Nite Songs

  We first heard from Wicked Cool signed power poppers Kris Rodgers & The Dirty Gems via their supremely funky  She Likes To Party single towards the end of last year and now we have the group's debut album ready to go here. Said single kickstarts the album and it still sounds good now with its infectious chorus and squeezebox led guitar (although it's a bit difficult to get Murray Head's old novelty hit One Night In Bangkok  out of your head while listening to it if you're of a certain age!) Said song also kind of plots out the way this album goes thereafter - it's all big bold brass soaked soul-influenced rock 'n' roll complete with Rodgers' swirling keyboards over the top as evidenced on the Stax style strut of I Can't Give It  and I'm Your Man and the well handled cover of Elton John's Take Me To The Pilot . It's all good stuff played with plenty of enthusiasm and clearly designed with pinpoint precision to get a crowd dancing aft...

  Okay, we've restocked the drinks, got a few new items on the cocktail menu and we're ready to go - here's part two of this month's Singles Bar... Anyway, kicking us off for part 2 is a return to the fray from  Paul-Ronney Angel (feat Tomirae Brown) .   Seven Spanish Angels (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗) actually reminds me of something that Tyla might have done - a bluesy country lament complete with slide guitar and a tale of two doomed lovers in the old West heading for one last gunfight. Atmospheric and sinister but with a tears-in-yer-pint singalong chorus to power it along, this is another good effort from Mr Angel and is well worth your investigation. Also returning to the fray this month is former Mission and current Wonder Stuff guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite aka  MGT . Teaming up with vocalist Chris Connelly, the pair have given the old Ace number   How Long  (🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑) a goth style makeover. It's okay rather than brilliant, reminding me of a less fey Gene Loves ...