Sauna Youth, the Other SY

Screw you dark morning sky, daylight savings, and Mondays in general. At least I have some good news to cheer me up. Sauna Youth's 2012 release Dreamlands has been reissued on vinyl via Gringo Records and is out now.

SY (not to be confused with Sonic Youth) are an outstanding artful post-punk 4 piece from London who put out one of my favorite records last year, Distractions.

RIYL Looper and Wire.

2015 Favorite : Desperate Journalist

It has taken me decades to find a band that gives me that same kind of feeling in my chest that I had the first time I heard The Smiths. Desperate Journalist are a 4 piece band from London that features two women and two men and are named after a legendary Peel Session where The Cure sound off about a member of the press who gave them a less than positive review.

I have watched this video for 'Eulogy" ten times already today and I am excited to discover they are as good live as they are on record.

And here are a few other videos by them to enjoy.

  

2015 Favorites : Trash Kit

2015 isn't quite over yet but if I had to name my top 5 record of the year thus far, it would include Trash Kit's Confidence. They are an all female three piece band from London playing polyrhythmic punk. There is African fingerpicking styles blended with raw energy and soul but there is so much more rumbling out of this band too.

Check out this interview.

You can buy their music here.

Their Facebook page is here. 

They also have a HUGE band family tree that includes Shopping, Electrelane, Cover Girl, Sacred Paws , Lesbo Pigs (video below), The Battys, Ray Rumours, Columbus & Crusoe and Halo Halo. I am sure there are probably more I am too square to know about but this is a good starting place at the very least. Lemme know what I missed!