Band to Watch: Drunk Mums
Upon referral from Aussie band ScotDrakula I present the Drunk Mums. This group adds to the great independent talent that is being produced from the land down under. They released their first EP Eventual Ghost in May of last year. The Drunk Mums sound like 1970s garage rock with a twist of SoCal surf punk. According to their Facebook page the band credits The Mummies, Black Lips, and Junior Kimbrough as influences. Title track, “Eventual Ghost” brings a heavy sound and a chorus that you can shake your head to. The Black Lips influence is noticeable and the vintage vibe shines in full view. Escape Monday and head back to the weekend by listening to their track “Heavy Penalties” and watching the video for “Eventual Ghost” below.
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Written by Brett McGrath
Video: Family of the Year “The Stairs”
LA’s Family of the Year released a new video for “The Stairs” this week. Recently signed to Nettwerk Records, the band released their St. Croix EP late last year. Their full length Diversity will drop sometime in 2012, without a definitive release date in place. Band members and brothers, Joe and Sebastian Keefe, are natives of Wales. This helped the band sell out a string of European shows last year and garner attention from major British music outlets like NME, BBC and more. Check out the video for “The Stairs” below.
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Written by Rob Peoni
Fresh Track + Video: Pevin Kinel “Fake ppl”
Pevin Kinel is a French-born independent multi-instrumentalist that currently makes his bed in London. This week, Kinel released the first track from his forthcoming LP Syntactic Sugars, due out June 5. “Fake ppl” lies somewhere between experimental, minimalist think-pop (is that a word?) and the schizophrenic inner ramblings of an eloquent LSD user. Call it what you may, but the song tickles the back of the neck and forces the listener to wonder for a while.
“Fake Ppl” is best served with a decent pair of headphones and an open mind. The video does nothing to tame the peculiarity of the song, but raise your hand if you’re complaining. By the end of this ride, you’ll be wondering where you’ve been for the last two and a half minutes. I’ll be damned if I wasn’t hitting replay the moment it got to the end. In the interest of full disclosure, I’m also a big fan of anyone that switches the first letters in their first and last names. This, in my experience, is a sign of pure genius at that work (case in point: former Butler Bulldog Hatt Moward). Enjoy.
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Written by Rob Peoni
Thought on Tracks 