Get Your Rocks Off: The Heavy’s Playlist Of Songs For The Pissed And Broken-Hearted

This British soul band has been described as sounding “like Curtis Mayfield’s ‘Pusherman’ resurrecting Led Zeppelin and the exiled spirit of Cassius Clay” making it hard “not to fantasize about Pam Grier fighting off her pimp with a broken bottle.” Heavy, indeed. Their debut record, Great Vengeance & Furious Fire came out in the U.S. on April 8th and they launch on U.S. tour in May. But if you’re freaks for the HBO show Californication than The Heavy probably caught your ear when their song “That Kind Of Man” came blaring out of the stereo when David Duchovny’s character Hank Moody took a Porsche — and a Porsche sales rep — for a ride. Check out their list of songs for those times when love has really got you down.

  Toots and the Maytals — “Love Is Gonna Let Me Down”

  Howling Wolf — “Back Door Man”

  The Sonics — “Shot Down”

  Aaron Neville — “Tell It Like It Is”

  Syl Johnson — “Diff’rent Strokes”

  Ann Peebles — “Pity The Fool”

  Howling Wolf — “Evil”

  The White Stripes — “Fell In Love With A Girl”

  The Black Keys — “Have Love Will Travel”

  The Heavy — “Brukpockets Lament”

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