Have you ever
had some friends who could play a bit and at a party you wished, “someone should record these pricks, they
are good”? Meet Little Bastard. A motley crew of largely acoustic bandits
who can bang out a ripping tune.
Have you seen
an Irish pub band get on a bus to play a song to a captive audience? Yeah
Little Bastard do that. Little Bastard are Australian but sweet Jesus High For You (March'14) is not only a
furious barnstormer but like all the best songs, and your sex life, finished in
less than three frantic minutes.
Little
Bastard come racing out of Sydney and describe themselves as a punk/string
band. Other’s have used the detested labels of blue grass or country. But
ignore that, the seven members have been
plucking away, at their instruments,for
more than three years and High For You
comes off their debut album Little
Bastard (June’14).
Little
Bastard get a buzz on from music from Fleetwood Mac, Bob Dylan and Neil Young
to name but a few. Songs to dance a jig to include the out standing Be My Kind and Desert Roller. The band are named after James Dean’s car.
Follow up?
Try the best fucking band to ever come out of Oz, the arse ripping, nut
punching and cunt punting legends Living End and their finest ever punk anthem Prisoner of Society (1997).
La Roux’s Kiss And
Not Tell (Sept’14) reminds me of the unbidden huge, happy vibes you get
listening to Katrina and the Waves’ Walking
On Sunshine. Kiss And Not Tell is all 80's synths, bubble, joy and
with more hooks than a Phillipine trawler. A guilty pleasure like eating candy floss
and with about as much nutritional value.
La Roux are
English, from the London, and have been popping and bopping since 2006. They
were a duo but are now singer Elly Jackson’s solo project. In fact she played,
wrote, sang and produced on everythign on the second album Trouble In
Paradise (July'14).
Elly cites
Madonna, David Bowie and Prince as giving her the urge to make sweet, sweet music.
