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"

Basement - Aquasun

1.    Who are these young chargers?

Basement are an alternative rock band who hail from Ispwich, England. Aquasun (Jan'16) is the lead single from the album Promise Everything (Jan'15).

2. What kind of track is on the turntable?

Aquasun is strongly reminiscent of the best 90's grunge. Dense noisy guitar rock that never neglects the melody and with a simple, strong chorus.

3. Who do these young gods Basement sound like?

Basement describe themselves as like Jimmy Eat World.

4. What do the cut and paste merchants have to say about Aquasun?

“A ready made anthem, with swirling riffs and an echoing choruses showcasing the band at their most stratospheric” – The Line Of Best Fit.

“Huge guitar strums reverberate out waves of sound while singer Andrew Fisher hits multiple registers” – Noisy Vice.

“Heavy guitars, rolling basslines and huge drum sounds pave the way”  – What We Are Talking About.

 

 

 

 5. Which bands put the powder in Basements artillery?

Basement are influenced by Jimmy Eat World, Jets To Brazil, The Promise Ring, Piebald, Man Overboard andTigers Jaw.

For more music the band love check out a record hunt Basement went on posted to You Tube.


6. Why should I crank up Aquasun on the stereo?

Aquasun is grungy goodness that you can't quite place the band. Therein lies the fun.


7. Do Basement have any more bangers?

Aquasun is the nugget of gold but Covet is a cracker too.


8. Any more news to drop on Basement?

The band called it quits after their first album but popular reaction prompted them to get together and give it another crack.

“Dive into me,

I’ll meet you on the water there some time”

 

 

 

 

Slippery seconds is served by the South African alternative rock band KONGOS. Playing together since 2007 KONGOS have two long players in their honor roll and Come With Me Now (2011) was the break out hit on the second Lunatic (2012). The single Come With Me Now sold over a million copies in the US alone and is a song The Guardian described as a “thumpy stomp-fest.”

 

“I've wasted time, I've wasted breath,
I think I've thought myself to death’