The Best Indie Songs of 2015 - The Young Wild

The Young Wild’s Not A One (Feb’15) is a fucking stomping tune. The white boy gospel soundalike over a big ass dragging drum beat and quiet loud Pixies dynamic is coupled with, ‘we’re taking ourselves seriously’ expansive lyrics, to make a righteously awesome tune. It's a banger.

 

 

Starting a song with big 80’s pop synths, ballad style, is a statement of intent and sure enough there isn’t any grit here. It’s big, airy and soulful. You’re either on board or not. If you're on the good ship lollipop you turn up the volume as you drive down the highway singing “not,not, not a one” as you embrace the tune’s epicness. This indie clap and stamp romp is one of the best indie tunes of 2015.

“They’re never gonna take us alive,

Together in the great unknown”

 

The Young Wild are a modern rock band from San Diego and Los Angeles. They have been making tunes since 2014 and have a short player in the vault. Not A One is a standalone single.

Shit you need to know:

Not A Onehas been described as a “spiritual” song and “a foot stomping anthem.”

The Young Wild’s music has attracted labels like "catchy chantable pop.”

On the topic of Not A One the tunesmith opined, “This song is for people who are in a place that don’t feel it’s where they want to be, whether it’s socially, based on location, or emotionally.”

Of their craft the singer and songwriter said,“we want to make it reminiscent of music we heard as 80’s babies growing up.”

As for influences...the band might not hate Bruce Springsteen or the Tree Rings but that’s just conjecture. The facts are the band really like Feist, the Allman Brothers and Michael Jackson.

Other goodies from The Young Wild are Moment Goes and Silhouette.

 

Slippery seconds is Switchfoot because they were touring partners with The Young Wild. This is the best barn burner from the hugely popular Californian alternative rockers.

Hold on to your seats, here's Mess Of Me (2009).

“I am my own affliction
I am my own disease
There ain't no drug that they could sell
Ah, there ain't no drug to make me well”

 

 

 

The Best Indie Songs of 2014 - Little Bastard

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).

If you dare you pale fraud of a human being.