#the simpletones

[marieclairescousin]

Surf Punk; Your Next Thing

Do you love to aggressiveness of a punk or rock song but wish it could be more upbeat, maybe more.... Surfy? I think I got the thing for you.

SURF PUNK! An amazing genre I found last month. This little insert from Rate Your Music explains it pretty well “Surf punk is a genre of Punk Rock that incorporates elements of Surf Rock... While numerous punk rock bands, notably Ramones, were heavily influenced by the Vocal Surf of The Beach Boys, surf punk bands generally draw more inspiration from the original instrumental surf rock of artists like Dale.“

But why is this in? Many teens are getting into the punk scene but a lot can’t keep up with the grittiness of a punk song so they turn to surf punk. Although still intense, it keeps up surf and upbeat elements commonly found in pop songs. 

Teens want to be rebellious but still safe and surf punk is their best bet. I blame Gilmore Girls and indie movies for shaping the quirky teens of today to feel compelled to listen to rock.

I hear you whine “So what, you recommend me this genre but where do I start?” What you think I’m gonna leave you hanging? Of course not. Here are my favourite surf punk bands and song recommendations to get you started!

- Agent Orange

Personal favourites: It’s All a Blur, Bloodstains, I Kill Spies, and Fire in the Rain

- Surf Punks

Personal favourites: My Beach 2000, Ballroom Blitz, and Wave Spy

- Simpletones

Personal favourites: I Have a Date, TV Love, and Tiger Beat Twist

- The Frights

Personal favourites: Tongues, Crust Bucket, and Kids

- Dead Kennedys 

Personal favourites: California Uber Alles, Police Truck, Halloween

I’m always looking for some more great surf punk bands so feel free to let me know if you have any recommendations!

Make sure to catch this surf punk wave before it dies down!

xoxo 

-Marie Claire’s odd cousin

[radiophd]

the simpletones -- kirsty q

[radiophd]

the simpletones -- i like drugs

[thekingofnuthin]

Simpletones - I have a date '78 - '79 [Full Album]

[damianteeth]

Visit Original Link

THE SIMPLETONES - TIGER BEAT TWIST

[matthenshaw]

Matt Henshaw Recommends ... Becky Edwards

Matt Henshaw here recommending again, and bringing you the beautiful people of the world that make music and songs. And they don't come much more beautiful inside and out than the wonderful Becky Edwards. The twists and turns of fate and serendipity have brought both myself and Becky to Leicester from the north of the East Midlands, growing up as we did in Ilkeston and Ripley respectively, and finding ourselves in Leicestershire & Rutland. My first week out last July with acoustic guitar in hand I met Becky and shared a stage at a little pub on Granby Street in the city. I was a humble open mic participant, and Becky was the headline act along with the marvellous Chris Conway, whom I've mentioned before whenst babbling about thems there Mia and the Moons. Massive Thanks to Stevie Jones for putting this one on ! Here she is having a sing song with her best friend, daughter and equally beautiful and hilarious Evelyn ...

... it's not all Disney classics in Becky's repertoire but I would be more than satisfied if it was. This video highlights the love between a mother and daughter and I feel, as we all should feel, grateful to Becky (as it says on her birth certificate - Rebecca she is not), for letting us into her life and sharing her blessings of music, talent and family with us. If this video has failed to make you smile, even just a little bit then I suggest you may need a support group of some kind, I don't know what, just Google "How to make myself happier" or something. I Love Miss Edwards so much in fact that, along with Leah Sinead, I invited her to come and play at my birthday party last September. What a jolly pleasant night we had ! Here she is, above, playing at The Cookie, and no doubt you'll see her back again when I invite her to come and join me at an Acoustic Rhythm'n'Gospel Cavalcade sometime soon in the not so distant future ... A few more things to note about Becky ... she is vegan and a shining example of someone who is talented, beautiful and healthy living a life she knows is right and pure, she is multi-talented so much so that alongside her music, she can dance, she is hilarious and a grand purveyor of words emotions and feelings, one day her and Evelyn will be known around the country, and making people smile in the same way I hope that Tippy and I do. Most pressingly though, is the race for the space at the top of the YouTube search, my friend Becky Edwards is not a pole dancer! I owe a great deal to hanging around with Edwards, just being in her company inspires me to be a better person, when I say Leicester is a warm and loving place to be as a musician, I don't think I'm exaggerating too much when I say that a lot of that is down to Becky, for better or worse she helped forge the friendship between myself and Stu Crown and The Bobcats and led me to my discovery of The Simpletones. I haven't even mentioned some of her great songs, 'Princess in a Paper Bag' is my personal favourite, 'Thin' is an honest and astoundingly heartfelt emotional ballad, and 'Your Face' is a sumptuous slice of acoustic pop, that I secretly think is about me, or maybe I just wish it was! Excellent songwriting!! Here's a lovely picture from another friend, for no other reason than it's lovely ...

[matthenshaw]

Matt Henshaw Recommends ... 2013 (Ones to Watch for 2014)

A quick summary of the recommendations I made in the latter quarter of 2013 ... keep your eye on there chaps and chapesses ! Charlotte Carpenter Leah Sinead The Simpletones Matt Zara Mattayoux Savanna Bones The Bobcats Stay tuned for more !!!

[matthenshaw]

Matt Henshaw Recommends ... Becky Edwards

Matt Henshaw here recommending again, and bringing you the beautiful people of the world that make music and songs. And they don't come much more beautiful inside and out than the wonderful Becky Edwards. The twists and turns of fate and serendipity have brought both myself and Becky to Leicester from the north of the East Midlands, growing up as we did in Ilkeston and Ripley respectively, and finding ourselves in Leicestershire & Rutland. My first week out last July with acoustic guitar in hand I met Becky and shared a stage at a little pub on Granby Street in the city. I was a humble open mic participant, and Becky was the headline act along with the marvellous Chris Conway, whom I've mentioned before whenst babbling about thems there Mia and the Moons. Massive Thanks to Stevie Jones for putting this one on ! Here she is having a sing song with her best friend, daughter and equally beautiful and hilarious Evelyn ...

... it's not all Disney classics in Becky's repertoire but I would be more than satisfied if it was. This video highlights the love between a mother and daughter and I feel, as we all should feel, grateful to Becky (as it says on her birth certificate - Rebecca she is not), for letting us into her life and sharing her blessings of music, talent and family with us. If this video has failed to make you smile, even just a little bit then I suggest you may need a support group of some kind, I don't know what, just Google "How to make myself happier" or something. I Love Miss Edwards so much in fact that, along with Leah Sinead, I invited her to come and play at my birthday party last September. What a jolly pleasant night we had ! Here she is, above, playing at The Cookie, and no doubt you'll see her back again when I invite her to come and join me at an Acoustic Rhythm'n'Gospel Cavalcade sometime soon in the not so distant future ... A few more things to note about Becky ... she is vegan and a shining example of someone who is talented, beautiful and healthy living a life she knows is right and pure, she is multi-talented so much so that alongside her music, she can dance, she is hilarious and a grand purveyor of words emotions and feelings, one day her and Evelyn will be known around the country, and making people smile in the same way I hope that Tippy and I do. Most pressingly though, is the race for the space at the top of the YouTube search, my friend Becky Edwards is not a pole dancer! I owe a great deal to hanging around with Edwards, just being in her company inspires me to be a better person, when I say Leicester is a warm and loving place to be as a musician, I don't think I'm exaggerating too much when I say that a lot of that is down to Becky, for better or worse she helped forge the friendship between myself and Stu Crown and The Bobcats and led me to my discovery of The Simpletones. I haven't even mentioned some of her great songs, 'Princess in a Paper Bag' is my personal favourite, 'Thin' is an honest and astoundingly heartfelt emotional ballad, and 'Your Face' is a sumptuous slice of acoustic pop, that I secretly think is about me, or maybe I just wish it was! Excellent songwriting!! Here's a lovely picture from another friend, for no other reason than it's lovely ...