Punk Attack

Lately I got familiar with two great punk acts that just blew me away - Marnie Stern (especially) and Los Campesinos! (the exclamation mark is part of the name).

I'll start with Marnie Stern, wow I was just amazed when first listening to her latest This Is It And I Am It... this is just crazy hyper fast punk and I expected the usual pop-punk you hear today. The sound is somewhere between the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Primus just faster! and with a more joyful happy feel.

I have to say this New-York punk chick is a kick-ass guitar player (and a cute one), playing AC/DC like metal riffs like nothing.

Check out Transformer off her latest

Now Los Campesinos! are a more "usual" indie pop-punk band, but if the music is good then its just good.
These seven! piece band released their debut album "Hold on Now, Youngster..." and their second one "We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed" both this year! and both are good, the second is no "left overs" album.
So if your looking for some fun pop-punk music Los Campesinos! are the way to go (the name by the way means "The Peasants" in Spanish.

My Year in Lists -
We are Beautiful, We are Doomed -