Millington - Radio

 

1. Who are Millington? 

Millington describe themselves as a brass emo band. They are a ska, pop-punk, emo band from Albany, New York, that started playing together in 2018. 

2. What kind of song is Radio? 

Radio is an instantly likeable ska song with familiar beats from all the mainstream American post-2000's ska punk bands. It's not uniquely original but it's doing all the best bits very well. Radio is stickier than a rapist in church.

3. Which bands do Millington sound like?

Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, We Are The Union. 

4. Which bands have influenced Millington?

Some of their influences include Green Day, Dashboard Confessional, Blink-182, Less Than Jake, and Fall Out Boy. 

5. What have people said about Millington's music?

"Nostalgic sounds that blend well with their own spin on the ska genre" - New Noise Magazine.

"New ska punk saviors" - 518 Scene. 

"Nostalgic hooks that will fester in your ear for weeks" - Spinning Thoughts.

"Every time we fall in line, we fuck up the youth,

So it's time to find a different avenue" 

Jack Kays - Get A Job

 

1. Who is Jack Kays? 

Jack Kays is some image savvy, whiny little bitch with cheap ink and wealthy parents, pretending that he's had it hard in life because he once slept in the basement. He makes mostly pop punk songs, comes from Cincinnati, has been making music since 2013, and has recorded one album. 

2. What's Get A Job all about? 

Green Day doing Good Riddance. Or Remembering Sunday, Yellowcard or The Wonder Years playing a vaguely catchy acoustic departure from their usual emo/pop punk. Get A Job is that song. It's summer playlist filler for holiday drives to rivers and lakes. Fish and chip wrapper. It does have a few good lines in it though. 

3. Which bands have influenced Jack Kays? 

I don't know. He has mentioned he had a hardon for Blink-182 as a kid, rocks a David Bowie T, and there is a bit of Against Me! about him to my ear; probably the bit where he/she cut off his/her dick. 

4. Who do Jack Kays sound like? 

honestav, Dashboard Confessional, Boxcar Racer, and Jimmy Eat World. 

5. What have people said about Jack Kays music? 

"Emotional depth shrouded in simplicity" - District Fray. 

"Blending the catharsis of punk and emo with rugged acoustic folk - All Music. 

"Emotional serenades and pop punk tinges" - Punk Rocker. 

"You say I need a job,'

Well I hate working for a guy like Bob,

Who can't get laid so he takes it out on me"

Chub - Guantanamo Baywatch

1. Who are Chub?

Chub are a punk rock band from St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada. Guantanamo Baywatch is the first release from their second album American Living Room (April, 2024).

2. What kind of song is Guantanamo Baywatch?

Guantanamo Baywatch is a clean cut pub rock singalong about having dirty fun. Good humour with a hooky gang chorus vocal. Chub rock.

3. Which bands do Chub sound like?

The Chats, Amyl and The Sniffers, Against Me (I'm thinking of Don't Lose Touch). A bit of PUP and even FIDLAR maybe.

4. Which bands have influenced Chub?

Some of their influences are The Ramones, Blink-182, Turnstile, The Wonder Years... and The Chats, and Amyl and The Sniffers.

5. What have other people said about Guantanamo Baywatch?

"This vid (and song) was cool as hell y'all deserve to blow up" - YouTube Comments.

"This made me feel things in my lower regions. Subbed. - YouTube Comments.

"I don't care who you are this is hot" - YouTube Comments.

 

"Piss drunk in my closet where I'm pissing"

Salad Boys - Psych Slasher

Salad Boys are an indie rock band from Christchurch, New Zealand. Psych Slasher (Nov’17) is from their second album This Is Glue (Jan’18). They sound like R.E.M, The Bats or The Clean. Some of their influences include Blink-182 and Yo La Tengo. Psych Slasher is reminiscent of the lo-fi alternative pop of early Flying Nun; but with punk urgency and more sophistication. It might not be love at first sight but this song is worthy of a meaningful relationship.

You Me At Six - Night People

1. Who are they?

You Me At Six are a popular pop punk band from Weybridge, England. Their last three albums charted at number 5, 3 and 1 in the UK album charts in that order. Night People (Aug’16) is the lead single from You Me At Six’s fifth album Night People (Jan’17).  


2. What have the lads got on the go?

Night People is as deep as a puddle but it swaggers out with a grimey riff and pounding drums, layers on some "whoahs," and slaps down a head nodding chorus. A "Hey diddle, diddle, straight up the middle" rock anthem. 


3. Who do You Me At Six sound like?

Sounds like Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Royal Blood (at a bloody stretch). 


4. What have those lazy bastards in the press said about Night People? 

“The chorus and drums fire you up” – Red Brick.

“A dirty, heavily distorted blues rock earworm” – Inspired By Reviews. 

“A much cooler swagger” – Loose Cardigan Of Ideas.

5. Which bands influenced You Me At Six?

The main You Me At Six influences are Blink-182, Incubus, Thrice, Rage Against The Machine and The Foo Fighters. 


6. Why should I give Night People a lash?

Night People has a banging riff and a slathering of strut. Mindless fun. 


7. Do You Me At Six have any other barn burners?

Well Fresh Start Fever is alright.


8. Any more words? 

Night People is produced by Jacquire King (Switchfoot, Kings Of Leon and The Airborne Toxic Event).

“Raise a glass to tomorrow’s blues”

The Airborne Toxic Event are a superb indie rock band from Los Angeles, California. They formed in 2006 and have five long players in the bag. They have been compared to Cold War Kids, The Strokes and Arcade Fire and are influenced by bands like U2, David Bowie, The Clash and The Smiths. Does This Mean You're Moving On (2009) is the fourth single from their self-titled first album The Airborne Toxic Event (2008) and is a song that channels heartbreak into a whiskey drenched Irish gig and an indie rock anthem. 

“Oh Christ she’s not alone, alone, alone,

And my heart sinks like a stone, a stone, a stone,

And the tears won’t even come, I’m so numb”

Nai Harvest - Just Like You

1.    Who are these gods of rock’n’roll?

Nai Harvest are an indie punk band from Sheffield, England, with two long players on their roll of honor. Just Like You (Feb’16) is the lead single from double A side Just Like You/Jelly (April’16).
 

2. What kind of treasure if Just Like You?

Just Like You is a rolling rock number with a big grinding riff and a shout-along chorus. Addictive loveliness with gritty indie trimmings.


3. Who have these heroes been compared to?

Pitchfork compared Nai Harvest to Wavves and Cloud Nothings. Punk News were feeling The Cribs.

Surviving The Golden Age compared Just Like You to Cheap Trick and Free Energy.


4. What have the press said about Just Like You?

“A killer hook and a nostalgia soaked sound” – Wonderland.

“Scuzzy pop gem” – Upset Magazine.

“A first foot forward, thrashing reminder of the pair’s instant crush charm” – DIY.

5. Which bands have put the magic in Nai Harvest’s music?

Nai Harvest have mentioned some love for Blink-182, Good Charlotte, Sum 41 and The Get Up Kids.


6. Why should I give Just Like You a fair crack of the whip?

Just Like You fines the sweet spot between noisy indie punk and classic rock’n’roll. It is pure addictive and emblematic of the Nai Harvest's evolution from great music to essential music.


7. Do Nai Harvest have any more bangers?

Ocean Of Madness is killer.


8. Any more words?

Just Like You was recorded with the charming Bob Cooper who has worked for Empire Of The Sun, Fort Lean, Sky Ferreira, Citizen and  Self Defense Family.

Ben Thompson has said Just Like You is “about two or more people being literally glued together and forced to be the same person but they’re all just trying to rip each other apart. It sounds pretty fucking mental when said out loud.”

“Do you want all my love?”

 

The double dip is from Nai Harvest label mates Infinity Girl. Infinity Girl are a punk band from Brooklyn, New York, with two long players in the vault. Dirty Sun (2015) is a single from the second album Harm (2015) and Noisey Vice called it a “fun, sardonic punk

“I look at your arms,

They are crossed like they always are”