raphael saadiq
Stone Rollin’ Raphael Saadiq recently gave away his newest single, Stone Rollin’. Saadiq’s 60’s soul pop vibe probably makes him the coolest guy on the planet. The music is smooth, fun, and totally catchy. The track comes from his upcoming album under the same name, Stone Rollin’ which
wavves
Horse Shoes If the summer lo-fi album from Wavves, King of the Beach, just wasn’t enough for you check out the recording of unreleased track Horse Shoes.
Cults
It’s amazing how Cults have done it, one small EP launched them to this point. It is just considering how damn catchy this track is. Check the video for Go Outside, then check out more from the band here.
Maps & Atlases
Maps & Atlases “Living Decorations” from Barsuk Records on Vimeo. New tongue and cheek video for Maps & Atlases’ Living Decorations. I absolutely loved this album last year, and saw these guys live here in Boston. They are a very interesting band, and sound just as good live. Good to
Peter Bjorn & John
Check out the video for Peter, Bjorn & John’s Second Chance off their upcoming album, Gimme Some (out 3/29). This video seems to be the second take from their last video for ‘Breaker, Breaker’ off the same album. These two songs are really leading me to believe this
The Cave Singers
Black Leaf Swim Club Seattle folk trio, The Cave Singers, released a new album entitled No Witch. Excitedly I’ve got my first taste of the album back in December, after ‘Welcome Joy’ I was a big fan of the music these guys were making. When I put it in,
Galapaghost
Runnin’ Galapaghost is the conception of singer/songwriter/one man artist Casey Chandler. Chandler under the moniker ‘Galapaghost’ wrote, recorded and mixed his most recent released EP, Runnin’ in the fall of 2010. He has recently just finished a European/North American tour with John Grant in 2010, which coincided
Brian Wright
Brian Wright – Striking Matches from Sugar Hill Records on Vimeo. I posted the fantastic track ‘Accordion‘ off of Brian Wright’s upcoming album House on Fire, back in September. The video above is the in-studio recording of opening track, Striking Matches. The album will be released March 29th. After hearing
Drive By Truckers
Everybody Needs Love Go Go Boots, Drive By Truckers newest album was released earlier this month, and as a special treat released track ‘Everybody Needs Love’ off Go Go Boots, as a special Valentines Day giveaway. The song, is a cover originally by Eddie Hinton, whom the Drive By Truckers
Architecture in Helsinki
Contact High Australia’s Architecture in Helsinki are finally following up their 07 effort, Places Like This, with Moment Bends in May. This first track, Contact High, is a synthy, bouncy, track with falsetto vocals that are ‘Prince-esque.’
Princeton
The Alps Check out new single from LA electro pop band Princeton. Its been nearly a year since I’ve heard anything from them. I originally posted on their track The Waves back in April of 2010. A little bit different of a sound here, more electro-pop rather than their
David Wax Museum
Chuchumbe Born With A Broken Heart Last week the Mexo-American folk band David Wax Museum released it’s album ‘Everything is Saved,’ here in Boston. I missed the party, but I certainly was not going to miss getting to hear their album. They had already released 2 tracks from the
