Nite Songs

  So then, we've finally got to the place where this list SHOULD have started if I hadn't gone down about thirty different musical rabbit holes in the last few weeks. Guess we'd better make up for lost time, welcome to the Top 50... *** 50.     AMELIA COBURN - "Between The Moon And The Milkman" Middlesbrough folk poetess Amelia Coburn turned in one of the unexpected triumphs of 2024 with her debut album. Taking the listener on a musical trip including everywhere from Mexico to Dublin, it’s a beguiling album perfect for losing yourself in on a rainy afternoon while dreaming of better places. *** 49.     WONK UNIT - "Good Good, Glad To Hear It" Still as unique as ever, it's good to see Wonk Unit returning to the fray in a typically contrary mood. Verging from power-pop through country to punk thrash and covering everything from angry political rants to more reflective musings on fatherhood and the passing of time, there’s only really this band who coul...

  So here we go again. After the absolute deluge of new singles last month, thankfully June has been a little bit quieter with us back to being able to condense all the new releases into a single Singles Bar but with some pretty exciting new stuff therein. Let's take a closer peek shall we? Mine's a large one landlord... *** I guess the obvious place to start this month is with the debut single from Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners  - Ginger has been touting his new post-Wildhearts band for the best part of a year now and it's good to finally hear some music from them. Worth the wait as well as Wasted Times  (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗) is a most enjoyable slice of Stonesy strut (there's a definite Honky Tonk Women  influence here) which should be more than enough to get fans of the guy eagerly anticipating the forthcoming album. Good to have you back with us feller. Bandcamp Link *** Almost as highly anticipated around these parts is the new single from Suede  and I'm please...

  So here we are again. The autumn is rolling in although given that as I write this it's 25 degrees up here in Yorkshire, clearly no-one told the supreme being. Guess we'd better grab some cold ones, head out on to the terrace and see what aural delights the month has waiting for us then... A couple of covers to kick us off this month, both courtesy of Screaming Crow Records' Action Jukebox series. First up,  The Dirty Denims  take on the Kiss classic Rock 'n' Roll All Night  (🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑) and turn in a respectable version although it was always gonna have its work cut out matching the peerless original. The fact that they're a Donnas style female fronted band at least gives this version a slightly different twist (hey hang on, didn't the Donnas cover Rock 'n' Roll All Night  themselves back in the day? :checks notes: No, turns out that was Strutter . Carry on) The original track Better Believe It  on the flipside is actually the better tune here, so...

  Compiled by former Gunfire Dance and Waldos guitarist and current Men That Will Be Blamed For Nothing drummer Jez Miller, Hatful of Holloway  is a compilation of covers to raise funds for renowned rockers' drinking joint the Lamb pub in Holloway. With an impressive cast list, for a worthwhile cause, it's certainly something bearing investigation with a good mix of straight up fired up rock and some more out there moments as well. Among the highlights are Flesh Tetris turning in an agreeably crunchy version of Rammstein's Du Hast and Paul-Ronney Angel and Tomirae Brown's seasick Oh Pandemic  which is as darkly ominous as you'd expect. Gunfire Dance's fired up cover of the Kinks' Till The End Of The Day  reminds you what a sadly under-rated band they were and The Men That Will Not Be Blamed... also do a quality raid on Ray Davies' back catalogue with their cover of Victoria  (a live favourite from their gigs). Elsewhere, Miller turns in a competent cover...