Who : Harlem Shakes .
What : Checking in again on this Brooklyn band that I can’t wait to see in Austin. The chorus rings ‘This will be a better year’. Hopefully. I think people can use a little more optimism these days.
Song : Strictly Game .
Who : The Traditionalist from Huntington Beach, California.
What : Songs sprung from late night jam sessions between Joey Barro and his revolving door of musical friends. His first album under the name The Traditionalist (Season To Season ) comes out March 10th on Better Looking Records , expect more albums this year. The song below […]
The Depreciation Guild. Recently on the radar as related to recent Sync/Master subjects The Pains of Being Pure At Heart (their drummer is one half of Brooklyn duo The Depreciation Guild. Head to their homepage and click on the yellow bar (‘Album’) to get their album for free. Pay specific attention to Darklooming. Quite nice. […]
Who : Young Galaxy from Montreal.
What : From this Montreal quartet’s sophomore effort (Invisible Republic ), here’s the first taste. Something vocally reminding me of old-school Sarah McLachlan , its stradles the line between the upbeat of dance music with the dark spaciness of psych. Group vocals on the chorus make this song for me. […]
To follow up on my previous post on Charles Spearin ‘s (Do Make Say Thing, Broken Social Scene) Happiness Project, here’s a Christopher Mills directed video interview that’ll give you perspective on the process and reasoning of this record. I really like the concept of finding these accidental melodies in every day life, connected by […]