She Drew The Gun - No Hole

1. Who are She Drew The Gun?

She Drew The Gun are a psych-rock/pop band from Wirral, Liverpool, England. No Hole In My Head (Feb’17) is a cover and an album track from their debut album Memories Of Another Future (March’17). 

2. What kind of tune is No Hole? 

A poignant folk song with garage rock guitar. Rips shit up.

3. Who do She Drew The Gun sound like? 

St Vincent, Findlay, and The Big Moon. 

4. What have the press said about No Hole? 

“The guitars on this cover are sublime” – We Close Tonight.

“A titanic piece of fuzzed out indie bedlam” – Clash.

“Puts her own frustration and seductive stamp on the rendition” – The Fountain.

5. Which bands have influenced She Drew The Gun?

Some of their influences are John Lennon, Malvina Reynolds, The Las, Father John Misty, and Kate Tempest. 


6. Why should I give No Hole a listen? 

Because it reinvigorates a folk song with some cranking guitar and because the protest message has lost none of it's potency. 


7. What are She Drew The Gun's best songs? 

No Hole is top of the pile but Pit Pony is sound too.


8. Any more words?

The album Memories Of Another Future is produced by James Skelly from The Coral.

Who Drew The Gun won Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent contest in 2016. 

“Everybody thinks my heads full of nothin,’

Try to put this special stuff in,

Fill the space with candy wrappers”

FOX are a indie rock band from Luxembourg, with a classic rock sound. They have been playing together since 2013. FOX have recorded one album. The band are influenced by classic rock from the 60's and 70's and sound like Thin Lizzy or Dragon. Cool Cat is a track from their debut album FOX (2015). Cool Cat has a classic rock riff and struts into the room full of fucking swagger.

“Ohhh you better not start it with Charlie”

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”

The Avett Brothers - Ain't No Man

1.    Who are the men decked out in their finery? 

The Avett Brothers are a genre-hopping indie folk rock band from Mount Pleasant, North Carolina. Making tunes since 2000 they have four long players to their name. Ain't No Man is the lead single from The Avett Brother's fourth studio album True Sadness (June'16).


2. What have they served up? 

Ain't No Man is a folk pop knockout. A foot-tapping, hand-clapping, sing-along with a little bit of funk. Folk at it's beneficiant best and pop's finest right here. 

3. Who do The Avett Brother's sound like?

Ain't No Man sounds like Bronze Radio Return. The Lumineers are similar.



4. What have the scribes said? 

"Stomping new anthem" - Consequence Of Sound. 

"An uptempo, full-bodied, harmony-heavy song" - The Boot. 

"Foot-stomping celebration" - NPR.

5. Which bands have influenced The Avett Brothers?

The Avett Brothers blend rock, punk, bluegrass, folk and country. Their influences run a gamut from Nirvanna, Tom Waits, Pink Floyd and Rory Coltrane to Beethoven.

6. Why should I give Ain't No Man a listen?

Ain't No Man is rootsy tune radiating love that forces you to sing and clap along with it's good-natured effervescence. 


7. Do The Avett Brothers have any more bangers?

Another Is Waiting rocks a little and Live And Die winds the bluegrass whimsy up to a stomping wigout.


8. Any more words? 

The new album True Sadness is produced by Rick Rubin who has worked for Metallica, Rage Against The Machine, Joe Strummer, Johnny Cash, Kanye West and Jay Z to name but a few.

"There ain't nobody here who can cause me pain or raise my fear

Cause I got only love to share"

Half Moon Run are an indie rock band from Montreal, Canada. Playing together since 2010 they have two long players to pin to their flag. Turn Your Love (Sept'15) was the second single from their second album Sun Leads Me On (Oct'15). Turn Your Love is a song Exclaim felt showcases the band's "eclectic styles and influences."

"I don't feel the strongest singing my own songs

And I used to baby"

Ray LaMontagne - Pt. 1 Hey No Pressure

1.   Who is this earthy looking chap?

Ray LaMontagne is a very popular folk rocker from Nashua, New Hampshire  with five long playes in the bag.  Pt1. Hey, No Pressure (Jan’16) comes grooving off his new album Ouroboros (March’16).

2. What kind of nonsense is coming over the wire?

Pt 1. Hey, No Pressure is a slow chugger with a monster riff. You can already find multiple Youtube videos on how to play the riff. The riff is just epic. A desert rocking riff.

3. So who does Mr Montagne sound like?

Black Rebel Motorcycle club with a flat wheel?  Lenny Kravitz on Valium?

Zumic punted for Black Keys.Sound Bites for Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) and Billy Thorpe. Yeah, me neither.


4. So what is the good word from the wordsmiths?

“Infectious distorted guitar riffs and swirling sound effects” - Zumic.

“Brings Black Keys-worthy riffage to his inspired words” - NPR.

“Fuzzed-up, effects-laden electric guitar and punchy drums” - Sound Bites.

5. Who inspired this free spirit?

Stephen Stills, Richard Manuel, and Rick Danko are the wind in his sails. 

6. Why should I give Pt 1. Hey, No Pressure a fair crack of the whip?

The riff. Nasty big bluesy riff you will blast out your speakers with. A real sexy, grinder. The song is sex on a stick.

7. Has Mr Montagne whipped out any more big un's?

You Are The Best Thing has more of the soul singing sexiness.

8. More drivel?

Yeah. The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach produced LaMontagne’s 2014 album, Supernova, but Ouroboros was produced by My Morning Jacket’s Jim James.

“Anything you want your life to mean, it can mean”

Double trouble from The Primitives today. The English indie pop band most famous for 1988’s Crash are still alive and kicking and cracked a great one in Petals off the 2014 album Spin-O-Rama.

“A heart not broken won't need mending
Nothing gained so nothing lost”