
"Wake up, the mattress is bare. House empty, nobody there. That's my worst nightmare" I happened to discover Phoenix-based indie rock trio Fine China in an attempt find similar artists to my current favourite The Foxglove Hunt . The fact that there are more than a few uncanny similarities between the two bands isn't a surprise: both have the same vocalist in the form of Rob Withem. In fact, Fine China was disbanded in 2006 which led Rob to create The [...]

San Francisco's The Otherside (pic) are among recent pleasing finds. Thanks to Coast is Clear , Indie-MP3 , and Hits in the Car for the intros. Each has more by these and/or other artists, so please pay them a visit. The Otherside - Portland Laundry - mp3 Airiel - Airtight Angels mp3 [...]
Today has been awful at work. And it didn't exactly get any better by having quite a few songs that I'd love to post. Here are the songs and hopefully I'll find a little time tonight to write a few comments.... + Spencer Tricker - Hey Jessica + Professor Pez - Indiepopkids + Professor Pez - Imperial Airways [...]

Apropos British Music Week - in selbige würde die Musik des Trios Fine China auch gut passen. Leider gäbe es damit vermutlich ein Problem - denn die Band stammt aus Phoenix/Arizona! Aber ihre Songs atmen eindeutig den Geist der Smiths, New Order und anderer englischer Heroen, manchmal erinnern sie mich sogar an My Life Story oder The Divine Comedy . Wieder einmal bestätigt sich mein Eindruck, dass die beste britische Musik derzeit oft aus den USA kommt... Inzwischen hat Fine China schon drei Alben veröffentlicht, ihr letztes war «Jaws of life» [...]
Fine China Style: Indie-Rock From: Phoenix, Arizona Influences: The Smiths, New Order, Echo & The Bunnymen Sound like: GWAR (yeah, right! :) ) More: the band does not exist anymore, but has left a few catchy songs. Get them on their official site or on PureVolume. Even More: new band of the singer is called Foxglove Hunt . See MySpace [...]