Misfires - Come On Over

1.    Who are the Misfires? 

Misfires are an indie rock band from Swindon, England. Playing together for only a year, Come On Over (Feb'17) is their second single release. 

2. What's the tune like? 

English indie-pop for the masses. Jaunty. 

3. Who do Misfires sound like?

Catfish and the Bottlemen, The Spitfires and Viola Beach. 

4. Whats the word from the press about Come On Over? 

“A commanding track that bursts with festival vibes” – Spilt Milk.

“A snappy, spirited, insanely infectious indie track” – Indie Buddie.

“Sun-soaked riffs, catchy chorus and obvious attitude” – Let It Happen.

5. Which bands influenced the Misfires? 

Some of their main influences are The Stone Roses, The 1975, Peace, Foals and RATBOY. 

6. Why should I give Come On Over a listen? 

Because you're a populist at heart. Because you like jangley English indie bands. 


7. What are Misfires best songs? 

Look no further. 


8. Any more words? 

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“I know we could change the world,

If you really wanted to tonight”

Findlay is an English bluesy indie rock musician from Manchester, England, whose debut album Forgotten Pleasures was just released (Feb'17). She is similar to Amy Winehouse and The Family Rain. She is influenced by bands like The Velvet Undergound, The White Stripes and Captain Beefheart. Electric Bones is from her second E.P. Electric Bones (2015) and is a song The End Records called “unbridled badassery.”

“I fight with these thoughts every night,

If I’m a still a good love after the rush”

Curse Of Lono - Pick Up The Pieces

1.    Who are these cunts? 

Curse Of Lono are an indie Americana rock band from London. Pick Up The Pieces (Feb’17) is the lead single from their debut album Severed (April’17). 

2. What kind of tune is Pick Up The Pieces?

Pick Up The Pieces is a bare bones song with a southern rock vibe. Tusk size drums with a miniature, background, Spirit In The Sky-esque riff. Pick Up The Pieces is the sound of the wretched on the home stretch to redemption.

3. Who do Curse Of Lono sound like? 

Paul Simon, Wilco and The The. 

4. What have the press said about Pick Up The Pieces?

“A rollicking folk rocker” – Innocent Words.

“Perky” – Music Glue.

“Full of devil may care vocals and guitar” – Impose.

5. Which bands influenced Curse Of Lono?

The Doors, Steve Earle, Guy Clark, Nick Cave and The Velvet Underground. 


6. Why should I give Pick Up The Pieces a spin? 

Because you like southern rock.


7. What are Curse Of Lono's best songs? 

Pick Up The Pieces is the one you need.


8. Any more words muppet?

Severed is produced by Oli Bayston (Boxed In, The Bohicas).

“I’ve been drinking,

My way back to you”

Oli Bayston is the singer/songwriter and producer of Boxed In. They are an indie electronic pop band from London and have recorded two albums. Boxed In are similar to Holy Ghost! Hot Chip and STRFKR. They are influenced by Radiohead, House and Krautrock from the 70's. Mystery is the lead track from Boxed In's debut album Boxed In (2015). Mystery is a piano-led, funky piece of indie electronica that has a sick, ass-shaking, groove.

“Back to the place where we went slow”

Polish Club - Come Party

1.    Who are Polish Club?

Polish Club are a bluesy/soulful garage rock duo from Sydney, Australia. Come Party (Feb’17) is the second single from their second album Alright Already (March’17). 

2. What's Come Party sound like? 

Soul singing, pop harmonies, furious drumming and steady garage-rock riffs all come together into a party anthem. Come Party is an unhinged rush of rock'n'roll.

3. Who do Polish Club sound like? 

The Vines, Death From Above 1979 and Black Lips. 

4. What have the press said about Come Party?

“An unstoppable powerhouse” – The AU Review. 

“Rollicking garage rock” – Tone Deaf.

“A non-stop sweaty fest of garage-rattling rhythms and gut-busting singing” – Triple J.

5. Which bands have influenced Polish Club? 

The White Stripes, Otis Reading, Blackstreet, The Vines and Mariah Carey. 


6. Why should I give Come Party a gander? 

Because you love soul vocals and garage guitar.


7. What are Polish Party's best songs?

Come Party is the top of the pile. But don't eschew Beat Up, Beeping, or My House.

8. Any more words? 

Polish Club recorded five or so songs in Los Angeles at the behest of Rob Cavallo (producer of Green Day, Goo Goo Dolls and My Chemical Romance) but felt the songs weren’t true to the band so they didn’t release them. 

“Oh baby I ain’t foolin’,

So honey quit your droolin’”

The Vines are a garage rock band from Sydney, Australia. Making a fucking racket since 1994 they have recorded six albums together. The Vines are similar to The Hives, The Von Bondies and The Subways. They are influenced by The Kinks, Nirvana and Queens Of The Stone Age. Get Free is the second single from their debut album Highly Evolved (2002), both their most commercially and critically popular album. NME voted Highly Evolved their second most popular album of the year and Pitchfork described Get Free as starting “with a riff that sounds like revving up a lawnmower” and having an “extra catchy bridge tacked on to make it an even bigger hit.” Get Free is two minutes of no-nonsense garage rock'n'roll.

“She never loved me,

Why should anyone?”

WATERS - Hiccups

1.    Who are WATERS?

WATERS are an indie pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. Hiccups (Feb’17) is the lead single from their third album Something More! (May’17). 

2. What kind of tune is Hiccups? 

Hiccups has a pop-punk edge married to the usual feel good, sunshiny, indie-pop singalong chorus. A light-hearted pleasure.

3. Who do WATERS sound like?

Grouplove, New Politics and Mother Mother. 

4. What have the press said about Hiccups?

“Modern take on classic grunge” – The Celebrity Café.

“Power-pop sneer” – Black Book.

“Y’all killed it” – You Tube Comments.

 

5. Which bands have influenced WATERS?

WATERS main influences are Modest Mouse, Weezer, Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana. 

6. Why should I listen to WATERS? 

Because you are young or at least young at heart. Because you don't mind a little pop-punk. 

7. What are WATERS best songs? 

Got To My Head, What's Real and I Feel Everything.

8. Any more words?

Something More! is produced by Tim Pagnotta (New Politics, Neon Trees, Walk The Moon). 

“All of my hiccups,

Only brought me to you”

New Politics are a pop-punk band from Copenhagen, Denmark. They have recorded three albums and sound similar to The Royal Concept, Young The Giant and Youngblood Hawke.  New Politics are influenced by 30 Seconds To Mars, Nirvana and Arctic Monkeys. Harlem was the lead single from their third album A Bad Girl In Harlem (2015). Sputnik Music called the tune “uproarious.”

“Hair metal on a Japanese boom box”

Dude York - Love Is

1.    Who are Dude York?

Dude York are a power pop/punk band from Seattle, Washington. Love Is (Feb’17) is the third single from their second album Sincerely (Feb’17). 

2. What kind of tune is Love Is? 

Love Is feels like a tight, broke, stripper's ass grinding on your hard-on while you sit on the couch. Both sweet joy and an itch you can't scratch until later. An addictive, muscular riff is front and center while Claire England's anguished vocals tell a familiar tale of falling for the wrong guy. A grungy anthem full of pathos. 

3. Who do Dude York sound like? 

Tacocat, Beverly and Hole. 

4. What have the press said about Love Is? 

“A blown-out anthem” – Stereogum. 

“A thunderstorm from start to finish” – The Grey Eye States. 

“Anthemic” – Brooklyn Vegan. 

5. Which bands influenced Dude York?

Some of their influences are Paramore, Elvis Costello, Weezer and The Misfits. 

6. Why should I give Love Is a fair crack of the whip? 

Because you love a fat riff. Because you like Riot Grrrl bands. 

7. What are Dude Love's best songs? 

Give Tonight a whirl. It's a cracker. Black Jack is a doozy too. 

8. Any more fluff? 

Sincerely was produced by John Goodmanson (Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, Los Campesinos). 

“Some guy is holding my hand,

And he’s the hottest thing I’ve ever seen”

The Hard Aches are a punk rock band from Adelaide, Australia. They have one album and two E.P.'s in the vault. The Hard Aches sound like The Dune Rats, Against Me! and The Smith Street Band. They are big fans of PUP. I Get Like This is the lead single from their debut album Pheromones (2015). I Get Like This is anthemic, heart-on-your-sleeve, farts in the bed honest, punk rock. And as catchy as chlamydia. 

“But I get like this,

When I get fucked up”

Low Cut Connie - Rock'n'Roll Revolution

1.    Who are Low Cut Connie? 

Low Cut Connie are an indie rock’n’roll band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They have been playing together since 2010 and are famous for their high energy live shows and general debauchery. Rock’N’Roll Revolution (Feb’17) is the lead single from their fourth album Dirty Pictures (Part 1) (May'17). 

2. What kind of song is Rock'n'Roll Revolution? 

Rock'n'roll Revolution is good times rock'n'roll, piano-led, with bluesy vocals and saturated in a miasma of sex, drugs, booze and rock'n'roll. Done and dusted in the magic three minutes this tune is concise, orgiastic, grand and vital. 

3. Who do Low Cut Connie sound like? 

Jerry Lee Lewis, J Roddy Ralston & The Business and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats.

4. What have the press said about Rock'n'Roll Revolution? 

“Kicking up some dust right out of the gates” – Daily Play MPE.

“Blasts it’s way through singalong chorus’ and big riffs” – Back Seat Mafia. 

“Low Cut Connies rips shit up” – Daily Play MPE.

5. Which bands influenced Low Cut Connie? 

They like Little Richard, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen. 

6. Why should I give Rock'n'Roll Revolution?

Because you love 50's rock'n'roll. Because you are a hedonist. 

7. What are Low Cut Connie's best songs? 

Rock'n'roll Revolution takes the gold but Shake It Little Tina is more of the same good times and well good for the silver. 

8. Any more words? 

The band are named after a waitress the singer/piano player Adam Weiner often saw at a diner when he was young and his appreciation for her dresses. 

“Touch my body, touch my soul,

Revolution rock’n’roll”

Alex The Astronaut is Alex Lynn from Sydney, Australia, but fighting out of New York City. She is a folk-tronic musician and has only released a handful of singles since her debut in 2016. Alex is similar to The Waifs and Little Birdy. She is influenced by Paul Kelly, Lorde and Bob Dylan. Already Home (Dec'17) is an instantly lovable story-telling song in the indie folk/pop tradition but with gravitas from the swelling strings and stinging lyrics.

“And there’s billionaires for president,

And parking fines at hospitals”

Autonomics - Southern Funeral

1. Who are Autonomics? 

Autonomics are a garage/power pop band from Portland, Oregon. They have been making music since 2008. Southern Funeral (Feb'17) is the second single from their debut album Debt Sounds (March'17). 

2. What kind of tune is Southern Funeral? 

Southern Funeral rattles along in a hurry to the finish line, melding old school indie rock to a modern indie pop chorus. Short, snappy and with a little fire in it's belly. 

3. Who do Autonomics sound like? 

The Thermals, The Dandy Warhols and Wavves. 

4. What have the press said about Southern Funeral? 

“Fricken awesome” – Facebook Comments.

“Cool song” – You Tube Comments.

“I fucking like it” – You Tube Comments.

5. Which bands influenced Autonomics?

Their main influences are Wavves, The Strokes, The Killers and Japandroids. 

6. Why should I listen to Autonomics? 

Because you want to get on the ground floor of a great band on the rise; the best band out of Portland since The Dandy Warhols. 

7. What are Autonomics' best songs? 

The first single from the new album is their best by a country mile. Superfuzz is the song you need. A solid rocking party anthem that sounds like Weezer and The Dandys. Fucking quality. You Had Me At Surf Punk is sound as a pound too. 

8. Any more words? 

Pass.

“I’m no hero anymore”

WILD are a folk/indie pop band from Los Angeles, California. They have released an album and a string of singles. WILD sound like Of Monsters and Men, The Lumineers and The Strumbellas. They are influenced by St Lucia, Bryce Fox and Young The Giant. Hold Us Together (Feb'17) is chest-pounding, vacuous, top 40 shite. It's also as catchy as a frat boy's communal wank mitt. A guilty pleasure.

“Give me the song inside your soul”