2016 New(ish) Release Alert: Fake Boyfriend

If you miss the days when the now classic There's a Dyke in the Pit single was at the top of your newly purchased pile of records, there is a Philly three piece called Fake Boyfriend that keeps quality lady punk alive and well.

New Album Alert : Lantern's Black Highways and Green Garden Roads

My playlist would look like something like this: The Who, The Fresh & Onlys,The Kinks, Ty Segall, The Monkees, Guided By Voices, The 13th Floor Elevators, The Beatles, King Tuff,  The Sonics, Them, Moon Duo, ELP, The Pretty Things, Wooden Shjips, something from The Rolling Stones His Satanic Majesties Request, The Byrds, Thee Oh Sees, Roy Orbison, Love, The Beach Boys, Jay Reatard, The Troggs, The Shangri-Las, and Shannon and the Clams.

Placed firmly in the mix would be a song from Lantern's 2016 release Black Highways and Green Garden Roads. This Philly/Montreal trio deliver 41 minutes of the best of the sixties without sounding painfully derivative. I am particularly crazy for their male/female vocal harmonies, something so few bands have the lineup and talent to pull off.

Rock solid retro, Lantern comes highly recommended.

Band to Watch : Mercury Girls

At last! A band that uses Girls in their name and has not just one female member but TWO!

More importantly they are also GREAT.

I give you Philadephia noisy jangle poppers Mercury Girls. I don't have a release date for it yet but apparently their debut single will be coming out through one of my favorite record labels, Slumberland. The band also features members of : Literature, Little Big League, and Pet Milk. 

I love this band / song too!