Vain is coming!!!! and latest Playlist 14.12.09

VAIN- ALL THOSE STRANGERS is coming!!!!!

I recently got a new Iphone and have decided to transfer some of my favourite albums onto it.

I will keep my Ipod classic for new music and leave the older stuff on the iphone for easy access. Consequently I have been revisting some older classic 80s/90s hard rock.

Here's the older stuff I have been tuning into my cars' Aux jack-

Crown Of Thorns- s/t

Mr Big- s/t

Vain- s/t and On the line

American Pearl- s/t

Kingdom Come-s/t

LA Guns- Cocked & Loaded etc etc

Still plenty of new stuff that I have been getting into as well-

1/ Cowboy Prostitutes- Let Me Have Your Heart( latest sleaze rock album from this Swedish band)

2/ Milestones- Devil In Me (verging on album of the year it is that good. A real surprize Gem)

3/ WASP- Babylon (the more I listen the more I like it. Apart from the pointless covers this is brilliant. The solo guitar work is outstanding and this is the best sounding album they have done since Headless Cross)

4/ Alberta Cross- Broken Side Of Time ( fantastic alt rock with emotion, elements of Neil Young and Kings of Leon but better)

5/ Sorry & The Sinatras- Highball Roller (Catchy as hell punk rock with balls, Sorry is also in Wildhearts and plays Bass but this is his band and it is actually better.Imagine a heavier and Punkier Demolition 23)

I have ordered Vains previously Unreleased 2nd album All Those Strangers from Music Buy Mail ($40.00 odd dollars Aus). Can't wait to finally get a proper copy and Shelve the old Bootleg forever. Easily one of my top 10 bands of all time. How I wish They would tour Aus.

Playlist 29.10.09

It has been some time since I last posted a playlist. Many fantastic albums have pased through my ears in that time, but here is what is currently doing the trick.

1/ Mama Kin- In the City.
Swedish classic 80s Hard rock sound. The lead vocalist puts me in mind of Paul Stanley. After a couple of good EPs this sounds like a fantatstic album.

2/Babylon Bombs- Babylons Burning.
Another Swedish band. You can definately here Chris Laneys contrabution on the production. He has not only made them sound better but has brought out the guys songwriting which I thought always let them down slightly.

3/Bon Jovi- The Circle.
Although this is better than most of their recent releases it is nowhere near as good as classic Jovi albums. Pleasant suprise though.

4/Wolfmother- Cosmic Egg.
Fantastic Aussie rock album which is as good as the debut. Brings in even more elements of Stoner rock and has a couple of poppier tracks which may find thir way onto commercial radio.

5/Grand Design- Time Elevation.
Huge Def Leppard sound also from a Swedish band. Great album but some tracks are a bit samey and the vocalist has a slight accent which is a little annoying.

6/ Rod Stewart- The Rod Stewart Sessions 1971- 1998 box set (4 disc).
Enjoyable stop gap until Rod decides to show some balls and do a real album not the covers crap he has dished out for nearly a decade. How can such a brilliant talent (early 70s especially) lose the plot by so far. Something to do with money I suspect. Even so this an enjoyable set which shows some of his biggest hits in a different light and features numerous outtakes from his career.

New Wolfmother

Just finished listening to the new Wolfmother album Cosmic Egg.Although the bit rate was low it still gave me a good indication of how the album sounds. If anything they now sound even more like Led Zepplin. I like what I hear and look forward to getting the actual product in my stereo system.