Wednesday Video Spotlight: Broncho’s “Try Me Out Sometime” makes NPR’s, Jivewired’s end-of-year lists
The raucous punk anthem “Try Me Out Sometime” from Tulsa/Norman indie rockers Broncho is included on NPR’s list of five garage rock favorites from 2011.
Broncho, the side project for Starlight Mints keyboardist Ryan Lindsey, released its debut album “Can’t Get Past the Lips” earlier this year.
Here’s what NPR had to say about “Try Me Out Sometime”:
It’s not a complex song, by any means, and the simplicity is fantastic because the execution is so strong. Three chords are plenty enough backdrop for Lindsey to yelp out the hooks. Watch the excellent music video, in which the band barges into unsuspecting, unlikely venues — stores, major intersections, a college classroom — and performs increasingly disastrous versions of the song before darting out. BRONCHO has never played a show outside a narrow corridor from Austin to Chicago, so coast-dwellers will have to cross their fingers for that to change soon.
In addition, Broncho’s “Try Me Out Sometime” and “Record Store” made Jivewired’s list of favorite songs of the past year, under the heading “Despite what you think, music still had balls in 2011.”
Other songs by Oklahoma musical talents listed on Jivewired’s list include “Instant Insanity” by Dr. Pants, “Traitor” by OK Sweetheart, “Spinning In Circles Is A Gateway Drug” by Red City Radio and “Dum Dum Dah Dah” by The Nghiems.
In related news – hint, hint – I’m working on my list of top 10 albums of 2011, and this year, everyone on it has Oklahoma ties. There were just too many great albums from talented Okies in the year just past for me to do anything else.
Look for the list in the coming days.
-BAM
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