I’m stoked.

 No, not because of the G.I. Joe movie (although that is awesome), but because one of my favorite local bands is unleashing the fury, the power, and the politics on a piece of 180 gram wax called Molotov Rocktail (which, in my opinion, is one of THE greatest album titles of the year..yeah, I know its only April…so what??).

 The band? The Martyr Index. Moving past their folk punk sound into straight revolution rock….and chances are, this AIN’T the way Joe Strummer thought it was going to go down. Its very rare a group that flies a blatant political flag kicks as hard as TMI (exceptions include Gang of Four, Minor Threat and RATM), and my do they kick out the jams, proudly wearing their AC/DC, Thin Lizzy and Judas Priest influences on their sleeve. Add in a healthy dose of leftist politics, a 40 oz of Jack Daniels and two Marshall half stacks, and you’ve got a recipe for one of the most incendiary records to come out in Calgary in a long time.

 Molotov Rocktail drops Saturday at the Palomino. You  can hear more about it here, along with one of the cuts of the record, Baghdad Shuffle.

Do yourself a favour, and put away those Buckcherry cd’s. If you want to hear some REAL rock and roll, here it is in some of its finest form. And its in your own backyard.

Hell Yes, Comrades

NB/JC

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