Song of the Day: 'Ain't No Love,' Hank and Cupcakes
Hank__Cupcakes.jpgHalf of Hank, followed by half of Cupcakes.
Bamboozle is designed to cause happy accidents. Although the
grounds are big, they're not so enormous that a festivalgoer
can't wander from stage to stage, checking out bands she's never
heard of. I wasn't planning to see Hank and Cupcakes, but I was
wandering by the Zumiez stage on Saturday afternoon, and there
they were: a young blonde with a bob hammering on a drumkit
while standing up, and a short-haired guy running his bass
signal through effects. That was it. They sounded bigger and
badder than most of the heavy bands at the festival. And even if
they hadn't been locked into a killer dance groove, I probably
would have been hypnotized by their appearances alone.  Hank and
Cupcakes, as it turned out, are an Israeli group currently
living in the United States. Their music suggests what Lady Gaga
would sound like if she was obsessed with Death From Above 1979
rather than Madonna. Bamboozle of