Today's GTA Radio Broker track is from a Leeds act called White Light Parade. This relatively new act only has a couple of singles out to date, but I'm pretty sure that with the hype they'll get from GTA, they'll have an album soon.
This band is a complete mish mash of post-punk whatnot styles. The GTA track, "Riot in the City" owes everything to the Clash. In fact, this band is so derivative, so completely entrenched in its influences that it's hard to separate them from the bands they borrow from. I guess this can be seen as both a plus and minus. You can't like the Clash and not like this band. (Unless it's for sounding like the Clash) In the end, I appreciate their energy and their skill, but unless they bring something new to the table, something that is uniquely themselves, they may as well just change their name to the Clam (Did you see what I did there? That's the Clash and the Jam, squished together. God, I'm witty.)
All this is not to say that I don't like "Riot in the City (after all, I like the Clash). It's a rockin' good song, with plenty of yelling, pissed off guitar, and British youthful rebellion to it. Besides, a 'riot in the city' is pretty much a shoe in for a GTA title.
MP3: White Light Parade - Riot in the City
Purchase through Amazon - Riot in the City
White Light Parade
This band is a complete mish mash of post-punk whatnot styles. The GTA track, "Riot in the City" owes everything to the Clash. In fact, this band is so derivative, so completely entrenched in its influences that it's hard to separate them from the bands they borrow from. I guess this can be seen as both a plus and minus. You can't like the Clash and not like this band. (Unless it's for sounding like the Clash) In the end, I appreciate their energy and their skill, but unless they bring something new to the table, something that is uniquely themselves, they may as well just change their name to the Clam (Did you see what I did there? That's the Clash and the Jam, squished together. God, I'm witty.)
All this is not to say that I don't like "Riot in the City (after all, I like the Clash). It's a rockin' good song, with plenty of yelling, pissed off guitar, and British youthful rebellion to it. Besides, a 'riot in the city' is pretty much a shoe in for a GTA title.
MP3: White Light Parade - Riot in the City
Purchase through Amazon - Riot in the City
White Light Parade
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'The Clam'
LOL, *groan*
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