Category: Relentless

“Fireworks”

www.drugdealercheerleader.co.uk

Bored with the latest wave of soul-destroying guitar music, DrugdealerCheerleader is a rock’n’roll band, pure and simple. There’s no doubt about it the music that the band are playing isn’t the most appealing to the so called trend-setters in their ivory towers – but by god it’s filled with fuel-injected passion. DrugdealerCheerleader don’t care about what the trendy set perceive as cliché. They wear make-up, say “motherfucker”, have loud distorted guitars, pogo on stage and simply rock with no thought for those that don’t want to roll with them. Marrying melody and energy DrugdealerCheerleader’s songs are filled with ocean-wide hooks and a devil may care attitude. All that’s left to say is go and dust off the rock’n’roll attitude put it back on and watch out for the next generation…

“Fuck ’em if they can’t deal with it” – DrugdealerCheerleader front man Hilda on being told to calm his act down….

“Part Time Punk”

www.myspace.com/heygravity

Hey Gravity are a two girl/three boy rock and roll song machine out of London. HG is also the new project fronted by singer/chanteuse Justine Berry, who has been described as that rare find in the musical landscape of 2006; a girl singer that can actually rock, drawing comparisons with Chrissie Hynde, Debbie Harry, PJ Harvey, Peaches and other girls with attitude.

Justine also recently collaborated and brought some rock and roll fire to two tracks on the 2005 album from breakbeat duo Atomic hooligan ‘You Are Here’, which was voted Best Album Of 2005 in the Breakspoll Awards and one of the top albums of the year in magazines including DJ Magazine. Hey Gravity sees Justine, along with new campadre/guitarist Anna on guitar, Andy, Paul and Stuart, moving forward, with a bunch of great new songs recorded, including ‘Part Time Punk’ (available from their site for free download), ‘Risen (she said)’ and ‘Inside Out’- already getting feet moving and tongues wagging.

“Twax”

www.myspace.com/keiko

Let’s be honest. There’re too many bands in this world that sound exactly like some other band – and that band probably wasn’t so hot to start with. In the last few years we’ve witnessed the rise of identikit emo and sexless metal – an endless, soul-crushing repetition choking the once mighty fire of rock ‘n roll. Goddamnit, doesn’t anyone want something new?

Keiko are a band that do, and anyone who’s seen or heard them would certainly agree that they provide it in spades. This is a band for whom comparisons are not easily made – or if they are, they’re usually rendered obsolete by the next chorus. Keiko are frenetic, aggressive and unpredictable, but Keiko are also accessible, melodic and – whisper it – catchy.

They’d hesitate to call themselves ‘punk’ because of the connotations of Neanderthal stubbornness it now entails. Keiko’s music explores odd time signatures, jazz harmonics and some migraine-inducing structures. On the other hand, they’re not mad on the word ‘prog’ because it makes them sound pretentious and bloated. Keiko’s music is lean, vital and brimming over with energy.