Interview with Pizza Crunch: ‘It’s driving pop punk, I’m getting more comfortable going up an octave in the bridge, it’s more shouty!’
'Celexa', the latest single from Glasgow-based post-punk band Pizza Crunch, is out today (18 June), a love song with a twist, complete with infectious riffs and power chords, a relentless rhythm section and fiendishly fast drums. The band comprises Ewan Hearns (vocals and guitar), Nathan Stokoe ...
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CoolTop20’s In the spotlight: Katanak
by Lean at https://cooltop20.com Katanak is the brainchild of Dylan Cattanach, an Australian musician based in Brisbane, Australia. Early 2019 he opened for fellow Australian artist, Pete Murray, on his Summer Sessions tour 2019. Katanak released his first single ‘Life‘ in ...
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Interview with Gentlemen Jackals: ‘The lyrics always come last, they’re guided by the music, the groove, a weird animalistic sound that eventually becomes lyrics!’
Fife, Scotland-based garage rock band Gentlemen Jackals are upping the rocky ante with their upcoming single, 'Preacher's Son', with its addictive, fuzzed up bass line, chiming riffs and frenzied outro. Like many good stories, Gentlemen Jackals began in a dark, windowless, soundproofed room. ...
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Interview with Pearl Charles: ‘For me, the 70’s were the height of pop music and art’
LA's rock and cosmic country singer Pearl Charles brought out her second full length album, Magic Mirror, earlier this year and is heading back to the studio later this month to give us some more tracks. 'The new songs have a Bee Gees feel, but are also always influenced by Fleetwood Mac,' she ...
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CoolTop20’s In the spotlight: Blake Sonnet
by Lean https://cooltop20.com Blake Sonnet is a singer-songwriter from Canterbury, UK. He’s always on the search for the magic that surrounds us and articulating it into a song. In 2021 he will be releasing a song every month. As you’re about to find out, he wasn’t always known as ...
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Interview with Mondo Trasho: ‘It grabs you with its growling guitar intro, with the rest of the band coming in as if they caught up in a speeding car’
Liverpudlian garage surf rock band, Mondo Trasho, is getting us in the mood for summer with the release today (4 June) of their third EP, Pure Trash, giving us three new fuzzed up, riffed up tracks that deserve to played at full volume in the sunshine. The band comprises Jay Muat (vocals and ...
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Interview with Broken Baby: ‘We tried to make ‘Madonna’s a Dick’ as dirty and punky as we could’
LA-based post punk alt rock band, Broken Baby, is riding high on the success of its latest single, ‘Madonna’s a Dick’, which will also feature on a split 7" featuring two tracks from Broken Baby and two from LA female punk trio, Egg Drop Soup, coming out on 25th June. Broken Baby is the ...
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