Dude York - Love Is

1.    Who are Dude York?

Dude York are a power pop/punk band from Seattle, Washington. Love Is (Feb’17) is the third single from their second album Sincerely (Feb’17). 

2. What kind of tune is Love Is? 

Love Is feels like a tight, broke, stripper's ass grinding on your hard-on while you sit on the couch. Both sweet joy and an itch you can't scratch until later. An addictive, muscular riff is front and center while Claire England's anguished vocals tell a familiar tale of falling for the wrong guy. A grungy anthem full of pathos. 

3. Who do Dude York sound like? 

Tacocat, Beverly and Hole. 

4. What have the press said about Love Is? 

“A blown-out anthem” – Stereogum. 

“A thunderstorm from start to finish” – The Grey Eye States. 

“Anthemic” – Brooklyn Vegan. 

5. Which bands influenced Dude York?

Some of their influences are Paramore, Elvis Costello, Weezer and The Misfits. 

6. Why should I give Love Is a fair crack of the whip? 

Because you love a fat riff. Because you like Riot Grrrl bands. 

7. What are Dude Love's best songs? 

Give Tonight a whirl. It's a cracker. Black Jack is a doozy too. 

8. Any more fluff? 

Sincerely was produced by John Goodmanson (Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, Los Campesinos). 

“Some guy is holding my hand,

And he’s the hottest thing I’ve ever seen”

The Hard Aches are a punk rock band from Adelaide, Australia. They have one album and two E.P.'s in the vault. The Hard Aches sound like The Dune Rats, Against Me! and The Smith Street Band. They are big fans of PUP. I Get Like This is the lead single from their debut album Pheromones (2015). I Get Like This is anthemic, heart-on-your-sleeve, farts in the bed honest, punk rock. And as catchy as chlamydia. 

“But I get like this,

When I get fucked up”

White Lung - Hungry

1.    Who are this happy crew?

White Lung are a punk band from Vancouver, British Columbia with three long players under their arm. Hungry (March"16) is the lead single to come rampaging off their fourth album Paradise (April’16).


2.    What kind of tune is Hungry?

Hungry is a hard rocking belter with tight guitar playing and kick ass, take no prisoners, vocals from Mish Way. A mosher, no doubt about it.

3. Who do White Lung sound like?

Hungry sounds like the best songs by Hole.

 

4. What have the press got to say about Hungry?

“Exquisite layers of guitar perfectly colliding over punishing drums” – Stereogum.

“Furious” – DIY.

“A three-minute contained explosion of darkly melodic power pop” – Pitchfork.

5. Which bands put the bounce in White Lungs boots?

Singer Mish May has spoken of having some love for Nirvana, Television, The Descendents and Oasis. Talking to Pitchfork Miss May big upped Bikini Kill, Hole and L7 and she expressed a softer side to Front Psych in old favorites like Stevie Nicks and the jazz singer Dinah Washington.
 

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

Hungry is a powerful combination of tight as a nuns minge rock guitar, rhythm section and explosive vocals. Hungry kicks like a horse, a brutal revelation and a smash hit.
 

7. Do White Lung have any more rippers?

Face Down bangs harder than a prison rapist.
 

 8. Any more good words? 

Mish May is the kind of feminist icon you can be proud of. The Line Of Best Fit describe her as “frank, witty and completly honest” and in a Pitchfork article she talks about finding music success the hard way.

White Lung are doing a five date tour of England this March.
 

“It’s the marshal plan, it’s the only goal”

 

 

 

 

Dessert is served by one of White Lung’s influences the Los Angeles punk band L7. Starting out in 1985 and still going strong L7 have six long players in their roll of rock’n’roll honor. Pretend We’re Dead was the lead single of their third breakthrough album Bricks Are Heavy (1992). Pretend We’re Dead was L7’s iconic hit and a song Spin called “one of grunges most indelible hits.”

 

“Turn the tables with our unity,

They’re neither moral nor the majority”