'WHAT A TUNE' PLAYLIST AND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

If you couldn't guess by the title above, it is just over a year since Tee Pot Music was created by me, a teenage English girl desperate to share her love of music somewhere, anywhere. That desperation in turn lead to the birth of this blog on a dark, April night, in the back of a car whilst looking at the stars.

Perfect.

Unfortunately, I don't have excessive amounts of time to spare right now so I can't throw a full on bonanza of a birthday party, but at the end of this post I will share with you an image of a birthday cake and I invite you to take a metaphorical slice for yourself as a gesture of good will. 

I hope that makes you very happy indeedy.

Now onto the music.

Today's post is going to be a playlist quickie with some tunes you should be checking out and some links and images thrown in here and there. I would love to write more but I should be revising for a much dreaded AS Biology mock, so here we go....

1) WHAT A NIGHT BY LOVEABLE ROGUES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAd729p38-8
"You need this beautifully crazy, upbeat, quintessentially British offering in your life this summer."

2)  GET LUCKY BY DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NV6Rdv1a3I
"This song is just effortlessly cool and slick and groovy and smooth as smooth can get. Wow."

3) LET HER GO BY PASSENGER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBumgq5yVrA
"This song is just a beautiful little cutie, heartwarmingly sweet with hushed, meaningful tones."

4)  U GOT THE POWER BY SWISS LIPS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDdWm7mmhaA
"Phenomenal. Easily one of the best new bands I've heard in yonks. So, so good!"

5) CAN'T HOLD US BY MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zNSgSzhBfM
"EPIC TUNE. EPIC TUNE. These guys are masters at their craft. Just as incredible as Thrift Shop."

6) GOLD BY MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20ok2atuGUE

"A slick, cool, summery, 90's esque, fabulous creation that I highly recommend you listen to."

7) RECOVERY BY FRANK TURNER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1L5zJ2afLs
"I've been listening to this song non-stop for the last month. What a cracking tune from Mr Turner!"

8) BLIND BY THE HURTS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKTSHaiaw4o
"Wow. Wow. Wow. The infusion of the dubstep, electro with the powerful vocals is just incredible."

9) SACRILEGE BY YEAH YEAH YEAHS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmRI3Ew4BvA
"What a comeback for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs with Karen O turning this song into a sublime masterpiece."

10) MONKEY WRENCH BY FOO FIGHTERS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7rCNiiNPxA
"A classic that just never gets old. Shows everyone how rock is supposed to be done."

11) INTO THE WILD BY LEWIS WATSON

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC_51wX-QQk

"A stunning little number from guitar strumming, beautifully voiced Lewis Watson."

12) LOVE WILL TEAR US APART BY JOY DIVISION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHYOXyy1ToI
"Who could ever resist the hypnotically stunning classic from Joy Division?"

13) ONLY YOU KNOW BY DION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0dlPgCjzzU
"A forgotten little gem of a song from 80's maestro Dion, favourite of a certain Alex Turner..."

14) THE LOVERS BY ARCTIC MONKEYS (COVER)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgFCCYG6Q_s
"The most beautifully truthful lyrics and Alex Turners croon. How can this get any better?!"

15) STILL LIFE BY THE HORRORS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY6SsWdC9XA

"Slightly reminiscent of Simple Minds, this song is & always will be classed as an amazing creation. Always."

16) LOVE LIKE THIS BY KODALINE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkAOasSJro0

"This band cannot put a foot wrong. Yet another fabulous record to add to the collection."

So that's all for this week readers.

Another rather eclectic and mismatching combination of the some of the best music you could find in this wonderful little world of ours.

I hope you enjoy this thoroughly.

And now for your metaphorical cake. 

NOM NOM NOM.

LET'S LOOK AT THE STRYPES

The Beatles have been re-incarnated.

Well okay, maybe not exactly, but either way, The Strypes do bear more than a canny resemblance to the creators and makers of rock and roll. And if that wasn't enough of a reason to pay this band some well deserved attention, the fact they're only 15-17 years old ought to get your head turning. 

These four Irish rockers, Josh, Pete, Ross and Evan have been setting the music scene alight with their unique brand of music, that some have already likened to artists such as Dr Feelgood, The Yardbirds and The Rolling Stones, since their official formation in 2010. 

And along with embracing the effortlessly cool 'Mod' style, so famously endorsed by the likes of Paul Weller and recently Miles Kane, as well as sporting some rather Gallagher-esque hairdo's, The Strypes are following in the line of Jake Bugg, bringing back good, classic, old school sounds last heard when legends such as Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Stones and co. where dominating the charts.

But, like Mr Bugg, they're adding their own take on it, meaning the music that makes its way to our ears is both reminiscent of days long gone yet completely new and original. 

And I don't know about you, but if Indie's not making it's return any time soon, I'm more than up for celebrating a revival of good old Rock and Roll. 

It actually makes me feel excited to see my generation embracing rock and roll, with artists like The Strypes and Jake Bugg leading its revival, and I'm curious to see where they're going to take it.

The Strypes seem too young to have perfected their sound, and yet that is exactly what they've done.
And my god have they done it well. One listen to their cover of Bo Diddley's 'You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover' is more than enough to prove it. You only have to listen to lead songer Ross give the lyrics an electrifying lease of life to know that The Strypes are something special. 

It's just incredible, and what makes it even more so is the fact that these guys are only just on the cusp of adulthood, yet they can work sound, rhythm, riffs, lyrics, melody so well that even Sir Elton John, Rocket Man himself, has commented on the scope of their talent. 

With Noel Gallagher going to their concerts, Jools snapping them up for his Late Show, which has been known to host and cement the names of some of the artists who have soon gone on to be global legends and superstars, and record labels fighting like little girls over Barbie dolls to sign them, The Strypes are causing quite a scene. 

And they've only been going for three years.

Now if that doesn't demonstrate just how talented these guys are, I don't know what will, because with the music industry being notoriously hard to crack, The Strypes must know how to smash those windows, tare down walls and make a right old scene, because now everybody's listening and soon everyone will be shouting their name. 

Bands like this don't come around very often, so when they do, you want to make sure you're on that bandwagon, waving that flag, because mark my words in time, The Strypes really could reach the same catergory as The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, and it's only a matter of waiting.

The debut single 'Blue Collar Jane' is currently Zane Lowe's record of the week and is out NOW, with a special edition being released for Record Store Day on the 20th of April. 

Debut album due for release late 2013, early 2014. 

EP 'Young Gifted & Blue' OUT NOW

You can also catch them at all the major Summer festivals, from Glasto, T in The Park, Bestival, Reading & Leeds.

BLUE COLLAR JANE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZb8nEemK2k

YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY THE COLLAR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plBtjQekyN4

LEAVING HERE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSDWQf4bsDY&list=PLNGOj6-kH3eyJwQlHfFgCVdke3AymiQnx&index=4

OFFICIAL WEBSITE

http://thestrypes.com/