All hail the Reverend. Let us consider the time-honoured gravel-throated rasp. Since being defined by Beefheart and Tom Waits, the ravaged buffalo scrotum holler has long been the refuge of those lacking singing chops or much personality. James Leg is the latest wracked carrier of the ruined distillery gargle and, from his first emission over […]
Out With The Tide is a thundering chunk of Antipodean boogie-sleaze, and rocks like a pair of possums on a see-saw.– CLASSIC ROCK
Every month, the Editors of Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog magazines listen to their writers, ignore the hype and cherry pick the best new bands in their scene. Here are this month’s breaking bands…
Left Lane Cruiser – Dirty Spliff Blues You want dirty? We’ve got dirty. We’ve got a multi-tiered cake of the filthiest blues-rock in Indiana, USA. Not to mention some of the more charismatic. Nestled somewhere between the raw, mad Robert Johnson blues of the Graveltones and the heavy Southern fuzz of The Cadillac Three – […]
A ‘blind date’, a skateboard bass and a bag of weed – all you need for hillbilly punk-blues glory. By rights, Left Lane Cruiser really shouldn’t be in this part of the mag. Formed over a decade ago, and seven albums old, they’re hardly cherubic newcomers. It’s just that, for various reasons, Britain has been […]
Left Lane Cruiser – Tres Borrachos Scuzzy bluesy rock’n’roll, straight from the Mississippi swamp, via a punk club. Now on their fifth album, Left Lane Cruiser have mastered the art of “hillbilly punk-blues” that “roars like a modal, tweaking chainsaw”. No actual chainsaws were involved in the making of this, as far as we know, […]