Category: Garage Rock

The 2019 album “Dark Thoughts” showcased the darker, hard-rocking side of The Shivas. With the follow-up “Feels So Good // Feels So Bad,” the band balanced friendly and moody sounds. Now, their tenth album, “Can’t Stop Coming Around” (Tender Loving Empire), leans entirely on the brighter side. The Portland-based band…

A guy from New Zealand in New York who makes Californian garage rock and spends most of his time touring Europe: Dion Lunadon is quite the globetrotter. And a workhorse, as “Memory Burn” (Beast) is released just eight months after his last album. This time it’s a mini-album, featuring six…

The excellent 2022 album “Forever Giving Handshakes” evidently sparked interest, as Delivery has now signed with a new label. Heavenly Recordings won the bid, and everyone is thrilled. To celebrate this news, the Australian band is releasing a new song, “Digging The Hole.” As usual: controlled chaos between wild punk…

Nearly 20 years in the business and still going strong: The Shivas are preparing to release their eighth album. “Can’t Stop Coming Around” (Tender Loving Empire) will be out on July 30. The first single, “Closer To Me,” is already available. As always, the Portland band takes us back to…

Just a few weeks before her wedding, Shannon Shaw lost her fiancé Joe Haener in a car accident. It was a terrible blow for Shaw and her bandmates. Shannon and the Clams are known for their upbeat Garage Rock. How does one continue in the face of such tragedy? “The…

Mister Strange tends to be more of an EP band. With “III” (Sour Grapes) their third EP is here, while an LP is still pending. Nonetheless, the format shouldn’t matter as long as the content is right. The Manchester-based band resides in fuzzy Garage Rock, and they embrace it here…

There’s no need to argue about the legendary status of Kid Congo Powers. Sharing the stage with punk greats, a performer par excellence, someone who knows his way around music history. With the Pink Monkey Birds, he’s been operating a garage rock vehicle for almost 20 years. The releases have…