PYN - My Baby

     1.    Who is  PYN? 

      PYN is an indie pop band from the Netherlands. My Baby (May’16) is their second single.

     2. What's this tune like?

     My Baby is bouncy synth pop with an infectious zest for life and smile on it's face.

     3. Who do PYN sound like?

     Katie Herzig. AURORA. 

     4. What have the press said about My Baby? 

    “Compelling” – Evensi.

    “80’s influenced pop” – Vovert. 

    “This sister will be My Baby!” – Dutch Guy. 

     5. Who influenced PYN? 
    
No knowledge. AURORA maybe.


6. Why should I give My Baby a fair crack of the whip? 

My Baby is a tasty melange of light guitar, jaunty rhythms and light as helium vocals. Pure pointless fun.

   
7. Do PYN have any more good uns? 

Nah. 

  
8. Any more words muppet?

Get away with ya.

 “We’re never lost for words to say”

Tove Styrke is a Swedish electro-pop singer influenced by Robyn, Annie and September. She has recorded two albums and won music awards and had top ten singles in Sweden. The reggae tinged Borderline (2014) is her most popular song and on the Borderline E.P. is this little gem If I'm Talking Loud It Doesn't Mean I'm Talking To You, a song as sticky as a paedo in kindy and a tune Spin said is full of “lip-clenched fuck-offs.”

 “I know that you feel that pop really doesn’t have a clue”

The Wet Secrets - I Can Swing A Hammer

1   1.    Who are these cruisers?

     The Wet Secrets are an indie rock band from Edmonton, Canada. The Wet Secrets started belting the tunes out in 2005 and have three albums under their belt. I Can Swing A Hammer (Jan’16) is the lead single from the EP I Can Live Forever (Jan’16).

      2.    What’s on the wireless?

      I Can Swing A Hammer is a bouncy, frothy, rock tune with a shout along chorus as contagious as a cut price Bangkok rent boy’s taint at six in the morning.  Pure bubbling fun with orgiastic jabs of keys and crucial assistance from the ladies on backup vocals. Get some.

      3.    Who do The Wet Secrets sound like?

      The New Pornographers or The B52's maybe.

      4. What have the champions in the press said about I Can Swing A Hammer?

      “An infectious track” – Paste Magazine.    

      “A jangly, catchy, fist pumping anthem” – CBC Music.

      “A dance rock pep talk” – Six Shooter Records.

 5. Which bands do The Wet Secrets gush about? 

They have expressed some love for The Stranglers, ABBA, Weird War and Os Mutantes.

6. Why should I give I Can Swing A Hammer a whip past the lugs?

I Can Swing A Hammer is an earworm with a sense of humor. 

7. Do The Wet Secrets have any more wonder numbers?

They are bound to. Give Nightlife a crack.

8. Any more words? 

The Wet Secrets perform in their marching costumes.

“I can swing a hammer with the best of them,

It’s a lie, it’s a lie, it’s a lie, it’s a lie, it’s a lie,

But it’s mine”

Eytan and The Embassy were an indie pop band from New York. They played from 2009 - 2014, released a handful of songs, licensed them for T.V and commercials and then their founder Eytan Orlon went off to make big coin from apps for popular band releases. I shit you not. Eytan and The Embassy had fifteen minutes of fame with their gimmicky video for Everything Changes but it's Weekend Warrior (2014) that is the diamond in the rough. A blood-pumping, jogging playlist song with the ultimate feel-good vibe (and a small side of urine extraction). 

“There are days when I love everybody I see,

When I sing to the world and it’s smiling at me”

Dressy Bessy - Lady Liberty

 

1.    Who are they?

Dressy Bessy are an indie power pop band from Denver, Colorado, whipping it up since 2007. Lady Liberty (Oct'16) rattled off their seventh album Kingsized (Feb'16).

2. What’s rocking?

Lady Liberty is a bubbly, 60's style pop rock call to arms with some raunchy guitar riffery in the background assisting. Finger snapping, bopping fun with a word about the state of the rebellion. Or more to the point the lack thereof.

3. Who do Dressy Bessy sound like?

Spin compared Dressy Bessy to Tacocat and Bleached. WSUM were feeling Apples In Stereo and Cheap Trick on Lady Liberty. The sunshine bounce of Rabbit! should be included.

4. What have the press said about Lady Liberty?

“A bouncy new one” – Stereogum.

“A catchy hook, guest 12 string guitar from R.E.M.’s Peter Buck and sharp vocal harmonies” – Knox News.

“Impossibly bright and catchy” – Popshifter.

 

 

5. Which bands put the gut in Dressy Bessy’s pop punch?

Dressy Bessy are influenced by The Kinks, The Beatles, The Monkees, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Sly & The Family Stone and The Jackson 5.

6. Why should I give Lady Liberty a twirl?

Political pop punk never sounded so upbeat or so good.


7. Do Dressy Bessy have any more masterpieces?

If You Should Try To Kiss Her has more bouncy goodness.


8. More words?

Guests on Kingsized include Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Rebecca Cole (Black Flag) and Jason Garner (The Polyphonic Spree).

“There is nothing but hypocrisy and carrying on”

Alistair Riddel and members of Split Enz and the drummer of The Angels were in glam rock band Space Waltz who had a huge number one hit in NZ with Out On The Street (1974) from their debut album Space Waltz (1975). Space Waltz didn't last long but they left one of New Zealand's most iconic songs as their legacy. All Music says Out On The Street is “a fairly authentic Ziggy Stardust outtake.”

“Watch out young love... it’s a useless game”

 

 

 

 

Jon Patrick Walker - Oh, Rosie

1.    Who is this tripper?

Jon Patrick Walker is a roots rock musician from Brooklyn, New York, making music since 2011. Oh, Rosie (Feb’16) is one of two singles from his second album People Going Somewhere (March’16).


2. What kind of tune is he pushing?

Oh, Rosie is a sixties style pop rocker with a light stomp and an entreating tone.


3. Who does Mr Walker sound similar to?

Austin Town Hall compared Oh, Rosie to Bruce Springsteen while others were feeling The Beatles and Mott The Hoople.


4. What have the music press said about Oh, Rosie?


“A wonderful piece of piano rock” – Magnet Magazine.

“A short classic stomp” – Austin Town Hall.

“Piano driven pop-rocker” – The Big Takeover.

5. Who is does Jon Patrick Walker get his vibe from?

Jon Patrick Walker's influences are The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, The Faces, Pink Floyd and Joni Mitchell.

·       The man also has some love for Spoon, Fiona Apple, Heartless Bastards, Radiohead, Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Deer Hunter and Grizzly Bear.

 

6. Why should I give Oh, Rosie a spin?

Oh, Rosie is evocative of the end of innocence and is a bouncy pop rocker that the world is better for.


7. Does Mr Walker have any more good un’s?

Don't miss Hopie Song. Paino led old school rock that pops.

 
8. Any more words?

Jon Patrick Walker is an actor who has played Bruce Springsteen and John Lennon in musicals.

“Rosie don’t know, what makes the great world spin”

The Submarines are an indie pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. The Submarines kicked off in 2006 and have three long players on their roll of honor. Birds bounces off their third album Love Notes/Letter Bombs (2011) and is an infectious, bubbly, piano assisted pop rocker that oozes charm.

“Hey, what if everythings alright?”