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
Henry's Funeral Shoe
Henry’s Funeral Shoe – Anvil and Chains Raw, fuzzy, bluesy. Those are the words I’d use to describe Henry’s Funeral Shoe’s Anvil and Chains. These South Wales rockers are about to release their second full-length album Donkey Jacket. Their musically is distinctively dirty, raw, and energetic. Its
Satellite Stories
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLrGF3hNxjE[/youtube] Fans of the high energy likes of Two Door Cinema Club will be very interested to hear Satellite Stories, an unsigned Finnish band that makes some really fun music that will get you out of the chair, dance your face off
Benjamin Francis Leftwich
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE2YKq_093U[/youtube] This delicate, yet upbeat track just released from UK songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich is reminiscent of Alexi Murdoch’s Orange Sky. Its a gently almost whispered sung song that’s heartfelt and warm. The balance of his guitar, his soft