Our readers know we rarely cover classic rock on this column. But if something’s well done we won’t shy away from featuring it, no matter the genre. Midnight Mob‘s new video/song combo for "Swing On" (streaming) rocks in way classic rock normally does not (at least in our opinion). Miss Blackley is – obviously – a heck of a vocalist (check out those churses), and that’s already a big plus. But the entire production here is spot on, including the video itself: what’s more classic rock than a jam in a motel room in the middle of… Nowhere, US? Sure, the genre is not exactly looking forward towards unexplored soundscapes, but we start having the same feeling about a lot of music that’s coming out of the city, from Garage to Shoegazer. At the end of the day, great songwriting, combined with good production values, matter more than genre. Have a classy(c) night of rock with these guys tonight (02.026) at DROM.
