Post #612429 by tiki mick on Wed, Nov 2, 2011 7:09 AM

On 2011-11-02 02:50, Shakey Bones wrote:
I guess there must be quite a few bands with this kind of image in the U.S? Over here in England most people don't even know what tiki is!! It's depressing! There are a few tiki themed bars...Brighton, London, but even they don't really have cool live music unfortunately.

Usually English bands (in the mainstream anyway) are miserable, angsty etc but i've always liked the more colourful ('colorful' for over there) looking/sounding stuff. The guys i mentioned 'The Violet Jive' still sound quite dark like you say but have a bit more going in the imagery department than most of the local bands i see, and a bit of a nod towards that hula vibe! 'The Hula Girls' look like they're way more hardcore tiki freaks, cool stuff!

Are there any other bands over there i should be checking out to brighten my English winter blues!?

lifted this off The Violet Jive's facebook slab...!

Check out The Tikiyaki Orchestra and the Martini Kings. You will probably love them!