“Lucky Animals” from his latest, Epicloud, continues the bizarre carnival. Are we really hearing Pink Floyd, Mr. Bungle, and Strapping Young Lad all at once?
Hidden closer “Care of Me” is an odd duck, even on a political punk rock album littered with horns and strings and piano and driving anthems and group shouts.
“Kunnia,” a track from the Finnish folk metallers’ new album, Manala, may not reach quite the same high as “Vodka,” but it makes us want to party nonetheless.
We swear devotion to Sahara Hotnights, but we’ve always wondered what their Swedish swagger might sound like with a metal edge. Enter Crucified Barbara.
Seriously chunky, pit-friendly fare. They’re looking to expand beyond the north east of England, and killer beatdowns like “Warface” should help them do that.
Kids who’ve never heard Buzzcocks or Hüsker Dü or Leatherface or 30 other bands I could rattle off seem able to listen to them without throwing rocks at them.