Song of the Week: 'New Situation'

Song of the Week: 'New Situation'

Listening back to early The Stereotypes is a bit of a time machine. The band, which got rolling in the early 2000s was part of the big garage rock revival that made The Strokes a household name. While the bands were separated by a coast (and millions of dollars), their shared musical DNA is evident in playful bops like “The Night Before,” or “Women in Magazines.”  This was an era of grimy fuzz that felt more hopeful than the grimy fuzz of the de…