Friday, January 01, 2016

2015 top 20 Best Songs: #20

Make that 21 as I have a tie for 20. Female Pop bands are growing in quantity and quality like nothing I've seen since my days at KU in Lawrence Ks. where I saw the Go Go's, The Bangles and The Tourists (Annie Lennox-Dave Stewart original band). I'm a sucker for these bands, so expect to see some representation. Best Coast and Allo Darlin' are good examples of female pop bands that are churning out quality music. Tied for #20 are 2 additions one has a more punkish (called bubblegum punk I think) and the other feels like an authentic garage band, meaning I think this song was recorded in someone's garage... in a good way.
Diet Cig  besides also winning the greatest band name of 2015 is technically not a girl band.
"Diet Cig burst out of the Hudson Valley college town and musical hotbed New Paltz, N.Y.  Singer Alex Luciano and drummer Noah Bowman met at a house show when she interrupted a set to ask him for a lighter; a few months later, they were playing shows and getting ready to record their first songs at a studio in New Paltz. Luciano also writes the lyrics, their music is simple, clever, honest and very danceable. 

Trash Talkin'- Thee Tsunamis: from Dylan Tupper Ruppert, Thee Tsunamis are proud daughters of the twisted, pop-camp aesthetics of the director John Waters, the jagged and tender-hearted jammers of ’60s era “girl groups”, and the enduring partnership between good times, riffs, and leather jackets.... and all you’ll want to do is tease your hair, move your feet, and find something fun to do tonight, stat."


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