Blog: The Gumshoe Grove

Okie Dokie : If you've seen them or heard them, they need no introduction. For the rest of you, gnaw on this: Punk has an ugly new face. Okie Dokie are a muddy synthesis of Bad Brains (especially in the vocals, which yelp at the end of a stanza just like H.R.), The Stooges, Jay Reatard, The Buzzcocks, Swell Maps, The Germs, Les Claypool's surreal Dr. John-esque voice-scratch-screech on "Tommy the Cat" and -- aww what the hell -- X-Ray Spex. [...]