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Another contender for the “anthem of summer”, even if the The Maybes? might be consdered as cheating by calling their song “Summertime”. It’s all guitars, vocals and drums that rush headlong at the exuberant chorus. I have to confess that Pete Townsend would be impressed with the guitars, fabulous slash and ring and then when [...]

The Mummers from Brighton in England are an interesting concoction of heavily orchestrated arrangements pitted against the whimsical voice of Raissa Khan-Panni. The musicianship is over the top with theatricality and the vocals add a dimension that takes her music from the mundane to become flights of fancy. The Mummers musicians are: Jote Osahn – [...]

How can you go past a band that has song titles like “Home as a Romanticized Concept Where Everyone Loves You Always and Forever” or “A Sad Country Ballad for a Tired Superhero” and “In the Battle of Sun Vs. Curtains Sun Wins and We Sleep Until Noon” (and no I am not making this [...]

Fruit Bats is Eric Johnson and a revolving door joblot of musicians. Sadly the band is currently paused while Eric pursues fame, fortune and the rock and roll dream with “The Shins”. Fruit Bats fired up in the late Nineties as a side project (that’s musician talk for stuff that you want to do but [...]

Fall Out Boy are a Chicgao based pop punk act formed by Joseph Trohman and his friend Pete Wentz in 2001. Originally they were a heavy metal band, but soon moved on to a Green Day styled punk pop. Drummer Andrew Hurley of the metal-core band Racetraitor soon joined the band, and Patrick Stump joined [...]

Heard these guys recently on Channel 31 – at least the singer and guitarist did a couple of live acoustic tracks. Lead vocalist Andy Rosier has a mighty pop voice which tends to gets swamped amid the band’s jangly guitars and drums. Red Season is a Melbourne outfit as previously stated Andy Rosier on lead [...]

Just a little note before I begin, sparrows are not lovely, they are small and drab in appearance and neither do they sing; although they do make a lot of noise. So having said that, I can report with confidence that the band “The Lovely Sparrows” in no way resemble sparrows. Another indie pop outfit [...]