The Best Indie Tunes of 2014 - Arkells

 

 

 

 

Arkell’s Never Thought This Would Happen (April’14) is a slow burner it does warm up so be patient. Never Thought This Would Happen has a variety of rhythms, textures and instrumentation but develops into a slower, heavier indie rock tune. Almost, but not, a rock ballad.

A change of pace for sure. Still catchy as fuck. Bloody violins too. Great story telling lyrics. Epic song. You'll love it. Listen.

 

 



Arkells come out of Hammer Town, Canada and have been rocking our lives since oh six. Never Thought This Would Happen is off their third album High Noon (Aug’14).

Arkells get their soul from Motown, have some angry from The Clash and some pop bubble from Electric Light Orchestral. Impeccable credentials. The Arkells have also professed admiration for The Hold Steady, Spoon, Hall and Oates and an eclectic variety of others.

Other great Arkells songs that will knock your ever loving fucking socks off include Book Club, Whistleblower, Fake Money and Come To Light. Fuck Book Club is the belter but.

Listening to Arkells’ Fake Money put me in the mood for listening to the best Clash song ever. Covered by Rage Against The Machine, The Strokes and Bruce Springsteen it too is a condemnation of the failures of capitalism.

Here’s a song that kicks arse and takes no names, the live version of Clampdown (1979). Roll the tanks.

 

 

The Best Indie Songs of 2014 - Spoon

Oh yeah! Yeah ya do! Spoon comes along with a turn it up laid back rocker Rent I Pay (June'14). Like the Rolling Stone's Honky Tonk Women or The Kinks You Really Got Me this songs rolls hard. Porn star, money shot, hard.

For all the arse shakers this will propel you onto the dancefloor.

 

 

 

 

Fighting out of Austin, Texas, indie rock band Spoon have been around for more than twenty years and this is off their eighth album They Want My Soul (2014).

 

They give a shout out in joy to The Ramones, The Bee Gees and The Pixies for inspiration.

 

Ready to go again? Give Inside Out or They Want My Soul a roll in the sack.

 

 

 

 

 

Another song with a killer guitar riff. That Petrol Emotion  were an indie rock band from Northern Ireland described by Rolling Stone magazine as like The Clash mixed with Creedence Clearwater Revival. Big Decision (1987) was an almost hit. Choosing whether to buy six beers or half a dozen is my guess.