Showing posts with label similar to Teenage Fan Club. Show all posts
Showing posts with label similar to Teenage Fan Club. Show all posts

Friday, 30 December 2016

Hooton Tennis Club - O Man Won't You Melt Me




1. Who are these carefree chaps? 

Hooton Tennis Club are an indie psych/revivalist/rock band from Liverpool, England. They have been playing together since 2014. O Man Won’t You Melt Me (Dec’16) is the second single from their second album Big Box Of Chocolates (Oct’16). 


2. What kind of tune is O Man Won't You Melt Me? 

A languid, jangle pop, song with hints of psychedelia and pop from the 1960's and 70's. Offbeat but catchy. 


3. Who do Hooton Tennis Club sound like? 

Parquet Courts, The Beatles and Teenage Fanclub.


4. What kind of press is O Man Won't You Melt Me getting? 

“Manages to stand out above the rest” – There Goes The Fear. 

“Melancholic, but still upbeat” – DIY.

“An easy radio friendly song” – There Goes The Fear.
 



5. Which bands have inspired Hooton Tennis Club's throwback sound? 

Their main influences are The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Beach Boys, The Choral, Big Star and Bob Dylan. 


6. Why should I give O Man Won't You Melt Me a chance? 

Because you love English rock from the 60's and 70's. 


7. What are Hooton Tennis Clubs best songs? 



8. Any more words muppet? 

Big Box Of Chocolates was produced by Edwyn Collins (The Cribs, Little Barrie). 


“Here she comes, I guess I’ll step outside”





The Cribs are an indie rock band from Wakefield, England. Johnny Marr (The Smiths, Modest Mouse) was a member of the group for a few years. The Cribs have made seven albums and the last three made it into the U.K. top ten.The Cribs are similar to The Libertines, The Future Heads and Kaiser Chiefs. They are influenced mainly by Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Teenage Fan Club and Weezer. Come On, Be A No-One was the second single from their fifth album In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull (2012). Come On, Be A No-One is The Cribs best song, a punk rocker that AAA Music said “is a slice of total genius, perfectly encapsulating the scrappy punk rock energy of their first two albums and the more considered ‘proper rock band’ stylings of their last two.”


“We don’t need you like a hole in the head”







Sunday, 1 May 2016

Pop Cult - Feels Right






1.    Who are these foot soldiers of rock’n’roll?

Pop Cult are an indie rock band from Queensland, Australia. Feels Right (March'16) is the second single to soar off their as yet unnamed debut EP.


2. What’s cooking?

Feels Right slides along all retro trippy English inde vibes, heavy bass and background guitar flourishes. The chorus steps it on up and it goes a little gospel in the breakdown with handclaps. Familar but new.


3. Who do Pop Cult sound like?

Primal Scream, Teenage Fan Club and a splash of The Happy Mondays. Rolling Stone Australia were feeling Oasis and The Who. Trippers.


4. What have the press said about Feels Right?

“On the fast track to become Aussie indie rock royalty” – AAA Backstage.

“Oozing early 90’s rock, easy guitars and gospel type harmonies” – Rabbit Radio.

“The chorus is an absolute belter” – Adam Not Eve.




5. Which bands put the belt into Pop Cult’s belters?

Pop Cult’s main influences are The Velvet Undergound, Big Star, Teenage Fanclub and Electric Light Orchestra.


6. Why should I give Feels Right a rumble?

Feels Right pushes all the right retro-nineties buttons with fresh excitement and a message about rising up for the good fight.


7. Do Pop Cult have any more good ones?

The first single Gotta Keep Lovin' is a lovely little number with more easy-going English indie stylings.


8. Any more words?

Elliot Heinrich has said Feels Right is a “gospel jam, with a subversive social commentary. We’re encouraged to be passive and accept the way things are, but our generation have more power than ever to question and change things.”
 



“Do what feels wrong until it feels right”






Primal Scream are an indie rock band from Glascow, Scotland. Formed in 1982 they have eleven long players in the vault and are still going strong. Screamadelica (1991) is their most popular album, selling 3 million copies, and Movin On Up is track one on the album. Pitchfork called Movin’ On Up an “immense dance-rock single” and Sreamadelica “half strutting with confidence, half yearning for transcendence.”
“I’m moving on up now, getting out of the darkness”