

The album Another City, Another Story was out on June 15th, on Heist Or Hit Records

Lovelikefire

The Author

White Rose Movement

Sounding suspiciously like Billy Idol, WRM are back after three years with a new AA side single. '‘Small And The Witches’ Revenge’ and 'Cigarette Machine Club Mix' are released on limited edition 12" June 1st, via Pure Groove, Rough Trade and on I-Tunes

And now, for something completely different...

Not how one thought the Kasabian album sleeve would look -

Kasabian - Underdog

And The Band Plaid On...

Word is that the 90's are next up for the post-whatever sound treatment. In particular Grunge is making a comeback. Or so 'they' say. Personally I couldn't give a shit. This whole Post-Rock, Post-Punk, Post-Age Stamp bollox gets on my nerves. If a song shares a sound with something that was released ten, twenty, thirty years ago then it's because we're influenced by something we heard which seeps into something else we may create, if we had the drive or inclination to do it. The whole revisionist angle is created by the record company's and the media, because they're too lazy to describe the sound properly.

That said it does give me the chance to post two tracks that I'm loving at the moment.

Janes Addiction weren't Grunge, they had split by the time the flannel and plaid brigade hit these shores, but they influenced a lot of the 'alternative rock' bands that made up the Grunge movement. They've reformed, for I think the third time, and are due to tour with Nine Inch Nails on the NINja Tour. To promote this they've released a couple of new tunes, produced by NIN's Trent Reznor. The best of these is 'Chip Away'. It's got a thumping drum and guitars and that's enough to keep me happy.

The other track is Nine Black Alps new single 'Buy Nothing'. They're not Grunge at all, but I'm sure they'll be cited as one of the 'new' bands driving the Nu Grunge sound forward, if and when the NME decide it's time. It's ace anyway

The Beatles or The Rolling Stones.........

Finally - after a wait of 4 years or so (Live It Out was 2005!), the new Metric album Fantasies LP is almost here - this is Gimme Sympathy: