It’s time once again for the Top 3 Indies Artist Video Countdown for May 19, 2018! Starting off the countdown are a girls band that were introduced to us by DJ Mick Fletcher of the world famous “Just Some Punk Songs” (Check this killer shit here: https://www.mixcloud.com/mick-fletcher/just-some-punk-songs-drunken-sailor-special/) The band are two sisters who call themselves, The Soapgirls.  Their bio states: “French born sisters Millie and Mie, have slayed critics and earned a dedicated group of followers known as the ‘The SoapSuds’, who follow the band across the UK and Europe. The SoapGirls are society’s rejects and their punk credentials were rubber-stamped by scintillating performances at the legendary Rebellion Festival last year and such was the their success that they were asked back to play the Blackpool event again in 2018.”

I like this. Cheesy and hot girls band. Cool!

Here’s their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesoapgirls/about/

3) The SoapGirls – Bad Bitch   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbJMgFoAqBo

At #2 is something brand new from Honeychain an alternative group from Los Angeles. Honeychain’s bio reads: “honeychain is the sound of chaotic romance, in-your-face garage pop swagger, and hypnotic heartbreak. With a sound soaked in bittersweet alternative rock and sun drenched punky power pop, this Los Angeles based formidable threesome have received a number of stellar reviews from music fans and music critics alike along with radio airplay on numerous college and independent stations and by Rodney Bingenheimer on his Rodney on the ROQ show on KROQ.”

If this song sounds familiar, it’s because it is a cover of the Siouxsie and the Banshees classic from 1980.

Here’s their Facebook page. Go “Like” it! https://www.facebook.com/honeychainmusic

#2) Honeychain – Happy House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zokbOL4xk5c

At #1 this week is a track that was sent to us by Alex Kish over at one of the other super cool radio shows, Wassup Rocker Radio. The band are the Dumbleachers and they describe themselves as: “A garage psych noise pop band from Fremantle, Western Australia.” Happy Mag writes: “With a love of garage rock, psychedelia and apparently crustaceans, Moistoyster are carving a scuzzy sonic niche upon the coastline of Fremantle.”  There’s lots of cool shit coming out of Australia nowadays!

Here’s their Facbook page: https://www.facebook.com/dumbleachersband/

#1) DUMBLEACHERS – NOTHING  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyE4tZyEt3s

SPOTLIGHT ARTIST!  Today’s spotlight goes to a local Japanese band that has been around for a while but I just found out about them. This band is fantastic! Their name is Jail Guitar Doors and they kick ass. The only thing I know about this band is they’ve been around since 1989 and they state on their webpage: “Jail Guitar Doors, you don’t like us. We don’t care.” I think they are fucking cool.

This is an anti-war song so let me explain a bit. In WWII, when things weren’t going so well for Japan, the government started drafting 16-year-olds into the military. Lots of these kids wound up as Kamikaze pilots. This is some heavy shit. Killer punk rock and roll. I love this!!!!!

Here are the lyrics:

Raise your flag. Raise your flag
The mistakes not to be forgotten
the sadness not to be forgotten
the falling cherry blossoms wishes to tell you

If you dig shit like Rancid or the Clash, you’re going to dig this big time. Of course, they’ll be on my radio show, The Mike Rogers Show tomorrow morning… (Mike Rogers Show – every Sunday from 5 am ~ 7 am. You can listen live on InterFM 897 in Tokyo, Radio Neo 79.5 in Nagoya or nationally broadcast (and On-Demand) on radiko.jp).