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The Lazys – Temptation Never Liked You 2012

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Aussie Rock and Roll has always been a staple in the industry as we’ve produced just a few names you may have heard of, Rose Tattoo, AC/DC, Cold Chisel and Craig McLachlan & Check 1,2.  Well maybe not the last one, but you know what I mean, the Aussie ‘pub’ rock scene has always been a big one and with a band like The Lazys, this genre should and hopefully will be kept alive.

The boys have just released their new EP ‘Temptation Never Liked You’ and it’s lucky as I’m not wearing socks as I’d imagine right now they’d be rocked off! Opener ‘Really Ready For You?’ without doubt is a show opener and would have any crowd going and ready to rock the night away, great riffs and groove, as is ‘Society’s Whore’ the song that is.  Then we have the slower ‘Angels Sun’ a song where I hear shades of Alice In Chains and it works, a slow building track that kicks in mid way through, I dig this one.  Title track ‘Temptation Never Liked You’ has a monster riff that drives this EP’s namesake and is my favourite on the EP, lyrically it’s dark and deep and it sounds killer.  From the last two tracks of almost Alice In Chains feel we get straight back to a balls out rocker with ‘My Mumma’ which belongs in any pub with the crowd yelling the words back, a great song, great playing and a perfect ending to a kick ass EP.

Tuff Enuff – Tryin To Find My Way Home (2007)

Tuff Enuff is a blues/rock/funk band based in Chicago that has been playing together for over 7 years. Tryin to Find My Way Home (2007 release) is their follow up to their debut album Eastbound Train. They are a power-house trio who are all very young and very virtuosic bringing the blues back again with an edge.

Corin Tucker Band – Kill My Blues (2012)

At what age does your feminist anger stop being qualified as “riot grrrl rage”? Kill My Blues,the Corin Tucker Band’s sophomore album, is being heralded as the former Sleater-Kinney bandleader’s default to her ’91 Olympia factory settings. This is a fantastic prospect surely stoking our 1990s nostalgia and wiping the weird taste of her previous album off our palates, but it doesn’t quite hold.

Tucker is now a grown-azz, 39-year-old woman, and on Kill My Blues she tackles topics that weren’t on her riot girl radar at 20: mortality, the joy of conception, how she could use a vacation. She is singing from the perspective of her life as the mother of two kids who’s maybe a little wistful for days when her life was a little more carefree and Joey Ramone was still above ground. Her rage is no more than that of any American who’s paying attention in 2012.

Still Alive – Kyo (2012)

01. Forgiven Secrets
02. Unchained Souls
03. Human
04. To Live Forever
05. Lady In Black
06. Into The Snakepit
07. The Journey Of The Lonely Seeker
08. Dream Hunter
09. Embraced
10. Daybreak And Storm (The Master Of Life)

The German Blues Project – Through The Storm (2012)

The German Blues Project Blues in Germany – they tested it all, didn´t they? Meticulous copying – like spies in fear of decoding! – including practiced Louisiana drawls and cotton picker poses on one end of the spectrum, Germanic lyrics and beer-soaked hilarity on the other one. Hey: The German Blues Project guys can dissociate themselves from it all. Unimpressed and easy going, they fill the deep blue canvas their own way