SONIC MASALA: Xfm

Friday, 10 September 2010

Philly Jays Offer Pop That Will Rot Your Teeth - And Save Your Town

Those Aussie pop punk rapscallions Philadelphia Grand Jury are releasing a 7" bit o vinyl for their new single 'Save Our Town'.

Now PGJ aren't exactly a normal fit for us here at Sonic Masala, even though we posted about them once before in the lead up to their support slot for Male Bonding for XFM. Nevertheless I feel that I owe the boys, as they impressed me on a couple of levels, mainly due to their drummer (who seemed totally out of place but was impressively octopus-like), their manic energy, and their insane cover of Jay-Z's '99 Problems'. This has become such a crowd favourite in the past 12 months (within which the Jay's have recorded an album, toured the US 3 times, flogged the heck out of all sorts of UK venues, and hit the main stage at Australia's Splendour In The Grass festival) that it is on this pressing as the B Side. It is treacly saccharine gooey pop spazz punk, but there is more than enough space in this world for these guys, I can assure you.
And to be honest, its a great way to finish off the week!

Close your eyes, listen to this and you will forget that the weather is about to turn ugly...maybe...

Philadelphia Grand Jury - Save Our Town

Thursday, 24 June 2010

Encounter Fans On the Hori-zine

On Tuesday we told you about the supports for Male Bonding (which was a great show BTW - straight to the point, appropriately aggressive, and can be heard via Xfm). Well, tonight we have Cymbals Eat Guitars gracing Camden's Barfly stage, and I thought Id introduce you to 'em.

1st and foremost - Fanzine, a London fourtet that are straddling the distorted guitar/thumping drums aesthetics of 90s indie rock with a smattering of lo-fi garage - all with a sense of tongues firmly in cheek. Their songs (there arent many so far) are catchy as all get out, and is just another band that will benefit from that inexplicable communal happiness that overcomes London when the sun graces us with its presence. (check out track 'Susan' below for a taste).

Also supporting are Encounters, who I know next to nothing about other than their name and myspace page. So check that out I guess.

Make sure to catch these guys before Staten Island's own blow you all away. Fin.

Fanzine - Susan

About

It was early on a Sunday morning at ATP - A Nightmare Before Christmas 2009. After downing a fair few, at 4am we decided to cook a curry. It was during the consumption of this drunkenly delicious breakfast treat that we decided to actually do something about the music we talk about all the time.

So we started a blog – and Sonic Masala was born. Now into its seventh year, the blog has spread out to call both Australia and the UK its home (and the rest of the world), and has expanded to include gigs, festivals and a record label under its black umbrella. Come on, eat the noize.

If an mp3 is up here, it's because we have been talking about it, and think the whole world needs to know more. It's there to give you a little taste. Then, if you like, check out the band live and spend all your hard earned cash on their records. If we've posted up an mp3 of your stuff and you're not too keen on the idea, let us know and we'll happily take it down pronto.