Wine Lips: TV Dinner

Garage punk psych rockers Wine Lips keep it simple and straightforward on their new album TV Dinner, serving up a baker's dozen of songs about fucking up, brawls, trying to make amends adn the like. They sound rough and muzzy, but the unrelenting energy is just what one might need after a bad day. And listening more closely will unveil the smart licks and spot-on stop-and-start shenagigans.

Anyone claiming that fast-paced guitar driven is a thing of the past will stand corrected. This band is a force of nature and you can't argue with nature. unless you want to make a complete fool of yourself.

Female Gaze: Bury You

photo: Clay Lyon

Tuscon, AZ based alt-rock trio Female Gaze latched upon Kim Deal's bass sound for their Bury You single. Lead singer Nelene DeGuzman had some serious doubts about bringing a child into this world - it became the main theme for their forthcoming new album linea nigra, but on the single she tries to forget about her worries and lead her bandmates through an infectious, sexy mid-tempo dance track. Just enough of echo on the vocals gives the song enough space to set up a three-way conversation between the instruments.

Oliver Wood: solo tour dates

Singer-songwriter Oliver Wood goes out on his own with a short tour, playing his Southern Americana songs about animals and some that will piss off rednecks.

Live dates:

• 09/12 Nashville, TN @ Harken Hall
• 09/25 Naples, NY @ Hollerhorn Distilling
• 09/26 Saratoga Springs, NY @ Putnam Place
• 09/28 Arundel, ME @ Vinegar Hill Music Theatre
• 09/29 Exeter, NH @ The Word Barn (2 shows)
• 09/30 Northampton, MA @ The Iron Horse

» oliverwoodmusic.com

Neighbour Club: Only Fractions

English slacker rockers Neighbour Club got a lot of alcohol in them to come to terms with a relationship that was doomed from the start. Pretty hung over and a bit confused is the mood they wanted to project on their single Only Fractions, now that they realise that the involved party was only looking for a good time during the night and nothing more. It is a track from their debut EP Snail Mail, due for release on September 25th.

Jumble Hole Clough: "And The Sun Shall Set" (actually "Everybody Bloody Day") video

The powers that be at YouTube might have taken umbrage, so Colin Robinson changed the title of Everybody Bloody Day to And The Sun Shall Set for the video. It is a track from I'm Waiting for My Mam, the latest album by his one-man avant-garde project Jumble Hole Clough: "The title track, an obvious pun on the Velvet Underground song about scoring heroin, finds him waiting for his mother to bring him bread and jam, although there might be a shady character about who might want to sell him some substances that are not exactly legal. Robinson however heeds no stimulants to create an alternate universe. Tapping into his own imagination - 52 albums and counting - has never let him down."

The footage was shot by Robinson in 2016 by at the Sandtoft Trolley Bus Museum in Lincolnshire.

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HCTF review of I'm Waiting for My Mam