We don’t normally get to break new bands on Splat Macumba, but I see big things for Drink Up Buttercup. A friend of mine sent me to their My Space page, and I was immediately intrigued. Their influences are fairly standard for indie pop bands: Syd Barrett, Beach Boys, “Nuggets” bands, etc. What separates them [...]
Archive for the ‘Great Bands You've Never Heard of’ Category
You heard it here first: Drink Up Buttercup
Posted in Great Bands You've Never Heard of, You Heard it Here First, tagged Drink Up Buttercup on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Great Band You’ve (Maybe) Never Heard Of: The Bigger Lovers
Posted in Great Bands You've Never Heard of, tagged bigger lovers on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I think every city in this country has it’s own great power-pop band. You know that band. They’re in their late 20s-early 30s. Literate, catchy, and loud. Kind of quirky but with no visible delusions (i.e. onstage get-ups, ironic mustaches,). Not exactly full of ennui but too honest to give the crowd “an act.”
Just [...]
Ambulance Ltd vs. The Grays
Posted in Great Bands You've Never Heard of, tagged Ambulence Ltd., The Grays on September 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I read about Ambulance LTD back when their first EP came out in 2003. They are a band from Brooklyn who just had a little EP out at the time but I read a review that sounded interesting and took a chance. I thought they were great and picked up their full length CD titled [...]
A Great Band You’ve Never Heard of: Mazarin
Posted in Great Bands You've Never Heard of on June 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In thinking about all the great bands I’m going to talk about in this “Great Bands You’ve Never Heard of” category, I was lamenting how many of them have come and gone. I guess that’s what happens when no one has ever heard of a band. I thought Mazarin was one of those bands who [...]
