Nashville’s The Wans dropped some fun-times/sun-times on their Jason Denton and Steve Voss video for the cut, “Never Win” off the album, He Said, She Said. Bluebirds of happiness, a healthy bull of ‘Wan-Os,’ chance encounters, and opportunities gone awry. WATCH HERE…
Atlanta-based gypsy and surf rock quintet SEX BBQ is gearing up to release one of the fall’s most clever releases, Sex Noir City. The record, due out November 25, is self-described as having a “party element,” while still containing a certain sense of “mystique.” It’s a record bound to keep you on your toes.
Today, Under The Gun is teaming up with the band to bring you the brand new cabaret-influenced track, “Empty Shells.” The song spits fast verses with psychedelic choruses. It’s a track viable enough for present day, but exuberant enough for a time past. It’s like the B-52s with more moxy. Singer and guitarist Kate Jan had this to say about the new song:
“Writing “Empty Shells” was an attempt to flee my own maniacal thoughts during the preoccupation phase of a new love. I came up with the swirling frenzy of a first verse while walking home from Emory Hospital after work. The thought of this guy blasted me with the first gust of fresh air when I opened the hospital doors. Yeasayer songs about a new spring pumped through my headphones, soundtracking thoughts of his blue eyes, the way he walked, the way his keys jangled, the way he carefully placed his bike in the back of his truck—at once, masculine and graceful.” LISTEN HERE…
Switching gears completely, away from everything you can do on a laptop, and everything hip hop is a brand new band called Willie and the Giant. They came to my ears in typical Nashville fashion – I was grilling pork ribs, shirtless, in my front yard, and my neighbor Grant came and delivered me a beer. (Because if you’re already grilling shirtless, it’s safe to assume you’ll want a beer.) I had just moved into my house, so he and I got to know each other. He mentioned playing bass in a band, so I joined him in his Honda while he played me his band’s demo. READ MORE…
Its a really trite idea that Mondays are the worst ever, but don’t let that detract from the incontrovertible fact that the three dudes in Nashville-based The Wans are having a way worse start to the work week than you in the their new music video for “Never Win”.
Sure, it’s all ebullient early morning sunshine and cartoon bluejays art first, but things take a nosedive almost immediately when that same cute lil bird shits all over the band’s frontman face, little kids with black belts attack, and a full body sun burn prevents graceful full-body movement. It is a disastrous melange of bruise inducing bad luck and misanthropic children, and it should make you feel better about your day unless part of you caught on fire or was unceremoniously amputated (is there such a thing as ceremonious amputation?). All the while we are treated to the Wans brand of flailing garage rock that sounds uncannily like early aughts White Stripes. WATCH HERE…
Brothers Nick and Pete Furgiuele, known as Gringo Star, deliver indie rock from Atlanta. And they’ve announced that there is more to come.
Long Time Gone drops October 17 on Dizzybird Records — but there’s a sneak peak, which we have on repeat. Give “World of Spin” a stream below and see why rock never dies. LISTEN HERE…
In the Wans’ new video for Never Win, the Nashville trio is down on their luck. What starts as a beautiful day soon devolves into a series of mishaps involving birds, bikes, young black-belts and some really unpleasant-looking sunburn. Here’s what the Wans frontman Simon Kerr told us about the video:
I initially came to [directors] Jason [Denton} & Steve [Voss] with a rough idea of all of us having the worst day ever, and we built the video around that idea. I was made to look as gross as possible, while Thomas [bass] wore a karate outfit the entire day and Mark [drums] wore a speedo the entire day. Jason and Steve wanted us to look as ridiculous as possible.
The video really shows our sense of humor. We take our music pretty seriously, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. The majority of the time we’re laughing and making fun of each other in the van while we’re on tour.
Never Win is the lead track off the band’s recent album, He Said, She Said. We’ve got the premiere of the video, which you can check out below along with the Wans’ dates at CMJ Music Marathon. WATCH HERE…