Thankfully, this week we can let the music do the talking without paying tribute to a fallen hero of ours, which is nice. So we concentrate on what’s been spinning on the RPM HQ turntable this week from new releases as well as some old classics.

Kicking off with the exciting news that Wyldlife have a new album to hawk around, and the second track released from this forthcoming Wicked Cool Records album ‘Sorted’ is out, so it would be rude not to open the show with the excellent ‘Bystander’. NYC rockers haven’t let us down yet with their snotty power poppin rock n roll. This one is further proof that 2025 is going to get messy with top records coming out every week.

Hot on the heels is the classic ‘Modern Age’ from The Strokes fantastic ‘Is This It’ album released in 2001, if you can believe it. Another new song this time from the raging Dinosaur Pile Up with their first new song in five years, ‘Bout To Lose’.

We were talking last week about the enigma that is Bobby Liebling, and I informed Chris I had the fantastic album he recorded with the awesome Sonny Vincent, so it seemed only fair that we delved into The Limit and their track ‘These Days’ from the Svart album ‘Caveman Logic’.

Jesus Lizard released their new album last year after a gap of decades well since 1998 to be exact ‘Rack’ was a real return to form and thirteen years since their last release and it being a live album doesn’t count for new music at least so here’s ‘Hide And Seek’ from ‘Rack’.

There was a time when the music business was treated to a bit of “Cool Cymru”, but to be fair, it wasn’t all that cool and besides, there have always been cool bands and records from Wales. 60ft Dolls we’re right up there as one of the finest bands Wales offered who never got their dues.

The Cramps are one of the most awesome bands ever – original, inventive and insanely catchy. ‘What’s Inside A Girl’ from their ferocious live album gets an outing, and what a stripped bare gem this is. A fine example of what the band were like live, other bands tried to be out there but often fell flat. The Cramps were a true breath of fresh air and one of the most inventive and original bands out there for decades. Try the band’s DVD from inside the Asylum for a gauge of how wild they were.

After seeing Bob Mould live in Rough Trade Bristol last weekend, it seems only right we drop ‘Neanderthal’ from his brand new LP ‘Here We Go Crazy’, then follow it up with the brand new record from Brad Marino out on Rum Bar Records. ‘I Want You’ is a rockin’ ditty filled with the right amount of power pop goodness and muscle riffage you’d expect from Brad.

Now seeing the lineup for this year’s Slugfest and reading Johnny’s review of Chuck Norris Experiment, it seems fair we play Razorbats (another band native to Scandinavia – Oslo to be precise) with the superb ‘Kids Of The 70s’ from their most excellent ‘Camp Rock’ album. We remain in Northern Europe for the next one, but further south – Netherlands to be exact, as Lo Lite release their new LP ‘Sidekicks’, so we’re offering ‘Sideshow’ next as the band showcase their two-man assault on the ear canal with some swampy blues based rock n roll.

One of our favourite artists over the last several decades would undoubtedly be Tyla J Pallas, frontman to the fantastic marauding Dogs D’Amour, as well as a superb solo artist and Balladmonger. His artwork is second to none, and his distinct vocals and Gretsch tone still resonates at HQ, and we look forward to his new music as and when it gets released. His latest album, ‘Gilding The Lily’, is amongst us, so why not play the track Written In Heavy Blood on that very record?

A staple of our show has to be a cover we think you lovely people deserve to hear. This week’s offering happens to be from another Norwegian band this time the mighty Turbonegro, who take on the classic OI! anthem ‘War On The Terraces’.

Anyone for a bit of SMASH and a track from the soundtrack of ‘Flawed Is Beautiful’ and BBC Session ‘Tidal Wave’ still sounds great today. Attitude aplenty here.

We always love hearing bands from down under and this week we bring you a right pair of contenders – firstly we bring the noise from Blowers outta Melbourne with their brand of spikey Garage Punk Power Pop then follow it up with the excellent Stepmother track ‘Vacant State’ it’s lifted from their second album ‘Vacant Life’ and is a belter from this trio.

Finally, we play one from the brand new Wildhearts album ‘The Satanic Rites’, so my favourite track is ‘I’ll Be Your Monster’ and follow it up with the original Thee Hypnotics track ‘Shakedown’ that features in the Jim Jones Allstars set closing off this week’s show in fine style. If you like any of the music we play, why not give us a share and subscribe it all helps increase our presence and circulate great music that doesn’t get near enough exposure. Until next time – Enjoy, and catch you next week for episode 65.