The new 'monkey-men'? Sunshine bright, waterfalls and rainfall...
Someone call Ian Brown, John Squire, Andy Bell and Mark Gardener already; because there's a few lads who've heard The Second Coming, and they've made it their personal mission to turn it into their own. Dead-ringers for The Stone Roses, Ride, and newly signed to London's fiercest of indies; Fierce Panda records (the label that brought us the earliest releases from bands such as Coldplay, Ash, The Bluetones and Art Brut--and of course "Wibbling Rivalry", the Liam/Noel Oasis interview)--brand new indie The Ruling Class is treading heavily (heavily!) on 90s "Madchester" holy ground and not even hiding that fact. We also swear that there's even a part in their song "Umbrella Folds" (from Tour De Force) that is channeling Lou Reed's "Take a Walk On the Wild Side". Call us stuck in the past, or, longing for a time when we could just throw on a Love record and dance into the late afternoon sunset lighting things on fire and throwing colored paint on paper, but these songs are so made; it's like The Ruling Class are actually covering tracks from a 90s reel-to-reel of lost shoegaze numbers they found hidden in someone's closet straight down to the vocals, lyrics, bass lines and the flower-beaded and jangly acid-drenched guitar that's straight out of Shaun Ryder's mystical brain sayin', 'Call the cops!'. But we love it, and we're so wound up that we can't even talk about it anymore....just listen. If you know and love the sound and long for more, you can pick up their first two releases (an EP and two singles) via mailorder through lovely pop-makers Shelflife Records, or Label Fandango (aka Fierce Panda) now. The band has already been added as an opener for up-and-comers Glasvegas in the UK for one of their quickly-selling round of tour dates, and we know that means business.
The Ruling Class - band site / myspace
It's a raging disco party, and there is a grooving synth-rhythm that beats in the fiery heart of all stigmatized early twenty-somethings hitting the summer pool party scene this year and longing for a hold on the concept of 80s style, new-wave, and maybe even a piece of the spandex and slap-bracelet action. We get all of that, and apparently, so do Natalie Portman's Shaved Head. "Me and your daughter, hotter and hotter...so don't make us go home ever again...!", we get the quirky lyrics about romancing someone's daughter (Me + Yr Daughter) and the cute electronic beats that format the sound of this youthful quartet... "Keep it strictly on the dancefloor, otherwise what's your booty for?", they advise. We couldn't agree more, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head (most recently spotted opening for CSS here in Philadelphia--Lovefoxxx loves them). And we'll have some fun listening to you this year and reminiscing about our Aunts working out to Jane Fonda jazzercise videos; you are wisely joyful, and shallowly entertaining. "Hot damn, sexy facial hair! It's everywhere!" Download a track from their latest EP release, Glistening Pleasure so you can feel the shaved head and get down with all of its 'glistening pleasure.'
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - Slow Motion Tag Team
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - myspace
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