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MySpace Round Up July 2007 |
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| Every Punk77 update Mad Daddy gives you a
selection of bands that take his fancy from the wacky world of
MySpace.
Anything and everything is fair game for review. Being on this
page is by invitation only. The Mad Daddy finds you! |
July Top 10
1)On
My Shoulders-The Do-(Paris,France)
2)Glitter,Glamour,Atrocity-White
Hills-(New York,U.S.A.)
3)Gentlemen To
Evil-Tampoffs-(Boston,U.S.A.)
4)J.B.'s
Tonight-Bilston United-(Wolverhampton in the 70's)
5)Big Bang-Santa
Dog-(Bristol,U.K.)
6)Terminal
Boredom-The Cute Lepers-(Seattle,U.S.A.)
7)Between Air
And Air-Screaming Tea Party-(London,U.K. via Japan & Italy)
8)Hang
The Police-Rebuilding The Rights Of Statues-(Beijing,China)
9)Margate-Band(ism)-(Manchester,U.K.)
10)California
Loves You-Raquels Boys-(Burlington,U.S.A.)
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| The Big One.... BILSTON
UNITED Mad Daddy wrote the following cryptic email
to me regarding Bilston United.
"Bit of a "fun" interview this time round
Paul, especially for us oldies that remember the pre punk 70's! Its
a bit of fun which I think works quite well.
Take Care, Mad daddy.
It is indeed and great music. No pictures of this secretive band
but here's their influences.
"Punk, glam, and of course "Softly
Softly", the crime drama series. Spin off from Z Cars, following the
cases of detectives Barlow and Watt. For the first 69 episodes (in
b&w) the show was known as Softly Softly, the title then changed in
1969 to Softly Softly - Task Force (for a further 131 episodes in
colour) and Barlow left to take up his own series Barlow at Large.
Yeah!! and.... umm, girls, beer, drugs, the usual etc..... " |
Read the interview here
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WHITE HILLS
There are countless bands out there trying......and I stress
trying......to replicate that classic sound of the early acid/kraut
sound of the early seventies and until now I've treated virtually all of
them with total disdain. I say until now because New York's White Hills
have really made me sit up and take notice of this new generation of
acid heads, they are quite simply incredible! Glitter Glamour Atrocity
is without doubt the best song Hawkwind never wrote.....no hold on I'll
put that another way......if the Space Ritual line up of Hawkwind were
forming today, post acid house, this is what they would come up with, a
genuine classic of its genre whether recorded in 1971 or 2007.They're
over on one of their occasional jaunts to the UK in September with dates
planned in London and Brighton, like me you should really try to get
along to see them because I have a feeling they could be a bit of a
special live experience!
http://www.myspace.com/whitehills
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SANTA DOG
You want perfect summer pop? I can give you that! You want a
beautiful frontwoman whose looks fall just the right side of girl
next door? Well bugger me, I can give you that too! Ladies and
gents, I bring you Bristol's very own Santa Dog.In truth in does not matter one jot what Rowena Dugdale looks like
because if she can write and perform songs as good as these then she
could resemble the back end of a number 364 bus and still be
destined for stardom. Their sound? Well I suppose the best
description would be a slick modern take on eighties jangle pop,
lets say in a similar vein to the more structured bands on the Sarah
Records roster.
Their debut single Big Bang has just been released in a limited run
of 500 copies and their first album Kittyhawk is also available,
albeit only on Japanese import at present.
http://www.myspace.com/santadoguk |
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TAMPOFFS
Tampoffs are the psychotic Saints! At least that's the best
description I can give of this Boston four piece, they really do
sound like the antipodean punk icons put through a U.S. hardcore
mincer, there's even a little of Buzzcocks pop sensibility hiding
away in those chord progressions!Their sound takes me back to the
very early days of hardcore when American bands were hugely
influenced by the British first wave, the days when melody was still
important, prior to the metal element of the genre taking hold.
I'm hoping to get over to New York later this year and with a little
luck i may be able to catch them play with regular gig mates the
excellent D.C. Snipers. If i do, then a full review will follow.
Sadly they have precious little recorded material available, but you
could always try and get hold of their split single with the
aforementioned Snipers on Daggerman Records.
http://www.myspace.com/tampoffs |
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THEDO
Its a timeless scene. A Paris street cafe, you're seated alone at a
secluded table. There's some movement on the tiny corner stage, the
old bentwood chair creaks beneath you as you strain for a better
view. You take a deep breath, inhaling from the haze of cigarette
smoke....mmm Gitanes I think...which clears to reveal a Gallic
vision, the epitome of feminine cool. She starts to sing and you're
entranced. The scene, the look and the voice meld together to create
an almost dream like state, and you drift away....away....away,
until someone nudges you on the shoulder....OI MAD DADDY, THERES A
REALLY FIT BIRD IN THIS BAND, ARE YOU COMING UP THE FRONT FOR A
BETTER LOOK? My dream was shattered,b ut this imaginary drinking
partner is right you know, Olivia B Merilahti is a "fit bird" a very
fit bird!
Those of you who visit the TalkPunk forum may recall
me mentioning The Do once before but they deserve reassessment now
that their MySpace page has been revamped and a new song has been
added. Now and again you hear something new that you just know 100%
would break in a big, big way if it were given the right backing,
and that's exactly how i feel about Ms Merilahti and her fellow
composer and bandmate Dan Levy. The last time i heard anything quite
as bewitching as this it was a little known Canadian combo called
Arcade Fire and I guess their audience would probably be what The Do
would be likely to appeal to.
Levy and Merilahti have been writing soundtracks for
films and theatre for some years now and their compositions betray
their origins completely, there is most certainly a sweeping
cinematic air to all of their work, add THAT voice and you have The
Do. Put simply, I n this case genius is not to strong a word and if
i were either a British or American A&R man I would be battering
down their door begging them to allow me to get them on a bigger
stage than in that Paris street cafe.
All that is currently available is a four track CD soundtrack for
the contemporary ballet "Scene d'Amour" by Juha-Pekka Marsalo. It
features the long version of the haunting "The Bridge Is Broken" and
three instrumental tracks. Their debut album "A Mouthful" is due out
next January on Get Down Records. That is if they're not snapped up
by a major before then!
http://www.myspace.com/thedoband |
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