CD Review Archive
All new reviews that are being added to the new site will be archived with the reviews from the old site. Reviews of new albums by an artist who already has an archived review in the database will be archived at the top of the existing artist page.
A few hundred archived CD reviews from the old site have been deleted from the database. Where possible I have preserved any reviews that reflect the intended continuity of music that I hope to review on the new version of the site.
Beasts Of Bourbon 
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'Low Life'
Spooky Records
Sadly, not an album of long awaited new material from this Australian underground rock institution.
Nevertheless, this unashamedly raw live reunion gig, recorded at The Tote (Collingwood, NSW) in 2003 sees the original quintet in fine form, performing unadulterated and, sometimes, what appears to be almost drunken renditions of some of the bands better known midtempo sleaze and swamp rock, along with 2 covers that almost everyone will recognise - the Jagger/Richards penned 'Cocksucker Blues' and 'Ride On (ACDC).
'Low Life' might not make an appealing purpchase for the impulse buyer who has never heard of any of the members of the band, or the band as a collective vehicle, but for anyone who has even the slightest interest in Australian rock history, the blend of country punk twang, power drill guitar riffs and inebriated vocal delivery, much of which was inherited from one of Perkins' earliest musical vehicles, Tex Deadly & The Dums Dums, will put this album high on the list of 'must have' albums.
Now, will there be a Cruel Sea reunion album in the foreseeable future? Your guess is as good mine.
Related links:
Beast of Bourbon discography (on texperkins.net)
Spooky Records
Recommended related listening:
Beasts Of Bourbon - 'From The Belly Of The Beast'
The Cruel Sea - 'Down Below'