Tunabunny - Incinerate

1.    Who are Tunabunny?

Tunabunny are an eclectic post-punk/pop/rock band from Athens, Georgia. Started in 2008 the band have five albums. Incinerate (May’17) is the lead single from the fifth (double LP) PCP Presents Alice In Wonderland Jr. (June’17). 

2. What kind of tune is Incinerate? 

A low-key indie pop groove with a hypnotic vocal that drives the song. Mellow, yet upbeat, and cool as fuck.

3. Who do Tunabunny sound like? 

Tunabunny have been compared to Sleater-Kinney, Throwing Muses and Gang Of Four. But none of that is similar to this song.

4. What kind of press is Incinerate getting? 

“The presence of both advance intelligence and childlike abandon” – I M Atlanta.

“If you can’t find yourself falling head over heels for this tune, then I think your speakers are broken” – Austin Town Hall.

“Tunabunny are the most important indie band of this decade” – Broadway World. 

5. Which bands inspired Tunabunny? 

They are influenced by Brian Eno and other things like film and literature.


6. Why should I listen to Incinerate? 

Because you love cute phrasing in your vocals. Because you remember another good indie band from Athens, Georgia.


7. What are Tunabunny's best songs? 

Incinerate is the best. Give I Miss You (You Miss Me Yes) a crack though.


8. Any more words?

Nah.

“Drop a match and there she blows”

Mando Diao are a commercially successful alternative rock/garage rock band from Borlange, Sweden. They sound like Franz Ferdinand and The Kooks. Mando Diao are influenced by The Clash and The Doors. Shake (April'17) is a single from their eighth album Good Times (May’17). Shake is a dance rock song. A funky, frolic with a side of indie rock and disco.

“I need somebody to call me honey,

Girl you’ve got me, won’t you take me home”

Bad Pop - Same House

1.    Who are Bad Pop?

Bad Pop are an indie rock band from Vancouver, Canada. They used to be known as Hot Panda. They have recorded three albums. Same House is a double A side with Masculism (April’17). 

2. What kind of tune is Same House? 

A playful, wistful and original indie art rock song. 

3. Who do Bad Pop sound like?

Los Camposinos!, The New Pornographers, and Air Traffic Controller. 

4. What is the word from the cut and paste jackals? 

“Intoxicates the mind as assuredly as smoking a crack pipe” – Emerging Indie Bands.

“Stomping alt-pop anthem” – Killing Moon.

“Bad Pop revel incandescently on ‘Same House’” – The Line Of Best Fit.

5. Which bands influenced Bad Pop? 

Bad Pop are influenced by Iggy Pop, Talking Heads, The Strokes, The New Pornographers and Supergrass. 


6. Why should I give Same House a listen?

Because it's as indie as fuck. Because it's an infectious tune. Because your friends haven't.


7. What are Bad Pop's best songs?

Bad Pop is a song so good they renamed their band after it. 


8. Any more words?

No. 

“It’s easy just to not commit or give a shit,

To anybody”

Los Camposinos! are an indie pop rock band from Cardiff, Wales. They have been playing together since 2006 and have recorded six albums. Los Campesinos! are sound like Japandroids meets Belle & Sebastian. They are influenced by bands like Modest Mouse, Broken Social Scene, and The Magnetic Fields. 5 Flucloxacillin is the second single from their sixth album Sick Scenes (2017). Some of the frustrations the band have experienced in the last four years come through in the music and add a vital desperation to the a song with a sunny indie pop exterior. 

“Doctor said, "Don't drink on antibiotics"

Reply, "It doesn't matter, hangover's always chronic anyway"

Holy Ghost! - Crime Cutz

1. Who are these clean cut chaps?

Holy Ghost! are an indie dance rock duo from New York City who have been making music together since 2007 and have one long player to pin to their pole. Crime Cutz (Feb'16) bubbles off their E.P. of the same name Crime Cutz (April'16).

2. What kind of tune are we rolling with?

Crime Cutz is a dance groove with all the best disco trimmings.

3. Who do Holy Ghost! sound like?

Holy Ghost! have been compared to LCD Soundsystem, New Order, Depeche Mode and Talking Heads.

4. What do the cut and paste brigands have to say about Crime Cutz?

“Super funky beat that builds to a monstrous crescendo before a cool down with soothing oohs and pretty synths” – Stereogum.

“A seven minute space fun jam” – Consequence Of Sound.

“One of the catchiest blasts of indie rock disco you’ll ever hear” – Stereo Embers.

 

 

 

5. Who put the funk in Holy Ghost! groove?

The drummer Nick Millhiser mentioned having Nirvana, ABBA and Chic in mind when crafting Crime Cutz.

6. Why should I give Crime Cutz a whip past the brain holes?

Crime Cutz has more angles than a Compton pimp. Innovative dance music that keeps surprising you.

7. Do Holy Ghost! have any more bangers?

It Gets Dark is good as gold.

8. Any more grist for the machine?

Holy Ghost! are signed to DFA Records part owned by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. Holy Ghost! have remixed LCD Soundsystem songs and James Murphy has had input into Holy Ghost! recordings.

“You lift me up and up”

Empires are an indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois with three albums to their credit. How Good Does It Feel (2014) comes off the E.P. of the same name and is a tune COS compared to The Killers.

“The raw night holds a different kind of man”