You Am I: Saturday Night ‘Round Ten

“Tim comes up with some arse kickin’ songs and we’re just lucky enough to get to play ‘em” -sentiments of Russel ‘Rusty’ Hopkinson on the enigma that is YOU AM I.

“Damn Straight” immediately springs to mind in affirmation!

In a decade of rock n roll, few other bands have emerged with as many accomplishments and genuine accolades as this once little known rock band from Sydney. With their relentless touring and ever highly charged live shows, they are an act that must be seen to be truly believed. Nevertheless, it is only fitting that an attempt has been made to capture the raw power and energy so definitive of YOU AM I – “LIVE”. Read the rest of this entry »

Youngster: Here Diagonally

This NYC-based power pop band, Youngster, put out an infectious, tuneful slice of bliss that most major label bands in the modern rock idiom would die trying to make, but wouldn’t even come close. It’s one of those low-key, unpretentious, out-of-left-field surprises that writers like me try + find, but never do. Records like this one usually find their way to me instead!!

This charming band (to paraphrase The Smiths) consists of singer/guitarist Marc Dinkin, drummer Jared Nissim, lead guitarist Steve Cannarelli, and female bass player Anne-Marie Stehn, and their songs are infectiously tuneful, yet offbeat enough, that they don’t sound like anybody else. Marc’s singing voice is Read the rest of this entry »