Nite Songs

  It's Top 40 time in our Albums of the Year countdown! Cue up your classic TOTP music of choice and let's do this... *** 40. SUPERSUCKERS - "Liquor, Women, Drugs & Killing" Thirty plus years into their career and Eddie Spaghetti and co show no signs of slowing down with Liquor, Women, Drugs & Killing  being a welcome return to form after a couple of so-so efforts. The likes of Maybe I'm Just Messing With You , How Many Turns Will It Take (To Unscrew It Up)  and Meaningful Songs  are the Supersuckers' sense of humour written large with riffs and chorus hooks to match. It ain't big, it ain't clever but you know what? We wouldn't have it any other way. *** 39. THE HELLACOPTERS - "Overdriver" One of the first albums I heard this year and it turned out to be a strong contender in this year's rundown. After the storming return that was 2022's Eyes Of Oblivion , Overdriver  was a worthy follow-up from Nicke Andersson and his cre...

  30.     RISKEE & THE RIDICULE - "Platinum Statue" Grime-punks Riskee & The Ridicule continue to be one of the most fierce and uncompromising bands in Britain on their second album. Bristling with righteous anger,  Platinum Statue  is a viciously desolate howl of frustration on behalf of the youth of today which urges the downtrodden to pick up a pitchfork and take aim at those running this country into the ground before it's too late over a none-more-tight musical backing. Essential listening. *** 29.     THE MISTAKES - "A Good Hill To Die On" Hailing from Dorset, this is the fourth album by thrash-punks the Mistakes and sees them barging forward to take their place as one of the most promising bands of the genre today. Tipping its hat to Motorhead and GBH in its sound and with a lorryload of pent up anger about the state of the country in 2023, the likes of Chaos Theory , I Savage  and the title track are fine stuff indeed. Go and check...