Blush

Found this oldie on my computer. I don’t remember how I got it, but it’s old.

If Wolf Alice has a problem with this being uploaded I will take it down right away.

1. Cherry glazerr

Don’t call them cute. After all, they did trick you (me) into thinking they’re just another teenage shoegaze-y noise pop band. Cherry Glazerr are smarter than you — they know you expect verses about unrequited crushes and girly silliness, and they give it to you, all while subverting your expectations and totally working the system. I see what you did there, Cherry Glazerr, you didn’t fool me. Unless you did, by making me think that song was about more than just grilled cheese. Either way, it’s indirectly direct, dark and I like it, let’s leave it at that.

https://soundcloud.com/cherryglazerr

2. Babe Punch

A self-proclaimed Riot-Grrrl band from the hometown of Robin Hood, Babe Punch only have two songs out, which are really fucking promising. Just gotta wait for that EP now.

https://soundcloud.com/babe-punch-1

3. Dirty Fences

Some Rock ’n’ Roll is never wrong, especially when that particular sonic delight comes from the amps of four men dressed as 50’s housewives. That’s exactly how the band presents itself in their video for Judy (Don’t Go). Otherwise, they just seem like regular dudes from New York, who really know how to play their instruments and write good music. Solid.

https://dirtyfences.bandcamp.com/album/dirty-fences

4. Black Honey

Black Honey have become one of my favourite bands in the past 6 months, and I think I’m not the only one — the band has received a lot of media attention, which they refuse to give back, hiding behind their capes like a group of magicians or something. But it works, and the front woman Izzy’s Nancy Sinatraesque croons, diluted with hysterical screams,  about televisions, magazines and silver screens comments on pop-culture for what it has made out of us; all while the rest of the band plays cinematic surf rock, straight out of the 60’s.

https://soundcloud.com/blackhoneyuk

5. Shopping

Concerned with consumer culture and not afraid to speak out about, Shopping comes over as a true post-punk band. Since self-releasing their first album in 2012, they’ve signed onto Fat Cat records and are releasing a new album in the fall. Meanwhile, go listen to the album’s single “Why Choose” — it’ll guaranteed make you think.

https://soundcloud.com/shoppingband

Hinds

If weed candy was music, this is what it would sound like. Still not sold? The band consists of four hot mega-babes from Spain who have accents you never knew you wanted to hear singing surf-y garage rock tunes.