Ancona, Italy-based Garage/Blues Rock Band Gentlemens Return with Third Ferocious Full-length TRIAGE (Hound Gawd! Records)

As many of you may well remember, Gentlemens/The Gentlemens are a frantic young Garage/Blues Rock band hailing from Ancona, Italy. I believe, a number of years ago, Gentlemens' guitarist G.F. AKA Giordano Baldoni found us on Twitter and started frequently sending the band's music; at that point, they were unsigned, but we eventually, ended up publishing a comprehensive feature on The Gentlemens' sophomore full-length, HOBO-FI, released on Pisa, Italy-based Area Pirata Records back in 2016. Now, just about three years later, Gentlemens have returned once again with their third full-length entitled TRIAGE, this time, however, on German imprint, Hound Gawd! Records, as "powered by" Rough Trade Distribution. Since HOBO-FI's initial release, Gentlemens nearly trekked across the "entire Boot," as well as two European tours in just one year with stops in Switzerland, Germany, France, and Spain for a total of about 75 dates, plus, opening for The Oblivians on the Italian leg of their 2018 tour. As previously stated within our HOBO-FI feature a few years ago, Gentlemens still evoke Iggy & The Stooges, The Rolling Stones & The Black Keys on TRIAGE; although, in my "humble" opinion, there's a bit more feverish Punk/Hardcore vibe this go'round, reminiscent of The Cramps and even The Witzard favorites, Spiritual Cramp.

Hound Gawd! Records fittingly describes Gentlemens' TRIAGE as "11 prime cuts of raw Rock "N" Roll" and had this to say within their on-site album press release: "The album collects and [mixes] the experiences and troubles on the road made by the band, since the last released record in 2016. [Starting] from the roots and the diving board of Garage Blues, the trio dips into influences and contaminations that make TRIAGE more personal and surely, more characteristic published by the band. The band injects Blues, Punk, Rockabilly, and 60's Garage with their own amplified fury." G.F. Daniele Fioretti & Paolo Fioretti recorded TRIAGE at OUTSIDE INSIDE STUDIO with Matteo "Matt" Bordin (Mojomatics, Squadra Omega, The Spookies) & Gianluca Turrini (The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, One Dimensional Man) following their extensive tours across "The Boot." TRIAGE was later, mastered by Andrea de Bernardi at Eleven Mastering Studio with artwork created by Veronica Coltellacci. So far, Gentlemens have unleashed one proper single/music video from TRIAGE, "John Q. Public Blues," as directed by Michele Formica, but starring actors Riccardo Balestra & Olivia Spadolini, rather than G.F. D.F. & P.F. Gentlemens' TRIAGE is currently available to stream on their Soundcloud page with limited edition vinyl and CD packages currently available directly from Hound Gawd! Records' online store.

"Let Me Shine for You:" Lindsay Lohan for Playboy (Winter 2011-12 Leak)

Lindsay Lohan essentially embodies exactly "What NOT to Do In Hollywood :" Fame, fortune, success... sex, drugs & Rock "N" Roll . Within a fairly short period of time, Lohan somehow managed to obtain a plentiful helping of POWER @ a very young age. This gradual rise-downfall was captured on film; Between 1998-2010, she portrayed a wide array of roles across the silver screen in movies including: Mean Girls, Bobby , Herbie Fully Loaded , Georgia Rule, Machete , and Freaky Friday . Between rapid-paced film shoots, Lindsay Lohan also found time to record 2 Pop Rock albums for Casablanca , Speak (2004) and A Litter More Personal-Raw (2005). Needless to say, Lindsay Lohan has gotten roped up in a lot of troubles and woes with the law over the last 3-5 years... a vicious cycle of drugs, arrest, court, rehab, "daddy issues," jail time [Repeat]. That's the pure basics of it - But Google that shit for additional info, if necessary. Towards the end of...

[W]reckless, Topless American Youth: Lana del Rey - "Born 2 Die" (Britney Spears Birthday 30)

Lana del Rey [Lizzy Grant] effectively became 2011's "It Girl" with the release of her phenomenal debut single, "Video Games" (Stranger) . Like many struggling singer-songwriters, Grant has been signed, dropped, and significantly changed her public image since bursting onto the scene (2009). With that said, it can be assumed that Lana del Rey has collected just as many "haters" as she has avid supporters. To be perfectly honest, the only other artist I can think of that made this much commotion... garnered so much wide-spread buzz/hate and critical acclaim -- right out of the gates -- with just one track is Britney Spears . And maybe in this post- Mike musical era, that's the true synthesis of Pop Culture: Britney Lynn Spears . After months of repeated teasing and speculation, Lana del Rey 's major label debut, Born 2 Die will [finally] be released this coming Jan. 30-31, 2012. Pitchfork reports that it will feature "Off to The Ra...

Liberty Bell Cracked In 1/2: Ween - "Freedom of '76" (Gene Ween's Final Send-Off)

Chocolate & Cheese (1994) was one of the first albums I bought with my own money. I was in some sort of BMG Music Club , where you'd buy 5 CD's and then get 10 for "FREE." It was all sent through mail order and you picked the titles from some special booklet. I'm almost positive that Chocolate & Cheese's side boob-baring album cover was what initially drew me in... mind you, I was 12-15 and the zany Ween logo/middle finger CD graphic really didn't hurt either. Honestly, I forget how I really felt about it @ the time, but a few years later, my older cousin Josh told me that Ween were this BIG college "jam band." CKY did some sort pf 93.3 radio takeover to promote their new album and played "Freedom of '76" late that night on air. Needless to say, I re-visited Chocolate & Cheese @ about 20-something this go 'round and I fucking loved it! Ween were really weird, yet talented... almost too talented. I can vaguel...

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