Blergh. Last week was one helluva corker, with an absolute arseload of releases and live shows seeming to roll around simultaneously.
Last Tuesday the Dropkick Murphys stormed The Palace, playing like madmen into the wee hours of Wednesday morning. Though I unwittingly missed The Huntsman’s apparently awesome set due to some incompetent venue staff reporting incorrect set times, witnessing The Murphys’ 26 song set amongst a crowd of 18-50 year olds all intent on forgetting it was a workday was compensation enough.
I also got my mitts on Poison The Well’s long awaited new release, ‘Versions’ (now streaming on their Myspace page) which was far better than anything I had anticipated. Their brutal yet occasionally generic hardcore sound transforms itself into something infinitely more melodic and is 50 times better for it.
Tim Armstrong’s new album ‘A Poets Life’ is –unsurprisingly- incredibly catchy, particularly Aggrolites-backed track ‘Into Action’. I wouldn’t go so far as to call him a poet, but the man can pen a neat tune.
Murder By Death’s ‘In Bocca Al Lupa’ gets an Aussie release this weekend and it is outrageously addictive and I reckon its one of the best albums of 07.
Last Saturday saw The Nation Blue destroy Cherry Bar for the launch of ’Protest Songs’ though were robbed of killer track ‘We Lost Everything’ when police intervened apparently claiming the sublime noise emanating from Cherry was a little excessive.
Finally, Sunday saw Bagster cement themselves as one of the tightest pop punk acts in OZ, Guttermouth’s Mark make his mark as the most lovable yet offensive prick in punk (unlike Sydney audiences who booed them off stage, evidently Melbourne folk have a sense of humour), and Reel Big Fish’s Scott unofficially became the most underrated vocalist in ska-punk.
I guess that leaves me as the deafest son of a bitch in Melbourne tonight as that shrill ringing in my ears wont quit. I hear functioning eardrums are totally overrated, though.
Last Tuesday the Dropkick Murphys stormed The Palace, playing like madmen into the wee hours of Wednesday morning. Though I unwittingly missed The Huntsman’s apparently awesome set due to some incompetent venue staff reporting incorrect set times, witnessing The Murphys’ 26 song set amongst a crowd of 18-50 year olds all intent on forgetting it was a workday was compensation enough.
I also got my mitts on Poison The Well’s long awaited new release, ‘Versions’ (now streaming on their Myspace page) which was far better than anything I had anticipated. Their brutal yet occasionally generic hardcore sound transforms itself into something infinitely more melodic and is 50 times better for it.
Tim Armstrong’s new album ‘A Poets Life’ is –unsurprisingly- incredibly catchy, particularly Aggrolites-backed track ‘Into Action’. I wouldn’t go so far as to call him a poet, but the man can pen a neat tune.
Murder By Death’s ‘In Bocca Al Lupa’ gets an Aussie release this weekend and it is outrageously addictive and I reckon its one of the best albums of 07.
Last Saturday saw The Nation Blue destroy Cherry Bar for the launch of ’Protest Songs’ though were robbed of killer track ‘We Lost Everything’ when police intervened apparently claiming the sublime noise emanating from Cherry was a little excessive.
Finally, Sunday saw Bagster cement themselves as one of the tightest pop punk acts in OZ, Guttermouth’s Mark make his mark as the most lovable yet offensive prick in punk (unlike Sydney audiences who booed them off stage, evidently Melbourne folk have a sense of humour), and Reel Big Fish’s Scott unofficially became the most underrated vocalist in ska-punk.
I guess that leaves me as the deafest son of a bitch in Melbourne tonight as that shrill ringing in my ears wont quit. I hear functioning eardrums are totally overrated, though.
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