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It’s time once again for the Top 3 Indies Artist Video Countdown for June 23, 2018! First up is a girls band from London named Primetime. Primetime were introduced to us by the legendary UK DJ, Mick Fletcher of the fab “Just Some Punk Songs” blog (One of, if not thee ‘Go to’ blogs for new punk music). And Mick also has his own radio show which I highly recommend. The radio show is also called, “Just Some Punk Songs” and can be listened to here: https://www.mixcloud.com/mick-fletcher/

Mick turns us onto two bands today: Primetime and our #1 song this week: The Blinders. But first, Primetime. Mick blogged about Primetime over two years ago (See? What are you doing here? Go read Mick’s blog!) Mick compares Primetime to Delta 5! “Almost 2 years to the day I posted a song from Primetime’s debut ep, telling you that they were a 4 piece post punk all female band from London and I made rather obvious comparisons with Delta 5.”

Of course, Primetime has a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/primetimepunx/

And if you like what you hear from Primetime, here’s their Soundcloud page: https://soundcloud.com/thisisprimetime

#3) PRIMETIME – TIED DOWN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttaBp3GkdaI

At #2 is a band called, Asylums. Their bio says: “Originally described as “Blur if they were raised in Seattle” or “ the excitement you felt when you first heard Buzzcocks or Manics”, the development of Asylums has taken them into the same epic sonic space as Foals or Arctic Monkeys – a combination of anger and experimentalism, of whispered secrets and musical mood swings.” 

They have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/asylumsuk/

#2) Asylums – Millennials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7uwvgUIEYY

At #1 is another gem found for us by Mick Fletcher of Just Some Punk Songs! They are the Blinders from Doncaster in the U.K. Their bio says they are influenced by: “Dylan, Cohen, Lennon, Cave, E-smith, Kerouac, Rimbaud, Orwell, Ginsberg, S.Borroughs, Manson & The Devil.”

Here’s their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theblindersband/

#1) The Blinders – Gotta Get Through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62IdQvPkgIg

SPOTLIGHT ARTIST!  Today’s spotlight goes to a Japanese girls band that I saw live last night and they were awesome and wowed a packed house in Shinjuku. The band is a “Girls Three piece band” and they call themselves, “The Stephanies.” They headlined a fab show last night that also featured two of my other fave Japanese girls bands, “The Pats Pats” and “su凸ko d凹koi ” (Just say “Su Ko D Koi”). I’m going to air all three of these (my fave Japanese girls bands) on the FM radio Japan tomorrow morning on my radio show in Japan, The Mike Rogers Show every Sunday 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).

People were going crazy! The Stephanies! Shinjuku Red Cloth June 22, 2018!

Yeah, they have a Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheStephanies/