Tag: Pirates
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Kepi Ghoulie – Ramones In Love LP
Kepi Ghoulie Ramones In Love LP (Pirates Press Records) No matter how open-minded listeners might be, some albums are simply intent on challenging their audience’s expectations – and Kepi Ghoulie’s Ramones In Love is definitely one of those. First, while the idea of an artist presenting their own interpretations of Ramones songs is not new,…
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Drowns & Plizzken – Split 7” Single
The Drowns/Plizzken “Lost Boys Of Suburbia” b/w “One More Time” split single (Pirates Press Records) It doesn’t feel as though it happens very often, but some releases (and their contents) defy explanation. Like, how does a song appear on a single and nowhere else – particularly when the song in question features such a high…
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Bishop’s Green – Black Skies EP and Waiting EP
Bishop’s Green Black Skies EP (Pirates Press Records) As cool as some album covers are (and the cover of the Black Skies EP is definitely very cool), the peril is often that the image on the cover of a record just doesn’t match the music. It could easily be argued that Black Skies falls hard…
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Booze & Glory – Raising The Roof 12” EP
Booze & Glory Raising The Roof 12” EP (Pirates Press Records) It’s funny how, over time, the purpose of EPs has seemed to change. In the Nineties (read: when I began paying attention), EPs took on a pretty lauded and/or respected position as several such titles came up from the underground [by bands like Nirvana,…
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Suzi Moon – Animal 12” EP
Suzi Moon Animal 12” EP (Pirates Press Records) Important point: there are three songs on Suzi Moon’s Animal 12” EP. All three songs appear on both sides of said single so, where most vinyl releases are characterized by the movement from front to back, this single seeks to reprise its progression from one side to…
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The Drowns – Lunatics 12” EP
The Drowns Lunatics EP (Pirates Press Records) It would be easy enough to curse The Drowns out for what the band has done with the Lunatics EP. Not unlike what innumerable other acts have done, over the years (Hot Water Music, NOFX and John Lennon all leap to mind), The Drowns have elected to take…
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Sweat – Gotta Give It Up LP
Sweat Gotta Give It Up LP (Pirates Press Records) On the surface, the cliche that, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” writes itself into any discussion about Gotta Give It Up. Yes – from the opening notes of “Hit & Run,” the opening cut on Gotta Give It Up, Sweat presents itself like…
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Come Closer – Pretty Garbage LP
Come Closer Pretty Garbage LP (Pirates Press Records) While it’s very easy for me to get excited about a new punk band that I’ve never heard before (I’ve been listening to a lot of punk, for a for a lot of years), running across something which makes me excited because I can’t immediately qualify it…
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Booze & Glory – Vespa & Londonians 12” EP
Booze & Glory Vespa & Londonians (12”EP) (Pirates Press Records) Remember back in the early aughts when Fearless Records compiled a series of albums which found some genuinely great punk bands covering a multitude of different artists and genres – recasting them all in a punk context? Some of those covers were actually really, really…
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The Slackers/Sic & Mad – “Love I Bring” b/w “My Cat is on Prozac” split 7”
The Slackers/Sic & Mad “Love I Bring” b/w “My Cat is on Prozac” split 7” (Pirates Press Records) There’s little doubt that this review will sound dismissive – such is the most common byproduct of a release which isn’t very good. Now, it’s true that the governing wisdom in the music industry has always been…