rescuing musical virtue in distress.
Cultural historians and academics of the sonic arts will tell you that rock and roll never really grew up. Devotees of the form will tell you that it never felt the need to. Country music may have forged its sound around three chords and the truth, but rock and roll was always happy to get... Continue Reading →
If The Judex seemed to live a bit of a rock'n' roll cliche, it was a good one. Form a band, write a bunch of great songs, implode and leave people wanting more. A year ago it felt that the band had written a short but exciting chapter in the annals of rock 'n' roll... Continue Reading →
The Judex is less a band, more a collection of contradictions, a whirling mass of opposites that somehow have managed to attract and believe me when I say that they are like few rock bands that have crossed your path, if they had, you would have remembered. The titles of the tracks alone tell you... Continue Reading →
Following on from writing about their recent release Kill White Lights we sat down for a bit of a chat to find out more about our favourite Philly garage rockers The Judex to find out more about where it all started, what's it all about and more excitingly, where is it all heading. So let’s... Continue Reading →
It says something about the world around us when there are people who can name all of The Kardashians but who can’t name 5 congressional leaders, or know just how long it would take to ride from King’s Landing to…some other place in a made up world but can’t point to North Korea on the... Continue Reading →
I remember waiting for Souixsie and The Banshees to play at a festival and being subjected to northern chancers The Farm playing a set looking and sounding like a bunch of construction workers running through bad and uninspiring karaoke tunes after a hard day working with sheet-rock. I mention this to highlight the fact that... Continue Reading →