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 Best Indie Songs of 2015 - AWOLNATION

Aaron Bruno sounds like someone pissed in his cornflakes in the verses of AWOLNATION’s Hollowmoon (Bad Wolf) (Jan’14). He’s positively rabid, slamming down lyrics like “Motherfucker I’ll be back from the dead soon” and sounding just short of being eviscerated when screaming “They will never find me here” in the breakdown.

 

But that’s all in stark contrast to a pretty sweet, melodic, bouncy chorus, with just a slice of kookiness. An addictive pop chorus to get your arse shaking and keep you coming back for seconds. AWOLNATION have produced a noisy, intense, electric rock number that both rocks out hard and it jives. A single just as strong as anything off their debut Megalithic Symphony (2011) and dead set to become a fan favourite and garner more.

 

 

 

AWOLNATION’s home base is Los Angeles. They have been creating the greatest electric rock the world has ever seen since 2009. Hollowmoon (Bad Wolf) comes screaming off their second long player Run (March’15).

Shit you need to know:

The band are named after the singers high school nickname ‘Awol’. Aaron Bruno had a penchant for leaving without saying goodbye.

Aaron Bruno recorded two albums prior to AWOLNATION, one as Home Town Hero (self-titled, 2002) and one as Under The Influence Of Giants(self-titled, 2006).

Aaron Bruno formed both bands with AWOLNATION’s current guitarist Drew Stewart.

Aaron Bruno has confessed to mad love for The Beatles, Prince, Michael Jackson and Nirvana. He was also into hard-core punk as a youngster.

The stellar AWOLNATION tracks without which life would be meaningless are Guilty Filthy Soul, Jump On My Shoulders, THISKIDSNOTALRIGHT and Not Your Fault to name but a few.

 

 
In 2011 AWOLNATION found stardom with Sail and this Kentucky alternative rock band Sleeper Agent brought out this gem Get It Daddy off their take no prisoners debut album Celabrasion (2011). Good vintage.