Siena Root have released a video to their song “Root Rock Pioneers” this week. As the title implies it’s about root rock, and not just any root rock, but a dazzling one that makes me think of the bluesy hard rock from the early seventies. Deep Purple is a comparison that easily comes to mind, especially because of the brilliant interaction between the lead guitar and the hammond, and also because of the wonderful, dynamic retro-sound which blows any modern, over-compressed rock track off the road. If you want more of this you can listen to the latest album “Pioneers”, which is their fifth album.
The trio Sentimental Pet have released their third single, “Killing Time”. It’s quite different from the last single “Evil Mind” from last Spring; we’re faced here with a darker ambience and a tough, grinding, hypnotic rock with reverb drenched guitars and distant voices. Rough guitars threaten to throw us into chaos along the way but never do it, but take command again and continue down the designated route. Interestingly there’s also also a story that comes with the song, a story which places the band in Nicaragua under some mysterious circumstances. You can read it here. Where are Sentimental Pet heading? I’d love to see a bunch of new songs this year.
During 2015 The Plastic Pals celebrate 10 years as a band. Today they release the single “Riding With Elvis” which makes it a perfect way to start this music year, I think. It’s been 80 years since Elvis was born today, and the band honour him with a sparkling tribute to rock’n’roll. In their own way, with a rough, tight groove, inspired by Motown, and razorsharp guitar riffs. Another band attribute, the melodic, catchy chorus, is also there, and the question is if the band have ever sounded this good.
The Swedish/Icelandic rock trio Death By Toaster released the EP “That’s Life” now in December. The EP is the first in a series of four EP:s, each containing three songs which all together will form the content of the debut album, to be released on the 1st of June next year. The second EP is out on the 16th of January. Listen here below to two of the tracks which I would describe as a mix of alternative rock and melodic hard rock.:
The Grand Minnows, who I wrote about earlier this year, have released a new EP, “Diamond Man”, with three songs. They write that they wanted to create a stronger rock vibe to the sound with more speed but still easy to listen to. And I think they’ve succeeded quite well with that. The guitars are rawer, it feels more straight on with more energy and they are moving more and more into post grunge, still expressing their great sense of catchy melodies. If you’re in Kalmar (Sweden) on Saturday 29/11 you can see them play live at Witten right before Truckfighters.
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