More vinyl

Thank you, thank you,thank you to the good people of Banquet Records in Kingston (UK) for getting the vinyl versions of 

and

to me pretty damn pronto.I feel a visit to the shop coming on......
If you've not heard LP3 yet, then it's well worth a listen.

Smith and.....

Every now and then a band reaches your ears that makes you really sit up and take notice. I present to you now The Smith Street Band. This is how they describe themselves

"We are a shitty band from Melbourne who enjoy mock meat and alcohol. We play heaps of shows and tour lots because it's fun. We have two albums out on Poison City Records, "Sunshine & Technology" and "No One Gets Lost Anymore" and a 7" out on Jackknife called "South East Facing Wall". If you want us to play anywhere/time we will (do our best to). Love you". 

A couple of inaccuracies in that description. The band is anything but shitty. In fact, they are f**cking top notch. Catchy, sing-along punk rock tunes with lyrics that ring so true. And you know what? They sound (and look) like they are having FUN. Music needs more bands like this.
The other slight inaccuracy is that there is no mention of the new record "Throw me in the river". If you live in the UK, order it from Banquet Records  , play really loud and sing along.
If you're still not convinced how good The Smith Street Band is, watch this 
or
this

 

Godflesh mmmmm.....

It's arrived. I am happy.The vinyl version of the new Godflesh album is here. I first saw Godflesh supporting The Revolting Cocks in London in about 1990. I'd heard the Peel Session that they had recorded and felt it was quite unlike anything I'd heard in a long time. I went out and purchased 'Steetcleaner'.The chance to then see them live with RevCo was too good to ignore. If my memory is correct we were expecting Godflesh to be the 2nd of 3 bands on stage. In fact they played first. Unfortunately it's not the Godflesh performance that I remember most vividly about the evening - rather the strippers that accompanied The Revolting Cocks on stage and having to sprint to catch the last train home from London Waterloo station. 

Fast forward a number of years and 'A World Lit Only By Fire' arrives direct from the band.

You could be forgiven for thinking that the best part of 25 years between Streetcleaner and this album would have seen the band mellow a little (especially listening to JKB's other project, Jesu). No. Not one bit. Call this industrial or metal or whatever, Godflesh have produced one of the finest, heaviest albums I've heard in a long time. From the opening thunderous baseline in 'New Dark Ages' to the closing,slower paced 'Forgive Our Fathers', there is no let up form the bass and riff assault. It's good to see them back and on form.