Brown Bird
Brown Bird – Thunder and Lightning Brown Bird – Bilgewater When I got my first crack at hearing Brown Bird I was totally floored. Amazed at how much great sound duo David Lamb & Morganeve Swain produce together. Their influences are varied but reside mostly in roots rock, early American Folk, Gypsy
Nada Surf
Nada Surf – When I Was Young Nada Surf is about to release their 7th record (4th on Barsuk), The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy, which will release next year (1/24/12). I’m digging this one because its reminding me of old tunes of theirs. I love how the
Active Child
Active Child – Diamond Heart by Vagrant Records Check out this brand new track from Active Child. Diamond Heart, is part of a deluxe edition of You Are All I see, which will be available November 1st exclusively on iTunes. The deluxe set will also feature a b-side “Body Heat” and
The Black Keys
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_426RiwST8[/youtube] Time to get crazy about another Black Keys album. Dan and Patrick do it again in their first single off their upcoming record El Camino. I don’t need to tell you anything else. Preorder the album.
Jeremy Messersmith
Jeremy Messersmith – Blue Sky Check out Jeremy Messersmith’s Blue Sky, an homage to everything going on at the Occupy Wall Street protests. The acoustic driven song sounds every bit like Paul Simon. Messersmith as always does a fantastic job painting an elegant picture with his lyrical eloquence and sentimental
Johan Reinhold
Johan Reinhold – Shoot Me Down Shoot Me Down, a poignant song about love-hate relationships, holding on too long, and the numbness that follows is the single from the upcoming full-length debut ”Beautiful Loser” by Swedish indie electro-pop singer/songwriter, Johan Reinhold. Produced and engineered by Astma & Rocwell and Lasse
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka – I’m Getting Ready Stumbling upon this small EP by London’s Michael Kiwanuka was such a treat. His voice is reminiscent of Otis Redding & Bill Withers, his music a little Dylan, and a little Nick Drake. He was supposed to be midway through his tour opening
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