To which I can only reply -- is that Freedom Rock? Well, turn it up!!!!
But seriously...please enjoy a little beat number that's a mere two years old. From England, it's the charmingly monikered Noisettes and their charmingly abrasive "Don't Give Up."
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To my ears, this is the kind of thing The Yardbirds would have done had they been born three decades later, which is to say a kind of punkish, hepster mix of Mose Allison-derived blues and downtown 80s Arto Lindsay guitar skronk. In any case, I think you'll agree that, as the Tom Hanks character says in That Thing You Do!, it's got a lot of pep.
[h/t plum p]
The Yardbirds comparison is a good one. The song grew on me.
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The Mose Allison comparison is a good one. I think they've also listened to a few Pretenders albums.
ReplyDeleteUltimately a bit too cutesy-poo. A lot of that going around.
I'm blushing! Je vous aime monsieur Simels!
ReplyDeleteby the way, they are now a euro-pop band for their second lp, which disappoints me to tears.
oh well...i'll discover you a new band just pour toi, monsieur Simels. My favorite of teh moment are The SOUNDCARRIERS, fantastic retro psyché-pop (with a hint of - oh horror- jazz) from the very un-psychedelic London. Perfect summery pop.
http://www.myspace.com/thesoundcarriers
And anybody who names their first lp Harmonium is a winner for moi.
If you want RAWK, may i suggest a duo of girrls from London & Glagow called We Rock Like Girls Don't. Yep, that's their name. Silly but it says it all. Brings me back to The Runaways :-)
http://www.myspace.com/werocklikegirlsdont
and hey, that Twilight actress might be a great Joan Jett!
http://www.popsugar.com/3284426
I really enjoyed this one Steve! Thanks!
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Plum -- I'll check 'em out, thanks.
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