Mankind – “Blood, Sugar”

November 6, 2013 at 1:11 pm

Mankind

Mankind, hailing from Stockholm, has released this garage-vibing single and video “Blood, Sugar”. Interestingly the song is produced by Gordon Raphael, mostly known for his productions of The Strokes early albums. It’s a great video too, made by Johan Stolpe, which you can see here below. The band has earlier released the EP “New Bag”, which certainly also is worth a listen, also with a garage sound but with a more sixties vibe to them, like if they were fetched from one of the “Nuggets from the psychadelic era”-albums. I’d love to hear a debut album from this interesting band, which they’ve spoken about before, but I haven’t seen any schedule for it yet.

Mankind on Facebookon Spotify – on Soundcloud

Georgia Barbershop – “It’s Alright, It’s Okay, It Only Took Seven Years”

June 14, 2013 at 10:59 am

Georgia Barbershop

It sounds like an old cassette tape demo recording from the seventies or eighties by an English garage- or punk band. Often I find it hard to hear the lyrics from the somewhat can-sounding vocals. It’s straight, simple rock riffs without detours and extravagance. A combination I probably wouldn’t have chosen for my music menu if it hadn’t jumped into my inbox. But it feels good listening to this, and my foot starts moving with the rough guitar rhytms. And when the bass starts pumping with a wavy sound and is followed by the catchy guitar figure in “Trees Passing”, it’s time to surrender. The band’s name is Georgia Barbershop, the album “It’s Alright, It’s Okay, It Only Took Seven Years” is their debut and they are now on their way working with their second album.

Georgia Barbershop on Facebookon Spotifyon Wimp –  on Bandcamp

Tyred Eyes – “Ghost”

May 8, 2013 at 11:03 am

Tyred Eyes

Here’s a couple of tracks to taste Tyred Eyes’, hailing from Göteborg, latest EP “Ghost”. They deliver a melodic, garage-sounding rock’n’roll punk where the two singers give everything in every song; music that feels like it’s made for an emotionally charged and sweaty club gig. The band was formed in 2009 and has earlier released an EP and an album.

Tyred Eyes’ site on Facebookon Spotifyon Wimpon Bandcamp

Tiger Bell – “Slaughter’s Daughter”

April 17, 2013 at 4:54 pm

Tiger Bell

The punk band Tiger Bell released their EP “Slaughter’s Daughter” last month, a record full of fast, garageband-sounding melodic rock. Here’s a taste from the EP with the title track. Great song!

The song “Slaughter’s Daughter” came about as Tiger Bell stumbled upon the roller derby team with the same name, googled their home page, became seriously inspired, grabbed the guitars and wrote down the song on a piece of paper – like if it was there all the time waiting to be written.

Tiger Bell’s site – on Facebookon Spotifyon Wimpon Soundcloud

The Shy Lips – “Nowadays”

March 22, 2013 at 1:26 pm

The Shy Lips

The Shy Lips, hailing from Göteborg, released their second EP “Nowadays” earlier this year. It’s fun to listen to this music, as it’s unpredictable, happy and with a mix of styles that gives me a sense of recognition, but when I try to catch what it is, it escapes me. There’s an intimate garage-punkish sound, with a laidback, natural attitude, like if they would have entered a stage in Manchester in the eighties as a warm-up for The Happy Mondays. They send out tentacles to the sixties, with The Kinks as the most obvious reference, there’s a dose of  The Smiths, ska-rhytms and then also indie pop vibes. Well, great music in any case.

The Shy Lips on Facebookon Spotifyon Bandcamp

Nowadays
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