Brown Shoe
Brown Shoe – Diving Bell Brown Shoe – Colt Rider The pure landscape of Brown Shoe is huge. Its almost as if every song on the Gift Horse were to be sung atop a mountain. The vocals are expansive and soaring, the sounds are vastly textural, and huge. Everything, I mean everything,
Hands
Hands – Warm Night Home Hands is an Indie Rock band out of Los Angeles consisting of four members: Geoffrey Halliday, Ryan Sweeney, Sean Hess and Alex Staniloff. They just recently released their track “Warm Night Home,” an emotionally driven ballad, and a fresh sound that’s wonderfully hypnotic. For those
FORK
FORK – She’s Mine FORK – Pretty Redhead Tonight, at Berklee Cafe (150 Mass Ave. Boston) Boston’s FORK a two piece band that formed by Berklee students, John Murphy (of CA) and Jordan Zylak (of PA). Their music is an experimental pop / fuzzed rock that is quite entrancing, instantly catchy
Family of the Year
Family of the Year – St. Croix I just got this wonderfully breezy track, St. Croix from Family of the Year,s a 6 piece indie / folk / pop band out of Los Angeles. St. Croix is featured on a brand new EP which was released back on 9/27, and a
Bleeding Knees Club
Bleeding Knees Club – Teenage Girls (Official Video) from I OH YOU on Vimeo. Bleeding Knees Club (awesome name!) are a garage pop/punk straight from Australia. They are a bit surf, a bit punk, but super-catchy, and totally fun. My question really is… where was this music this summer? (northern
Henry's Funeral Shoe
Henry’s Funeral Shoe – Anvil and Chains Raw, fuzzy, bluesy. Those are the words I’d use to describe Henry’s Funeral Shoe’s Anvil and Chains. These South Wales rockers are about to release their second full-length album Donkey Jacket. Their musically is distinctively dirty, raw, and energetic. Its
Satellite Stories
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLrGF3hNxjE[/youtube] Fans of the high energy likes of Two Door Cinema Club will be very interested to hear Satellite Stories, an unsigned Finnish band that makes some really fun music that will get you out of the chair, dance your face off
Benjamin Francis Leftwich
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE2YKq_093U[/youtube] This delicate, yet upbeat track just released from UK songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich is reminiscent of Alexi Murdoch’s Orange Sky. Its a gently almost whispered sung song that’s heartfelt and warm. The balance of his guitar, his soft
Nikki Lane
Nikki Lane – Sleep For You The recently released album of Nashville-based singer-songwriter, Nikki Lane, really snuck up on me. Its short, 32 minutes or so, but it comes with such a great package in its ability to mix elements of country-pop with 60’s girl group styles. Lane’s traditional
Big Harp
Big Harp – Everybody Pays This is the second cut from husband and wife duo Big Harp off their recently released album, White Hat. Senseney’s baritone vocals fill this song with a rich feel, and feels really genuine. The delicate strumming really contrasts well with his voice, and creates a
band of skulls
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XUwKewzdNs[/youtube] Band of Skulls, are slated to release a sophomore album on Vagrant Records sometime in early 2012. I’m extremely excited to hear a follow up to Baby Darling Dollface Honey, one of my favorite albums from ’09. Check out the
James Vincent McMorrow
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wayVq4BPS5Y[/youtube] I have huge amounts of love for James Vincent McMorrow, its obvious by the pure amount of posts I put up about him, but as far as I’m concerned its well deserved. McMorrow is fresh off a huge tour (fantastic
