10 February 2011 - 0 Comments

ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES – GO DOWN UNDER

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are a cover band. Sure, they are also a punk rock super group, featuring members of Nofx, Swingin’ Utters, Lagwagon and No Use For a Name, but they don’t play original songs.

Covering songs from Inxs, Air Supply, The Easy Beats, Olivia Newton John and Rick Springfield, this mini album showcases the band covering an all Australian line up. Put this into some sort of context, it’s really a bit of fun. If you’re into Fat Wreck and Me First.. this will automatically be on your shopping list.

For Fans of: Mad Caddies, NOFX, Lagwagon

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM – AMERICAN SLANG (TOUR EDITION)

The 3^rd album they’ve released see them following a slightly different path to previous releases, influenced on this record by bands such as the Rolling Stones, Blues Breakers, Eric Clapton and Derek and the Dominoes.

But the Gaslight Anthem are not a band simply awash in nostalgia; their songs are about the very concept of nostalgia. And most importantly, they understand that nostalgia is not a lens through which we fondly reminiscence about the past, but a gauge by which we evaluate our troubled present. Attach acoustic versions and a couple of rare 7” only tracks from previous releases and you have yourself a pretty excellent limited edition bonus disc, result! 

For Fans of: Bruce Springsteen, Joe Strummer, Tom Petty

VARIOUS – CROSSTOWN REBELS PRESENT: ‘REBEL RAVE’

Crosstown Rebels celebrate seven years at the helm of some of the most cutting edge dance music on the planet with a compilation of their finest moments and a taste of what is yet to come.

Spanning three discs, thirty artists and three hours of inspirational music, Rebel Rave celebrates the current position of Crosstown Rebels as a global leader in electronic music output. Following in the footsteps of landmark albums including the ‘Rebel Futurism’ and ‘Get Lost’ compilation series, they collate some of the finest releases from the likes of Jamie Jones, Seth Troxler, and Soul Clap.

With 3 CD’s worth of music, the first 2 touch on all sorts of electronic goodness, the 3^rd Disc is mixed by the legend that is Clive Henry, this really is a top class collection of tracks from a great independent label.

For Fans of: Tom Middleton, Doc Martin, Will Saul

DIED PRETTY – FREE DIRT

Way back in the mid eighties alot of people held these guys in the highest esteem. I've gotta admit that this disc still sounds mighty fine, Peno's vocals combined with the guitar coming out of Brett Myer's hands sets this record into classic status.

This was the bands first album after a couple of ep's and singles and alot of people expected the band to become very popular after this album was released, which they were in continental Europe. Their following releases were much more poppy. 

For Fans of: Velvet Underground, Television

INFERNAEON – GENESIS TO NEMESIS

From the Death Metal Capital of the World, Prosthetic recording artists INFERNAEON unleash their sophomore effort and concept album “Genesis To Nemesis“ After acclaimed reviews of their debut album "A Symphony of Suffering", “Genesis To Nemesis“ promises to deliver! With names like Eric Rutan, James Murphy and Brian Elliot involved in the production, recording and mastering of the new album, as well as guest appearances from Gwar’s Oderus which happens to be a first in 25 years, and additional contributions from Erik Rutan, Bill Hudson and John Slaughter from Coldera.

This time around, INFERNAEON entered Erik Rutan’s infamous metal factory, Mana Recording Studios (Cannibal Corpse, Hate Eternal), with Brian Elliot (Dawn of Azazel, Graves of Valor) who engineered, mixed and mastered their blend of Floridian death metal and symphonic European black metal. Gwar main man Oderus Urungus stopped by to lend his vocal stylings to “reimagining” of the Metallica classic, “Creeping Death.”

For Fans of: Obituary, Death, At The Gates,

Thanks to www.border.co.nz for this story.

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