As far as I'm concerned, indie rock can be divided into two camps - the butch, swaggering lager-louts who sing about booze and girls, and the arty-farty types who write poetry and read lots of books in between recording albums. Les Savy Fav definitely fall into the latter category.
Turn Tail is the third song to come from The Young Knives most recent album Superabundance. The band are well reputed for their frantic punky tunes and geeky lyrics, so I was quite surprised that the band released this track.
Sunderland rockers The Futureheads are on form, it would seem - 'The Beginning Of The Twist' is a pithy slice of northern post-punk at its best.
To me, Patti Smith will always be known for three things: her role as the punk poet laureate, her fall from a high stage in Florida, breaking several vertebrae in her neck, and her propensity to perform on elevated stages in short skirts and without underwear. None of these is a bad thing (she survived the fall), but they do rather set her apart from the norm.
For those of you who think that Less Than Jake, or Reel Big Fish are
as good as it gets, open your ears and let Big Hand change your
misguided mind.
I've never been a huge fan of ska myself, but have become slightly
enamoured with this band. Having heard my fair share of ska music from
across the Atlantic, after hearing Big Hand I can only conclude that
we so do it better in the UK.