The following bands have a few things in common: all the members are male, they all have some sort of retro sound to them and they are all somewhat underrated. These commonalities are purely coincidence, though... Enjoy!
THE HUGS
They're young. They come from Portland, Oregon -- thus making them instantly ten percent more awesome than anyone else. I call it the Oregonian Advantage. They play uptempo summer anthems that alternately remind me of The Kooks and Narrator. They aren't doing anything new, but they're doing it very well.
Links:
MySpace,
official website,
Frozen Frogs videomp3's:
High School Lovers,
Go Wild and
Frozen FrogsBUCKY
They're not so young. They come from the UK -- thus making them from the UK. There are only two members. The drummer has no right hand, but is super badass about it and uses his lack-o'-hand in lieu of a drumstick. Upbeat and short happypunk stuff about saving whales and childhood dreams of punk-dom.
Links:
MySpace,
official website,
Last .fm profile,
videosmp3's:
I Used to Love the Punx,
O Miranda and
Rockin' BatFLASHING LIGHTS**
They're not a band anymore. But I can't seem to find out exactly when they broke up... ANYway they CAME from Halifax, Nova Scotia. It's shiny, retro, catchy, jangly, perfect & classic pop rock-y, melodic 60's fare. It's kinda cozy on the ears.
Links:
CBC Radio 3 page,
Last.fm artist page,
Friends You Learn to Hate videomp3's:
Same Old Life,
Friends You Learn to Hate and
Too DelightfulLAWRENCE ARABIA
He's stationed out of the UK
and New Zealand. Why leave New Zealand, I ask? Why not stay there forever and play this lovely, also retro, music on top of those pretty New Zealand mountains? Why not do a collaboration with Flight of the Conchords? It's gentle, it's genuine, it's real nice.
Links:
MySpace,
Last.fm artist page,
Talk About Good Times videomp3's:
Talk About Good Times,
The Joke is in Your Hands and
The Beautiful Young CrewThanks for stopping by,
Alie
** This is seriously the biggest picture I could find.
