Video: The Rumble Strips - Motorcycle

If Madness , The Specials and The Beat all had a child together it might sound a little like The Rumble Strips . A little bit ska and a little bit rock n' roll, The Strips will produce some skankin' little beats this Wednesday night at Spaceland for your dancing pleasure. Their debut Girls and Weather is out now. Motorcycle has got to be our favorite song from the [...]

Devon ska-pop band The Rumble Strips will kick-off their first ever North American tour next week. Their debut album Girls and Weather was finally released in the U.S. last month via Gigantic . Last year Mark Ronson had Charlie sing lead vocals on their cover of Amy Winehouse 's "Back to Black" at the BBC Electric Proms performance . The Rumble Strips North American tourdates : [...]

The Rumble Strips (great name, that) from the UK are being hyped in my inbox, so I thought I'd take a listen and share with you... Sounds to me like a mix of old Madness/English Beat, provincial English pub rock and indie sensibilities with an eye to the Top of the Pops. So in other words, has anything changed in England over the past 40 years? :-) I think the promo materials nail their sound perfectly: "Indeed, the Young Soul Rebel spirit of the singles 'Alarm Clock' and 'Motorcycle' is evident on the album, [...]