dirt cult records Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/dirt-cult-records/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:03:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 198238920 X “Aspirations” https://vinylfromthevault.com/x-aspirations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=x-aspirations Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:03:23 +0000 https://vinylfromthevault.com/?p=16267 X "Aspirations" 1979/2024 reissue on red & white splatter, Dirt Cult Records/Green Noise Records. Australian punk - NOT the L.A.-based classic punk band but a classic nonetheless. Less polished, way snottier than their American counterparts, with accents! Tough, menacing, stomping, and often political, Aspirations is up there with the Sex Pistols, The Clash and yes, [...]

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]]> X “Aspirations” 1979/2024 reissue on red & white splatter, Dirt Cult Records/Green Noise Records. Australian punk – NOT the L.A.-based classic punk band but a classic nonetheless. Less polished, way snottier than their American counterparts, with accents! Tough, menacing, stomping, and often political, Aspirations is up there with the Sex Pistols, The Clash and yes, X, with must-owns for any classic punk collection. The opener “Suck Suck” is brutal, “Police” has tinges of reggae just like the UK punks like to sprinkle in, “Revolution” is a growling brawler, the bass-line of “Turn My Head” vibrates deep, a real ass-shaker (like literally quivers the tailbone), “Waiting” is a tortured screaming dirge, reminiscent of Germs’ “Shut Down,” and “I Don’t Wanna Go Out” is an absolute banger, the bass-line a direct nod to the Peter Gunn series theme song by Henry Mancini. Even if you think you’ve never heard of Aussie X, you probably do know this track (well, if you like/listen to punk).

YouTube isn’t cooperating to embed this video but it’s early/live(ish) X performing “I Don’t Wanna Go Out.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGc02KW4fFg

Here’s a 2022 video of “Suck Suck” (not sure which band members are original, definitely not all of them: the bassist looks young enough to be the singer’s or guitarist’s son)

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]]> 16267 More Kicks “More Kicks” https://vinylfromthevault.com/more-kicks-more-kicks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-kicks-more-kicks Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:14:57 +0000 https://vinylfromthevault.com/?p=15399 More Kicks "More Kicks" 2019. There are five record labels listed on this LP: Beluga Records, Wanda Records, Snap!! Records, Adrenalin Fix Music and Dirt Cult Records - I can't say I've ever seen that before on one disk. Anyway, I've been hanging onto this record to write about since about a year ago when we [...]

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]]> More Kicks “More Kicks” 2019. There are five record labels listed on this LP: Beluga Records, Wanda Records, Snap!! Records, Adrenalin Fix Music and Dirt Cult Records – I can’t say I’ve ever seen that before on one disk. Anyway, I’ve been hanging onto this record to write about since about a year ago when we caught London’s More Kicks at Dirtnap Records Fest in June 2022 in the hopes they’d be swinging back through the States again this summer. Unfortunately, the mod-rock power pop band announced their breakup a couple of weeks ago and I’m super-bummed. Here’s their farewell note from social media:

More Kicks
2017-2023
Hard one, but there it is. It’s been a total pleasure to make music for the past six years as MORE KICKS but it’s time to say adiós. Two LPs, four singles, gigs across Europe and the US. Records released on labels we love such as Dirtnap Records , Stardumb Records, Wanda Records, Snap Records, Dirt Cult Records, Beluga Records, Adrenalin Fix Music. Hotel rooms, flats, camper vans, inflatable mattresses, festival stages, squat stages, no-stages shared across multiple cities; mountains of ginger for aching throats belonging to paranoid singers; litres of gin and tonic ‘for the stage’. Three men driving around the globe in small vehicles with bass cases and assorted paraphernalia jabbing them in the head. What a trip.
There are so many people to thank. Too many. Label bosses, bookers, promoters, sofa-bed providers. Dear friends and people we had never met going above and beyond to help us pull tours together. And of course, all those who came the gigs, bought a record, came to say ‘hi’, said that we were ‘brutales’, too loud, too soft, asked if we were really British (we sort of are). A sincere thanks to all.
An absolute blast.
Sulli, Paolo, Kris xxx

Their music is bright, punchy and ass-shakingly upbeat and their live performance was utterly delightful – definitely a highlight from last summer. More Kicks is their debut LP: it’s 60’s-inspired in the very best of ways with hooks and garagey beats galore. So many excellent tracks! My top picks is the 60’s garage (with organ!) and completely addictive “She’s a Reaction,” followed closely by another ear-worm ready track “Blame it on the Satellite.” Also of very notable mention: their first single “It’s a Drag,” “Rock N Roll Again,” the lo-fi jangly “Ain’t That Just the Way” and the garage-thrasher “Your Vibration” – that video below from Dirtnap Fest (but I didn’t record it).

 

 

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