As announcements go this is pretty minor, I suppose.   Still, it made me happy and gives me the chance to post a couple of tracks by a band I discovered towards the end of last year: Howlies.  They are a superb group, combining surf pop and and 50s rock ‘n’ roll with a little bit of indie snarl, and Matt had this little bit of rather excellent news:

We are getting ready to go out to L.A. at the end of this month and record an album with legendary producer/mad-genius Kim Fowley. If we survive, we’ll make sure to get a copy of our first full length to you. It will be out in late summer-early fall.

So, potentially a bit of album excitement, then.  I loved their EP last year which I got from, er, someone.  I don’t really remember who or how, but I got anyway and it was brilliant, so I’m really looking forward to this album.

It’s amazing how popular old time rock ‘n’ roll seems to be in indie music these days actually.  Glasvegas are one of the most obvious ones, and then that unmitigated shower of shit The Pipettes.  Richard Hawley is at it as well as, at times, are the Artic Monkeys.  There are plenty of people reworking a kind of classic 50s/early 60s sound at the moment, so perhaps a podcast in that area might be called for in future.  Suggestions welcome, and in the meantime, get stuck into this couple of songs from Howlies.  Bloody marvellous!

Howlies – Angeline
Howlies – Smoke