Who : Elephant Stone from Montreal.
What : A song from the debut of Elephant Stone (The Seven Seas ), a five-piece led by multi-instrumentalist, ex-High Dial and probably one of the nicest people I’ve ever met in the music industry, Rishi Dhir. Blending an obsession with perfect pop songs and the trippiest raga, The Seven […]
A couple weeks back when I went to check out Efterklang in Toronto, I had a good chat with Yvonne, owner of the El Mocambo. I had arrived late and missed the show opener, a guy named Peter Broderick from Portland. It was apparently a captivating performance from this multi-instrumentalist, but I did get a […]
Who : Suckers from Brooklyn (must be Brooklyn week).
What : For fans of Yeasayer and Wolf Parade , take a gander at Suckers , who’s self-titled debut EP will hit the streets on April 14th (Iamsound ). Anand Wilder of Yeasayer produced the album. The track below gets epic, hang in there.
Song : It Gets […]
Who : Jenny Owen Youngs from New Jersey (not Brooklyn).
What : A poppy one to get your week going. Maybe yours, but definitely my introduction to Brooklyn’s Jenny Owen Youngs . She’s got an EP out now, a full-length (Transmitter Failure) out May 26th. In support of this, she’s on the road with Jukebox The […]
This band has had one song featured in a fun-themed’ ipod touch commercial that was specifically selected for the ad by Steven Jobs, another placed in a Gossip Girl episode during a dramatic teen moment, and sports a blonde and Danishly exuberant front-woman who sparks comparisons to the look and music of the Ting Tings. […]