Nite Songs

  San Francisco natives the Control Freaks are signed to Dirty Water records and that should probably give you a good indicator of the sort of territory we're in here - 13 tracks, 27 minutes and an album that fair zips by. However, as we've mentioned before in reviews of bands like this, garage punk has become a pretty overpopulated field of late and the last year or so has seen a number of bands like the Courettes and Muck & The Mires who've let an over-reliance on sounding "authentically '60s" get in the way of having genuinely good tunes. I'm happy to report though that the Control Freaks definitely don't fall into this category - there's an enjoyable scuzzed-up roughness to Get Some Help  that puts it closer to the territory of bands like the Cramps and the D4 than anything else while the male and female duelling vocals bring back good memories of the Rezillos. The gleefully knuckleheaded likes of Moron  and Riot  see them coming across as ...

Autumn’s here, the leaves are falling and the Singles Bar is open for business and having what can best be described as a mass clearout with no less than three parts to this month! Come in from the rain and cold and let's get you served up with something to take the edge off the chill... Kicking us off this month,  Brat Coven are a four-piece from Glasgow with a self-titled EP (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗) who sound like some righteous collision between Dream Nails and the Runaways with the ferocious anti-dick pic culture snarl of Not Your Girl  being a particular highlight. The frenetic Ugly  is similarly raging against societal norms before the lurching  Ninety Seven  captures the creeping paranoia most women feel walking home alone at night. A very impressive first salvo - I'd say that this lot are well worth keeping an eye on.  Bandcamp Link Liverpudlians  She Drew The Gun  are one of those bands I've heard of on band bills without actually hearing any materia...