Good name. San Francisco busker who play small clubs, living rooms, basements, wherever. Americana, folk as the new punk, no postering prettyboy pop stars here.
If more “alternative” music were noisy pop like One For The Team instead of formulaic boy band one hit wonders, “alternative” music wouldn’t suck so much.
While 13 year old girls get gooey over a lot of awful bands, a few transcend teenbiebopper boy blandness, like The All-American Rejects and Hellogoodbye.
They bring on the altrock, and after the shock, I remember that they’re not cashing in, they’ve been writing solid, catchy rock for half a decade or so.
I have a real problem with new prog wankery that can’t hold a candle to classic prog wankery, and the trendy indie dipshits who can’t tell the difference.
Good, chaotic, loud & boisterous, totally locked-in rhythm, freakin’ horns’n’reeds. Either from NYC or Chicago. A “band to know” nod from AP and an EP on Thick.