Mother's Children: That's Who

Even though Ottawa-based Mother's Children have the name (and cover art!) of some sorta psych-folk band from 1970, they are in fact are a(n) insert macho-sounding compound-adjective preferably missing its final 'g' here rock n' roll band who clearly love the same sort of half-punk/half-power-pop bands, like The Boys, The Flys, The Beat et al, that set the Exploding Hearts racing.

Miniboone: Big Changes

"Miniboone are a rock n' roll band from New York City" - might seem like a bit of a coy self-description amidst the chatter and the hype but it goes to show that the preciousness that's dominated indie-rock recently is on the wane.

Johnny Wolga: Punk Sessions

"New Life" by JOHNNY WOLGA! is an egregiously hummable tune from a band known as the German Toy Dolls (who were once knows as an "English Dickies"...)

The Young Veins

While the adjective Beatlesesque might be shorthand for "labouring to replicate a lost era", in the case of L.A. power-pop band The Young Veins* the word just denotes what happens when twenty-somethings take up with their parents vinyl collection.

* May contain traces of Panic! at the Disco

Betty & The Werewolves

When people call a band 'twee' they're often referring to either eighties bands lumped under the C86 banner, nineties bands from the International Pop Underground or early aughts bands compared to Belle & Sebastien but ever-so-fun music labeled twee still prevails - just ask London's Betty and the Werewolves.

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