SPOOKYLAND - Big Head

 

 

 

1. Who are these legends in their lunchtime?

SPOOKYLAND are an indie rock band from Sydney, Australia. Playing together for over five years Big Head (March'16) ripples off their debut album Beauty Already Beautiful (May’16).

2. What's on the turntable?

Big Head is a laid back, booming rocker packed to the gills with rampant, sexy, riffery. The vocals are rather unique; falling somewhere between whiny and pissy.


3. Who do SPOOKYLAND sound similar to?

Big Head is similar to Oasis.


4. What is the good word from the fourth estate?

“It’s a killer track” – Consequence Of Sound.

“Stadium sized rock’n’roll” – Rolling Stone Australia.

“Big riffs and bigger, ballsier vocals” – Backseat Mafia.

5. Which bands bring the pain to SPOOKYLAND’s music?

The main influences are Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Kurt Vile and The Church.

6. Why should I give Big Head a crack?
 
Big Head is having a serve at the double standards that people have judging womens' behavior. While that in itself is admirable the hard rocking band make it bloody loveable.


7. Do SPOOKYLAND have any more bangers?

God's Eyes is good.
 

8. Any more words?

SPOOKYLAND’s singer, guitarist, songwriter, Marcus Gordon, took inspiration from the music, biography and poetry of Patti Smith and the songwriting of Lou Reed and Bruce Springsteen.

SPOOKYLAND have played shows supporting Cold War Kids, Gary Clarke Jr and Band Of Skulls.

 

“I love the idiot she made of me”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oasis crawled out of Manchester in 1991 and lasted until 2009 by some miracle and racked up seven big players on their roll of immortal rock'n'roll honor. Cigarettes & Alcohol bled off their debut album Definitely Maybe (1994, the fastest selling debut album of all time in the UK and voted by NME readers in 2006 the greatest album of all time). Cigarettes & Alcohol is an anthem. Pitchfork called, “cocky, muscular, and uptempo.”

“Is it worth the aggravation,

To find yourself a job when there’s nothing worth working for?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sheer Mag - Nobody's Baby

1.    Who are these heroes?

Sheer Mag are a punk rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with three E.P.’s on their roll of honor. Nobody’s Baby (March’16) is the second single to come kicking off the third short player III (March’16).


2. What kind of slice of heaven is Nobody’s Baby?

Nobody’s Baby is packed to the gunnels with gritty rock riffs that drive this baby into the realms of divine. Fiery lyrics are delivered with punk passion and an undercurrent of fury. Nobody’s Baby is the guitar led punk perfection.

3. Who do Sheer Mag sound akin to?

Pitchfork are feeling MC5 and Thin Lizzy.

 4. What have the bone idle muppets in the press to say about Nobody’s Baby?

“Hip shaking hooks and burly riffs” – Pitchfork.

“A fiery, punchy mission statement with a sing-along chorus” – Brooklyn Vegan.

“Raw and hooky” – Stereogum.

5. Who puts the grind in Sheer Mag’s riffs?

Sheer Mag are influenced by Drive-In, Bear vs Shark, Thin Lizzy, Abba and Fleetwood Mac.
The singer Tina Halladay is a big fan of Meatloaf.

6. Why should I give Nobody’s Baby a whip past the ears?

Nobody’s Baby has a punk heart married to a seventies classic rock riff body and a thick wedge of indignation in the vocals. Pure genius packed full of rampant riffery.

7. Do Sheer Mag have any more of this magnificience?

Oh by golly they do. FanThe Flames is a searing indictment of the gentrification of inner city neighborhoods and chock full of riffs.


8. Any more words about these punk heroes?

Sheer Mag have found fame the old school way playing basements and making their own music in the bedroom while taking big swings at the establishment.

“Wanting you so bad it hurts”

Machineheart are an indie pop band from Tacome, Washington and Los Angleles, California, who have been together since 2013. With one short player and one single in their resume Circles (2015) was their debut single and a piece of instantly addictive pop gold.

“If you’re searching for a way out, you gotta take a new road”