How Does it Feel to Be In Love Asking Your Mom for Money Tonight, my favorite synth pop band in the whole world is releasing the debut self titled LP. The Bynars release their album tonight at Great Scott with friends Bearstronaut, Sincerely The Management, and Every Other Country. These guys have mastered catchy, hook driven pop songs that will make you shake your ass, dance your face off and just generally have an awesome time. This album is so damn likable, its approachable and is perfect for a sunny day or to just brighten the rain that will be out…
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Check out the new video for Floating Action’s “Lost All My Money.” Floating Action is fresh off touring their newest album ‘Desert Etiquette,’ which I recommend picking up. Check out my review. Buy Desert Etiquette
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Other Lives – Tamer Animals
Other Lives – For 12
Paste got the honors to share Other Lives newest single ‘Tamer Animals’ (to go along with For 12) the title track on their upcoming (May 10) album which is highly anticipated and from how many times I’ve listened to it over the last few days… well worth the anticipation. Its a gorgeous, lush album that music lovers are really going to enjoy.
Other Lives are touring massively and will be in your city soon.
Leave a CommentRocky Votolato and Matt Pond PA cover The Human League The AV Club is running through their series Undercover where bands cover some really popular songs of yesteryear. In this video, Rocky & Matt cover the male/female duet ‘Don’t You Want Me’ from the Human League. Its one of my favorite 80’s tracks, and well this is an interesting interpretation for sure.
Leave a CommentCheck out the adventure video which is seemingly ‘Where the Wild things Are’ without wild things… a group of adventurous kids go on a treasure quest ending up in a monster’s lair… so I guess there are wild things. Check out the video, the great song, an album review and tour dates.
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Freelance Whales at Paradise Rock Club
The crowd Monday night at the Paradise Rock Club showed up early. Actually, it’s entirely possible that they showed up just for the openers, Freelance Whales. Even half an hour before the Queens-based quintet was set to go on, the place was packed.
The sold-out Foals show was supposed to start off with a set by Naked and Famous, but due to illness, they had to pull out. Luckily for the Freelance Whales fans in the audience, it meant we got to listen to a fifty-minute set by group.
The entire crowed roared when Kevin, Chuck, Jacob, Judah and Doris came onto the stage. They opened with Generator ^ First Floor, which I contend is one of the best opening songs for any band ever. It starts with just noise, but slowly builds into a harmonic and melodic gem. “We get up early just to start cranking the generator,” Judah, the lead vocalist, croons. Freelance Whales know how to warm up a crowd just as well as they know how to warm up an cold, decrepit, haunted house.
They played almost every song off their debut album Weathervanes, rotating instruments for each tune. Each band mate plays at least three instruments. One song they’ve got Judah on lead vocals and synthesizer, but later he moves to banjo, as Doris takes over the synth. The next song has Doris on the glockenspiel, Chuck on the guitar and Kevin on the bass. Then Chuck is back on the mandolin and Kevin on the electric guitar. It goes on and on.
The band got loud cheers for more than a few of their songs. Hannah, Broken Horse and Kilojoules were house favorites. Freelance Whales really is that band that you know you love. But then you see the live, for the first, second or third time, and you’re always reminded just how much you love them.
The band has had a hectic last few years. Their debut album was released in April of last year, and they’ve been touring since then. Add to that last summer’s festival circuit and a cameo with the PS22 Chorus, they’ve been busy. But after this tour, which ends next week in Rhode Island, they’re hitting the studio to record their sophomore album. Here’s to hoping it’s full of more ghost stories.
The band continues the tour:
2 Comments1,2,3 – ‘Work’ 1,2,3’s upcoming album sounds like its going to be pretty damn fantastic. This second single ‘Work’ was just released on AOL Spinner’s mp3 of the day. Its a crunchy, guitar driven song meant to be a working class anthem. This seems to be a theme on the album, when their Pittsburgh blue collar song about riding the cheap seats, Riding Coach, spoke of the same theme.
Leave a CommentApril is the month of my birth, a fantastic month of changing seasons, warmth, and a lot of rain. This is my mixtape representing the music the fueled these last 30 days. I hope you enjoy it. Tracklist: Man Man – Life Fantastic High Highs – Horses Sam Roberts Band – The Last Crusade Portugal. The Man – Got It All Filligar – Guilty Good Intentions Agesandages – No Nostalgia Dawes – If I Wanted Someone Butcher the Bar – Bobby The Apache Relay – American Nomad Vandervelde – More Than You Can Feel Ton Taun – Maxwell’s The Longwalls…
Leave a CommentPsych-rockers The Donkeys just finished up a video for the recently released single ‘Dont Know Who We Are,’ off their album ‘Born With Stripes.’ Its a great sunny slow paced rock effort, with a really interesting dreamlike video, featuring piñata sculptures of the band as a gang of greasers.
The band is touring the new album like crazy, check out their schedule!
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