Dirty Rag: Rock Did It

Unsubtle sleaze rock/punk delivered with 'tude and a bit of humour delivered very well indeed. "runk Again" and "Hot Porno Star" really rather set the tone for the whole thing and that is no good thing. The stuff on here just makes you want to see em' live as soon as you bloody can. The irony, of course, is that this band is front by Kory Clarke former frontman of Warrior Soul, a band that I never quite saw what all the fuss was about. It's a rougher version of some of the sleaze metal that you have been hearing of late. No subtlety and nothing held back; this is why you like this kind of rock. Slap the sucker in yer CD player then sit back and smirk. Kory has finally found the band to get him his due. If the Dogs d'Amour were American, they would sound like this.

3: Wake Pig

This is a re-release of 2004 Planet Noise with 2 new songs and a couple of remixes. Having never heard of the band before, my first impression was they sounded a bit like Rasmus with a bit more of a prog edge. Considering I like that lot, this is no bad thing. The band is setting off on a US tour to back up the re-release of this CD. There is quality on here; just check out the acoustic, Spanish guitar on "Bramfatura" or the rather amazing "Dregs," a track that I really can't get enough of. What really helps this CD along is the rather awesome vocal ability of Joey Eppard who has that softness-meets-power quality lacking so much in some of today's frontmen. I enjoyed listening to it repeatedly. This is a very good album and you will be hard pressed to find something as good.

A brief word on the whole digital release saga for Growing Old Disgracefully. We have given in to obvious signs and requests from many people wanting our music. It seems they would like to hold a physical CD in their hands. This afternoon I am off to send five discs to CD Baby for our store. Our EP is said to have gone out to 34 music outlets so far. No one has reported finding it anywhere however. The irony, of course, is that my blog's podcast Dodging Reality went up on iTunes the day it was released.

Another set of reviews done for your reading pleasure. I wish you all a safe and rocking week.