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Roaring, rambunctious garage punk from FIDLAR, “White on White”
One of my favorite punk bands these days is scuzzy, sarcastic L.A. group FIDLAR — whose name is an acronym for Fuck It, Dog, Life’s A Risk. Mostly recently, we heard a tongue-in-cheek swinger called “At
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Jangle through the day with The Babies’ catchy garage pop, “Get Lost”
The Babies are jangly garage pop band from Brooklyn, and “Get Lost” is their newest song, one that’s been taking indie blogs by storm over the last few days. It took a couple of
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Song of the Day: The Growl’s bluesy rock, “With the Sharp End of a Trowel”
Australian band The Growl, who hail from Fremantle like our favorite psych-rock group Tame Impala, have a bluesy, garagey stoner rock song called “With the Sharp End of a Trowel” that I’m lovin’ today.
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Britishness: rockers Splashh “go to a place nobody knows” on “Vacation”
Featuring elements of garage, surf, indie rock, shoegaze, and punk, London band Splashh‘s new single “Vacation” daydreams about “[going] to a place where nobody knows.” Sounds like a proper vacation to my ears! Check
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More scuzzy punk from L.A.’s FIDLAR: “I Just Wanna Die” and “Cheap Beer”
The last three times we’ve heard from L.A. punk rockers FIDLAR, they’ve been lacking things: waves for surfing, ass for kissing (well, what else would they do with it?), money for spending. And now,
Read More »![Thee Oh Sees’ hooky San Fran garage rock, “Flood’s New Light” <small>[MP3]</small>](http://www.the-tune.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/theeohsees_putrifiersii-1024x903-290x160.jpg)
Thee Oh Sees’ hooky San Fran garage rock, “Flood’s New Light” [MP3]
Prolific San Francisco rockers Thee Oh Sees are releasing yet another album today, and I just caught up to the rest of the blogging community and discovered how much fun they can be, particularly when
Read More »![Punks on Mars’ bubblegum-friendly New Wave, “Showers of Pain” <small>[MP3]</small>](http://www.the-tune.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/punks-on-mars-290x160.jpg)
Punks on Mars’ bubblegum-friendly New Wave, “Showers of Pain” [MP3]
New York-based bubblegum bad boys Punks on Mars have a wonderful new 2.5-minute single, “Showers of Pain” (which I can only assume was mislabeled during recording), that exhibits the punk side of New
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Britishness: English Sporting Defeat’s self-titled pop-rock theme song
After their more-than-solid showing at London 2012, the British certainly aren’t mourning any “sporting defeats” right now, but fresh Soho artists English Sporting Defeat don’t care. They love their name so much that they
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Try L.A. band The Peach Kings’ mix of blues, psych pop, and alt. rock
The Peach Kings proudly proclaim their sound on their Facebook page: “Rock, Soul, Blues, Gypsydelic.” All of those elements — well, if you interpret “Gypsydelic” to mean “psychedelic pop” — are present on their
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Summer Playlist: Blonde Summer’s fun surf-garage tune “Robots on Command”
Below, check out a new one from L.A. beach bums Blonde Summer. Despite the horrible nomenclature — the band name is unoriginal and trashy, and the song name is not exactly interesting — the
Read More »![Bluesy cock rock from Aussie band Jackson Firebird, “Can Roll” <small>[MP3]</small>](http://www.the-tune.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/jackson-firebird-290x160.jpg)
Bluesy cock rock from Aussie band Jackson Firebird, “Can Roll” [MP3]
At least Aussie band Jackson Firebird know what they are: the duo’s debut album is plainly called Cock Rockin’. And Jackson Firebird are perfect for the genre — they’re named after a guitar, “Can Roll”
Read More »![Garage/punk supergroup White Wives’ newest, the raw “Cardinal Bird” <small>[MP3]</small>](http://www.the-tune.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/white-wives-cardinal-bird-290x160.png)
Garage/punk supergroup White Wives’ newest, the raw “Cardinal Bird” [MP3]
We first covered garage/punk supergroup White Wives because of their debut album Happeners last year, an album that we liked well enough. Now the members of Anti-Flag, Dandelion Snow, and American Armada are back with a new live EP
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