{"id":5860,"date":"2019-06-04T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T05:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=5860"},"modified":"2019-05-31T23:14:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T23:14:40","slug":"various-artists-the-down-south-spaghetty-accident-spaghetty-town-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=5860","title":{"rendered":"Various Artists &#8211; The Down South Spaghetty Accident (Spaghetty Town Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/YzZuUSMX.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5861 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/YzZuUSMX-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/YzZuUSMX-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/YzZuUSMX-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/YzZuUSMX-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/YzZuUSMX-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/YzZuUSMX-1140x1140.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/YzZuUSMX-65x65.jpeg 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Atlanta so much to answer for&#8230; Nah, ok, so it was Manchester besides what has Atlanta got to answer for?\u00a0 Well, it could answer for this rockin&#8217; bastard of a compilation.\u00a0 championing fourteen of its favourite (adopted) sons celebrating Atlanta&#8217;s annual Down South Showdown Festival.\u00a0 This bad boy plays out in just about half an hours worth of top tunage.\u00a0 this compilation is a fuckin&#8217; stunner simple as that.\u00a0 What&#8217;s more\u00a0thirteen of these tracks are unreleased or have never been put on physical media before, including a new track from Dirty Fences!<\/p>\n<p>shit from the off RMBLR with &#8216;Next Time&#8217; get this party started.\u00a0 Sure you know the history of this band (if not then off you go there&#8217;s your homework) what a barnstormer of a tune makes you want to get that feather cut and rush off out to get that throat tat you promised yourself and start flippin&#8217; off cop cars because all you care about is the Rock and Roll and this is Rock and Fuckin&#8217; Roll! superb.<\/p>\n<p>Dirty Fences is a breath of power pop fresh air with &#8216;M.O.N.E.Y&#8217; Whilst BBQT has got their foot on the monitor wedge as they blast through &#8216;Savage&#8217; woohoo! like Blondie fronting the runaways on 45rpm.\u00a0 Then things get punky with Sick Bags and the early &#8217;70s Dolls influenced &#8216;If You Can&#8217;t Join Em (Beat Em Up)&#8217;\u00a0 with some mighty fine lyrics that had me smiling and that Riff- the undertones want it back when you&#8217;ve finished beating it to death.\u00a0Pine &amp; Tolliver get a little freaky with the keys on \u201cSomethin\u2019 More\u201d sounding like they Od&#8217;d on Lou Read.<\/p>\n<p>Fixed Faces &#8216;The Call&#8217; is a slow burner then when they get going and the Riff kicks in sounds like a late night getting kicked out of Max&#8217;s and hitting CBGB&#8217;s on the wrong night mixing Toilet Boys with a lethal dose of Jayne County is some serious Rock and Roll for anyone and luckily it fits right in on this compilation. MAMA rock out with a slice of Thin Lizzy in a pair of creepers with a feather boa draped over the mic stand as they go for the &#8216;Sugar Burn&#8217; another great tune it would be remiss of me to gloss over any of the bands on here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Flip it and Austins Trouble Boys barge in with &#8216;Ricky&#8217; in tow and if things hadn&#8217;t turned ugly before then once these punks rock up it might just be the match that lit the fire. If Donos Boys are asking if we&#8217;re ready or not then obviously we&#8217;re ready willing and able as they do their best Ramones whilst pogoing. RPM always has time for Ravagers and their muscular punk rock n roll. &#8216;#They Live&#8217; has the gang bv&#8217;s we love and turn in a bruiser.<\/p>\n<p>We loved the Criminal Kids when we had their album to review and &#8216;Run For The Police&#8217; proves they have more to offer and that rollicking barroom piano is working a treat as they kick up a shit storm and turn in the highlight of the album along with RMBLR.\u00a0 Only leaving The Uppers to rock out with &#8216;Bulldozer&#8217; and a new band on the RPM radar is a welcome addition as I&#8217;m sure it won&#8217;t be their last coverage if they have more to offer that&#8217;s half as good as this rocker and I love the breakdown.<\/p>\n<p>Bad Sons won us over when we had one of their singles hit the 45 RPM round up so we were excited to hear what &#8216;Hammers&#8217; was going to sound like and it didn&#8217;t disappoint at all with their aggressive slice of punk n roll.\u00a0 Which only left Cheap Tissue to sign off this absolute belter of a compilation.\u00a0 &#8216;Up My Sleeve&#8217; isn&#8217;t a quiet goodnight but lights flashing and horn honkin&#8217; rev of the engine and like the getaway car in a robbery this is the wheels spinning swift exit middle finger out the window you would expect.\u00a0 Do not tell me you love rock and fuckin&#8217; roll and pass this by.\u00a0 I can only apologise for not getting to this sooner it will be to my eternal shame that I wasn&#8217;t on the button with this review but it&#8217;s better late than never besides like all good things come to those who wait or he who rocks last rocks longest or something like that.\u00a0 Just flippin&#8217; buy it!<\/p>\n<p>Buy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaghettytown.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/rmblrterritory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RMBLR<\/a> (Atlanta, GA \/ Baltimore, MD)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/DIRTYFENCES\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dirty Fences<\/a> (New York City)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/bbqtiswildatheart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBQT<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/getyoursickout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sick Bags<\/a> (Richmond, VA)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/pine_n_tolliver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pine &amp; Tolliver<\/a> (Atlanta, GA)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/fixedfaces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fixed Faces<\/a> (Greenville, SC)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/MAMAbandchicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAMA<\/a> (Chicago, IL)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/imatroubleboy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trouble Boys<\/a> (Austin, TX)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/dinosboys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dino\u2019s Boys<\/a> (Atlanta, GA)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/ravagersgang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ravagers<\/a> (Baltimore, MD)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/CriminalKids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Criminal Kids<\/a> (Chicago, IL)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/GetDownWithTheUppers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Uppers<\/a> (St. Louis, MO)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/badsonschicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bad Sons<\/a> (Chicago, IL)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/cheaptissue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cheap Tissue<\/a> (Los Angeles, CA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta so much to answer for&#8230; Nah, ok, so it was Manchester besides what has Atlanta got to answer for?\u00a0 Well, it could answer for this rockin&#8217; bastard of a compilation.\u00a0 championing fourteen of its favourite (adopted) sons celebrating Atlanta&#8217;s annual Down South Showdown Festival.\u00a0 This bad boy plays out in just about half an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[2239,2231,2240,2238,1046,2237,2230,2234,2235,2233,946,2229,2232,2241,2236],"class_list":["post-5860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-bad-sons-chicago","tag-bbqt","tag-cheap-tissue-los-angeles","tag-chicago-the-uppers-st-louis","tag-criminal-kids","tag-dinos-boys","tag-dirty-fences","tag-fixed-faces","tag-mama","tag-pine-tolliver","tag-ravagers","tag-rmblr","tag-sick-bags","tag-spaghetty-town-records","tag-trouble-boys","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5860"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5863,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5860\/revisions\/5863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}