The Vaccines

What became of the likely lads? Of the many things the British music scene does so well (synth-pop, mope rock, making ugly guys somewhat attractive), it seems like their one most foolproof export has always been the four-piece, red-blooded, meat-and-potatoes blokeband, from the Beatles to the Libertines. Since the most recent heyday of the genre (can I get a “fook yeah!” for 2004?) nothing has quite matched the panty-wetting party vibes of Franz Ferdinand or the Devolutional pop-punk of the Futureheads. (More …)