The Marches debut album, 4 a.m. is the new midnight, is a blend of electro and Motown, with heavy doses of indie dance thrown in for good measure. The band are in the studio right now working on their second album but will be performing a live full set on a Nov 24th podcast for Radio Hotbodies.
The Beatles / You Know My Name Look Up the Number Preempting the next sentence, I know what is about to be stated will sound ridiculous because hip-hop has sampled from even pre-60s eras. But the first six seconds of this song is possibly the first hip-hop beat. It is the first time a beat actually sounds like a sampled hip-hop beat before the concept existed. And I hate to give the Beatles anymore credit, because they have so much already. If I’m not wrong, you heard it from me first.
Australian retro-billy, Chris Cheney, is a rocker through and through, his piercing guitar solos adding extra oomph to the radio-friendly polish of his band, The Living End. With a new album — White Noise — and a new record label, The Living End are once again pumping on our stereos. So what better time to see what’s playing on theirs?
The Beatles / Octopus’ Garden I won’t lie, this was my three year-old son’s favourite song for about two weeks, so it copped a flogging and made it to the top of my ‘most played’ list, would you believe. I have always been a fan of the Ringo songs, though. I think that the songs Lennon and McCartney wrote for Ringo say a lot about the way the duo felt about the sticksman. With A Little Help would be my favourite.
Greg Camp is best known as the creative force behind 1990s chartsters, Smash Mouth, who had hit after hit from their energetic, feel-good catalogue, including Walking On The Sun and All Star. Since leaving the band earlier this year, he’s re-surfaced as a singer-songwriter in his own right [write?] with the release of his debut solo album, Defektor, in September.
The Clash / Straight To Hell One of my favorite bands and my favorite song that they did. I like the whole vibe of a white band doing their rendition of an Asian story of heritage with a punk edge, somehow. The way it was recorded, with the side stick and tom-tom drums along with dub bass and guitar feedback, makes it beautiful and eerie all at once. Joe Strummer is one of the all-time greatest storytellers, and his thumbtack gargling vocals drive it off the cliff.
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