Roki [Rocky] was originally released on the 2017 album Roki and as a single. It is about boxing, it starts by praising the professional sport and then tells the story of working class children who would gladly become professional boxers, a quick rise to fame and fortune, giving money to orphanages, and the problems
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HIM Trilogy consists of the first 3 singles from Rose‘s 2016 album Onto the Floor. The three songs, which appear consecutively on the album, with their video clips form a trilogy that tells a single story about a relationship with romance, betrayal and the music industry that is based on real events in Rose‘s
Time for some comedy. Grouch Girls Don’t Wanna Have Fun originally appeared on Sesame Street in 1985 and appeared on the 1995 album Sesame Road. It is a parody on Cyndi Lauper‘s 1983 single Girls Just Want To Have Fun. It is sung by Grundgetta and some Grouch Girls and explains the Grouch
Spin is the new single from Eva Plays Dead. It is a high energy thrashing rock song with Tiggy‘s attitude holding it together and a chorus that sticks in your mind and has you shouting along with it. It pushes hard right from the first note and doesn’t give up until it ends. You
Little Lethal Problem is the latest single from Mental Monkey Ballet. It is about going crazy, not coping with the world, wanting to die, and needing to be sane. It has a solid rock beat with a punk attitude that perfectly explains the mix of feelings that goes with feeling crazy and it is
Televizor is the new video from BRUTTO. It is a rally against the mind-numbing effects of modern media, and calls for you to not watch TV, listen to the radio, nor read the newspapers because Big Brother is close. It is a great Punk anthem with a simple driving beat behind a catchy lead
Chayka [The Seagull] was originally released by Lyapis Trubetskoy on their 2014 album Matryoshka [Nested Dolls]. It is about the night before a dawn battle, that will create new heroes and new poets. This is an acoustic version that was released as a Christmas Surprise for their fans. You can buy Chayka on
Bones is the latest single from Eva Plays Dead. It is about the choice between doing what is expected of you by folowing what you are told or thinking for yourself and doing what you think is right and about being human and fallible. It is a mix of various high energy rock styles
Seredni Viky [The Dark Ages] is the new single from Brutto. For this release they have added music to a poem, from Ukrainian poet Sergei Zhadan, about the Middle Ages and concerns the plague and religion. It has a strong rhythmic backing with a clear punk attitude and an infectious chorus that consists mostly
Upminster Kid was originally recorded by Ian Dury‘s first band Kilburn and the High-Roads on their 1975 album Handsome. It tells of Ian’s young days as a rock’n’roll fan. It is a 50’s style rock song with a punk attitude added on. Ian regularly performed the song live with The Blockheads but never recorded