Grimelda – George Thorogood
Genre: Punk, Garage Rock
Where do you get your memes? This is a serious question and arguably one that says more about your personality than your choice of political affiliation, your stance on hot-button topics, or which news outlet you trust. Knowing what memes you like would certainly help answer all of the other questions about your choices.
The fact is that humor has never been more readily available. This is ironic if one considers the era in which we live and the numerous hardships that people face. There’s such a volume of humor on the internet that most of it is closed off from squares, from people that don’t know the context of the jokes. Humor is self-referential and meta.
Funny rock music is the same. Grimelda’s George Thorogood is a psychotic, avantgarde-tinged punks-song that worships at the altar of a relatively famous blues-rock musician. If you get it, you get it. And, if you do, it’s bound to make you chuckle and stomp your feet. It’s a clever song, alright with the call and response of the vocals, something seemingly out of an acting exercise of repetition, standing as the obvious highlight.
Dylan Dunn – I’m Not Clyde
Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Still Woozy, Jawny, Miniature Tigers
When faced with the dilemma of whether to attempt to make their audience dance, pop stars ought to always put their necks on the line and try to make their fans shake it loose. This goes for any variety of pop music. Even extreme metal encourages headbanging and involvement in moshpits, brutal versions of communal dancing.
That getting audience members to move is a healthy detail is well-known. The truth is, however, that an immense amount of terrible tunes are hidden behind the guise of dance music. No other style ages quite as quickly or forces those who had previously shown allegiance to it to bow their heads in shame.
Dylan Dunn’s I’m Not Clyde is a rare example of an indie-pop song that is built around a dance groove, and that hits the mark entirely. This is as catchy as a 60s bubblegum anthem and the kind of infectious pop confection that could make a festival crowd dance in unison. There’s no excuse not to make your audience dance when you possess a groove and a lyrical hook as catchy as the ones offered here.
