Broken hearts, the open road, liquor, beer, The Ramones, The Queers, The Lillingtons, The Zeros, Black Flag, Groovie Ghoulies, The Connie Dungs, Sloppy Seconds, The Eyeliners, The Boys, Blondie, Joan Jett, The Bobbyteens, Screeching Weasel, The Marked Men, Nikki and The Corvettes, 60's girl groups.
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...sweet as sugar, and as sharp as a switchblade... ~SAMusicGrinder
The Sweethearts are a female fronted, pop/punk group from Austin, TX. They play catchy, buzz-saw, punk rock songs influenced by The Ramones, Blondie, The Go-Go's, Joan Jett and 60's girl groups.
"They are young, full of gusto and hell-bent on cranking it up and loud and just blasting it" ~Now Wave Magazine.
The songs deal with issues everyone can relate to: heartbreak, dreaming, drinking, being young, dumb, and just having fun. The Sweethearts released their debut album "L.U.V" on Mortville Records in 2003. It is currently out of print.
"...the Sweethearts' punk-flavored portrayal of the raw-nerve period between the first broken heart and the onset of cynical scar tissue is positively earnest."
~Greg Beets, The Austin Chronicle
“I’d think it would be tough to combine solid Texas rock’n’roll with Nikki Corvette-style bubblegum vocals, but The Sweethearts blend them together seamlessly. The songs rock and make me want to sing along, and that’s a good combination. ...comes across like the best of The Chubbies, or an Eyeliners live set when they are really on. Its good shit.” ~ Razorcake
The Sweethearts released their second album,"Looks Could Kill" on Mortville Records in 2005 and are currently in the studio working on a third. You can purchase "Looks Could Kill" by clicking on the Buy Now button or other links below.
The Sweethearts have played with:
Marky Ramone, The Queers, The Groovie Ghoulies, The Epoxies, The Eyeliners, Teenage Bottlerocket, The Briefs, Michael Graves, Beatnik Termites, The Copyrights, Dirt Bike Annie and many other great bands!
Arrrrggggg!!! I was going to come down to see you guys play on the 5th but my car got towed on the 4th and I had to pay $200 to get it back!!! So there went my gas money... have a safe trip out to Calif!
Hey, just wanted to let you know that we'll be back in Austin and playing an END OF TOUR PARTY at Speak Easy Thursday July 3rd. We'll be rocking out from 10 til 2. It's going to be a ridiculous time.... See you there!!
