America's 3 Hottest Punk Bands At The Minute In 3 Songs

1.    Sheer Mag - Nobody's Baby.

Sheer Mag burn out of Philadelphia and have three short players to their name. Nobody's Baby (March'16) is off the third EP III (March'16). Pitchfork said Nobody's Baby has “hip shaking hooks and burly riffs” and Brooklyn Vegan hailed it as “a fiery, punchy mission statement with a sing-along chorus.”

 

Sheer Mag have been compared to MC5 and Thin Lizzy. Sheer Mag's main influences are Drive-In, Bear Vs Shark, Thin Lizzy, Meatloaf and Fleetwood Mac. Sheer Mag marry seventies classic rock riffs to a roaring punk engine and Nobody's Baby's fiery vocals are belted out with furious indignation. A treasure.

 

“Wanting you so bad it hurts”

 

 

 

 
2. Public Access TV - In Love And Alone.

 

 

Public Access TV are from New York City and have one short player and a few singles behind them. In Love And Alone (Nov'15) is a double A side single. NME declared their love for the band saying they have “already proved the goldmine of rock’n’roll classics has yet to run dry” and DIY hailed In Love And Alone as “their most unhinged, all-out rock’n’roll single yet.”

 

Public Access TV sound like The Ramones, The Strokes and Palma Violets. Their main influences are The Strokes, Johnny Thunders, Lou Reed, Interpol and The Ramones. Public Access TV bring the urgency of punk to more complex post-punk melodies. In Love And Alone  is raw and modern, has grit and polish, the sound of the soccer stadium emptying into the fine city streets.

 

“She is lost and she is scared now,

I should ask myself why and how”

 

 

 

3.    PARTYBABY - Your Old Man.

 

 

 

PARTYBABY are from Los Angeles and have three big singles on their roll of honor. Your Old Man (Oct'15) was the second of these massive missives. The Fat Angel Sings said Your Old Man is “an intoxicating blend of frazzled punk and impossibly infectious melodic refrains” and DIY reckoned it is “snarling punk rock with a tab of anthemia.”

 

PARTYBABY have been compared to FIDLAR and SWMRS. The band's influences are band like Everclear, Primal Scream and SWMRS. Noah Gersh was a member of Portugal. The Man and Jamie Shefman is most famous for engineering and producing for 30 Seconds To Mars. PARTYBABY elevate their garage punk attack with soaring glam rock and pop sensibilities. Your Old Man blows out the cobwebs.

 

“Does he understand what we do on the weekends?”

 

 

 

 



PARTYBABY - Your Old Man

1.    Who are these bright new things?

PARTYBABY are Noah Gersh and Jamie Schefman and they fight out of Los Angeles, California. Your Old Man (Oct'15) is the second missile fired from these musical marvels.


2. What flavor of wonderful is Your Old Man?

Your Old Man is instantly lovable garage punk that reeks of gut punching honesty. At turns chill and sweet and noisy with an epic chorus that soars free into the stratosphere on gritty glam rock wings.

3. Who have PARTYBABY been compared to?

The consensus is FIDLAR. PARTYBABY are hitting the road in April with SWMRS and The Frights so that is the kind of pool they swim in. A fucking great one.


4. What have the pundits in the press said about Your Old Man?

“Snarling punk rock with a tab of anthemia” – DIY.

“An intoxicating blend of frazzled punk and impossibly infectious melodic refrains” – The Fat Angel Sings.

“Melody and hard rock edge” – Pigeons and Planes.

5. Which bands brought the favors to PARTYBABY’s party?

Everclear, Primal Scream, Fatboy Slim, Sparklehorse, SWMRS and more.

6. Why should I give Your Old Man a spin on the turntable?

Your Old Man brings a fresh, savage, attack to garage punk rock elevating it above and beyond the current crop of fine fucking soldiers battling for a righteous cause. Your Old Man packs the whallop of a steel-capped kick to the taint and is just as satisfying as collecting some sack with the follow through. It has a rich tapestry of musical textures, rhythms and blinding production too.

7. Do PARTYBABY have any more of these blinders?

The debut single Everything's All Right brings the pain and blows out the cobwebs.

8. Any more words fool?

Noah Gersh was a member of Portugal. The Man and Jamie Schefman is a producer and engineer and put his genius to shine on 30 Seconds To Mars last two long players.

“Do you ever talk to your old man?

Does he understand what we do on the weekends?”

It would be rude to ignore 30 Seconds To Mars for the follow-up seeing as how Jamie Schefman shared engineering duites on their last two albums. The alternative rock band roll out of Los Angeles, California and have been on the job since 1998 and sold over 15 million albums. This Is War (2010) screamed off the album of the same name that sold four million albums and a million singles. This Is War is bombastic nonsense but it is fun.

“Raise your hands into the sky,

The fight is done, the war is won”