Song We Like: Tangerine by The Swells
I’m pretty sure they just created the best psyche rock song since the Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Entries by Johnny P
Song We Like: Kudis by SKUX
The perfect pop punk song. Razor-sharp drumming and gorgeous hypnotic fuzzed out guitars.
Song We Like: Will Save by The DiMarcos
The DiMarcos are local legends on the Asheville scene. This is some hard punk with just a pinch of melody.
Song We Like: When You by The Audiots
“When You” by The Audiots is a funkier, dancier version of The Strokes – which is a very very good thing.
Song We Like: Mission on Uranus by The Bahareebas
Probably this Swiss band, The Bahareebas, don’t live anywhere near the beach, let alone get much time for surfing. But surf rock is in their blood – it is their blood.
Song We Like: Too Much by Bad Bangs
Must be something about the Melbourne scene. They just send me so many great shaggy garage rockers. This is unhurried fun. The singer is the epitome of cool and the bass keeps this train bumping down the track.
Song We Like: Whistle Blower by FOOLS.
Straight out of the Bad Religion and Dead Kennedy’s school of maximal punk. This is a call to arms, a march, the song you want to hear when you charge the barricades.
Song We Like: Fuck You by the Domino and the Derelicts
Boil down all of punk rock and this is what you’ll hear – “I hear that you’re back for me, but all I have to say is bye – stop wasting my time.”
Song We Like: Altars To Myself by Blanky
One of the most true and wonderful vocalists – just bleeding melody in a massive cave, dripping with reverb.