"Let Go" by Staten Island, New York band Dirty Looks is power-pop delivered at its nerviest and feistiest: sharp layered harmonies, high-octane bass riffs, frenetic clean-toned leads, and absolutely ace out-of-this-world drumming. London's Stiff Records, dubbed "the world's most flexible label," released "Let Go" as a 7" single and on the band's eponymous debut LP back in 1980. Though the Dirty Looks were later sunken by a disastrously received follow-up, songs like "Let Go" and the killer ska number "Disappearing" earned them a proper cult following, the devotees of which to this day hail the group as one of the [...]
Dirty Looks - Dirty Looks Dirty Looks have long been overshadowed by a lesser, though identically named metal band that gained some popularity in the wake of their demise. The band was a fixture for a short while at Max's Kansas City and were signed to Stiff Records who put out their debut single "Let Go" along with a well-received eponymous debut in 1979. The label also released a follow up, Turn It Up , the next year that didn't fare quite as well and subsequently dashed Stiff's hope that the band [...]
Not sure how this happened but Dirty Looks and Kingdom Come take up the most room in my iTunes library. I wouldn't consider either of them among my favorites, but both found a certain borrowed sound early on in their careers and continued to put out album after album of songs that, for the most part, sounded pretty much the same. While Kingdom Come sounded like a modern day Led Zeppelin , Dirty Looks were more in the dirty rock vein and with Henrik Ostergaard's scratchy vocals, were like the Pennsylvania [...]
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Iron Pier has provided another update regarding its ongoings. The Long Island, NY-based label has resigned Thieves and Assassins and will release their first full-length, the 9-song Martyr Brigade , in the summer, following up their self-titled 7" released last year. The album is currently in the mixing stages, being done by Latterman's Phil Douglas, and will feature artwork by Capital's Tommy Corrigan. Speaking of Capital , that band will see its full-length, last year's Signal Corps , released on [...]
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