Fuzzy blues/stoner rock duo White Miles have unleashed a new official video clip for their track ‘Fake Smile’ as featured on their debut album due for release on 12th May.
Monthly Archives: April 2014
CHERRY POPPIN’ DADDIES – White Teeth, Black Thoughts
Something unexpected happened in the mid/late 90s. At the peak of ska’s third wave, typified by the likes of Less Than Jake and Mustard Plug, old fashioned swing bands began to appear alongside punk and ska bands on festival bills. Soon, despite having more in common with Tony Bennett than The Specials, some of the kids who were growing bored of the predictable nature of the ska bands took a shine to the swing crowd with their pin-striped suits and retro spatz. Much as he’d been the poster boy for the rockabilly revival over a decade before, Brian Setzer led the wave with his sassy big band, with the likes of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Royal Crown Revue also doing sterling work with this unlikely resurgence of old big band sounds.
The End Men: Upcoming live dates
On the eve of their third album release, New York’s The End Men have a run of live shows upcoming!
Wed 4/30/14 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY
Thurs 5/1/14 – The Low Beat – Albany, NY
Fri 5/2/14 – Sticky Lips – Rochester, NY
Sat 5/3/14 – The Dev – Utica, NY
Fri 5/9/14 – Tribute concert – Hotel Select Riccione, IT
Sat 5/10/14 – Stones – Cafe Bologna, IT
Sun 5/11/14 – Gattarossa – Piombino, IT
Thurs 5/15/14 – Tiefgrund – Berlin, DE
Fri 5/16/14 – Stoned – Leipzig, DE
Sat 5/17/14 – Rockpool – Halle, DE
Mon 5/19/14 – Showcast on Radio 501 – Hoorn, NL
Tues 5/20/14 – Radio Benelux – Durango Sessions – Paal, BE
Fri 5/23/14 – Kafee T’hof – Middelburg, BE
Sat 5/24/14 – Winston Kingdom – Amsterdam, NL
Fri 5/30/14 – Masnada – Milan, IT
Sat 5/31/14 – Joe Koala – Bergamo, IT
‘Odds & Ends’ is released on 30th April 2014.
In the meantime, read a review of ‘Play With Your Toys’ here.
Kim Richey & Gareth Dunlop – new EP & tour dates
Having already released material via the UK independent label Lojinx (including the excellent ‘Wreck Your Wheels’), singer-songwriter Kim Richey returns in May with an EP of new material. ‘The Nashville EP’ is the result of a collaboration with Gareth Dunlop and features a couple of songs which may already be familiar to fans of the ‘Nashville’ TV show.
DUKE AND THE DARLINGS – Irwellian EP
In the spring of 2013 Manchester alt-rockers Duke And The Darlings unleashed their second EP, ‘Champagne of the People’, a brief work that showed the band to have a lot of energy – an energy they really harnessed when choosing to record that EP live in the studio, thus capturing their core sound in a much welcomed unfussy manner. While their song writing wasn’t always memorable in the long term, the EPs music had moments of great drive and an enthusiasm which guaranteed those lucky enough to hear it would wind up musing on how the band’s sound would develop in the future. Surely in an upwards direction, taking the best parts of their sound, refining them for an even better release…?