Twin Peaks - Holding Roses

1. Who are Twin Peaks?

Twin Peaks are garage rock legends from Chicago, Illinois. Creating a racket since 2009 they have three long players in the vault. Holding Roses (April’16)  is the third single release from Twin Peaks' third album Down In Heaven (May’16). 

2. What kind of tune have Twin Peaks rustled up?

Holding Roses is a slow roller with some cranky Mick Jagger style vocals and some rock'n'roll piano thrown in. One for the ladies but it'll worm it's way into anyone's affections.

3. Who do Twin Peaks sound like?

The Frights, Public Access TV, The Orwells. NPR compared Twin Peaks to The Replacements, Velvet Crush and Teenage Fanclub. Panty sniffers.


4. What have the press said about Holding Roses? 

“Immense and infectious” – Stereogum. 

“Has a charming, Stones-ish, mid-tempo grace” – NPR.  

“A mid-tempo, romantic melody with a swelling chorus” – Tenement TV. 

5. Who put the grime in Twin Peaks garage rock?

Twin Peaks are influenced by bands like Jay Reatard, T. Rex, The Strokes, The Stooges and The Rolling Stones. 

6. Why should I give Holding Roses a whirl?

Holding Roses is good value for a change of pace and the authentic garage vibe of Twin Peaks remains true throughout.

7. Do Twin Peaks have any more sound tracks?

Flavor is pure unadulterated genius. Songs don't get better than that. A bonafide garage anthem. I Found A New Way isn't too shabby. 

8. Any more words?

The new album Down In Heaven was produced by R. Andrew Humphrey who produced and engineered Twin Peaks' last album Wild Onion. 

“I can feel my heart beating,

As the tears roll down my tongue”

The Orwells are the real deal. Bastards to bleed for. This garage rock band is from Chicago, Illinois, too. Kicking arse and taking no prisoners since 2009 they have two long players on their roll of honor. Who Needs You was the lead single from their second album Disgraceland (2014). Who Needs You gives the militaristic U.S. government and police state a big serve. Guitarist Matt O'Keefe said, “It’s about being told what to do, what to believe in – which is in a nutshell, the story of America’s youth.” Who Needs You is the sound of The Strokes made better, with a conscience, with the balls of god honest rebellion, and is what real rock'n'roll is all about. Bugger the pretenders.

“You better join the army,

I said “No thank you Uncle Sam”

The Magic Gang - All This Way

1.    On the velvet? Really?

Yeah sorry. That's The Magic Gang an indie pop rock band from Brighton, England. They have been making sweet melodies since 2013 and have one short player to their name. All This Way (Aug'16) is from an up-coming second E.P.

2. What have they got to listen to?

All This Way is a light, bubbly, love sick pop number with a chorus that sticks to you like flies to an ax wound. 

3. Who do The Magic Gang sound like?

The Beatles. Weezer. Buddy Holly. Rabbit!

4. What have those arbiters of taste in the press said about All This Way?

“Simply a quality indie rock song” – Euphoriazine. 

“Yet another slice of gold” – DIY.  

“A definite summer anthem” – Pond Music. 

5. Which bands have helped craft The Magic Gang's magic?  

A few of the bands influences are The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, T-Rex, Queen, Oasis and Joy Division.


6. Why should I press play on All This Way?

The tune is a long slow sip of sunshine with a sticky ass chorus and you've-been-there lyrics. 


7. Do The Magic Gang have any other decent tunes?

Why yes sir. Head straight for Jasmine. Not done? No Fun is a more Pixies/Weezer-esque track. Top shelf squire. 


8. Any more words son? 

The Magic Gang are supporting Spring King in concert this October and Swim Deep are big fans of the band.

“All I really want to know,

Is how I got all this way on my own?”

She Wants Revenge are an alternative rock band from San Fernando Valley, California. They started playing together in 2005 and have recorded three albums, toured with Placebo and Depeche Mode, and sold over 300 000 albums. She Wants Revenge are influenced by bands like Depeche Mode, Sonic Youth, David Bowie, The Cure and Prince.  Must Be The One is the lead single from the band's third album Valleyheart (2011) and a song that has an epic U2 or Kodaline type feel and is sound as a pound.

“I’d break all my promises if you’d just say we’re not done,

‘Cause you must be the one”

Tokyo Police Club - My House

1. Who are they? 

Tokyo Police Club are an indie rock band from Newmarket, Canada. Kicking it since 2005 the lads have four albums in the bag. My House (Sept'16) is the lead single released from the new E.P. Mellon Collon And The Infinite Radness, Part 2 (Sept'16). 

2. What have they got to offer? 

My House is a languid little banger that stomps along in the verses. The rest is scattergun.

3. Who do Tokyo Police Club sound like?

Weezer - lite. The Arkells. 

4. What have the press said about My House? 

“Stout riffs stomp and chug along before giving way to a sweeping, panoramic chorus” – Consequence Of Sound. 

“Big on pop-crunch guitar” – Exclaim.

“A crunchy, catchy pop-rock song” – Sugar Creek Sound. 

5. Which bands have influenced Tokyo Party Club?

Some of the main influences are Pulp, The Strokes, Weezer, Bloc Party and HAIM.


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

The stomp of the riff in the verse has echoes of Weezer's stone cold legendary tune El Scorcho.


7. Do Tokyo Police Club have any other bangers?

Hot Tonight is an light little feel-good indie belter. Your English Is Good and Toy Guns make up the tail end of a tasty threesome.


8. Any more words petal?

My House was written and recorded with Rostam Batmanglij, the dude who used to be in Vampire Weekend. 

“Whatever you do, I guess it doesn’t matter if no one else knows it?”

Bloc Party are a popular English indie rock band from London, England. Getting the party rocking since 1999 they have released five fantastic albums and had sold over three million albums by 2012. The first three Bloc Party albums all charted in the top five in the U.K. album charts. The Love Within (Oct'15) was the lead single for the album Hymns (Feb'16) and is a tune NME described as “narcotic dancefloor euphoria” and Pitchfork as “an indie disco-pop hybrid.”

“The love within is moving upwards,

So don’t you want to get high?”

Kings Of Leon - Waste A Moment

1.    Who are these rock legends? 

Kings Of Leon are a popular indie rock band from Nashville, Tennessee.  They have seven long players on their roll of honor, have sold over seventeen million albums worldwide and topped the album charts around the world. Waste A Moment (Sept’16) is the lead single from the new album Walls (Oct’16).

2. What kind of tune is Waste A Moment?

Waste A Moment is classic Kings Of Leon; helter skelter rock'n'roll with brooding vocals and sweet release in the redemptive chorus. The tune doesn't overstay it's welcome either, clocking in at the magic three. 

3. Who do Kings Of Leon sound like?

IndieShuffle compared Waste A Moment to U2, The Killers and The Strokes. 

4. What have the lazy bastards in the press said about Waste A Moment? 

“Crisp guitars, anthemic vocals and a slight ragged touch” – Clash Music. 

“Embodies the anthemic, from the heart feeling” – Paste Magazine. 

“Stadium ready rock” – Much. 

5. Which bands lent their majesty to Kings Of Leon?

Some of the Kings Of Leon main influences are The Strokes, The Pixies, The Rolling Stones, The Clash and Wilco. 


6. Why should I give Waste A Moment a lash?

Waste A Moment is the kind of song that takes the feeling of ennui and stands it on it's head. Satisfying in the extreme. It is also proof one of indies biggest bands remain on point.


7. What are the other Kings Of Leon biggies?

Sex On Fire is massive and good for it. Use Somebody is just the same and Radioactive rounds out an outstanding triumvirate. 


8. Any more words peanut?

Walls is produced by Markus Dravs who has been at the controls for The Maccabees, Mumford & Sons, Arcade Fire and Coldplay.

“She’s a little burner, burner, gonna throw you to the flame”

Piano Club are an indie electro-pop band from Belgium. Started in 2007 they have one album, an E.P. and a single to their names. Piano Club are influenced by bands like E.L.O. Blondie, Yeasayer, MGMT and Metronomy. Ain't No Mountain High (2012) is from the E.P. of the same name and is not a Marvin Gaye cover. Ain't No Mountain High brings Californian sunshine indie, like The Mowglis, to space synths in a marriage of extreme convenience. Special. 

“Walking alone, playing my role,

Wind in my hair, but you’re not there”

Only Yours - Different

1.    Who are these bearded bros? 

Only Yours are an indie post pop band from Toronto, Canada. Different (June'16) is their debut single. 

2. What have they got to offer?

Different isn't. It's all the retro sounds of eighties pop with a vague indie bent circa 2000's. That's what makes it so good. It's like the musical equivalent of candy floss. You don't feel good about loving it, you know that shit ain't good for you, but you want it bad.

3. Who do Only Yours sound like? 

Kings of Leon. SHIELDS. Passion Pit. 

4. What have the goon squad said about Different?

“Bouncing bass synth drives this nostalgic summer anthem” – Indie 88.

“All hooks, a bold chorus and a glistening verse” – Clash Music. 

“Lush contemporary electro-pop textures meet in the middle with new-wave rhythms” – Dusty Organ. 

5. Which band have put the syrup in Only Yours?

Only Yours are influenced by The Cure, Tears For Fears, Beyonce, Rihanna and Drake. 

6. Why should I give Different a play?

The chorus is as clingy as a girlfriend meeting your better looking ex at a party. Tight.

7. Do Only Yours have any other good tunes? 

Debut single, mind. 


8. Any more words peanut? 

Different was produced by Leon Taheny who has put his nose to the grind for Weaves, Death From Above 1979, Tokyo Police Club and Metz to name but a few.

“The city looks soft through rosy glass,

The night feels young but it moves so fast”

Emigrate are an alternative hard rock band from New York, New York. They were formed in 2007 and have two albums behind them. The bands front man Richard Z Kruspe is a guitarist in Rammstein. The bands second album Silent So Long (2014) included collaborations with a variety of artists (Lemmy, Marilyn Manson, Peaches) but in particular the lead single on the album Eat You Alive featured Frank Delle from the German dancehall band Seeed. Eat You Alive is a hard charging rock song with hints of punk, bombast and sex.

“Getting it deeper than hell in a hole”

FEARS - The Squeeze

1. Who are these critters?

FEARS are an alternative rock’n’roll band from London, England. Birthed in 2016 the gentlemen have an E.P. and a single to their names. The Squeeze (April'16) is the single. 

2. What kind of racket is The Squeeze?

The Squeeze is sawdust on the floor, sideways glances brimful of malice, creaking leather and the stench of whiskey and smoke. Standard issue, straight up the middle, bluesy rock'n'roll made to the highest standards. A tasty big stomper with swagger.

3. Who do FEARS sound like?

Royal Blood, The Family Rain and The Quireboys. 

4. What have the press said about The Squeeze?

“Blistering hot track” – Real Rock And Roll.

“Vivacous rock’n’roll with a fuzzed up, serrated edge” – The Indie-pendent.

“A raucous statement full of revitalized distorted energy” – Planet Mosh. 

5. Which bands have put the boot into FEARS? 

No knowledge. But if The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin don't figure than I am a Chinaman.


6. Why should I give The Squeeze a flick past the ears?

The Squeeze is the sound of an up-and-coming band ripping and tearing it up. Balls in a vice. The real squeeze.


7. Do FEARS have any more of these smash and grabbers?

Early doors mate. Early doors.


8. Anything else?

Not a dicky.

“You can count on your fingers every time you told the truth”

The Quireboys are a hard rock band from London, England. They formed in 1984 and are still going strong. The band have recorded about ten albums over the years. The Quireboys debut album A Bit Of What You Fancy (1990) was the only one that mattered and the only one to chart; making it to number 2 on the U.K. album charts. Then it was all downhill from there. Hey You (1989) is the hit single from the album and The Quireboys signature song, a song Rush On Rock called “a bonafide rock anthem.”

“I caught you out, no word of a lie,

Seen you walking with another guy”