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Tag Archives: hard rock

Bad Sports “Constant Stimulation”

November 27, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Bad Sports “Constant Stimulation” Bad Sports are an Austin based proto punk-rock band. Whilst they are a new band to us, they’re not a group of newcomers as the members […]

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The Stick Arounds “Ways To Hang On”

November 24, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

The Stick Arounds “Ways To Hang On” The Stick Arounds certainly know how to grab our attention when they talk about the members sharing a love for acts like The […]

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Indonesian Junk “Darkness Calling”

November 17, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Indonesian Junk “Darkness Calling” We love the fact that Indonesian Junk are consistently releasing new material. Whilst other bands seem to take years and years delivering new music, Indonesian Junk […]

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Wyves “R U OK?”

November 14, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Wyves “R U OK?” Wyves hail from Arizona and have been around since 2015. In recent years they’ve secured tours with some major heavyweights in the rock world eg Guns […]

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Saint Agnes “The Death Or Glory Gang”

November 4, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Saint Agnes “The Death Or Glory Gang” Let’s face it, just the title of this EP should be enough to make you want to listen to this release from Saint […]

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The Virgin Marys “Northern Sun Sessions”

October 21, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

The Virgin Marys “Northern Sun Sessions” The Virgin Marys are a band that had been on our horizon but we’d never checked out until they release their EP “Sitting Ducks” […]

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Last Great Dreamers new video and tour dates

September 16, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Power-pop rockers Last Great Dreamers have just unveiled the video for their new single. ‘Primitive Man’ is the third single to be taken from the band’s widely acclaimed fourth album […]

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Criminal Kids “S/T”

September 12, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Criminal Kids “S/T” Occasionally you get a real affinity with a label and almost feel like they’re signing bands to match your tastes. That’s the way we’re beginning to feel […]

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Funeral Shakes “S/T”

August 29, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Funeral Shakes “S/T” Funeral Shakes were one of the bands that really blew us away at the recent 2000 Trees festival (see review here). They delivered a really rocking set […]

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Plastic Tears “Angels With Attitude”

August 27, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Plastic Tears “Angels With Attitude” Never judge a book by it’s cover? Let’s be honest, the band name and title of this album should give you an idea what kind […]

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Francine “Right Now”

August 5, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Francine “Right Now” As we remarked when we first reviewed Francine, they are a band which demonstrated some of the good that can come from Spotify. Whilst we first picked […]

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The Speedways “Just Another Regular Summer”

August 2, 2018by thesoulofaclown 2 Comments

The Speedways “Just Another Regular Summer” It sometimes takes just a few simple words to make a band appeal to you. There’s not a huge bio on The Speedways’ Facebook […]

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Motor City Mayhem “Shitfaced and Outta Luck”

July 15, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Motor City Mayhem “Shitfaced and Outta Luck” Sometimes we wonder if a full review is needed for an album. Let’s be honest, this bands name, the album title and the […]

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Los Chicos “By Medical Prescription”

July 13, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Los Chicos “By Medical Prescription” If you read our review of this years Red Rooster Festival (see here) you will know that we were blown away by the performance by […]

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Smash Fashion “Rompus Pompous”

July 10, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Smash Fashion “Rompus Pompous” When we reviewed Smash Fashion’s last album we were delighted by their glammy rock and roll which offered up a real sense of fun. Of course, […]

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Prima Donna “S/T”

June 5, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Prima Donna “S/T” For some time now, Prima Donna have been flying the flag in delivering rock n roll with a hint of glam and sleaze. Sadly, fame in the […]

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Twin Flames Radio “S/t”

May 19, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Twin Flames Radio “S/t” Now when the bands The Dog’s D’Amour and Vixen first hit the scene, you’d have got big odds on two of the members getting married. But […]

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Ryan Roxie “Imagine Your Reality”

May 12, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Ryan Roxie “Imagine Your Reality” Ryan Roxie may not be a household name here in the UK. But for fans of early sleaze rock will know him from the brilliant […]

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Razorbats “Razorbats II”

February 24, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Razor Bats “Razor Bats II” It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were reviewing the last release from Razorbats (see here). It’s good to see a band getting stuff […]

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The Dirty Truckers “Best Of”

January 30, 2018by thesoulofaclown 1 Comment

The Dirty Truckers “Best Of” This is a great release for us as we only recently discovered The Dirty Truckers with their excellent release “Tiger Stripes”. The release of this […]

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Doll Hazard “Transatlantic Meltdown”

January 19, 2018by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Doll Hazard “Transatlantic Meltdown” This is a release from a duo of Chris Damian Doll and Sandy Hazard who are actually in two other bands, Dirtbag Republic (a band we’ve […]

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The Sweet Things – singles review

January 4, 2018by thesoulofaclown 1 Comment

The Sweet Things – singles review We have so much music to cover that we mainly stick to album reviews rather than single releases. But that means when we do […]

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The Main Grains “The Rain Is Over Now”

December 10, 2017by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

The Main Grains “The Rain Is Over” Any new release from the legend that is Danny McCormack must be a cause for excitement. The only disappointing thing is that there […]

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Marvel “At The Sunshine Factory”

December 9, 2017by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Marvel “At The Sunshine Factory” Our first thought when coming across this band was wondering how they’d managed to keep their name given the current revival of the Marvel superhero […]

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Rews “Pyro”

December 7, 2017by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Rews “Pyro” Post the explosion of The White Stripes and then more recently Royal Blood we got a bit tired of rock duos. There was just so many of them […]

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The Empire Strikes “High Tide”

December 2, 2017by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

The Empire Strikes “High Tide” We don’t know what they put in the water in Sweden and Finland but that part of the world seems capable of producing so many […]

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Long Arms “Young Life”

November 28, 2017by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Long Arms “Young Life”   The bio of this band certainly left us with a sense of anticipation. Talking about “a sound built for open highways, car dashboards and barroom […]

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Indonesian Junk “Stars In The Night”

November 14, 2017by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Indonesian Junk “Stars In The Night” When we heard Indonesian Junks first album (see our review here)we just loved it. Part of its beauty was the band’s willingness to play […]

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Midnight Crisis “Heart Beatings”

November 12, 2017by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Midnight Crisis “Heart Beatings” Opinions may be divided about drummers becoming front men (for every Dave Grohl there’s a Phil Collins) but Marty E. (Formerly of The Dirty Pearls) is […]

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Grande Royale “Breaking News”

November 9, 2017by thesoulofaclown Leave a comment

Grande Royale “Breaking News” This is actually the third album from Grande Royale but the first one that we’ve checked out. It certainly comes highly recommended with promises of “powerful […]

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