Mojo Dingo’s debut album provided a short but enjoyable excursion into the blues. The music contained within didn’t necessarily add anything new to the genre, but some great playing and a really heartfelt sound combined with obvious nods to a few classic influences resulted in a record that had an almost ageless heart. Three years on, ‘The Road’ brings essentially more of the same, but among the eight guitar driven tunes, there are a couple of very welcome deviations which show the band’s ability to work a bluesy core isn’t necessary as limited as first impressions might suggest.
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Check out ‘Sugarcoat’, the new video from Nectarous
In 2023, US rockers Nectarous released ‘Whiskey Hustlin’ Woman’, a great single that flaunted a massive 70s influence. The way it blended the Southern Style of Lynyrd Skynyrd with a dose of 90s style funk rock – particularly notable through an infectious guitar riff – was particularly cool, if never entirely fashionable. In some ways, it set the band in place as a more melodic Black Stone Cherry, and more than suggested there would be more great music ahead.
Watch: Wird share new video for ‘Lies’
Formed during the pandemic of 2020, Wird are a London based band who revel in big riffs and grungy noises. Taking various influences from the 90s, they shared their ‘Screwed’ debut in 2022, which immediately cast itself in a Puddle of Mudd vein with its post-Nirvana Cobain-isms, and chugging approach, before ‘Clown’ took the band into slightly heavier climes with the aid of copious amounts of feedback and a sludgy guitar riff that equalled a number of second division grunge acts.
Watch: Brighton’s The Rattlebacks share new video for ‘Dementia Lounge’
Brighton based rock band The Rattlebacks have really put their stamp on 2024 with a couple of excellent singles. Here’s another: ‘Dementia Lounge’ doesn’t just capture the band’s gift for riffs, but improves on previous efforts by delivering much more of a direct punch.
THE REAL GONE SINGLES BAR #71
Welcome back to the Real Gone Singles Bar, the place where we explore some of the individual tracks that have landed in our inbox over the previous few weeks. This time out we bring you a synth based banger, a strange and trippy singer songwriter, a cheeky 60s throwback, some big rock sounds from a rising band and more besides. Hopefully, there’s something here that will entertain, and encourage you to dig just a little further.