OK Go - Interesting Drug

1. Who are OK Go? 

OK Go are an indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Playing together since 1998 they have recorded four albums. Interesting Drug (Jan'17) is a stand alone single. 


2. What kind of tune is it? 

Interesting Drug is a Morrissey cover that's been funked up with OK Go's 80's pop vibe and a lilting ska-esque undertone. A laid back, gently bouncy, tune to accompany a stinging rebuke. 


3. Who do OK Go sound like?

The Smiths, Two Door Cinema and Modest Mouse.


4. What have the press said about Interesting Drug? 

“Eerily fitting to the current political climate” – Under The Radar.

“OK Go blast Trump” – Vanyaland. 

“A steady rocking anti-Trump anthem” – Rolling Stone.

5. Which bands influenced OK Go? 

Some of their biggest influences are Michael Jackson, Prince, Talking Heads, New Order and David Bowie. 


6. Why should I listen to Interesting Drug?

Because one of the greatest musician's to ever walk God's green earth wrote the song and this great band made it better. 


7. What are OK Go's best songs? 

There is a wealth to choose from. The synthy white boy funk of I Won't Let You Down is king. What an ass shaker. This Too Shall Pass is melancholic happiness. Get Over It rocks. 


8. Any more words? 

OK Go's singer Damian Kulash said, “No matter how anxious or angry you are, try to turn your passion into something good for the world. We’re in this together.”

“There are some bad people on the rise”

Young Romance are an indie pop rock band from London, England. They are a duo and started playing together in 2012. Young Romance sound like The Primitives, Best Coast or Bleached. Pale (2014) is from their debut album Another's Blood (2016). Pale is two minutes of achingly beautiful vocals laid over some gritty fucking guitar and crashing drums. It'll get you by the short and curlies.

“Oh there was a night, long ago,

When I fell from grace”

VANT - Fly-By Alien

1.    Who are these heroic bruisers?

VANT are a pivotal punk band from London, England. Rarking it up since 2014 and with three short players on their roll of honor, Fly-By Alien (Feb’16) comes belting off their third EP Fly-By Alien (Feb'16).


2. What kind of brickbat are VANT swinging?

Fly-By Alien is a killer punk tune with contrasting rhythms and a healthy serve for self-centred people blinded by the search for emphemeral pleasures. A banger.


3. Who do VANT sound somewhat similar to?

Pretty Vicious, Asylums and The Vines.

4. What have the saints of the fourth estate said about Fly-By Alien?

“Focuses it’s aggression so vehemently” – Noisy Vice.


“Sneers and spits against the apathy of his generation” – DIY.

“A maelstrom of irrepressible melody” – Piccadilly Records.

5. Which bands showed the way for VANT?

VANT get their fire from The Kinks, Fugazi, The Clash and Rage Against The Machine.

6. Why should I give Fly-By Alien a lash?

VANT are one of the hottest bands in England at the minute and the future of rock’n’roll. One of the very few bands who matter, Fly-By Alien continues VANT's fine tradition of rocking first and having a word to the wise later.

7. What other bangers are these heroes slinging?

Parking Lot, The Answer, and Do You Know? are a triumvirate of killer tunes that bang so hard they need to come with an orthopedic surgeons warning.

8. Any more words fool?

VANT have fronted for bands like Royal Blood, FIDLAR and The Bohicas and are taking Get Inuit out to fluff for them in April.

“If you are asleep but won’t dream,

You are a cog in the machine”

Hot Action Cop are a funky alternative rock band out of Nashville, Tennessee. Started in 2001 they have two long players under the bed. Their debut album Hot Action Cop (2003) was led by the single Fever For The Flava that became a soundtrack favorite and Sputnik Music said the band is “infamous for their funk-metal energy and copulation encouraging lyrics.” The men are good for a laugh and the music is the business.

“Gonna strip you down like a car in the barrio”

 

INHEAVEN - Baby's Alright

1.    Who are INHEAVEN?

INHEAVEN are an indie rock band from South London. Baby’s Alright (Feb’16) is the band’s second single although they have a handful of songs available.


2. What kind of tune is Baby's Alright?

Baby’s Alright has crystal vocals offering up a critique on war-mongering and a me-first citizenry all underpinned by a rock solid band with post-punk trimmings. Catchy and meaningful.

3. Who are INHEAVEN similar to?

NME were feeling The Pixies listening to Baby's Alright. The Line Of Best Fit compared INHEAVEN’s music generally to My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain.

4. What have the press said about Baby’s Alright?

“The monster hit we have been waiting for” – DIY.

“Propulsive pop-rock belter with fuzz” – The Line Of Best Fit.

“Supersonic guitars and post-indie rock” – Velvet Independent.

5. Which bands have lathered INHEAVEN into a frenzy?

INHEAVEN have love for Nirvana, The Cure, The Clash, Sonic Youth, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Big Moon, Ought and Peluche.


6. Why should I give Baby’s Alright a listen?

INHEAVEN are a politically conscious band singing about the big themes, the things that matter. Baby's Alright rocks with purpose and pops for play.

7. Do INHEAVEN have any more goodies?

Bitter Town is the good oil.


8. Anything else?

The new album is being produced by Tom Dalgety who has done the same for Royal Blood, Broken Hands, Maccabees, The Family Rain and Band Of Skulls.

The first INHEAVEN single was put out on Julian Casablancas’ label Cult Records.

INHEAVEN have supported Blossoms, VANT and The Magic Gang. In May and June INHEAVEN will be fluffing for Sundara Karma.

“No they ain’t got your technology,

So we burn ‘em down with no apology”

 

The Cure are a new wave band from Crawley, England. Playing together since 1977 they have thirteen long players on their roll of honor, have sold in the region of thirty million albums worldwide and are still going strong. Just Like Heaven was The Cure's third single from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987)  and the band's first American Top 40 hit. Singer songwriter Robert Smith considers Just Like Heaven the best pop song The Cure have ever done and Slant magazine called it, “simply stellar.”  Just Like Heaven is one of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time.

“Show me, show me, show me, how you do that trick,
The one that makes me scream, she said”