Who : Wave Machines from Liverpool.
What : You might want to put these guys on your radar. Some parts Hot Chip , some parts Beta Band and just the right amount of falsetto. Straight off a successful stint at SXSW , they’re headed to Glastonbury , Electric Picnic , Bestival and appearances at Liverpool Sound […]
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 […]