The Crispies - Bad Blood

     1.    Who are these posers?

     The Crispies are an indie pop rock band, with a dash of punk, from Vienna, Austria. The Crispies started rocking it in 2014 and have one E.P to their names. Bad Blood (June’16) is the band’s debut single and the lead single from their debut album Death Row Kids (Oct’16).

       2. How does Bad Blood stack up? 

     Bad Blood is a stripped down, skeezy, punk track that sashays it's way into your heart full of confidence and with it's seductive hips swaying. The classic sound of a guitar plugged into an amp kicks this bitch into action followed by a slow stomp with sharp lead licks tossed off willy nilly. Bad Blood reeks of piss and blood in a basement gig where the music is propelling a heaving mass of humanity toward divinity.

     3. Who are The Crispies similar to?

     The Crispies have been compared to The White Stripes by Critical Pixie, The Ramones by Home At The Heroes and The Arctic Monkeys by Music Austria.

     4. What’s the good word on Bad Blood?

    “Fuzz, Hooks, Reverb” – Noisey Vice.

    “Completely mad and boisterous” – Music Austria.

    “Sound as a pound” – You Tube Comments.

       5. Which bands influenced The Crispies?

     The Crispies have expressed love for Bass Drum Of Death and Ezra Furman.

  

           6. Why should I give Bad Blood a lash? 

Bad Blood captures the gritty escence of garage rock and the moment that visceral music transcends this earthly realm and launches us into nirvana.

      
7. Do The Crispies have any more crackers?

Mercy isn't too shabby.

     8. Any more words chief?

     The four band members all graduated from the same music school together at the same time and are all left-handed.

“We're gonna cough blood”

      

     APES are a garage rock band from Ballarat, Australia, who fight out of Melbourne at the minute. The band have been compared to Foals and Queens Of The Stone Age and have an E.P and a single on their roll call of honor. A debut album is due in October. APES are a raw, gut punching band that have scored support slots for luminaries such as Royal Blood, Band Of Skulls and FIDLAR. Pull The Trigger (2014) is APES at their best; a tune with a cracking riff up front, a raw, stripped back sound and a massive chorus. Get some.   

“So kill me”

The Amazons - Nightdriving

1   1.    Who are the saviours of rock’n’roll? 

     The Amazons. Indie rock band from Reading, England. Putting the world to rights in a couple of minutes since 2015 and a short player and a clutch of singles to the good. Nightdriving (June'16) is a stand alone single at the minute and a taster of their debut album due soon.

     2. What's Nightdriving like?  

     Nightdriving hurtles along like a runaway van; traditional English indie guitar noise capturing ephemeral excitement. The vibe is vital, the vocals impassioned and Nightdriving exudes the best of English rock sensibilities.

     3. Who are The Amazons similar to?

     Oasis, Sundara Karma and Catfish and The Bottlemen. 

     4. What have the venerable citizens of the fourth estate said about Nightdriving?

“A super catchy single with a feel good, upbeat tempo” – Redbrick.

“Driven guitars and a chorus made for bouncing to” – Music Scramble.

“Fucking big tune. Every chance this’ll be one of the songs of summer and The Amazons one of the breakthrough bands of the year” – Gigslutz.

5. Which bands have influenced The Amazons? 

The Vaccines, The Arctic Monkeys, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Killers and Arcade Fire are just some of the bands that rock their boat. 

6. Why should I give Nightdriving a crack of the lash? 

The Amazons are a band on the make and this is one of the brightest gems in their indie rock crown. The tunes cracks along with barely a pause to take breath. Champion.

7. What are The Amazons' other barn burners? 

Stay With Me is the myth-maker, dragon-slayer and stuff of legend. Ultraviolet is bloody good too.

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8. Any more words muppet?

     Nightdriving was produced by Catherine Marks who has done the same for Wolf Alice, Foals and Sunset Sons.

“Diving in a pool of silhouettes I’ve seen”

     

     

     The Griswolds are a bubbly synth-pop band from Sydney, Australia. Slapping together happy-go-lucky tunes together since 2012 they have manufactured one solid long player Be Impressive (2014). Mississippi (2013) was the band's first big hit, making it to the top ten of U.S. college radio, and has choral vocals and a surprisingly deep soulful bent. Give it a crack.

     

“Here we go,

Walking down the Mississippi on our own”

VANT - Karma Seeker

1.    Who are these rock heroes?

      VANT are one of the most exciting punk bands to scream out of London since The Clash. Bringing vital life to the English music scene since 2014 they have three short players to their roll of honor. Karma Seeker (June'16) is the lead single from an up-coming fourth EP.

   2. How good is Karma Seeker? 

Karma Seeker is filler compared to some of VANT's previous red-hot efforts. It's all a bit waffley with Red Hot Chili Peppers verses and wank faux philosophical lyrics. But the tune is redeemed by a hard rocking chorus and all in all still rates as rock solid compared to the vast majority of their contemporaries output. 

     

   3. Which bands do VANT sound like?

     Euphoriazine compared Karma Seeker to Nirvana. Generally VANT are similar to FIDLAR, Get Innuit, Public Access TV or even Sundara Karma.

   4. What have the cut and paste bandits said about Karma Seeker?

    “A biting anthem-in-waiting” – Clash Music.

    “Socially aware rock music with a philosophical edge” – Euphoriazine.

    “The hell-raisers are on typically raucous form” – DIY.

   5. Which bands have influenced VANT?

    The prime movers are The Kinks, Fugazi, The Clash and Rage Against The Machine.

   6. Why should I give Karma Seeker a whip past the ears?

     Because it's not shit. From  a band as exciting as VANT all installments on their path to rock'n'roll immortality must be exalted. Get yer snout in the trough.

   7. What other belters have VANT got in the cupboard?

     Fly-By Alien, Parking Lot and Do You Know Me? are all of the highest order.

   8. Any more words peanut?

    Not a dilly.

   “If you search you’ll destroy what you miss”

      Arkells are a very successful alternative rock band from Hamilton, Canada. Playing together since 2006 they have three remarkable albums on their resume and a fourth due in August 2016 and picked up Juno Awards for 2012 and 2015 Group Of The Year and Album Of The Year for High Noon (2014). Book Club (2011) is a track from their second album Michigan Left that didn't rate a single release yet has over half a million You Tube views and a song that Pure Volume said is “impossible not to fall head over heels for those glittering guitars, whimsical harmonies and sixties-inspired vocal lines.”

“Take me to the bus stop Matty,

Drive me back to Hamilton”

The Wet Secrets - I Can Swing A Hammer

1   1.    Who are these cruisers?

     The Wet Secrets are an indie rock band from Edmonton, Canada. The Wet Secrets started belting the tunes out in 2005 and have three albums under their belt. I Can Swing A Hammer (Jan’16) is the lead single from the EP I Can Live Forever (Jan’16).

      2.    What’s on the wireless?

      I Can Swing A Hammer is a bouncy, frothy, rock tune with a shout along chorus as contagious as a cut price Bangkok rent boy’s taint at six in the morning.  Pure bubbling fun with orgiastic jabs of keys and crucial assistance from the ladies on backup vocals. Get some.

      3.    Who do The Wet Secrets sound like?

      The New Pornographers or The B52's maybe.

      4. What have the champions in the press said about I Can Swing A Hammer?

      “An infectious track” – Paste Magazine.    

      “A jangly, catchy, fist pumping anthem” – CBC Music.

      “A dance rock pep talk” – Six Shooter Records.

 5. Which bands do The Wet Secrets gush about? 

They have expressed some love for The Stranglers, ABBA, Weird War and Os Mutantes.

6. Why should I give I Can Swing A Hammer a whip past the lugs?

I Can Swing A Hammer is an earworm with a sense of humor. 

7. Do The Wet Secrets have any more wonder numbers?

They are bound to. Give Nightlife a crack.

8. Any more words? 

The Wet Secrets perform in their marching costumes.

“I can swing a hammer with the best of them,

It’s a lie, it’s a lie, it’s a lie, it’s a lie, it’s a lie,

But it’s mine”

Eytan and The Embassy were an indie pop band from New York. They played from 2009 - 2014, released a handful of songs, licensed them for T.V and commercials and then their founder Eytan Orlon went off to make big coin from apps for popular band releases. I shit you not. Eytan and The Embassy had fifteen minutes of fame with their gimmicky video for Everything Changes but it's Weekend Warrior (2014) that is the diamond in the rough. A blood-pumping, jogging playlist song with the ultimate feel-good vibe (and a small side of urine extraction). 

“There are days when I love everybody I see,

When I sing to the world and it’s smiling at me”