FKA Twigs’ most recent music video release, “Two Weeks”, picks up where Meg Myers left off and goes even further. With ambient vocals, haunting instrumentation, and an eerie sexiness that’s as disturbing as it is hot, this video mixes Greek-inspired hedonism and Egyptian symbolism in an uncanny recreation of what must have been a ancient mating ritual lost in the annals of history.
The intentional dysfunction brought upon by the robotic asynchronous movements of a team of golden dancers background dancers highlights natural dissonance through creative combustion – pristine vocals mingle with sinister undertones with menacing methodology and we all dance in worship of it's divinely seductive call.
“With the band’s catchy, emotive sound — equal parts dusty alt-country and lovelorn late ’90s alt-rock — we’re surprised debut EP track ‘Let Back’ isn’t as big a hit as ‘Pumped Up Kicks’.” –L.A. Times
“L.A.’s A House for Lions showed off a robust rock sound at Rusty’s on Wednesday, adding garage ferocity to the softer, ’90s-influenced alt-rock of debut EP ‘I Want Us to Be Remembered’. –Billboard.com
“They’re only just starting out but already they’re purring like a sleek machine with a human heart…seeing a band this good this early is a thing of wonder and ought to be celebrated.” – Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol) – Q Magazine
“Purveyors of gorgeous anthemic rock” –-Kevin Bronson, BuzzBands.LA
THE LATEST: The band’s debut full-length album made with Grammy Award-winning producer Tom Biller (Silversun Pickups, Elliott Smith, Fiona Apple, Warpaint) will be released 06.24.14 on Randm Records, home to the cult status Lost Ark Studio. They made the album after successfully completing a DIY crowdfunding campaign that impressed the indie music world at large and attracted flattering press (includingan interview on NPR, Digital Music News, Tunecore, Hypebot) based on the innovative approach they took in bypassing Kickstarter and the other main crowdfunding platforms.
Daniel Norman, singer/songwriter of A House for Lions, was a music lover who never intended to become a musician. But while hitchhiking through Germany, a melody and a few words popped into his head and never left: “we’ll write a book worth reading!” – the first line of what would become the first song Daniel ever wrote and A House for Lions’ statement of purpose, “Let Back”. In that moment, he realized it might be possible to get off of the fence and create a project of his own; at least, it would be fun to try. Daniel had played guitar since he was a kid, but had no experience playing in a band. So he’d have to get better, (“we’ll pass the test, no cheating!”) but he’d also need to seek out kindred spirits to flesh-out the sound of his bare bones experiments.
In early 2010 he found just that in an unlikely group of strangers. Adding guitarist and designer Mike Nissen, bass player Eric McCann and drummer Joe Luisi, A House for Lions has developed a sound that according to The Deli Magazine “manages to blend the sleeker side of angsty 90s rock with the laid-back instrumentation and heart-string pulling melodies you might expect from an alt-country band”.
Within six months, the band had recorded their first EP I Want Us To Be Remembered, with LA producer Raymond Richards (Local Natives) and were off and running. From there the band garnered rave reviews from the LA Times and Billboard.com, made impressive debuts at CMJ and SXSW and established themselves as one of Los Angeles’ most promising young bands.
A House For Lions recently completed work on their debut full-length album with Grammy Award-winning producer Tom Biller (Silversun Pickups, Elliot Smith, Fiona Apple) after completing an innovative DIY crowdfunding campaign to fund the making of the album. By successfully bypassing the traditional crowdfunding platforms (Kickstarter, et al) and building their campaign from scratch, they’ve impressed the indie music world at large and attracted flattering press including an interview on NPR, articles fromDigital Music News, Hypebot and many others.
Not content to rest on any laurels, these brothers-in-arms remain dedicated to creating and sustaining a distinct vision in an uncertain musical landscape. “To all the new beginnings/to all the screws unspinning!”
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Our favorite brotherly duo is back at it with another epic music video. This time for Natural off their Supreme EP. The brothers are known for making really fun, quirky and sexy music videos. Natural is no exception. The camera angles, the glitter, the girl, the massive keytar. It all just makes you want to put on your dancing shoes and climb right up on that rotating stage with em'!
Netherfriends' newest track "Joey Vision" finds him on all ends of the emotional spectrum. Locked in rather than tuned out, sinking fast with heavy fury, the track features Fugazi-laced urgency with New Wave inspired delivery. Shawn has endured the years of stubble and pain to scold the audience with an ironic yet honest declaration of taste. It's hard to tell if he is bragging, complaining, or both.
Building off of the success of their critically acclaimed debut CD Return of the Wildest!, Prima and the Witnesses immersed themselves in writing original music for the first time together and headed into the studio with co-producer and Warrior Records C.E.O. Jim Ervin. Recorded at Capitol Records in Studio B, where Louis Prima Sr. recorded his hits of the 50’s and 60’s, the seriousness of this music is masked only by the obvious fun that was had making it. The outcome is a host of superb innovative new material as eclectic and unique as each member of this powerhouse band, plus revved-up versions of Adam Ant’s "Goody Two Shoes" and Louis Prima Sr.’s "Robin Hood". Prima also sneaks in a vocal and trumpet duet with his father on That’s My Home, utilizing Sr.’s original vocal/trumpet solo from the 1959 recording combined with a new music track created by LP Jr. and the Witnesses.The Louis Armstrong cover bridges the gap between family generations as it rises into a heartfelt and hypnotic tribute to his father and is a loving homage to the city they both adore. But it’s on songs like first single "Go Let’s Go", the musical party "I Just Wanna Have Fun" and the soulfully explosive "Fame And Glory" that the band’s uniqueness shines through. The result of blending the skills of these musicians is a blistering assault on your senses that will make you shout out loud and get up and move.
Of course Prima has a lot to live up to–sharing a name with his celebrated father–but a new legend is being born, and it’s about to BLOW you away.
If you are interested in the most famous band of all-time from every state. You need to know Teenage Bottlerocket. Hailing from Wyoming, Laramie Wyo. to be precise. The band was formed by twin brothers Ray and Brandon Carlisle, in 2000. The Lillingtons guitarist/co-vocalist Kody Templeman joined in with Miguel Chen solidifying the line-up on bass guitar. Teenage Bottlerocket's music was heavily influenced by punk rock acts The Ramones, Screeching Weasel, Green Day, Bouncing Souls, and Misfits.
Now, 18 years later the band has released six full length albums as well as a 2006 Live LP and 2017 covers LP. They’ve toured the world as an opening act for Dropkick Murphys, Pennywise, NOFX, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and are now currently headlining their own tours with a rabid following in Europe and the US.
Hunnypot is very proud to again represent Teenage Bottlerocket's Publishing Rights for licensing. We’ve put together a TBR "Best Of" compilation to showcase and catch everyone up with their single releases. Teenage Bottlerocket have taken pleasure in showing everyone just how potent and exhilarating that fresh, gimmick-free punk rock can be. Get it here…
The High Plane Drifters were a powerful musical force that never really fitted into any neat sound bites or perfectly tailored descriptions, but when reviewers did put their thoughts into words, this is how they described the band.......
‘...like having all your birthdays arrive at once, well that’s if you like your tunes packed with what sounds like a bastardised concoction of raw as you like early Jesus and Mary Chain going head to head the more gritty garage psych-blues ensembles.
The High Plane Drifters ransack the whole primitive blues culture, dirty, gritty and without doubt potent, it’s the kind of swamp fest that would have Tarrantino shitting bricks with its lineage transgressing directly to Gallon Drunk and further beyond to the likes of Link Wray and Muddy Waters...a wired up rabble rousing hot road action found hauled up in a lay by sniffin’ the blue glue.
Imagine Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Co dropped dead centre of the 60’s beat/garage scene – yeah, that f**king good....tripping into the world of classic Spacemen 3, repetitive looping chords and that primal mind-melting core.
It has at times that out of it feel, as though Jim Morrison was doing extra curricular work fronting a secret underground student psych band, listen a little closer and the detachment of early Warsaw/Joy Division begins to eke into view.’
The fact is that they sound like they arrived in their Teesside home via Detroits 8 mile road and the Bowery district of New York, stopping somewhere on the banks of Lake Erie to bash out their sound.
A rollicking onslaught of the rawest rock you might ever hear two men play, setting the tone with some hard hitting blues thunder, with contrasting psychedelic tunes that ride the mysterious crest of Psych-rock like old hands.....
The band had also a formidable live reputation, one live reviewer was moved to write – “Imagine a two-piece rock’n’blues band contest in which the competition are all thrashed into second place by a howling Neathandral and a drummer with genuine versatility. This pair, however, sound like a three, even four piece at times, and they achieve this more subtly than by just blasting the room with wall to wall racket.
Wesley John Stephenson’s fulsome and varied percussive palette is crucial to this illusion – as is frontman Timothy James Oxnard’s use of his guitar alternatively as a rhythm engine, lead instrument, surrogate bass and even as a kind of modernist Cello when he grinds a bow futuristically across six strings, propelled by Krautrock express-train drums”
Away from the stage they allowed their full creativity to flow, creating some interesting and genuinely thrilling recordings that spanned two EP’s and a sole LP that was recorded at the height of their career. Vinyl copies of these records are now becoming increasingly sought after as the bands reputation continues to build, regardless of the fact they called it a day over a decade ago.
To showcase the great music that they recorded, the band have put together a ‘Best of’ compilation, with tracks available for download and streaming, made up of official releases, out-takes and demo tracks that span their career from 2003 – 2009, and much of the material still sounds as fresh as the day it was recorded.
Henri (aka Henrietta Tiefenthaler) is making her mark on both sides of the Atlantic as a DJ, singer/producer/songwriter and fashionista. Henri is a rapidly emerging name on the Los Angeles scene, spinning at some of L.A.’s hottest parties. As a performer, Henri is demonstrating an equal versatility, performing with her psychedelic krautrock band Thrillionaire, and developing her own dance/pop productions. She has a forthcoming EP in the works and this week she released this awesome hoolah hoop addiction/battle video to accompany her first solo single, “It’s Like This, It's Like That” on her label Monstertooth Records. The nu-disco anthem will be the perfect soundtrack to your summer! Henri will be DJing and performing August 25th for Hunnypot Radio live at The Mint. Don't miss it!
Hunnypot's very own KING WASHINGTON has released what is the first of four live studio recordings on their youtube channel. We have been big fans of this group from the moment we first laid ears on them, and this performance is a triumph that rivals any of their previous body of work - high praise considering that we hold KING WASHINGTON in the highest of regards.
The performance was done live at Charles Lopez's Black Tie Studios, directed by Ryan Alan Petti, mixed/mastered by Todd Bergman, and produced by Todd Bergman and Hunnypot's Matt Linsky. If you enjoy great live performances, be sure to keep an eye out for the next video to drop!