Nite Songs

As that well known rock philosopher W Axl Rose once observed, it's hard to hold a candle in the cold November rain. I mean, he didn't say anything about reviewing new singles in it like but we've got to start somewhere. Anyway, come in and take some shelter from the storms outside why don'tcha and let's see what's on the singles bar this month shall we?... Anyway, starting us off as we take our seats at the bar this month are Bob Vylan , whose The Price Of Life  will almost certainly be up there when it comes to our end of year awards in a few months' time. Their new single The Delicate Nature  (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕) featuring Slaves' Laurie Vincent might just be their strongest yet. Relatively restrained by the Vylan standards, it still has plenty of the anger of old directed against gentrification and the cleansing of underprivileged inner city areas but opts for a new stealthier approach railing against gentrification before amping up to a brutally heavy outro....

  Mainstays of the Leeds rock scene, the Kingcrows are now on their fourth album and Brute Force And Ignorance  is pretty much a straight continuation from where its predecessor, 2015's Funland , left off. These guys have one foot planted in New York some time in the late '70s knocking back Jack Daniels with the Ramones and the Dictators at CBGB's and the other planted in Soho circa 1986 downing a pint with the Babysitters and Marionette at Gossip's. In other words, it's all frenetic three chord breathlessness, tightwire riffs, gang chant choruses and odes to life on the road ( Blood Brothers , Bum Notes And Feedback , My Heart My Life , Saturday Night Rock City ) with the odd deviation from the formula to keep things fresh such as the Sweet style glam stomp of City Kids  and the Vince Taylor tribute Car Crash Cadillac . Sure, it's nothing you won't expect if you've heard any of the Kingcrows' previous releases but sometimes there's a good argume...