Nite Songs

  Yup, it's that time again. Similar to last month, a bit of a bumper crop this month with the Singles Bar meaning we've officially got our first multi-parter of the year with no less than three instalments coming at ya this morning. First bit here and the second bit'll be up in an hour or so. Enjoy... *** Well the obvious big news this month is a new Michael Monroe  single and Can't Stop Falling Apart  (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗) is a confident comeback from the guy - a mid-paced ode to sticking to your guns and not giving up which builds up to a trademark big Monroe singalong chorus which has a definite hint of the early '70s Stones in there. The frenetic B-side Murder The Summer Of Love  is even better with its panic attack vibes and angry message showing a definite nod to Mike's old mucker Stiv Bators. Good stuff - roll on the album! *** Those of you with long memories may recall that the Sweet Things ' In Borrowed Shoes On Borrowed Time  was the first album we ever re...

  We've run into the Bitch Queens a few times in the Singles Bar in the last year or so. Barrelling out of Basel with all the subtlety of a cannonball to the face, their ultra-vicious take on garage rock marks them out as a Swiss version of the Hip Priests with both bands sharing a love of the seedier side of rock 'n' roll and a zero fucks given mentality. Custom Dystopia  is no less than their fifth album and given their past record, it has a fair bit to live up to. Similar to previous release, it's as feral and furious as you'd expect it to be with nods to all the best bands of this genre - the Stooges, Turbonegro, imperial phase Backyard Babies etc. There's plenty of righteous anger on here as well with the likes of Don't Be That Dude  basically urging people not to be dicks to each other and the likes of Brainwash Radio ,  Ignorance Is Bliss  and A Good Day To Forget  railing against the mundanity of everyday life. Best of all is This Is How We Roll In ...

  As we mentioned in Part 1 of this thing earlier today, the sheer volume of new stuff this month has led to this month's Singles Bar being a three-parter and here's the third bit with no less than seven new EP's and mini-albums (think that might be a record for this thing!) for your delectation. *** BILLY IDOL - "The Roadside EP" We reviewed the lead off track from Billy's new EP, the downbeat Bitter Taste , last month in this column. However, any fears that this would be another album of mid-paced songs with few rock-outs as per his last album Kings And Queens of the Underground  are, I'm pleased to say, unfounded as the raw punky lead off track Rita Hayworth  kicks in sounding sleazier than a room full of crack-dealing pimps and thank feck for that. Elsewhere, U Don't Have To Kiss Me Like That  is a pulsating drum machine fired rocker that could have belonged on Billy's Whiplash Smile  album and Baby Put Your Clothes Back On  is a sinister slowi...

  So here's part two of this month's Singles Bar featuring a few more singles and a trio of EP's as well, Plenty to get our teeth into so let's crack on pronto, eh? We last heard from Adam & The Hellcats  last year with the enjoyable  Welcome To The Madhouse  single. They have put out another one since in House of Straw  but honestly I wasn't that big a fan of it (sorry guys) hence why we didn't feature it on here. However, new effort  Bending The Knee  (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑) is a big improvement sounding like some unholy collision between fellow Bristolians Vice Squad and the Sisters of Mercy at their most bombastic. A big stomping six-minute epic, this is a good taster for the upcoming Hellcats album due in April, Looking forward to it.  Bandcamp link here Split single time and this one is a bit of a mouthwaterer as Nottingham scumbags The Hip Priests  team up with the legendary Supersuckers . While the 'Suckers track Deceptive Expectations has a...