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Babyshambles announce live shows for 2025

Babyshambles announce live shows for 2025

After months of speculation Babyshambles are delighted to announce their live return, after eleven long years, with ten shows this autumn and winter.

The tour coincides with the 20th anniversary of Babyshambles’ much-loved, critically lauded debut album Down In Albion. Ittakes in a whole host of venues that were the scene of many of their previous triumphs: in Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Leeds, Nottingham, Norwich, Plymouth and London’s celebrated Brixton Academy.

Peter Doherty: “It’s unfinished business and everywhere I go I get ‘what’s happening with the ‘shambles.’ It’s a no brainer for me, a real desire to play some of them old tunes and have a little shindig.”

Drew McConnell: “The death of Patrick (Walden) made us determined that we have to tour now.”

Tickets go on general sale at 10:00am Friday 5th September fromGENERAL TICKET LINK To make sure you bagsie a ticket an exclusive pre-sale is available at 10:00am on Wednesday 3rd September, sign up herePRE-SALE TICKET LINK

NOVEMBER

14th FRI Norwich The Nick Rayns LCR

16th SUN London O2 Academy – Brixton

26th WED Birmingham O2 Academy

29th SAT Liverpool Mountford Hall

30th SUN Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse

DECEMBER

2nd TUE Newcastle O2 City Hall

4th THU Glasgow  O2 Academy

7th SUN Leeds O2 Academy

8th MON Nottingham Rock City

10th WED Plymouth Pavilions

Babyshambles have released three Top 10 albums: Down In Albion (2005), Shotter’s Nation (2007) and Sequel To The Prequel (2013)… scored four Top 10 Singles Killamangiro, Fuck Forever, Albion and Delivery. 

Babyshambles are Peter Doherty (vocals/ guitar), Mick Whitnall (guitar), Drew McConnell (bass guitar)and Adam Ficek (drums). 

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Los Flechados – ‘Revolucion’ and ‘Lejos de Esta Ciudad’ (Alive Music)

Los Flechados – ‘Revolucion’ and ‘Lejos de Esta Ciudad’ (Alive Music)

Anyone out there looking for a punk n roll band and thinking they have all been found? You have likely not explored Peru. I know I had not until I stumbled upon Los Flechados. With a sound that feels like 50’s rock filtered through the Ramones with some touches of the Backyard Babies Humpers, and others, they should not be just Peru’s secret as I know they have potential fans all over the world. I believe this full-length album was released several years ago in Peru, but it appears to have just got a new lease on life through Alive Music. ‘Revolucion’ is a brand-new song and was what I first heard by the band a few weeks ago. These releases are going to be digital only right now, but the band is looking for a label to release them on vinyl. Hopefully, someone sees this one way or another to make that possible.

Let’s start with ‘Revolucion’, where the band release a scorching song with a killer hook that makes me want to go storm the streets of Lima. The guitar riff jumps out of the speaker, and the vocals fit like a glove. Hopefully, the band will have more new songs soon, as this one immediately entered my Songs of 25 playlist and has been on repeat a lot.

The new song sent me looking for more, and I found ‘Lejos de Esta Ciudad’ which is an awesome album. ‘Vicio’ kicks things off with a hint of old Rancid punk with terrific, shouted backing vocals. The production allows everything to be heard in the mix. There is no let up with ‘Radio Punk Rock’ providing a hook filled timeless guitar riff over a punk and roll frame. That leads us into their new video for the title track, where the band dials it down just a little bit to create another hook filled monster of a song. If you don’t speak Spanish, people may soon think you do, as you will be singing along to these songs in no time.

The band moves from strength to strength with ‘Mi Corazon’ starting with a Ramones-style count to the song. There is a passion to these songs that transcends the music itself. You can feel it bleeding through the speakers. I love the guitar licks that pop up across the song. If your fist is not in the air and you are not singing the chorus, make sure you are not freezing cold, and there is not a tag on your toe. ‘La Rockandroll’ (sic) is a 100-second stomper that again reminds me a bit of Rancid with generous sprinkles of the Humpers. Wrapping up what will hopefully be side 1 of a 12” album is ‘Muriendo en Mi Ley’, which feels like Chuck Berry’s guitar cutting across the mix and leading to another catchy chorus.

Kicking off side 2 (let’s will it into existence) with ‘Ya No Quiero Ser Tu Perro,’ the band takes us back about 70 years for a rock-a-billy flavored rocker with horns. There is no let up on the album as the band just unleashes gem after gem. The sax solo here provides a nice new flavor to the album, and the guitar solo mandates playing the air guitar to it.  ‘Destruir’ brings us back to another punk and roll ripper. It’s not hard to think of a large crowd headbanging in unison to it. Up next, ‘Fuerza Rojinegra’ front loads a hook to maximum effect before the song starts. The band gradually increases the tempo before changing gears completely to deliver another killer song. The chorus comes from the school of the Ramones with more sax here to take the song to another level.

At the final quarter pole, we start with ‘Agonizando’ where the guitars deliver a great melody. This is another one that will have you singing along to it in no time. ‘En Una Prison’ embodies the spirit of rock and roll with the vocals taking front and centre through the verses and leading into a glorious hook-filled chorus. Get those drinks in the air for this one. Closing out the album ‘Fuguemonos de Clase’ brings some snotty-sounding 77-style punk that takes elements of the U.K. Subs and puts it through their own blender.

I strongly believe music is a universal language. Los Flechados have delivered songs crafted from their heart and soul. There is a large audience across the world that is just needs to learn about this band. Give these songs a listen and tell your friends you know will like it. Let’s help get these songs heard across the world and help the band play some shows outside of Peru. Let’s also get their name in front of some people who can get these songs pressed on vinyl. That album cover illustration should be 12×12.

‘Revolucion’ and ‘Lejos de Esta Ciudad’ are available digitally.

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Author: Gerald Stansbury

The Liarbilitys – ‘Vandalheart’ (Self Release)

The Liarbilitys – ‘Vandalheart’ (Self Release)

So there will be blood, apparently. Not really, I’m sure they’re nice chaps, but it’s the full bloodied opening track from their brand new long player ‘Vandalheart’. Birmingham neerdowells The Liarbilitys play full tilt wholesome street punk n roll with a passion and belief in what they do, and there is a wholesome honesty about the brand of street punk they peddle. It’s loud and toe-to-toe with the listener. There are plenty of sing-alongs in a Bad Religion meets Frank Turner on full tilt happening here, and I like it. The Levellers, if they turned to electric guitars instead of bodhrans and fiddles and sped it up a few BPMs.

The arrangements are clear and have vocals that sing melodies with attitude, like a Dirtbox disco meets Cock Sparrer which really works to be fair. Take the title track as an example. Lived in lyrics that are relatable, singing about yesteryear, be in nostalgic or just to convey a story, works wel,l and hearing “Twats” used in a song is heart on the sleeve stuff.

I like the aggression of ‘Strangways’ whilst ‘Sin Em All’ has the heart and soul of a Sparrer old school glunk about the rhythm. The pace is varied like the heartfelt ‘Gutta Percha’ that breaks out in timely fashion before the upbeat call to arms of ‘Battering Wall’ and the closing time sing-a-long of ‘Daisy You’re Gonna Wind Up Dead’.

All in all, it’s a well-constructed, varied album of anthemic street punk n roll that’s well produced and arranged and played. It signs off with the pacey ‘The Armada’ it might be a safe path to tread but you still have to deliver it well and The Liarbilitys do exactly that. I’m sure live they’ll sound exactly like the record and if you’re looking for a good time and a sing song then you need to get on this one.

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Author: Dom Daley

Poison Heart – ‘Love Lies And Hard Times’ (Heavy Medication Records)

Poison Heart – ‘Love Lies And Hard Times’ (Heavy Medication Records)

Warsaw’s own punk’n’roll powerhouse Poison Heart are back and louder than ever with their new album, ‘Love, Lies and Hard Times’, Now I have to admit I’m not up to speed with the punk’n’roll scene in Poland, but if this is the quality on offe,r then maybe I should remedy that asap.

In 2018, Poison Heart released their Scandi-styled, high-energy punk & roll, maybe polski styled should be the way forward. It’s taken them a while to follow it up, but on the evidence I have before me it was time well spent.

Equal parts punk and hard rock they were obviously paying attention to the likes of Turbonegro, The Hellacopters, Gluecifer, and MC5, delivered with a twin-guitar, street punk vocals,

‘Love, Lies and Hard Times’, the band’s 4th long-player, features 10 brand-new tracks that balance fierce melodies with unflinching honesty. The themes might be well well-trodden paths of broken relationships, sleepless nights, and inner battles. The album has universal appeal for sure, but I admire the bravery of featuring three songs sung in Polish, which sound really good to be fair, and doesn’t take anything away from the flow of the record, even though I haven’t got a clue what they are about. All power to them for doing it.

I’d imagine what you hear is exactly what you get live from the band: a ton of energy and a passion for the style they deliver. Fans of The Almighty and The Cult and such like will find a lot to enjoy here from the opening brooding ‘Precedens’ and the Thin Lizzy delivery of the twin guitars a theme they lean on for sure.

‘Warsaw Blues’ is convincing and has a great driving rhythm, especially when the volume is up. The songs are kept lean with nothing overstaying its welcome, and some great tub thumping on ‘Saturday Night’ before ‘Mirror’ offers a change of pace as its brooding intro builds into an 80s feel of alt rock. Check ’em out if greasy rock n roll is your thing, you might just love some ‘Love Lies And Hard Times’.

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Author: Dom Daley

The Good The Bad And The Zugly – ‘November Boys’ (Indie Recordings)

The Good The Bad And The Zugly – ‘November Boys’ (Indie Recordings)

Holy fuck, I have to start by saying that my first spin was on ear-bleeding volumes, and as the title track burst through the ether, I felt quite emotional. The melody is exquisite and those gang vocals haven’t been heard since Turbonegro hit their zenith. Throughout the album trilogy ’Misanthropical House’, ’Algorithm and Blues’, and ’Research and Destroy’, were well above average, in fact, over ti.m,e I’d go so far as to say at times exceptional but his ‘November Boys’ is shaping up to be something else that blasts off into the red hot sun. The Good The Bad and The Zugly have limped their way through midlife crises and pubescent antics to release one mother fucker of a record from the opening pop sensible melodic bastards that ore the first two to ‘Norweigans Abroad’ which is a thrashing mother fucker of a track that is tight and raging and turning into everythinng you want it to sound like – turn it up please.

They might well be mediocre underachievers on the unglamorous Scandirock path to valhalla but fair play this eclipses everything they’ve done until here and maybe now people will take these slackers seriously and they will be championed for saving gumbo punk rock n roll single-handedly.

‘Dig A Ditch’ sounds like a heavy diet of UFO records and bad drugs for the length of the intro alone but man this record is making bad life choices seem like good ideas that have brought us to this point in life otherwise we’d have passed these nut jobs by and given them a wide birth, thankfully I’m not that sensible.

The bands press release is like it was lifted from a twin peaks script after some bad acid and too much vodka but the tunes will always be their saving grace when they’re this good. ‘Dig A Ditch’ could and should be a crossover radio hit anywhere and everywhere.

A snippet from the press kit reads as follows: “The fact remains: we have always been left behind ever since kindergarten (for those of us lucky enough to experience such a well-regulated institution). In sports, we were always picked last. Our finest effort was put into keeping the bench warm for all the tough and slick January boys whenever they got tired of scoring goals—and chicks. Our academic performances measured at impressively low standards. Lacking any ability to concentrate, our educational path was a fast track to the headmaster’s office and, eventually, special ed classes. Today, they would have stuffed us full of pills in no time.” Confused? Don’t be, join us and rejoice that we’ve got the best tunes just take the melody on ‘A Blazer In The Northern Sky’ and dance like nobody is watching and sing like nobody can hear you. It’s blissful, trust me.

‘Scandinavian CRISPR Brat’ is like their irresponsible hate anthem, but with a sweet melody and a riff to die for GBZ are on FIRE! The fact that there are only ten songs here fills me with sadness. I wish it were a double album with twenty tracks, such is the quality on offer, but he,y ten is fine and dandy. ‘FOMO’ is bone-crushing riff-a-rama as we’re almost at the finish line, it’s a burst on as we dash for the finish through a thrashingly good ‘Hadeland Hardcore’. The Stooges one-finger piano tonk on ‘All My Friends Are Dead Inside’ rings around my head before we sign off with the wonderful ‘New Kids on the Blockchain’ and we’re done. I’m going back in for more and might just play it on my headphones and see if I can just run as fast as I can for as long as I can to see if this album makes me go mental. What a fuckin monster of a record. Congrats GBZ, you have achieved a goal of writing and recording one hell of a record that is as good from the opening track to the closing track, and everything in between is pure fuckin fire (as the kids would say). Melodies to die for, riffs that are on point and life-affirming. The November Boys are here, and the summer isn’t even done yet. Buy this album; it might just be the best thing you hear all year.

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Author: Dom Daley

Aerial Salad – Get Their Girl

Aerial Salad – Get Their Girl

Aerial Salad bounce back with new single ‘My Girl’

New 5-track EP ‘Roi de l’herbe’ out now Venn Records HERE

Manchester power-punk trio Aerial Salad are back once again to plough another melodious monster deep within our crania. The final song on their recently released ‘Roi De L’Herbe’ EP on Venn Records, new single ‘My Girl’ powers by in less than three-minutes in a flurry of buzzsaw guitars, charging drums and rousing vocals.

With an accompanying video by award-winning comedy writer and director Christopher Macken, guitarist and vocalist Jamie Munro met the film maker after he’d randomly heard Aerial Salad via a college radio station. They quickly struck up a friendship through mutual respect for each other’s work, first working together on the video for the ‘MDRN LVN’ single from last years ‘R.O.I.’ album, shot in just three hours around the streets of Los Angeles. 

After Macken heard the ‘My Girl’ song, he decided to share it with some of his friends Zackass (aka Zack Holmes) from the ‘Jackass’ series and American actress and singer Harley Quinn Smith (from Cruel Summer, Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, Yoga Hosers and the indie band Cinnamon, who released their first single ‘Star’ this year). They both loved the song so much they wanted to jump in and be a part of the idea Christopher was having for the video. 

“Realizing our creative and humour sensibilities were super aligned, we’ve been dying to create together but find the distance to be quite the obstacle” explains Macken. “That’s when I pitched the band the idea of ‘My Girl’. Is it possible to do a music video remotely and I shoot the rest with my funny actor friends? The band seemed stoked on the idea, and I just ran with it, producing the video within a week of the initial brainstorm. I thought ‘everyone wants to be cool and British… since the dawn of time’, can we do a funny video where a guy sees Aerial Salad perform on TV and completely changes his life to be cool like his new favourite band. And adding in the love story to really define the song. And boom we have this adorable, goofy little video. I hope it makes people smile.” 

“For me, this video is symbolic of everything that’s positive in the music industry,” continues Jamie. “There’s so much negativity but here we have a reasonably small punk band from England that have got Hollywood actors and directors working with them out of love of the project, not out of getting a Paycheck, a real ‘you never know who’s listening or what can happen’ this video is a rallying cry for people following their creative pursuits. you simply never know what can happen, or the friends you can make.”

The ‘Roi de l’herbe’ EP is out now via Venn Records HERE:

Club Brat – ‘Four Songs’ EP (Venn Records)

Club Brat – ‘Four Songs’ EP (Venn Records)

The latest band hitting our collective ear drums on the Venn roster are Club Brat and what a punch to the ear drum they are. Joining the impressive Aerial Salad, High Viz, Split Dogs and Bob Vylan to name a few Club Brat have a pop sensibility about them but they wrap it in a velvet glove inside a boxing glove holding a sledge hammer.

’25 Cameras’ opens up this rapid four-track EP, and it’s everything you want to hear. Cool lyrics wrapped inside a hard-hitting, sharp guitar-driven song, is it indie post punk? Who knows who cares, it’s full of energy and packs a punch, that’s all you need to know, and once it’s in your ear, it’ll take something special to dislodge it.

A rich bass-heavy thump and volatile rhythmic urgency is the MO here. ‘Goodbye Pop Culture’ has the warm, rich Bass thump and those angular guitars chopping away through a twitching, crowded backdrop, excellent stuff and very accessible. Originally from Peterborough and now split between Bristol and London, the five-piece formed in 2023 and quickly earned a reputation for unpredictable live shows and a relentless DIY ethos, while still working with some of underground music’s most respected engineers. Club Brat has a statement EP, no question about it, now to follow it up with more live shows and then the album. On this evidence, they have nothing to worry about. ‘In It For The Money’ might not be what they’re about, but it’s like if Jane’s Addiction were from inner city UK and not Hollywood, California. It has the energy and drive, and most importantly, it has the tunes. The final cut is the rapid barking dog of a track, ‘Watch’ it’s heavy, fast but you can dance to it. Go pick up a copy and find out for yourself.

Fantastic EP buy it!

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Author: Dom Daley

Tour Dates – September

18 September — Leeds, Headingley Social Club

19 September — Stamford, Mama Liz’s Voodoo Lounge

20 September — Bristol, The Golden Lion

25 September — London, Hope & Anchor

26 September — Nottingham, JT Soar

October

2 October — Sheffield, The Washington

9 October — Birmingham, The Rainbow

10 October — Brighton, The Pipeline

No Tears – ‘Heart Shaped Eyes’ (Beluga Records)

No Tears – ‘Heart Shaped Eyes’ (Beluga Records)

We all have styles and bands that keep returning to our turntables, tablets, digital streaming or however we consume these days, and you can add to that labels that just get it and churn out reliably above-average music and new finds to add to our playlists and favourite new albums of the year list. One such label is the Scandi power poppin’ legends at Beluga who’ve done it again. If you are ever in doubt about your choices of music and bands to play, then I suggest you jump on board because the latest record off the quality-assured conveyor belt is the quirky named No Tears.

Now stay with me, it might have been originally released back in 2023 on  Luftslott Records. No Tears peddle pure Costello-infused Power Pop with added snot guitar pop. The whole shooting match is performed by the clever so-and-so called Christoffer Karlsson. The astute and top power poppers will know his day job is performing with the horror punkin power poppers The Dahmers as their lead vocalist, so the guy has pedigree.

Now you can check them another day because today it’s all about reengaging with No Tears and passing on the love and hopefully expanding the ownership of this fantastic record. The album kicks off with the rampant horn honkin’ blast that is ‘Dreamin’, and that’s it I’m all in. Energy, excellent playing and those honkin’ saxophone breaks laid over a wicked riff and thumping beat, it’s a freakin winner every day of the week. From the drum fills, the bass solo and then the rasping guitar break, this is kitchen sink rock n roll and some. Oh and handclaps

Once upon a time, this record would have been huge and hits galore all over the globe. There is a familiarity with the melodies in some of the songs, and the riffs are all borrowed from the good and great of history. Had Chris Stein penned some of the licks and arrangements around the time of ‘Eat To The Beat’, like ‘Get Away’. The sugar-sweet melodies are wrapped in raw guitars but smoothed over with some well-placed keys.

‘Same Old Story’ is banging and giving The Hives a good run for their money, and they’re playing arenas. The variety is excellent, pitching ‘Broken Mirror’ with its backbeat and dreamy breakdown alongside a good boogie ‘On 45’, then a curveball in the spaced out dreamy of the ‘Silence Is Speaking’ before signing off with the acoustic slide marching beat of ‘Without Your Love’ that features vocals from Beatrice Rosdahl adding some ye haw! to proceedings. What a fantastic breath of fresh air this record is, featuring eleven diverse songs making up a complete album that you should be checking out.

Get over to Beluga and tell em RPM sent you or else…

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Author: Dom Daley

Redd Kross – The Crescent, York – 21st August 2025

Redd Kross – The Crescent, York – 21st August 2025

Coming on like The Monkees for the 90’s, Californian Power Pop legends Redd Kross brought colour, quirkiness and most of all, FUN to a Grunge-filled music world. There was a period when all I listened to was ‘Third Eye’, ‘Phaseshifter’ and the two Jellyfish albums.

Their performance of ‘Visionary’ on The Word could be the best live performance of any band in a TV studio, and it was then I realised I had to see them live…yet it never happened. For one reason or another, the stars never aligned for me and Redd Kross…until now.

Following the release of last year’s excellent self-titled double album, the band are over here with The Melvins and they have a few shows of their own. One happens to be a 25-minute walk from my house; there is no way I am missing this!

Dressed in matching paint-splattered white outfits, like a walking & talking (well, singing) art piece on their way to an Indian wedding, Redd Kross walk on and fire straight into ‘Huge Wonder’. I never realised how tall Jeff McDonald is; the singer towers over guitarist Jason Shapiro. To his left, bassist and brother Steven gyrates his body like he’s being electrocuted. The man with the straightest hair in rock knows how to work a crowd, and his between-song Paul Stanley-esque raps are comedy gold that keeps the crowd up for a rock n’ roll party.

‘Stay Away From Downtown’ is up next, a killer garage rock riff from Jeff’s guitar and a sublime hook makes it an early highlight, damn I forgot how good that tune is. ‘Stunt Queen’ is the first of 5 tracks from the latest album. What a tune live, it has the attitude and the punk energy of classic Redd Kross, and I love it.

Just watching the brothers trade vocals, constantly smiling and moving, giving their all in the moment, it’s just magical to me. ‘Lady In The Front Row’ is the first sublime moment that gets the crowd singing every word. How could you not? It’s ridiculously catchy. A red album double dose follows: the singles ‘Candy Coloured Catastrophe’ and the Steven-led ‘I’ll Take Your Word For It’ fit the bill nicely. There’s only one track from the ‘Third Eye’ album on this tour, which might seem criminal to a die hard, but if you play one song from arguably your best album, then it must be ‘Annie’s Gone’, right? I’m mesmerised as the frontman ditches his guitar, covers his face with a scarf and sings through it for the entire song. An ethereal, bizarre and truly emotive 3 and a half minutes of Power Pop perfection.

Elsewhere, we get a high-energy one-two of ‘Switchblade Sister’ and Jimmy’s Fantasy’, with catchy riffs and hooks aplenty, plus a killer cover of The Beatles ‘It Won’t Be Long’ with Jeff shakin’ that tambourine like it’s the last thing he’s ever going to do. A song they truly make their own.

They return to jam out some oldies before bringing the whole room to a rock n’ roll party climax with a killer ‘Deuce’, complete with Paul & Gene classic 70’s stage moves thrown in for good measure.

Ok, so it’s been a long time coming, and I may be biased here, but Redd Kross truly blew me away tonight. I’ve seen a lot of great gigs already this year but tonight was truly special. Redd Kross are a band who are at the top of their game both live and creatively.

Someone was shouting for then to play ‘Zira (Call Out My Name)’ tonight, and after a few bars that ended in Jeff laughing and saying he doesn’t remember it, Steven says they’ll come back next year and play the whole gaddamn album! Now that would be truly something.

Author: Ben Hughes

Joe And The Shitboys – ‘Greatest Shits’ (Alcopop Records)

Joe And The Shitboys – ‘Greatest Shits’ (Alcopop Records)

From the windswept, sheep-dotted cliffs of the Faroe Islands comes a band that are anything but pastoral. Joe & The Shitboys, self-described “queer vegan shitpunks”, have been raising hell, ruffling feathers, and flipping the script since their chaotic inception, and now they’re ready to unleash their debut LP, Greatest Shits, via Alcopop! Records.

A compilation of the band’s first three releases—each originally pressed on 7” vinyl due to their rapid-fire 10-minute lengths— ‘Greatest Shits’ also features a bunch of brand new tracks recorded straight to analogue tape. It’s a vital, venomous, and vibrantly unfiltered collection from one of punk’s most exhilarating and unique new voices, giving anything from down under a run for their bad hair cut money and (probably shit fashion sense).

Once you get balls deep into this a mix of ragged punk mixed with the more artsy side like PAvement or DKs mixed in with early Lemonheads and a vibrant wreckless abandonment like ‘Wonderwall’ which sounds like the instruments tied to the back of a tractor and dragged around a field would sound like before the excellent tribute to wrestling legend ‘Macho Man Randy Savage’ kicks in.

So there might be thirty seven tracks here but you don’t need to dig deep to hear the three second blast of ‘Fuck’ or the eleven seconds of ‘Eat Ass You Fucking Coward’ you know the drill it might be nothing new but its a lot of fun and highly addictive.

With Joe taking the mic and a rotating cast of Shitboys behind him (currently Ziggy Shit, Johnny Shit, and Ollie Shit), the band became a lightning rod for resistance against the backwards, macho values that persist in their homeland’s music scene. Their goal? Skewer toxic culture with speed, wit, and the occasional ass joke. Job done and an album to be proud of, no matter what.

The band might not be on the tip of everyone’s tongue, but Iggy had them on board for Alley Pally recently, so the right people are getting involved, and on this evidence, it’s not hard to see why. Potty-mouthed and kicking out the jams, Beastie Boys meet a whole goofball bag full of original punks. Joe has the world at his feet, and songs like Mr Nobody sound effortless as well as timeless. Then to follow it up with a groovy ‘Fuck Everybody’ is a band dancing to their own beat, and that only like it or lump it I doubt they give a single shiney shit.

Who knows what Jooe and the gang will do next, but I’m all ears, but let’s live with this bad boy for a while yet.

Joe & The Shitboys are just getting started, they declare, so jump in and join us. Joe and the shitboys are de bomb as the cool kids say.

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Author: Dom Daley