Tonight's excitement was encapsulated in Goodfinger, a raw and raunchy N.Y.C. band. It is always an event at Esquires when we get an international visitor to our humble abode but when they are as charming, polite and witty (let alone so knowledgeable about the English guitar scene) it is doubly appreciated.
Their sound owes a lot to various bands, as well as an almost Hispanic Latin-American feel on the early part of 'Cracking Up' before infusing into that familiar N.Y.C. new wave sound. At it's end Johnny lights another cigarette, just like his last half-dozen it just hangs limply from his lips while Scrappy deftly removes her jacket and this chanteuse shimmys in her sparkly top and she seductively closes in on her mic, her dusky eyes flickering before she clings to the microphone. Needless to say the song is 'Love Digitale'. It seems as if Esquires has for one evening only been transformed into CBGBs. 'Radio Perfecto' finds Goodfinger in a rather retro mood before closing song 'Sounds of the City' has a full on proto Stooges undercurrent surging through the guitars and drums.
To great applause these native New Yorkers were off to catch their plane back home. A real pleasure to meet and listen to. When Tom Verlaine (of Television) heard them live he described the sound of Goodfinger as 'the future of New York music'. How can I possibly disagree with a legend?
Martin Stapleton, Bedford Esquires club, Bedford, UK

Goodfinger mixes up a bunch of musical influences into a pot, stirs it up and comes out with a very unique sound...they combine to make a collection of strong, radio friendly songs....produced by Andy Chase, the unique vocal style of Scrappy Calloway shines through on every track...and is backed up with a great guitar and rhythym section. 'Outside' has a great, late 70's vibe...'Radio Perfecto' has a definite latin feel...The Rhythym section finds a hypnotic groove on 'Love Digitale' as the bass and drum beat lull you into a really trippy vibe while the guitar and vocals build to a couple of amazing climaxes during the song. The final cut 'I know I know you' combines all the elaments in this eclectic musical recipe and caps an excelent EP.
Bottom line on Goodfinger is that I'm anxiously waiting their next set of songs.
James Rushmore, Inside Connection Magazine April 2007

We have just received the absolutely incredible self-titled cd Goodfinger. Certainly will be popular around here, Passionate Rock is definitely part we do the best. I was blown away by their cd, great to hear music dripping with passion, experience and a quirky sound. The sound is engaging, mesmerizing, haunting and holds you with it's story and composition and the incredible voice of Miss Scrappy Calloway.  Not pretentious just good honest rocking music, exactly what we want for our listeners.
Peter Merret, PBS FM Radio, Melbourne, Australia

Scrappyıs voice is hard to ignore in a kitschy way that many will love and that many will hate, but her ability to craft a memorable song is undeniable. Personally, I love her voice, the lyrics stand-up and the music is palatable. Of the other people in the band, the drummer stands out the most. On 'Outside' Calloway's vocals, which are strangely similar to Beth Gibbon's (of Portishead you dumb ass), carry a feel good tune about feeling bad. 'Lovebleed' gives you everything the title suggests, a romantic tune you surely can't resist.
In a nutshell: Goodfinger write simple pop songs that you won't feel gay for rocking out to. Definitely a hot band to keep your eye on in '07. As for which international city will spawn the new hotness? If Goodfinger have anything to say about it, it won't have anything to do with LonONErs.
www.soulpress.net

We can't ignore a band with a lead singer called Scrappy Calloway and it's a bonus that we fell in love with her voice the second we heard it. Goodfinger from New York play Bar Rumba tonight and we're going to go along to see if the band deliver the goods live as they do on MySpace and ReverbNation
www.londonist.com

"we listen to it on the way in, and on the way home. We canıt take it out of the CD player"
Radio X -FM, NY

Wonderful alternative music on this 5 song EP. You'll be hearing from me, as I bug you for more music in the future! Mike Lidskin, Twirl Radio, Sacramento

"an unbelievably hot singer that can definitely sing. They have that something"!
Kurt Tietjen, President , Inside Connection Magazine

New York cool fairly drips off this five song EP by Goodfinger, a psyche-tinged lounge nı roll outfit consisting of an ex-Underneath What drummer, two chain-smoking hipsters and a sultry front fox who sounds like some slinky French crooner from the 60ıs, only not as old and...not French. To be honest, their sound is fresh enough that no easy comparisons come to mind, except maybe for the dark pop melancholy of Manic Street Preachers and the breezy future-rock of Transvision Vamp mixed with bright, brash 70ıs AM radio gloss. Itıs very sexy stuff, the perfect soundtrack for intercontinental non-stop flights with coke snorting supermodels on board and a Martini shaker in the briefcase. Closer "I Know I Know You" is the closest thing theyıve got to a straight ahead rock song, the rest float on a bed of fizzy bubbles, with "Radio Perfecto" reaching deepest into the pleasure centers. Classy stuff.
www.sleazegrinder.com

"the reviews are in, it really is the future of New York music"
Fearless Radio, Chicago.

..... Goodfinger (check them out, itıs a wicked band!).
www.notsorelevant.com

Miss Scrappy Calloway leads her 3 boys through a furious cabaret styled rock outfit backed with whaling guitars. Scrappy's vocals have a dark, sexy, and glammy new-wave edge to them that sounds terrific on your stereo.
www.crashinin.com

Fronted by the irrepresible Scrappy GOODFINGER sound captures influences from catchy pop to more ethereal dark influences such as The Cure and Concrete Blonde. Recommended!
brooklynvegan.com

....besides a bitchin'-if-semi-obscure pedigree, Goodfinger have other not-so-secret weapons up their collective sleeves, most notably frontfox Scrappy Calloway, a real bloozy powerhouse of a hard rock singer with a thousand yard stare. She sounds like Bellrays belter Lisa Kekaula, minus a little Tina Turner, but with the twice the pop appeal. Outtasight. The songs are big and loud and weird, part slinky rock n' roll cabaret, part heavy-devy blues-powered arena rattle, all of it bright and buzzing. 4 tracks here- all of 'em available to sample on their website ­ that range from the full-throttle blooze-pop n' roll of "Ball and Chain" to the pomp-ed up "All in the Game", which Meatloaf coulda wrote, easy.
www.sleazegrinder.com

Goodfinger is damn excellent. You've seen 'em perform at Snitch, and the drummer moonlights there as a DJ, you'll definitely want to put this one down as a band to see!
burgadoproductions.com

Q- How did GoodFinger start, how long have you been together and whats the story behind the Name? A- On a total random night a couple of years ago, I saw Miss Scrappy front a tribute to the Ramones in downtown NY. I was immediately blown away at her vocal delivery and stage presence....
www.muleny.com

Where once things in the rock world appeared bad, now they are good...Goodfinger, that is, a straight-outta Brooklyn rock band and so much more....
www.sonyc.info

When Goodfinger took the stage this past thursday night at the Delancy Club, they did so without presumption or pretense. Four musicians, (lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass and drums) each decked out in their own expression of Lower East Side punk rock hipster style, doing what I assumed to be what they knew and loved best. The stage wasn't some holy ground of praise and worship for them, it was an old friend they were paying visit.   Their singer however, a petit dark haired and dark eyed beauty by the name of Scrappy let her boys launch into their first tune before she sauntered herself onto the stage. With clear, audible rock and roll tunes, a deep, soulful female lead and tight precision, Goodfinger evokes some of the gothic bands of the 80's like The Cure and Concrete Blond with some of their songs, particularly the synthetic seranade Love Digitale. They tempered this dark ballet with some fun, upbeat power cord driven rock that one couldn't help but either headbang to, or in the case of Masquerade and Is That So Wrong just sway with the beat.   Goodfinger is a band that knows how to play together, and on top of that, they're a band that knows how to look good. Scrappy sauntered, accustomed to her role as frontwoman and sex symbol dressed in a tank top and a scandalously scant see through red skirt atop sheer stockings and short black shorts. Their lead guitar, who goes by (so I've been told) Johnny B. Fabulous played so euphorically, it seemed like he didn't open his eyes once throughout the performance.   Goodfinger is Rock & Roll beyond a doubt, but unlike many of the bands that play the bars and clubs of the Lower East Side, they had their own unique style of fusion rock, and, it was played with clear melody and (gasp) audible lyrics!   In the world of NYC rock musicians I'm reluctant to use this word, but their style, I felt had a pop hook to it. But don't take it as an insult, it's this distinctive and easily-to-listen-to style, along with good looking band members and on-stage-chemistry that could catapult Goodfinger into stardom.   Either way, I'd have to say, this is a band to follow.
-Gideon, The One-Legged Band Reviewer.