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Here's a recent review: Yup, this is Diesel Witch. If you haven't heard of them before, don't worry: short of that ONE gig I caught of theirs waaay back in August 2008, I'd barely heard of them either! They rarely perform live, at least not that I'm EVER aware of (thanks in no small part to the fact they're utterly crap at promoting themselves) only to be made all the more annoying as a "live band" when you finally DO catch a gig of theirs, only to discover they're nothing short of brilliant.. FUUUCK OFF!! Yup I shit you not, Diesel Witch are just one of those chance few discoveries that not only reaffirms your faith in just how brilliant the Adelaide scene can be when it aspires to something greater, but also provides damning evidence for why it'll never amount to anything outside of a small circle of scene geeks because nobody ever fucking knows ANYTHING about them before it's too late (and seriously people still wonder why I write this blog?). To explain, picture a 60's garage rock revivalist band along the lines of The Black Lips, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, The Fearless Vampire Killers or The Novocaines only a whole lot more ecclectic and creative. No really, calling them "garage rock" is simply too limiting. Think Snowman style surf guitars and film noir slow jams that wouldn't sound out of place in a David Lynch movie. Think of all the screaming intensity of The Libertines or The Vines. Weirder still think of that bizarre "country twang" that only a band like The P