Just pulled this one in as a last-minute replacement for my new Bust column...and couldn't resist sharing them with you, they're so great - like a sharp-tongued, velvet-voiced Oakland CA sister band to my forgotten Canadian heartthrobs The Diskettes. (And they even have a song about Seattle!)
Here's what I wrote:
THE HOT TODDIES
This Oakland, CA four-piece boast some beautiful doo-wop harmonies and beach party melodies: bubblegum pop like the 60s and K Records wrote it – but bubblegum pop with a sharp tongue that tells of wet dreams and surf paradises, like the Pink Ladies from Grease reinvented for the Internet age. Every town should have one.
Think: The Fizzbombs, Olivia Newton-John, The Penguins
Surf’s up!: 10
Time’s up: 0
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ReplyDeleteBen Harrison
my Mum's been suggesting it as a band name for a very very long time. amazed no-one round her way used it (as far as we know)... where the nearest big place is Cork
23 March at 21:27 ·
Chris King
Luverly.
23 March at 23:24 ·