Nite Songs

  Regulars on the London glam-punk circuit for a good few years now, the DeRellas are one of those bands who, despite line-up instability, seem to have been slowly getting better and better over time and with Something's Got To Give  they might just have delivered their strongest album to date. Essentially they sound like the sort of thoroughly disreputable reprobates who you'd have found propping up a bar in Soho circa 1985 with the likes of Johnny Thunders, the Dogs D'Amour, the Lords of the New Church, Marionette and the Last of the Teenage Idols. It's there right from the way opener  Don't Tell Me What I Did Last Night  roars out of the traps like the Dead Boys at their scuzziest - in fact it's fair to say that the spirit of Stiv Bators definitely hangs heavy over this album as evidenced on the likes of Underground LUV  (pure DB's despite its Dollsy title) and Sonic Generator. However, this isn't the be-all and end-all of the album - quite simply, th...

  So I think this is what they call sod's law - having started this column under the impression that August was going to be the "quiet bit of the year" and therefore a good opportunity to catch up with some stuff we'd missed in previous months, muggins 'ere promptly got sideswiped by a sudden avalanche of new releases the week before the thing went live and thus it became a two-parter. So here you go...a few more singles and a couple of mini-albums thrown in just because we're dead nice like that...  Anyway, kicking off the Singles Bar part 2, here's a name I've not heard for many years as Aussie garage rockers The Chevelles  return with their first new music in over a decade. Steve McQueen (I Wish I Was)  (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑) shows that the time hasn't changed them much but when you've got the right mix of pop-punk tunefulness and upstart snottiness that this has, that's no bad thing. Good to have you back with us gents. Bandcamp link here Speakin...