COLOSSAL YES - 'ACAPULCO ROUGHS'

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• BING046CD - CD

  600197004623

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WIDELY KNOWN AS THE 'DRUMMER DUDE' IN COMETS ON FIRE, UTRILLO KUSHNER'S MUSICAL TALENTS RANGE FAR BEYOND THE DRUNKEN-MASTER-STYLE WAILING HE UNLEASHES ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT WITH THE COMETS. IT'S HIS SKILLS AS A SONGWRITER AND BANDLEADER THAT IMPRESS ON THE SENTIMENTAL ROCK STYLINGS OF ACAPULCO ROUGHS. HAVING TICKLED THE IVORIES FOR CLOSE TO A DECADE, KUSHNER ASSUMES COMMAND OF THE KEYS IN COLOSSAL YES AND STEPS IT UP AS A FULL-FLEDGED PIANO MAN. THINK BADFINGER, SPIRIT, PROCOL HARUM, THE BAND.

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1. JUST LIKE A MADEMOISELLE
2. A TITAN'S BUFFET
3. THE HONEYCREEPER SMILES
4. O' CROCUS SHALL BE RAISED
5. A FIG FOR MISFORTUNE
6. BETWEEN ASS & OPHIR
7. POOR BOY'S ZODIAC
8. THERE'S RED DIRT IN WINE

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NEW COMETS ON FIRE ALBUM GETTING WIDESPREAD PRESS, THIS IS THE DEBUT SOLO OUTING FROM COMETS ON FIRE DRUMMER UTRILLO KUSHNER, THE PIANO JAMS ON HERE ARE THE STRAWBERRY JAM POP SWEETNESS TO THE COMETS ON FIRE PEANUT BUTTER PSYCH CRUNCH. HOT STUFF INDEED!

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EXPLODERS, THE - 'S/T'

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• RUB206CD - CD

  5021456135493

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THEY'RE THE HOTTEST YOUNG BAND OUT OF REGIONAL AUSTRALIA SINCE SPIDERBAIT.AND THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ROCKS, SWINGS, PUMPS, SWAGGERS AND LEAPS FROM THE SPEAKERS WITH HINTS OF THE SUNNY BOYS, CREDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL AND THE KINKS AND MORE POP SAVVY THAN THE ENTIRE 60'S BRIT INVASION!. FEATURING A RHYTHM SECTION THAT YOU'D SWEAR KNOWS EVERY CREAM & HENDRIX TUNE EVER PENNED, THE EXPLODERS HAVE AN URGENT AND ELECTRIFYING GUITAR SOUND THAT'LL HIT YA SMACK IN THE FACE. FOR FANS OF: THE KINKS, HENDRIX, VINES, JET, STROKES:

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1. BBC INTRO
2. MY COUNTRY BRAIN
3. STEPPING OUT
4. COWBOY JIM
5. BIG HAIR REVOLUTION
6. CAN'T SLEEP
7. HUGH'S LULLABY
8. PLEASE PLEASE
9. GODS ABOVE
10. FUZZ BOMB
11. EVERYBODY KNOWS

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REVIEWS IN ROCKSOUND, UNCUT AND MORE TBC

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EVEN - 'THE STREET PRESS YEARS'

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• RUB157CD - CD

  5021456119639

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OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS, EVEN HAVE PROVED THEMSELVES TO BE ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S HARDEST WORKING AND CONSISTENTLY SUCCESSFUL INDIE ROCK-POP BANDS. THIS ALBUM "THE STREET PRESS YEARS" IS A COMPILATION FEATURING 15 TRACKS OF THEIR MOST POPULAR TUNES TO DATE. EVEN IS A BAND UNASHAMEDLY INFLUENCED AND EMULATING THE CLASSIC POP/ROCK OF THE '60S AND '70S. THINK BADFINGER, THINK GRAM PARSONS, THINK EASYBEATS, PLAIN SIMPLE POP SONGS.

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1. TIME TO SEE
2. 24 HOUR CYNIC
3. SUPERGLUE
4. STUPID DREAM
5. DON'T WAIT
6. STOP AND GO MAN
7. PEACHES AND CREAM
8. I HAVE NOTHING
9. MAYFAIR LAUNDRY BUS
10. SUNSHINE COMES
11. NO SURPRISES
12. BLACK UMBRELLA
13. SHINING STAR
14. ELECTRIC LIGHT
15. ROCK AND ROLL SAVE MY LIFE

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ICE CREAM HANDS, THE - 'YOU CAN RIDE MY BIKE: THE BEST OF'

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• RUB189CD - 2xCDs

  5021456126910

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THE AUSTRALIAN POWER-POP BAND ICE CREAM HANDS COMPRISED SINGER/GUITARIST CHARLES JENKINS, GUITARIST DOMINIC LARIZZA, BASSIST DOUGLAS LEE ROBERTSON AND DRUMMER DEREK SMILEY. DEBUTING IN LATE 1992 WITH A SELF-TITLED EP, THE GROUP ISSUED THEIR FIRST FULL-LENGTH RELEASE TRAVELLING...MADE EASY A YEAR LATER. AFTER 1994'S SUPERMARKET SCENE EP, ICE CREAM HANDS ISSUED ANOTHER STOP-GAP SINGLE RELEASE, OLIVE, BEFORE FINALLY RESURFACING WITH THEIR SOPHOMORE LP MEMORY LANE TRAFFIC JAM IN 1997. NO LESS THAN 43 TRACKS ON THIS 2 CD MONSTER, AN AMAZING PACKAGE THAT COMPILES ALL OF THE BANDS SINGLES AND LIVE FAVES ON DISC 1 AND THEN ALL OF THEIR AMAZING NON-ALBUM B-SIDES ON DISC 2. PLUS, THERE'S A BRAND NEW TRACK 'MUSIC BY THE METRE' TO BOOT,WHICH SEES THE BOYS AT THEIR ROCKIN' BEST!!

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CASANOVAS, THE - '...KEEP IT HOT'

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• RUB147CD - CD EP

  5021456113903

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NEW TO FORTE: THIS IS THE DEBUT EP FROM AUSTRALIAN AC/DC MEET RAMONES WORSHIPPERS THE CASANOVAS. 5 TRACKS OF SHITKICKIN HI-ENERGY HARD ROCK, ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2002.

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1. KEEP IT HOT
2. NASTY
3. WON'T GO DOWN
4. TOO COOL
5. 10 OUTTA 10

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CASANOVAS, THE - 'S/T'

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• RUB161CD - CD

  5021456124664

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NEW TO FORTE! FINALLY RELEASED IN 2005, THIS IS THE HARD ROCKING DEBUT FULL LENGTH FROM MELBOURNE TRIO, THE CASANOVAS, 10 TRACKS OF POLISHED AUSTRALIAN ROCK AND ROLL THAT GARNERED A SHED LOAD OF RAPTUROUS UK PRESS, EVEN A SPARKLING NME REVIEW, KERRANG LOVED IT, AND THEY'LL BE BACK LATER THIS YEAR WITH A SPANKING NEW ALBUM AND A VAN LOAD OF TOURING. FOR FANS OF DATSUNS, AC/DC, RAMONES, HELLACOPTERS, AND A GOOD TIME!

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1. LIVIN' IN THE CITY
2. BREAK YOUR HEART
3. HEARTBEAT
4. HERE'S TO IT
5. NO TIME FOR LOVE
6. SHAKE IT
7. RUNNIN' SO LATE
8. STRANGE DREAMS
9. ONE MORE TIME
10. 10 OUTTA 10

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SUISHOU NO FUNE - 'WHERE THE SPIRITS ARE'

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• HM261283 - CD

  655035628325

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formed in 1999 as a duo of female guitarist pirako kurenai and male guitarist kageo, suishou no fune have been making some of the most charmingly chaotic dream music coming out of japan. their sound contains subcutaneous elements of no-wave energy mixed with psychedelic rock ala early fushitsusha or kousokuya. other songs approach balladry with oddly beautiful twinned vocals and distorted guitars. japan's most exciting new underground psychedelic guitar group, featured on psf's recent tokyo flashback 5 comp and durtro jnana's 5xcd not alone benefit disc. for fans of fushitsusha, kousokuya and les rallizes denudes

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1. VALE OF SPIRITS
2. YOUR TEARS DROP FROM THE SKY
3. APPARITION ON A MOONLESS NIGHT
4. BLACK PHANTOM
5. A ROSE BLOOMED

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