Kissimmee // This City // OUT NOW // Strutter Records
Any band exploiting the combination of that "powerpunk" sound along with a female vocalist is bound to experience... Read More »
Posts Tagged ‘80s’
Phenomenal Handclap Band // Form and Control // 13.02.12 // Tummy Touch
You know when they travel to the future in the Bill and Ted films, and it's basically the 1980s except it's the future? That's pretty much what this album is. Except with the 1970s. And no Keanu Reeves. Read More »
Celine & Nite Wreckage // Popabawa // Single // 20.9.10 // Alaska Sounds
An unusual yet enjoyable mixture of musical ventures, starting with an 80's synth melody with some 90's na na na's weaved into the background, finishing with famous auto-tuning of the 00's. Read More »
Ambassadors of Morocco // Wikipedia // New Single
The Ambassadors import the very best of the 80s' lean, edgy, angular, guitar-led pop sound and add 20 years of further musical progression & knowledge to create their own sound. Firm nods are made to The Cure, Wire, Depeche and The Pixies and caps doffed to Blur, Feeder, Smashing Pumpkins and even early U2 (before tax evasion and a God complex muddied the waters). The Ambassadors of Morocco’s debut single will be ‘Wikipedia’, a pristine piece of power pop, with a melody you can whistle after just the one listen. A perfect doorway to the Ambassadors world, it embodies their love of powerful, soaring melodies, punchy big guitars, energetic, muscular drums & bass, with strong vocal lines & BIG choruses. Read More »