The Witzard

Supergrass were a Britpop/Alternative Rock band originally active from 1993-2010, who achieved moderate State-side success with sugary early 2000's Pop-leaning singles, such as "Alright," "Caught By The Fuzz," and "In It for The Money." During their nearly 20-year career, Supergrass , also, dually functioned as a number of side-bands, including The Jennifers , Theodore Supergrass, The Diamond Hoo Ha Men , and The Hotrats; the latter even released a Nigel Godrich -produced cover of the Beastie Boys' 1989 Frat Rap single, "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)" Late last week, the mysterious hashtag "#Supergrass2020" started circulating across band members' Gareth "Gaz" Coombes, Danny Goffey, Mick Quinn & Rob Coombes' various social media pages and then, Friday morning, it was announced Supergrass would be reuniting... and then, before day's end, Supergrass played their first gig together ...

I've personally, been rockin' out to Super Hi-Fi 's new album, Blue & White —which is out today on Very Special Recordings —since January thanks to Alex Pastuhov at Behind The Curtains Media . Luckily, I've had time to sit with the album and digest it's complex Reggae/Rock -fusing stylings. Blue & White was recorded directly to tape at Jersey City -based 9 Lives Studios with engineer Nicola Stemmer ; bandleader and bassist Eza Gale produced the album himself, which features the talents of fellow Super Hi-Fi bandmates Rick Parker , Robert Stringer, Jon Lipscomb , Ezra Gale, and Madhu Siddappa , as well as a crew of talented friends and musically-inclined associates. Collectively, Super Hi-Fi 's members have played alongside a wide array of artists, including Beyoncé , Curren$y, Donovan , Bill Frisell, Gregory Porter , and The Skatalites. " Blue & White is an album punctuated by dueling trombones, gut-rattling basslines, and Afrobeat -insp...

Without sounding like a TOTAL Hipster douchebag , which I can honestly assure you I am NOT.... I can vividly remember downloading Vampire Weekend 's self-leaked 2007 demo tape and burning it onto a Blue CD-R before anybody else even knew about them! Vampire Weekend are "Tribal -infused" in the same sense that The Police were a "Reggae" band , riddim [rhythm] and Funky melodies; Evenly spread across their then upcoming self-titled debut record, Vampire Weekend somehow managed to find a way to seamlessly blend Indie Rock , Pop sensibility, "Yacht Rock," Punk Rock ideologies, Tribal drums, keen fashion sense, and a wide variety of assorted influences. The band's follow-up, Contra (2010) is most def one of my favourite albums of the past 10 years and while it's chock-full of instantly catchy hit jams, nothing beats "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa!" Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Baio & Chris Tomson took a little break b...