ALL MUSIC premieres PRIMA DONNA’s new single “Pretty Little Head”

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By Chris Steffen
With their bright, room-filling sound, Los Angeles rock band Prima Donna’s pairing with previous tour mates Green Day and Adam Ant makes a lot of sense. “Pretty Little Head” is from the band’s forthcoming album, Nine Lives and Forty Fives, which will be out in January on Alive Naturalsound Records, and combines the band’s glam-rock leanings with a wild guitar solo and a wordless hook. For further proof of their careening, don’t-give-a-damn energy, frontman Kevin Preston also plays guitar in raucous garage band and Green Day side project Foxboro Hot Tubs.

Nine Lives and Forty Fives will be out on January 27.

Go to the ALL MUSIC site to stream the song

RADIO MOSCOW South American dates in December

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SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES DECEMBER 2014
Dec 5 @ Groove Pub – Uberlandia, BRASIL
Dec 6 @ Goiania Noise Festival – Goiania, BRASIL
Dec 7 @ Pub Handte – Panambi, BRASIL
Dec 11 @ Lechiguana – Gravataí, BRASIL
Dec 12 @ Inferno Club – São Paulo, BRASIL
Dec 13 @ Lapa Café – Rio de Janeiro, BRASIL
Dec 14 @ Gypsy Bar – Petrópolis, BRASIL
Dec 16 @ TBA – Santiago, CHILE
Dec 17 @ Bluzz Live – Montevideo, URUGUAY
Dec 18 @ TBA – Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Dec 19 @ TBA – Córdoba, ARGENTINA

PENNYBLACKMUSIC review of HANDSOME JACK “Do What Comes Naturally”

Fantastic blues/soul rock on second album from Buffalo, New York-based group, Handsome Jack
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Produced by Zachary Gabbard of the Buffalo Killers, “Do What Comes Naturally” is the latest offering from Handsome Jack and features Bob Nave (of the legendary Lemon Pipers) on hammond organ. Packaged in a beautiful double album type card CD case with retro photos by Natalie Solotes, it impeccably meanders through deep dark mid-tempo boogies, smoky upbeat burners, and soulful feel-good rockers with a serious swagger.

The vocals on here remind me of 60’s R&B maestro A.C.Reed during his period recording for Nike Recordings. Couple that with some wonderful Muscle Shoals type Hammond from Nave, and it is a proper foot-tapper from start to finish. Highlights come thick and fast, but include the harmonica-led ‘Creepin’ and the Stax/Volt-influenced ‘Between the Lines’. Taking the simple line of “You and me”, it gets right down to basics and proves that you really don’t have to venture far to find the groove in this package – it is in every track.

Soulful stirrings then from Handsome Jack, which are guaranteed to get your feet tapping. Marvellous!

Read the whole review on the Pennyblackmusic site

BLURT review of The BLOODHOUNDS “Let Loose!”

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Their ages belie it, but the members of the Bloodhounds remember good ol’ rock & roll. Or at least that’s the indication on the East L.A. quartet’s debut album Let Loose! The band reaches back to the pre-psychedelic days of 50s R&B and 60s garage rock, sticking in the main to the classic two guitars/bass/drums formula stamped into eternity by the Rolling Stones and the Beatles a half century ago.

It’s a pretty basic setup, but the ‘Hounds make it fresh, sounding like they’re having a blast jumpin’ in the night through “Saint Dee,” “Indian Highway” and a cover of Bo Diddley’s “Crackin’ Up.” The band also goes for a more overtly bluesy vibe on “The Wolf” and “Bottle Cap Blues.” The surprise, however, comes from “Olderbudwiser,” “Hey Lonnie” and “Dusty Bibles & Silver Spoons,” which dig even further back to the U.K.’s brief but memorable skiffle craze – not an influence usually heard, especially not from a band this young. It’s that kind of open-mindedness that make the Bloodhounds more than just a retro revivalist bar band and Let Loose an auspicious debut. – Michael Toland

Blurt review here

HOLLIS BROWN UK tour dates

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November 23 @ Bierkeller — Bristol, UK
November 24 @ The Portland Arms — Cambridge, UK
November 25 @ Dingwalls — London, UK
November 26 @ Slade Rooms — Wolverhampton, UK
November 27 @ Fibbers — York, UK
November 28 @ O2 Academy 2 — Sheffield, UK
November 30 @ Belgrave Music Hall — Leeds, UK
December 1 @ The Cluny — Newscastle, UK
December 2 @ King Tut’s — Glasglow, UK
December 3 @ Kazimer — Liverpool, UK
December 4 @ The Ruby Lounge — Manchester, UK