Nite Songs

  Well, we're underway now so let's keep this thing moving! Welcome to Part 2 of the Nite Songs end of year rundown... *** 60. SELF-ESTEEM - "A Complicated Woman" Rebecca Lucy Taylor's third solo album continues the rich vein of form of its predecessors. Angry and defiant on the one hand but sated with tunes ready to drag you to the dancefloor on the other, the likes of Mother , I Do And I Don't Care  and 69  brim with a mischievous sense of playfulness and a serious message in equal measure. *** 59.     THE VAPORS - "Wasp In A Jar" Yup, the  Turning Japanese  lot. I didn't have huge expectations for this but fair play to the Vapors, it's not often you'll come across bands from their era who are not only still going strong but putting material out that's arguably better than the stuff from their commercial heyday.  Wasp In A Jar  takes the classic power-pop formula and puts a 21st century sheen on it to good effect and mark this out a...

  Welcome back to the Singles Bar for March. Spring is almost here, the world at large seems to be waking up and the new releases are starting to become a bit more plentiful so why not pull up a chair and we'll see what's on the menu this month. And a good start to this month's selection with a welcome return for Leeds pop-punk veterans The Cyanide Pills   with The Kids Can't Be Trusted With Rock 'n' Roll  (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗), a great singalong slice of Ramones indebted pop-punk taking a humourous swipe at "punk rock police" types. Cracker of a B-side as well in the frenetic Do You Wanna Know? Not sure if this is a standalone release or an album taster but if the latter then consider my interest most definitely piqued. Arriving in the same package from Damaged Goods records is the new effort from the Courettes . As you'll probably know if you read our review of their Back In Mono  album last year, while most of the world was losing its head over this band...