WONGIE HAPPY SONG OF THE WEEK: the crookes - bloodshot days

the crookes - bloodshot days
[cute new song and video from our previous wongie discovery a few weeks back. i can't shake the fact that these boys TOTALLY sound like old school housemartins, which is not a bad thing. definitely a wonderful addition to my fave bands of 2010!]

WONGIE DISCOVERY: the crookes - backstreet lovers / colliers wife / by the seine

[any band that sites the shirelles and the ronettes as musical influences will easily fall favorably in our musical books. hailing from sheffield and naming their band after the suburb that they were living in (ie: crookes), this four piece write wistful happy gangly guitar pop tunes that will easily bring a smile to your face, all the while engaging you with that retro twist (as wikipedia called it, "the smiths at their most twee-est", which in our book is a good thing!). the band recently made their US debut at sxsw and hopefully more buzz will happen when they release their debut album later this year. check out some wonderful releases that came out last year!]

the crookes - backstreet lovers


the crookes - colliers wife (live @ bbc live in session)


the crookes - by the seine (acoustic)