Transistors are an indie-pop-punk from New Zealand who fit with that island's reputation for clever, idiosyncratic pop (See: Nun, Flying) but with a lot more oomph! I particularly love this perfectly-executed video which amuses, while pummeling you with the chorus till you just surrender!
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wow!! cheers for letting me know about these guys.......I'm in NZ & I'd never heard anything about them. Trouble with NZ is the music press only ever seems to publish/promote top 30 chart stuff or the latest hip-hop or poppy-pop-girl-band etc etc.
ReplyDeleteYeah I often need sites from other spots in the world to tell me about great bands from my own country (Canada) because of a similar lameness in our music press (such as it is!)
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I love this video. Just picked up the CD and got done listening to it, and I must say there is no let up in quality from start to finish. One of the best high energy punk-pop records I've heard this year. I'm surprised its not getting much press, seemingly.
ReplyDeleteI hear they opened for the Buzzcocks when they toured NZ and it sounds like an inspired choice to me, though I hear a little Mission of Burma in what they do also.
Buzzcocks and MoB would be good points of comparison.
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