Going Underground

Not every band has a deal. In fact some bands don't even have a demo. That's where we come in. We get email. LOTS of email. Every nook and cranny of our addresses are loaded w/notes from bands all over who want their stuff heard. Some of it is absolute crap and some of it is actually good. So being the good filters that we are here at Who Needs Radio... here are the latest bands to have made it through are extra fine and stingy filter and deserve a listen. Enjoy, and when you see them driving around in their Escalades you can tell your friends... to quote MTV... you heard them here first.

First up is The Prayers. Before they ever played a show, the Prayers had received offers of sex and death threats via myspace.com. But, because three members of the band are in the Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower, sex and violence can be expected. The Prayrs are a garagey surfy rough and ready group that write infectious tunes that no vaccine can stop.
The Prayers - USA

Can electro be twee? If you're Recorder it sure can. Sounding like Twiggy from Buck Rogers stuck in an Africa Bambaataa song, Recorder clang and pop their way through a synthesized space odyssey. It's a bit Console, its a bit dark, it's a bit strange, but it's cool because it's so bizarre. When the Great Robot War happens, this could very well be the 'bots theme song.
Recorder - Collide

All the way from Denmark comes Skywriter DK. Not the best name in the world, but then you hear this tune and you're like, "All is forgiven." It's a dark, gritty, bass led treat that prods its way around the streets of New York. It reminds me of the old Jack, or maybe even Long Fin Killie run through St. Nick? Who knows where it all comes from it's just good stuff.
Skywriter -New York

Finally, sounding something like a band stuck in the late 70's comes a band actually from the late 70's. Behold The Student Teachers. A band so underground that only now nearly 30 years after they released their first single have I heard it! Sounding something like Orange Juice or the Monochrome Set if they lived in Los Angeles, The Student Teachers play jangly, post punky, pop that harks back to when music was pure and good and most importantly FUN.
Student Teachers - Invitation To

Until next time...enjoy!

Paul the anxious Anglophile