Now listen up: if it’s spit’n'sawdust bar-room blues-rawk’n'roll you’re after, it doesn’t come much louder or more fun than a Nashville Pussy live set.

You can’t stop the rock’n'roll, and you certainly can’t stop Israeli garage loons Monotonix from touring and penning loud, brief and charmingly noisy records.

This is the fourth studio album by Superbutt. They’re big in their homeland of Hungary, you know… and by all merits, they should be fairly big over here, too.

From out of New York, seemingly via deepest Alabama, The Brought Low‘s Third Record is southern-fried seventies road-rock done straight and true.

Another band with J Mascis in the line-up? No prizes for guessing Sweet Apple‘s Love & Desperation is bluesy rock all through, then… but what’s the story?

Pride Of Nowhere sees The Smoking Hearts play straight-up tattooed-rebel punk’n'roll. Which would be fine, were it not for the hundreds of bands just like them.

Cumbrian rockers Falling Red play respectable retro cock-rock with straight faces, and they make a decent job of it on debut album Shake The Faith.

Sardinian oddballs De Grinpipol have some great garage-pop to share on this self-released and eponymous debut album. Quirky, and full of Mediterranean sunshine.

Montreal rednecks-in-waiting Barn Burner bring out the Sabbathy stoner clichés with gusto on Bangers… but sadly, that’s pretty much all there is to it.

Another Welsh pop-punk band? Straight Lines may not be doing anything particularly new, but Persistence In This Game at least has the courage of its convictions.