Italian snot rockets The Wild Weekend offer up a loose n’ slippery album’s worth of head-bashing garage punk that neatly merges Sonics-style primitive rock n’ roll pummel with the dark, punky glam of the Veins. Eschewing any studio trickery, save for a piercing ambulance siren here and there, they play it bucket-of-sweat style, with a live and raw feel that lives up to their name, and unlike many nu-garage types, they ain’t afraid to get HEAVY, as in the hairy scary go-go-gorilla  thrills of  “Better Than You” or full-on speedfreak thrashy, as in the over-caffeinated “You Can Use It.” Think the Dwarves meets the Hives, with a dollop of Sabbath to keep things manly. The crashing smashing cover of Roses Tattoo’s oft-mined classic “Nice Boys Don’t Play R’N’R” finishes this beast in fittingly furious action, and very nearly makes up for guit-man Wild G’s bizarre fashion choices (purple sleeves and Buggles glasses!).  Typically manic Italo-trash. Cool for cats.
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- Sleazegrinder