We've got something extra special for you today: "Sunny Road," the bubbly new single from Emergency Tiara about that perfect someone that you'll be humming for the rest of the day! Here's what she had to say about the song:
I wrote "Sunny Road" about feelings like nothing can go wrong when you are madly in love! As soon as I started writing this song, I already decided to use Ukulele to bring in the extra happy and peaceful sound! Hope the song brings a little breeze in everyone's day!
Here's "Sunny Road:"
Pretty awesome, right? For those of you in NYC, you can catch her performing live at a gay pride event at Jackie Robinson Park in Harlem on June 27th.
We kind of said it all in the headline, but Ominvore Recordings will reissue The Muffs on August 14th. Here's the info:
Track Listing
1. Lucky Guy
2. Saying Goodbye
3. Everwhere I Go
4. Better Than Me
5. From Your Girl
6. Not Like Me
7. Baby Go Round
8. North Pole
9. Big Mouth
10. Every Single Thing
11. Don't Waste Another Day
12. Stupid Jerk
13. Another Day
14. Eye To Eye
15. I Need You
16. All For Nothing
Bonus Tracks
17. Lucky Guy (Radio Remix)
18. Everywhere I Go (Cassette Version)
4-Track Demos (All Previously Unreleased)
19. All For Nothing
20. Do You Want Her
21. I Don’t Expect It
22. My Face
23. Something On My Mind
24. Ethyl My Love
25. Not Like Me
26. Saying Goodbye To Phil
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Today we're spending Seven Questions In Heaven With Dead Stars' Jeff Moore:
Describe your music for our readers who may not be familiar with you.
Fuzzed out pop songs with heavy drums, big muffs, and largemouth bass.
Who are your musical influences and idols?
Dinosaur Jr., Nirvana, and Weezer. If you put the members of each of those bands into a human-sized blender and pureed all 10 of them, then poured the contents into a glass over ice, then drank it down, that's what Dead Stars would taste like.
What was the first album, cassette, or CD you bought with your own money?
Billy Joel, "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me." That song rules. I bought the 7" at this old lady's garage sale down the street from my parents' house as a little kid. The vocal double tracking is super cool. Go listen to it.
What was the strangest gig you've ever played?
Once we had a gig where the booker only gave us an address on a piece of paper. We show up at this huge mansion and everyone is wearing these weird masks and performing creepy rituals. We start playing and at one point someone gives me some milk. I drink it and start hallucinating that I'm traveling through space time and I end up in a Victorian style bedroom where I proceed to watch myself grow old and die and then I'm reincarnated as the caretaker of an old hotel who's slowly going insane. Then I wake up and it's all a dream and I'm actually late to the real gig which wasn't that strange at all but was really fun.
What's the first thing you look for when you hit a new town?
A clean, quality, single person bathroom.
If they named an ice cream flavor after you, what would be the name and why?
They would call it "Dr. Peabody's Chocolate Caramel Marshmallow Secret Surprise (now with extra sprinkles!)." Because they would have to.
Final question: You're the opening act of a music festival. You can get any five artists, living or dead, to perform on the bill with you. Which five do you choose and what song do you all perform as the final jam?
Headliners would be the supergroup Satans Fingernails whose members include:
Jimi Hendrix: Lead Guitar/Vox
Frank Zappa: Lead Guitar/Vox
Brian Jones: Rythm Guitar
John Entwistle: Bass Guitar
John Bonham: Drums
The last song of their set, Dead Stars would be invited onstage to sing three-part harmony in the style of Peter, Paul and Mary and we'd do a psychedelic stoner rock version of "Puff The Magic Dragon."
Heyrocco will release their debut album, Teenage Movie Soundtrack, on June 2nd (stream here), but today they're spending Seven Questions In Heaven with us!
Describe your music for our readers who may not be familiar with you.
Our tunes sound like a perfect combination of dad rock meets mom rock. Sometimes sad and sweet for the ladies or loud and pissed for the bros. Sound guys usually like us, if that means anything. Which we think does. For they are spies.
Who are your musical influences and idols?
We like a lot of classic rock bands like Sabbath, Led Zep, David Bowie, as well as '90s cali shit like Sublime, Fecal Matter, and Gin Blossoms. We obviously like of a lot of records, mostly consisting of loud guitars.
What was the first album, cassette, or CD you bought with your own money?
Chris Cool: Green Day, American Idiot
Tanner Cooper: Jimi Hendrix, Smash Hits
Nathan Merli: Shrek soundtrack
What was the strangest gig you've ever played?
Maybe on the back porch of the windjammer wearing bike helmets or in this cold weird mexican cellar in St. Louis on acid. Definitely the latter, we played with our trash pop dawgs Sun Club from Baltimore and there was literally one girl there. She let us all stay on the floor of her apartment while her roommate blared metal for 12 straight hours. It was sick.
What is your current favorite guilty pleasure?
Eating two of the same things in these towns we visit. For example, today we're one weinerschnitzel deep in Hamburg but as soon as I finish these questions we're going to go have another. Then probably lay in a park.
If they named an ice cream flavor after you, what would be the name and why?
Gotta give this one to my man "Ice Cool" because he wears the most ice and is by far the sweetest. Although hopefully the name doesn't imply the ice cream sucks and sat in the back of a freezer for a month.
Final question: You're the opening act of a music festival. You can get any five artists, living or dead, to perform on the bill with you. Which five do you choose and what song do you all perform as the final jam?
John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and Jimi Hendrix playing "Dazed And Confused" into "Manic Depression" into "Space Truckin'" somehow going BACK into "Dazed And Confused."
Today we're spending Seven Questions In Heaven with Penelope Austin!
Describe your music for our readers who may not be familiar with you.
Lyrically it's honest. There is highs and lows throughout my album which I guess is a true reflection of my life. This is evident not only in words used but the way in which it has been produced. Delicate & extreme. This question in particular has always been a very difficult one to answer as there is a mix of genres that influence my album. But in a nutshell - it's sexy, suggestive, melancholy in moments and real.
Who are your musical influences and idols?
I have a massive soft spot for music from the '90s and for the legends even previous to this era. I suppose these beats and themes influence my music today with a modern twist. I dig power ballads although I know this sort of statement isn't deemed cool in this day and age! I love Stevie Nicks. Carol King. Janis Joplin. Amazing. Bruce Springsteen. Elvis Presley. Bob Seger. Elton John. Stop it. I also admire artists such as Lana and Florence but i'm teetering on dangerous territory here as they are not too dissimilar to me!
What was the first album, cassette, or CD you bought with your own money?
If i'm being honest here, the first song I ever bought with my own money was Brandy's single "Have You Ever" from The Sanity store in the Southern Highlands. However prior to this before I was introduced to pocket money, I pleaded with my mum to purchase for me two albums in a life or death manner. Boys II Men and UB40. Kind of surprising I didn't go into R&B.
What was the strangest gig you've ever played?
Not so much a gig but the weirdest/hardest crowd I played in front of was 100 kids at a Primary School. They RIPPED. ME. TO. SHREDS. It really made me question myself haha.
What is your current favorite guilty pleasure?
Dark chocolate in bed. After I've brushed my teeth. Its a thrill.
If they named an ice cream flavor after you, what would be the name and why?
Coconut Swirl. Hard to crack, but once inside the exterior its all kinds of sweet & sentimental. Swirl because I like to think I can hula hoop. I can also promise unlike the coconut, I do NOT have a beard.
Final question: You're the opening act of a music festival. You can get any five artists, living or dead, to perform on the bill with you. Which five do you choose and what song do you all perform as the final jam?
Freddie Mercury. Elton John. Meatloaf. Stevie Nicks & Annie Lennox. No divas in this bunch although Elton is known to sometimes have a doozie. Fuck the stage would be fun. Closing song... It would have to be a medley. Or if Elton chucked a tanty I'd suggest "Across The Universe" by the Beatles for shits & giggles.
Today we're spending Seven Questions In Heaven with Gay Paris singer Luke Monks!
Describe your music for our readers who may not be familiar with you.
Gay Paris sounds like a terrible mismatch of ideas, Satanic punk-rock, stoner-soul and huge metal riffs. The important thing to remember is that they are all heavy songs.
Who are your musical influences and idols?
Personally, I want to be Aretha Franklin, but thanks to current ontological difficulties, this will not be possible. I love storytellers and wordsmiths – Nick Cave, John Darnielle, Colin Meloy, and Aesop Rock. Lachlan probably would worship at the Church of Fugazi whilst Dean performed hecatombs at the grave of Dimebag. Simmo grew up listening to pop-punk, so let’s just leave that alone.
What was the first album, cassette, or CD you bought with your own money?
Oh man. Snoop Doggy Dogg, Doggystyle. I bought it at a pawn shop and it was already scratched up pretty bad. Track 16 ("Gz and Hustlas") would always skip and that was my favourite song at the time.
What was the strangest gig you've ever played?
Rock N Roll Markets at University of Sydney. We're not really a family friendly kind of act, but seeing little kids shaking out with their parents instead of pointing and crying when the bad man said those things that are best left unsaid – that gave me hope for the future.
What is your current favorite guilty pleasure?
We don't really believe in guilt. If you are doing it because you want to do it, then doesn't Socrates say that this must be a good thing? I'm not going to argue with such a great mind as that.
If they named an ice cream flavor after you, what would be the name and why?
Probably call it a SundaySurprise, because when you open the tub, you a presented with the blood of Christ instead of ice cream.
Final question: You're the opening act of a music festival. You can get any five artists, living or dead, to perform on the bill with you. Which five do you choose and what song do you all perform as the final jam?
This is tough due to our rampant narcissism, but I'll give it a shot (I'm only avoiding rappers because I can't stand rap-rock, otherwise it would basically be Wu-Tang and Ace Rock). Death (the proto-punk one, not the metal one) Clairy Brown & The Bangin' Rackettes, Pantera (only because Dean would sulk if given the chance of necromancy, we didn't use it to resurrect Dimebag), Queen, and The Jesus Lizard and for a final encore, we all sing Nick Cave's "Death Is Not The End."
Today we're spending Seven Questions In Heaven with Redlands singer Ben Lohle:
Describe your music for our readers who may not be familiar with you.
Well, we're an american indie pop rock band from Denver, CO and we touch on a handful of styles.
Who are your musical influences and idols?
For me personally, I'm very fond of singer-songwriters because it's such raw talent and not like what you see nowadays where these kids hide behind a computer and drag stuff around. Eventually, I see myself taking my music more in that direction because that's my true passion, but I'd say I'm heavily influenced by artists like Tom Petty and Ryan Adams.
What was the first album, cassette, or CD you bought with your own money?
Honestly, I think it was like a Backstreet Boys album. Millennium, I believe haha.
What was the strangest gig you've ever played?
So we had a show cancel on us when we were on tour in Florida a few years back and we wanted to play a show so we all got on the phone and started calling all the bars and venues in the area. Well, we ended up playing this one place, I forget the name, but it was a gay bar and little did we know, but it was known to be the "gayest" bar in Florida haha. Anyways, that was a weird show, but I think we all milked it for what it was worth. We all drank for free and partied pretty well that night and surprisingly they loved our show, or us haha we couldn't tell, but we didn't care.
What is your current favorite guilty pleasure?
Currently, I don't know. I feel like I've cut everything out of my life that I should feel guilty about partaking in, but I like Starbucks now and then.
If they named an ice cream flavor after you, what would be the name and why?
Hmm they'd probably call it Creepy T-Rex because when we go out and get crazy I like to get up on the stage or a table and do my best T-Rex impression haha.
Final question: You're the opening act of a music festival. You can get any five artists, living or dead, to perform on the bill with you. Which five do you choose and what song do you all perform as the final jam?
Tom Petty, The Maine, Augustana, Ryan Adams, Parachute. I think we’d all HAVE to cover "I Want It That Way" by The Backstreet Boys because that would be too great hahaha.
Today we have the music video for "Cold Blood," the first single off Swedish band groombridge's upcoming album, Boy From Golden City. The haunting video stars the two young sons of singer Dyle, who wrote the song after the boys were stricken with life-threatening health problems last year. Here's what Dyle had to say about the song:
"It's a big relief to finally release "Cold Blood." We've been working very hard the last 1.5 years making this new album happen. I had a very tough time recording this album, with two of my boys being really ill. So recording the new tracks was more like therapy for me. There is nothing that makes sense anymore if you don't know whether your kids will survive or not. I put all my emotions into the songs and I guess that's what you'll hear. I guess you couldn't do that in every band and I'm very glad to be a part of groombridge. We're more like a family than a normal rock band.
It also makes me very happy to see my two boys in that music video and for me it's kind of a reconciliation. If you've been through rough times you learn to appreciate the good times more. Even though our music may be melancholic, we're all yearning for the good moments in life ;-)"
Here's the video for groombridge's "Cold Blood." Make sure you stick around for the ending scene, which totally makes the video and the meaning of the song.
Today we're spending Seven Questions In Heaven with Bryan McPherson, who will be releasing his third album, Wedgewood, on June 10th through O.F.D. Records.
Describe your music for our readers who may not be familiar with you.
Folk music. Music of the people.
Who are your musical influences and idols?
I grew up on Bob Dylan, Guns N Roses, Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Michael Jackson, '90s punk bands like Rancid, NOFX, Avail and lately I have been listening to Bill Faye, Leonard Chen, Townes Van Zandt, Bright Eyes, Tom Petty, Against Me!, Billy Bragg, and Bruce Springsteen.
What was the first album, cassette, or CD you bought with your own money?
I bought GNR's Appetite For Destruction LP.
What was the strangest gig you've ever played?
I have played so many strange gigs. I just played in a cave in Germany. It was pretty rad.
What is your current favorite guilty pleasure?
Haribo candy.
If they named an ice cream flavor after you, what would be the name and why?
Del Fuego. Because it would be hot.
Final question: You're the opening act of a music festival. You can get any five artists, living or dead, to perform on the bill with you. Which five do you choose and what song do you all perform as the final jam?
Prince, Bob Dylan, Sex Pistols, Nirvana and Janis Joplin singing "Purple Rain."
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