Cro-Mags are celebrating the 40th Anniversary with Age of Quarrel – 40 Years Of Quarrel (BLKIIBLK). It’s a re-recording of the entire album, with Harley Flannigan taking over the vocals. If you have seen them live in the past 20 years with the Harley-fronted lineup, this is just a smoothed-out studio version of those performances. To his credit, he comes pretty close to capturing the aggressive energy of the song, and he has been playing them for 40 years, so he should be able to do.
The fourteenth album by veteran New Yorkers Prong sees the band utilising every weapon in their arsenal on a self-titled record that comes at you from every angle. Formed in 1986, it might only be founder member Tommy Victor left standing at this point, but seeing as he was always the living, beating heart of the band, then that’s all you really need.
Saturday:
As the heat gets worse and the prospect of melting becomes increasingly likely, a bouncing up and down session in the pit to The Scratch is probably inadvisable, but there you go. The Dublin four-piece are absolutely fantastic, frontman Daniel “Lango” Lang using taped drumsticks to beat the hell out of his Cajón like some kind of busker’s bodhrán as the band cover Motörhead classic “Ace of Spades.” Continue reading