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DOWNLOAD: Graffiti Island - Demonic Cat + Head Hunters
It's extremely difficult not to like Graffiti Island. I suspect this is because, a) the songs don't do or last long enough for anti- feelings to build and b) what's there is gold anyway. The three of them live in London, are part American and pull together to blast a type of punk that has brains but likes to surf, which is pretty much a winning combination - want us 2 hook u 2 up? Jam "Demonic Cat" and "Head Hunters" below to find music stark; flu-nosed frontman Pete D filling the gaps with stories about cannibals, demons and freaks. "Demonic Cat" is one of two Graffiti Island tracks to appear on a six-song cassette split with London amigos PENS and Male Bonding, who are both well-worth your precious time, too.
Sounds Like: Beat Happening, The Sticks, Red Cross before they were Redd Kross
DOWNLOAD: The May Fire - Plastic Army + They Make Me Mad
Looking away from all the CMJ madness for a second, we’re offering up two new tracks from Californian band The May Fire, whose punky surf-pop tunes first caught our ears back in July. We signed the group and have been releasing some tracks from their rather extensive discography (a full-length and three EPs over two years) and today we continue that benevolence with “Plastic Army,” a sugar-toothed mid-nineties Venice Beach jam and “They Make Me Mad,” which sounds like Veruca Salt playing along to The Dandy Warhols on a boombox. The May Fire have a trio of shows coming up at the end of the month around the California coastline, info over at their MySpace.
Sounds like: The Dandy Warhols, The Horrors, Veruca Salt
Download: The May Fire - Plastic Army
Download: The May Fire - They Make Me Mad
Previously:
Download: The May Fire - Doctor's Appointment
STREAM: The Explorer's Club - Forever + Hold Me Tight + Last Kiss
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"There is something magical about the summertime for me: cruising around with my girl in my car, going to the beach and walking in the sand. It's my childhood all over again every summer." These words came straight from the mouth of Explorer's Club frontdude Jason Brewer just yesterday via iChat. Even if I don't own a car anymore nor do I have a girl with which I could cruise (contact info available upon request, ladies), I grew up in the desert. We had shitloads of sand to walk around in! What I need more of however, is the Beach Boys-inspired surf jams of The Explorers Club. Oh, weird. We have three cuts from their new record (out on 5/20) right here. CRAZY. The gods of summer are smiling down on us more and more every day.
Sounds like: The Beach Boys
Stream: The Explorer's Club - Forever
Stream: The Explorer's Club - Hold Me Tight
DOWNLOAD: The Explorers Club - Do You Love Me
Haven't we all been having this recurring old man conversation, usually conducted around assorted bags of chips and one record or another, asking way too animatedly, "What went wrong with the world that nobody makes music like this anymore? Do people hate money? Are they scared of fans?" I think we have. Well at least The Explorers Club has. You can tell because their new record, Freedom Wind, is a Beach Boys record, right down to the fake ringwear on the photo collage cover. Even better, it's one of those 'very special guest' episodes where The Beach Boys meet The Ronettes, blending hazy summer harmony with big city sleigh bells and million dollar smiles. Sure it's crazy derivative, but so are you (you look so much like mom). So am I. We might as well just get into it, right? Listen to this free song from The Explorers Club.
DOWNLOAD: The Pendletons - Sad Songs
I was up all night the other night from too much Diet Coke and watching Hard Days Night because it was on, and the big feeling I came away with was damn that Ringo could dance. I think the secret is that his head and body move in totally independent chaos. Body jerking up and down, head left and right all over, probably owed to the weight of his incredible nose.
Anyway, this free Pendletons jam posted below is a screamer well worthy of such gyrations. A barroom blast that's all go right up until it stops. And the best part is that these jumping Athens Georgians are playing it live tomorrow night at the Mercury Lounge with ample room for you to shake your Ringo shit like it's the very last day of the world. And to help you get it up for all that gas, here's the best contest I ever heard of:
CONTEST: FIRST PERSON TO EMAIL THE PENDLETONS' DRUMMER'S NAME TO hypedat@indieoutlaw.com GETS FREE BOOZE ALL NIGHT AND GETS TO STAND ON STAGE FOR THE SONG OF THEIR CHOICE AND BE SERENADED. Yes.
DOWNLOAD: The Pendletons - Sad Songs
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