The Strypes

Hard rocking awesomeness from some British dudes.  Rolling Stone has a major stiffy for these guys, all under 18, and from England.  TheRS reviewer is in love with them.  So, I decided to give their album (Snapshot, 2014) a try.  It is fast-paced, classically loose and fun rock and roll.  Got some Vines, some Kinks, some Stones, a little Sex Pistol sneer, all packed into a truly fabulous little package.

I mean, when I was sub-18, I was playing the Robin Hood theme on the damn french horn like a huge nerd.  These dudes have serious chops on some rockin' action.  Well, that isn't entirely true, I know that their sound is relatively basic.  But, they take that basic form of fun-loving, full-throttle and wife-open rock and roll and they hammer it home.

Their most popular tune on either Spotify or YouTube is Blue Collar Jane.  

YES!  This is how I want my non-heavy rock and roll to be.  I want some jangly guitar licks over a solid backbeat, something you can just plain rock out to and high five random stangers with in a crowd.  People who make the lineups for ACL, here is a hot pick for next year.