About as obvious a rock album as you'll hear all year but no worse for it, the Dead Daisies' third effort was another credible bunch of big hands in the air rock anthems with sly nods to everyone from Queen to the Cult. Don't go expecting the unexpected but if it's good simple old skool rock that you're after then this should satisfy nicely. Review here.
59. ELECTRIC SIX - "Fresh Blood For Tired Vampyres"
Yup, another year, another Electric Six album (their twelfth in all no less) and still no sign of them getting any more sensible with age. While "Fresh Blood..." wasn't quite up to the standard of recent efforts "Mustang" and "Bitch, Don't Let Me Die!", it was still a good effort with the likes of "Mood Is Improving" and "Lee Did This To Me" being as wonderfully unhinged as ever.
58. THE MUTANTS - "Your Desert My Mind"
When the Mutants (headed up by former Adam & Ants bassist Chris Constantinou and former Damned drummer Rat Scabies) put their debut album out in 2014, it was a straight-up punk/ska effort featuring Jake Burns, Neville Staple, Charlie Harper and countless others. They then followed that up last year with a J-Rock album recorded in Tokyo. Next stop? Well, a desert rock album recorded in the Mojave obviously. Featuring various reprobates from the likes of Queens of the Stone Age, the Dandy Warhols and Masters of Reality, "Your Desert My Mind" was a good solid effort and proved that the Mutants are proving a very adept band whatever style of music they turn their hand to. Review here.
57. THE ADMIRAL SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVELL - "Keep It Greasy!"
Similar to the first two ASCS albums, "Keep It Greasy!" is a big woozy juddering fuzzed-up beast of a stoner rock album. Heavier than a concrete brontosaurus, it's also great fun to listen to as the scuzzed-up glam rock of "U Got Wot I Need" testifies. Danko Jones approved and really, who are we to question that? Review here.
56. D GENERATION - "Nothing Is Anywhere"
When it was announced that Jesse Malin and Richard Bacchus would be reforming their seminal early '90s glam-punk outfit a couple of years ago, there was some worry over whether their new work could reach the heights of their classic early albums. However, as songs like "Apocalypse Kids" (vid below) and "Piece Of The Action" demonstrated, this is still very much a band packing a punch two decades on.
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