Month: June 2025

Cam Girl – Flesh & Chrome

Sexy, sleazy, ballsy, and rocking … is my take on the new Cam Girl release.

Hailing from Asheville, North Carolina, the group is about as opposite the folksy, roots, Americana that my mind conjures up when I think of Asheville. 

Times they are always changing though. Keep up or get left behind, right? 

Musically, the album is full of arena rock beats, arpeggiated guitar runs, operatic vocals, and sweeping solos. 

The lyrics ooze innuendo. Clearly politically, and socially charged they add gravity to the theatrics of the album. 

This is great rock and roll. 

I can’t help but think of Shonen Knife, combined with Iron Maiden, filtered through a Bill and Ted lens.

Check out Flesh & Chrome by Cam Girl

Cheers!
Jerry Actually

Giglinger – Shrapnel

Shrapnel is the new EP from punk / post-punk band, Giglinger from Helsinki Finland. Two tracks and two alternate “Edit” versions of the same tracks offer up some solid atypical rock and roll. 

The songs are quick, fairly rapidly paced and rhythmically tight. The tunes are washed in shifting sonic themes. Despite the overall brevity of the tracks, they seem somehow more epic than the numbers would have you believe. At times the overall sound is reminiscent of Dead Kennedys, and the EP really carries some of the post-apocalyptic soundscape of a Voivod release. 

If you’re looking for a little something new, check out Giglinger’s new EP – Shrapnel

Cheers!
Jerry Actually

Track 1: The Man With Shrapnel in His Head
Track 2: Born Dead Buried Alive